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Japan's Forgotten Gambling Addicts Stand in Way of First Casino BELT AND ROAD BRINGS CHINA PONDERS PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES MILITARY MORALITY “The Belt and Road initiative CLUB After a video of a traffic accident will promote Macau’s industrial CELEBRATES surfaced, the initial reaction diversification and help it go was one of outrage towards the 147 YEARS global,” Hao Yufan said people who failed to offer help P2 P4 P10 MON.12 Jun 2017 T. 27º/ 33º C H. 60/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2820 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS MAcAu SPEcIAl OlYMPIcS Accusation AP PHOTO ID ‘don’t care’ about BRAZIL Fighting to save his job, Brazilian President Michel Temer P7 MDT REPORT has received a huge boost from a decision by disabled sport the country’s top electoral court to reject allegations of illegal campaign finance and keep him in office. The Superior Electoral Tribunal’s 4-3 BLOOMBERG vote gave Temer a lifeline amid widespread calls that he resign in the face of a corruption scandal. More on p14 CHINA-PAKISTAN The two countries say they are investigating the Islamic State group’s claim that two Chinese teachers abducted in Pakistan have been killed, after a video appearing to show the pair was sent to journalists. AP PHOTO JAPAN’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country’s first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. More on p12 AP PHOTO PHILIPPINES American spy planes are helping Filipino troops quell a nearly three-week siege by Muslim militants in a southern city where 13 Philippine marines were killed in the biggest single- Japan’s forgotten gambling addicts day loss for government forces, officials said Saturday. More on p12 P11 More on backpage stand in way of first casino 12.06.2017 mon 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Poor water quality near Belt and Road initiative brings Macau The latest notice from the opportunities to Macau Guangdong Marine and Fisheries Inspection Bureau indicates that the water near Macau’s coastline Julie Zhu was of poor quality in 2016. XINHUA According to the report, which N the second day of the In- discusses Guangdong’s marine Oternational Conference on environment last year, the poor the Belt and Road and Macau’s water quality stems from sewage Development, several partici- disposal. An expert from the pants voiced their opinions re- Guangdong department said that garding the construction of the the low quality water was related to excessive discharges originated Belt and Road project in coo- from domestic and industrial peration with the Portuguese- sewage. The disposal exits of more speaking countries. than 20 out of Macau’s 74 sewers Proposed by China in 2013, the discharged excessive sewage. As Belt and Road initiative refers to for wildlife in the region, the report the Silk Road Economic Belt and said the chance of seeing dolphins the 21st Century Maritime Silk in the Pearl River Delta decreased, Road, aiming at building a trade with only 1,890 dolphins spotted. and infrastructure network con- necting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade 90pct support routes of the Silk Road. Lai Xiaomin, Party Commi- e-payment ttee Secretary and Chairman of the China Huarong Asset services Management, on Friday said, “Macau can expand the asset A survey featuring the public’s Participants attend the International conference on Belt and Road and Macau’s development stance on vendors installing management cooperation […] e-payment systems revealed and greatly develop the finan- that more than 90 percent cial leasing business.” Lai noted governmental departments. In the professor’s view, the key lopment space in terms of cultu- of local residents (excluding that the latter grows the quickest Fu believes that Macau needs area in which Macau should play ral exchange, especially in regard vendors) support the idea. among the world’s financial bu- to find the right door through a strategic role is in creating the to human resource communica- The Mutual Assistance Association sinesses. which to build itself as a com- necessary conditions and servi- tion between the youth and you- of Vendor Affairs, which recently Fu Jianguo, Managing Direc- munication platform serving the ces for the economy and trade th associations. conducted this survey, interviewed tor of Nam Kwong Group, talked countries involved in the Belt development between China and Sitou Tek lam, founder of the 537 residents and 698 vendors in about how his company can and Road project. the Portuguese-speaking coun- Belt and Road Scholarship Fund total. Approximately 75 percent of contribute to the construction Lei Heong Iok, president of tries to prosper. of Indonesia, explained what the interviewed residents have had of the Belt and Road initiative the Macau Polytechnic Institu- Lei suggested that the region Macau can do to contribute to an e-payment experience before. with respect to the Portuguese- te, pointed out that the relations should “coordinate well Macau’s the Belt and Road strategy in Around 50 percent of vendors speaking countries. between China and eight Portu- higher education institutions, terms of education. operating inside big markets do According to Fu, Nam Kwong guese-speaking countries have […] developing a respectable “Macau has many universities not agree with the adoption of has a long history of commu- become closer following the Portuguese teaching.” and high level education insti- e-payment due to costs and to nicating and working with the trend of globalization. According to Zhang Shuguang, tutions. They can recruit more technological and safety issues Portuguese-speaking countries, Lei remarked that the Portu- Rector of the City University of Asian students to study in Ma- regarding the payment. The same culturally and economically. guese-speaking countries are Macau, the city can also act as a cau and provide job opportuni- opinion is shared by nearly 60 Furthermore, he said that as a mainly developing countries, “think tank” encouraging all Por- ties for the students when they percent of vendors not running leading Chinese company in Ma- and like the merging market, tuguese-speaking countries and graduate from these Macau ins- their businesses in a big market. cau, the Nam Kwong Group has they all hope to have a good regions to participate in Belt and titutions,” said Sitou, adding that also conducted a great number cooperative relationship with Road cooperation. “Macau can settle job displace- of interactions with Portuguese China. Mok Chi Wai, the president of ment institutes to help Asian Real estate the Macao Youth Federation, graduate students find jobs in industry noted that Macau has a big deve- Macau.” calls for less Helping the MSAR interference to ‘go global’ MAINLAND, MACAU TO UPGRADE CEPA The Association of Property Agents and Realty Developers of Macau THE CHINESE mainland and Finance officials to negotiate on the HE Belt and Road initiative will promote Macau’s industrial suggests the government needs Macau are negotiating on com- terms and content of CEPA, espe- diversification and help it go global,” Hao Yufan, dean of Facul- to avoid excessive administrative T prehensively upgrading the Closer cially those concerning guaran- interference over the real estate ty of Social Sciences of University of Macau, told Xinhua. Economic Partnership Arrange- teeing investment, and deepening industry. The president of the Hao said Macau was an important stop along the ancient Ma- ments (CEPA), which are expected economic and technical coopera- association, Ung Choi Kun, ritime Silk Road and it will continue to play an important role in to be completed at the end of this tion, according to a press release on declared that private housing the development of Belt and Road: the 21st Century Maritime Silk year, a senior official confirmed Friday. The mainland and Macau should be driven by a free market. Road in particular. during the Conference on the Belt signed CEPA in 2003 in order to The association claimed that the Macau has unique geographical and language advantages, and it and Road and Macau’s Develop- forge closer ties. In both 2014 and government should work on how can take advantage of the “one country, two systems” principle in ment. A meeting was held between 2015, new agreements were signed to balance supply and demand in the development of the Belt and Road initiative he added. representatives from China’s under the framework of CEPA be- the real estate industry, along with The region should assume the role as the communication center as Ministry of Commerce and the tween them with the aim of further a focus on proper urban design. it is a place where eastern and western cultures meet, Hao suggested. local government’s Economy and liberalizing trade in services. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [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, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, SECRETARY Denise Lo [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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