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'MGTO Role Remains Unchanged' Despite Move to Economy Secretariat FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo TUESDAY T. 26º/ 31º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3614 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 08 Sep 2020 HKD 10.00 AFTER A LENGTHY PUBLIC DEBATE, TRAVEL BUBBLE: HEALTH CODE CHINA LAUNCHED A NEW OPTICAL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TO RESUME ONCE HK BRINGS REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE THREE WILL BE ALLOWED BACK TO FROM THE TAIYUAN LAUNCH PRESCHOOL AS EARLY AS SEP 21 COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL CENTER IN SHANXI PROVINCE P5 P5 P6 India’s coronavirus cases surged to 4.2 million, the second-highest total in the world as urban metro trains partially resume service in the capital New Delhi and other states. The 90,802 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India’s total to 4,204,614, passing Brazil, which has more than XU 4.1 million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. More than 6.2 million people in the United States have been infected. India’s Health Ministry also reported 1,016 deaths YINGZHEN from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking fatalities to 71,642, the third-highest national death toll. LEAVES AP PHOTO FORUM China Organizers reported strong turnout at an event in Beijing billed as the first hybrid online and in-person trade show during the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 95,000 visitors MACAO attended the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services on Saturday, the first full day of the exhibition. The fair is being P12 held as China’s economy TOP POST has largely restarted, despite the devastating blow to many industries from a months-long shutdown and the loss of domestic demand and foreign orders. More on p7 HELENA S. FERNANDES EXCLUSIVE RENATO MARQUES RENATO AP PHOTO ‘MGTO role remains unchanged’ despite South Korea added 119 more cases of the move to Economy coronavirus, its lowest daily P2-3 jump in more than three secretariat weeks amid a downward trend in new cases. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday the additional figures took the country’s total to 21,296 with 336 deaths. It’s the fifth straight day the country’s daily jump has stayed under 200. The rise in cases in August, many of them associated with churches, restaurants and schools and an anti- government street rally in the greater Seoul area. More on backpage page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 08.09.2020 tue MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER MARIA HELENA DE SENNA FERNANDES Q&A MGTO DIRECTOR ‘MGTO duties and roles to remain unchanged after Secretariat swap’ RENATO MARQUES INCE starting work at the Macao Government Tou- rism Office (MGTO) in MARQUES RENATO 1988, Maria Helena de Sen- Sna Fernandes has served in leader- ship roles at the tourism board for the past 22 years. Her work has led Senna Fernan- des to participate in many local and overseas tourism exhibitions, conferences, seminars, events, marketing, and promotional acti- vities as well as taking important roles in the decision-making of the present and future of Macau as a tourism destination. Now that MGTO is preparing to be transferred from under the Se- cretariat for Social Affairs and Cul- ture to the Secretariat for Economy and Finance, the Times inter- viewed Senna Fernandes to learn more about the past, present, and future of the tourism business, the main engine of the local economy. Macau Daily Times (MDT) – The MGTO is moving from under the “umbrella” of the Secretariat of Social Affairs and Culture to the Secretariat of Economy and Finance. How do you perceive this change? Do you see any advanta- ges of the move? Helena de Senna Fernandes (HSF) – In terms of work, I don’t think it will bring any big change. Even now, and for the many years under the Secretariat for Social Af- fairs and Culture we have always been working with the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute and we have always been working with the Economic Servi- one big sports event every month better the role of tourism in driving something that we would like to ves you more bargaining power or ces so it’s not something new. so this would also be a big tourism the economy. I think [the move] achieve. Unfortunately, it’s not just more possibilities to go directly to I think this kind of work rela- asset. We will continue to work will give people a much clearer up to the tourism department be- those markets and bring in not just tionship will get even closer but, at with the Sports Bureau as we have picture to understand in a broader cause it has to do with aviation and general tourists, but also business the same time, we will still retain been doing for so many years. sense that tourism is a very impor- with a lot of other things [such as] visitors. Especially for these kinds our relationship with all the other Internally, we will be merging tant income earner for Macau. how, potentially, we can bring visi- of market segments, being able to departments that are under the the Tourism Crisis Management tors from Macau to such a destina- travel directly is a plus. Secretariat for Social Affairs and Office with the MGTO. Instead of MDT - You have headed the tion as well. Having a direct link [to these Culture because you can’t imagine having two separate entities, there MGTO for the past eight years. Are These are very big commer- markets] would give them a very promoting tourism without pro- will be only one entity. This means there any tasks or goals still outs- cial decisions on the part of the different perception [of traveling moting culture; that is part and we have to streamline our work tanding? airlines but it is something that to Macau]. This is something that parcel of what Macau has to offer. and re-organize some parts as well. HSF - I think one of the things I would say that, up to today, we until now we were not able to Culture will always be part of tou- This would be the only change in that we are always aiming to do is want to achieve in terms of having achieve, but again, we don’t work rism. terms of the working procedures. to attract a more diverse range of more direct flights and more peo- in the vacuum; we can’t say we At the same time, the Chief Exe- As for the advantages, I think it international tourists that come ple flying directly into Macau. If want it and it happens immedia- cutive himself said that he wants would help people to understand directly to Macau. 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As We had another difficult time say that if I don’t think that I am “hybrid” events [with a mix be- sion help to achieve this goal? an engineer, he is very systema- during SARS (Severe Acute Res- [physically] fit [for a certain task] tween physical and virtual par- HSF - Unfortunately, hardwa- tic and very methodical and I piratory Syndrome) but then in or if I feel that I am not enjoying ticipation], such as the Film Fes- re alone does not bring direct learned a lot of these things from 2005 we got the listing of the His- my work I would for sure move tival [International Film Festival flights. It’s a very commercial de- him. toric Center of Macau in UNES- on to something else. and Awards - Macao] this year, cision and involves hard number It was very enjoyable to work CO, and from then, we have had We need to be responsible for which will have to be a hybrid crunching. They have to calcu- with him and it has been a very very good years in which we did ourselves. At the end of the day, event as well because we don’t late exactly the feasibility, they good experience for me. This was not have to do hard selling of our professional life is only part foresee that we can even bring have to look at all the costs invol- one of these important momen- Macau, and still the results were of our life.
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