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MEMORY LANE FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo WEDNESDAY T. 26º/ 32º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3363 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 28 Aug 2019 HKD 10.00 FOR SJM’S AMBROSE SO, GRANTING SSM RESUMES ANTI-MOSQUITO THE MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS BUREAU IS MORE CASINO LICENSES WOULD BE REPAINTING ITS HEADQUARTERS AT A COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO MACAU’S WORK AFTER LATEST DENGUE COST OF MOP1.26 MILLION TO CELEBRATE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION GOAL FEVER CASE THE HANDOVER ANNIVERSARY P4 P6 P2 China For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions of his fellow minority Uighurs in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. More on p12 PLA NOT Thailand’s ombudsman has ruled that the prime minister’s failure to recite a key sentence in his oath of office was unconstitutional, and NEEDED will refer the matter to the Constitutional Court to rule on whether the government is legally installed. TO QUELL Pakistan More than a thousand students have rallied in the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir to denounce India’s downgrading of the UNREST special status of the portion of the disputed Hong Kong leader Carrie region it controls. Lam says her gov’t can handle protesters P8,9 AP PHOTO Iran’s president back- pedaled yesterday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. AP PHOTO Sudan For the first time in three decades, Sudan has charted a path out of military rule following the formation of a power- sharing government by the pro-democracy movement and the generals who overthrew Environmental longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. impact? Public Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández is warning that up to 70,000 foreigners could be stuck asked about in the Central American country as a result of a recent crackdown on proposed tidal illegal immigration by the United States and Mexico. barrier More on backpage P3 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 28.08.2019 wed MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Business WE CORRECT Dear readers, RENATO MARQUES RENATO veteran On the behalf of Ma- cau Daily Times, I wish to correct an error in running in our article “UM hosts western Greater Bay te- chnology alliance forum” by-election (August 20), where it is ONG Sai Man, a ttee consists of 95 of the incorrectly stated that Wlocal business sec- total 107 legal entities the University of Macau tor veteran, is running to within the sectors. The (UM) operates four State fill the seat left vacant by formation was led by the Key Laboratories in Ma- cau. Chief Executive-elect Ho Macau Chamber of Com- In fact, two State Key Iat Seng, after the latter merce. Laboratories in Macau resigned from the Legisla- Local Chinese me- are operated by UM, tive Assembly (AL) in July. dia is confident in Wong Municipal Affairs Bureau while a third, the State Ho was indirectly elec- being elected, given the Key Laboratory of Lu- ted to the legislature overwhelming feedback to repaint headquarters nar and Planetary Scien- through the functional from his sector. It is not ces, is operated solely by constituency represen- expected that any other HE Municipal Affairs a local construction com- graffiti might cost the bu- the Macau University of ting the industrial, busi- candidates will put their TBureau (IAM) is re- pany to work on the refur- reau MOP37,000. At the Science and Technology ness and financial sectors. names forward. painting its headquarters bishment. time, the president of the (MUST). Macau’s fourth His departure from the Wong is the vice di- at a cost of 1.26 million Prior to the designa- bureau’s Administrative State Key Laboratory, the State Key Labora- AL has created the need rector-general of the In- patacas to celebrate the tion, the bureau invited Committee, José Tavares, tory for Quality Resear- for the functional consti- dustrial Association of 20th Anniversary of the quotations from 12 com- expressed that he did not ch in Chinese Medicine, tuency to hold an internal Macau, director-gene- Macau Special Adminis- panies. The work will take like the idea of merely is jointly operated by vote to elect a replace- ral of the Macau Textile trative Region, local me- 25 days. covering the area of con- MUST and UM. ment. As required by the Merchants’ Association dia outlet Macau Con- In May this year, a Por- cern. We offer our sincerest law, the by-election, will and a member of the cealers reports. tuguese tourist graffitied In February, Secretary apologies to MUST, as elect a replacement to Standing Committee of The outlet wrote that the exterior of the IAM for Social Affairs and Cul- well as to our readers for complete the remainder Directors of the Macau the information was dis- Building, which is a World ture Alexis Tam stressed this unfortunate error. of Ho’s term. Chamber of Commerce. closed on August 12 in Heritage site. The tourist that any damage caused to The error was already Wong is nominated by He is also a member of the bureau’s reply to a was arrested by the police heritage sites will be inves- corrected on our website. a committee representing the Standing Committee lawmaker’s question. In and prosecuted. tigated and violators will Paulo Coutinho the interests of Macau for the Coordination of the reply, the bureau said Previous reports had be prosecuted if sufficient Editor-in-Chief employers. The commi- Social Affairs.AL it had already designated indicated that fixing the evidence is found. AL Isabel Canhota and Júlio Bucho MEMORY LANE MDT/Renato Marques Located at the highest point of Guia Hill, next to the Guia Lighthouse, a mast is used for hoisting typhoon signals to warn the public about the severity of an approaching tropical cyclone. At the entrance of the Guia Fortress, where the lighthouse and the mast are located, the current signals are displayed to signal the intensity of the tropical cyclones, as well as monsoons. Today, there is a small museum open to visitors with information on the signals and some of the more powerful typhoons to have struck Macau in the past. The current warning signal, indicated by numbers and corresponding graphics code, was created in 1912 by the Port Authority of Macao in line with the system used in the coastal areas of China and Hong Kong. Before that, a complex flag system developed by the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau was used. RM www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Daniel Beitler [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Anthony Lam, Emilie Tran, Irene Sam, OFFICE MANAGER Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. Cheong, Jenny Lao-Phillips, João Palla Martins, Joseph Cheung, Julie Zhu, Juliet ADDRESS Av. da Praia Grande, 599, Edif. 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Sou works and Transport Bureau asked the government whether it (DSSOPT) informed. would refer to the voting results During this period, the public in future when carrying out may download from the DSSOPT work on political reform. He also asked whether the current SAR website the “Report on the envi- government would pass their ronmental impact of the cons- relevant conclusions to the next truction of the Macao Inner Har- government, in order for them bor Tidal Dam” as well as the opi- to submit a report to the central nion form to submit their views government soon. and suggestions to the govern- ment on the topic. Opinions can be sent via letter, fax and e-mail. Jardim de Luís de This is the second phase of the Camões to undergo public consultation on the topic A rendering of the proposed tidal barrier renovation after a first one held in April this year, gathered a total of four opi- Jardim de Luís de Camões will nions received.