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LAND TIED TO A MOBSTER CHINA REMAINS TOP Wynn’s Boston area casino EXECUTIONER MACAO MUSEUM is rising on land whose China remains the “world’s CELEBRATES 20TH previous owners include two top executioner” according ANNIVERSARY convicted felons, one with to a new annual report on alleged mob ties the death penalty P5 P7 FEATURE P10 FRI.13 Apr 2018 T. 23º/ 28º C H. 70/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3026 N.º HKD 10.00 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” AD New storm response measures announced P2 LYNZY VALLES LYNZY WORLD BRIEFS CHINA The Hong Kong Monetary Authority bought the local currency for the first time since the current trading band was imposed in 2005, after the exchange rate sank to the weak end of its permitted range. The de facto central bank purchased HKD816 million (USD104 million) yesterday. AP PHOTO VIETNAM Courts handed down lengthy prison terms against two activists as authorities stepped up their crackdown on dissent. The two were given nine and seven years respectively for attempting to overthrow the government and spreading anti-state propaganda in two separate trials. More on p13 AP PHOTO MIECF 2018 Int’l exhibitors AFGHANISTAN The Taliban stormed a government compound in central Afghanistan, triggering an showcase solutions hours-long gunbattle that killed 15, including three top local officials. P3 More on backpage that curb pollution INSIDE 13.04.2018 fri th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO The acquisition of heavy-duty equipment such as pumps, tru- Gov’t draws up 10 priority cks and cranes will be comple- ted in 2020. Also present at the meeting was the Secretary for Security tasks to reduce storm impact Wong Sio Chak, who emphasi- zed the “revision of the juridical Renato Marques regime of civil protection” as his top priority. He described T a press conference yes- the current regime as outdated, terday, the government as it has been in force for more A MARQUES RENATO presented a series of ten mea- than 25 years, and said that the sures to address the shortco- new regime will comprise one mings detected after the passage law and two administrative re- of Typhoon Hato last August. gulations. The measures aim to improve Wong also added that safety the region’s mechanisms to pre- and security measures should vent and respond to natural di- be reinforced in local schools, sasters. proposing that the topic and re- Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai levant materials be disclosed in On gave the opening speech, all institutions. with several members of the The Secretary for Transport Commission for Reviewing and and Public Works, Raimun- Monitoring the Improvements do do Rosário, highlighted the of the Response Mechanism to “unpredictability” of natural di- Major Disasters also in atten- sasters. dance. “I don’t know and I can’t gua- The CE said the measures are rantee that all the works we based on reports issued by the previous four. The wind speed supply project will be completed on this project alone.” [are] going to do [will] be suffi- three mainland institutions that will now be reviewed every ten before the end of the summer. The Secretary for Administra- cient to prevent all disasters in the government commissioned minutes instead of every hour These works “will allow grea- tion and Justice, Sonia Chan, the future,” he said. to study its current disaster res- and the “Storm Surge” warning ter reliability in the production also noted that the new water Remarking on the disaster res- ponse mechanisms. levels will be expanded from of electricity and will streng- drainage system would be built ponse plan, the Commissioner- He noted that the government three to five. then the emergency response ‘box culvert’ style, which uses General of the Unitary Police “[has] assimilated the scientific The CE said these changes capacity and the fast recovery huge underground tanks to col- Services (SPU) Ma Io Kun said and technical proposals con- would be implemented this of the electric power network lect the extra water for pumping that “the works are running at tained in this [final report on month, ahead of the typhoon following a major incident,” said out. It is expected the water a good pace and we expect to Hato] and adopted them in the season. the CE. drainage system will be comple- have it ready by the end of this design of short-, medium- and Another measure relates to Several amendments to the re- ted by 2021, with Chan adding month.” long-term disaster prevention the region’s energy supply from gulations of use and operation of that such works will affect the Ma said the plan’s first tes- and reduction plans, taking into mainland China. Macau and public car parks are also expec- location of the current sewage ts would be done via a drill on account the real environmental Zhuhai are currently linked by ted to be published this month. network as well as the under- April 28. The SPU intends to conditions of Macau.” overhead cables, which China The car parks must now close ground cable system. test the main systems, which More immediate measures Southern Power Grid will repla- one hour after Typhoon Signal 8 Chan also said that 16,000 trees range from public information include an executive order to ce with underground cables be- is hoisted or a Level 3 Warning were severely affected by the and communication procedures approve a new “Code for the fore the typhoon season. (also known as Black Storm Sur- typhoon and that around 2,000 to crisis response mechanisms Tropical Storm Signals”, which It is expected that the works ge) is issued. would be replanted in 2018, and coordination capacities of adds two new categories to the on the North-South main power As for other high-priori- mostly in gardens and parks. various authorities. ty works scheduled to begin in 2018, the government will WONG: CIVIL PROTECTION IMPROVED COORDINATION focus on expanding the “Ba- CHUI SAI ON SAYS WEATHER BUREAU’S sic Law of Civil Protection” as QUESTIONED BY the media er-General of the Unitary Police well as a series of general and FORMER CHIEFS CAN APPEAL DECISION as to steps that the government is Services, Ma Io Kun, also added, specialized contingency plans. taking to prevent a disaster like “We already have mechanisms to Commenting on one such pro- ASKED TO comment on the was based on all reports at hand; the one that occurred on August alert the population, namely on penalty applied to the former namely those by the independent ject – the construction of tide 23 last year, the Secretary for the rise of the tide in the lower ar- leaders of the Meteorological institutions from mainland China barriers in the Inner Harbor Security Wong Sio Chak said that eas of the city.” Ma stated that the and Geophysical Bureau, the that investigated the actions of “structure and coordination” had drill scheduled for the end of the area – the CE said, “We are Chief Executive noted that, “the the Macau authorities, as well been reinforced and that the civil month would test the authorities’ aware that this is a matter that [individuals] involved now still as the results of a more detailed protection system now includes 29 capacity to respond to unforeseen interests everyone but I want to have a period to contest this investigation by the Commission public services. The Commission- crises. reaffirm that the solving of the decision.” Chui said his decision Against Corruption. flood problem does not depend Farm Cultural Park founder gives seminar in Macau HE seminar “Farm creative and cultural in- founded by Bartoli, ope- hosts exhibitions by in- centre of Favara and 2010, the Farm Cultural TCultural Park, a Plat- dustries influence a city, ned in 2010, when Bartoli ternational and local ar- give the city, previous- Park has already attrac- form for Change” will be and will also look into bought several buildings tists, cultural events, ex- ly known mostly for its ted tourists from all over held tomorrow in Alber- topics including the reju- in the semi-abandoned positions, talks, screenin- general decrepitude and the world. gue SCM Hall D1. This venation and revitaliza- centre of the city of Fa- gs and workshops, and for having one of Italy’s The seminar will be con- seminar, conducted by tion of old towns. vara (in Sicily, Italy) and also has shops and a bar. highest unemployment ducted in English and is Andrea Bartoli, will pro- Farm Cultural Park, a renovated them, creating The main aim of the rates, a new life through now open for applications vide information on how contemporary art centre a cultural centre that now project is to save the old art. 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