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ECONOMY SHRINKS PACKAGE TOUR ARRIVALS OBAMA 24 PERCENT DOWN YEAR-ON-YEAR , Macau saw GDP tumble The number of package tour XI MEET 24.2pct in the 3 months through visitors (804,000) in October AT PARIS Sept, easing from the 26.4pct was down by 19.8 percent CLIMATE drop in the second quarter year-on-year CONFERENCE P2 P5 P11,15 TUE.01 Dec 2015 T. 19º/ 25º C H. 65/ 90% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 5.00 2450 N.º HKD 7.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS CHINA A gas leak at a steel parts factory in eastern Government to launch China kills 10 people and leaves seven others hospitalized. The Zouping County government says on its official microblog the leak occurred late Saturday anti-cybercrime center, and poisoned 17 people, five of whom died immediately. It says five more died early Sunday, and the cause of the leak is under investigation. tighten video surveillance TAIWAN-CHINA Old foes P3 POLICY ADDRESS China and Taiwan have swapped high-level convicted spies in a sign of goodwill linked to the first AP PHOTO meeting ever between their presidents. More on p10 CHINA-ZIMBABWE Some immigration signs at Zimbabwe’s main international airport are in Chinese, a sign of China’s deep economic inroads in Africa, which Chinese President Xi Jinping will be visiting this week. Xi arrives today in Zimbabwe before heading tomorrow to South Africa. There, he will attend a forum on cooperation between Africa and China, whose investment on the continent hit more than USD3.5 billion last year. JAPAN’s whaling fleet leaves yesterday for the Antarctic for a three-month, scaled- down hunt, despite protests from opponents who say Tokyo has not proven that whales need to be killed for research. More on p13 PHILIPPINES-USA A Philippine court plans to deliver its verdict in the emotion-charged case of a U.S. Marine accused of murdering a transgender Filipino after discovering her gender when they checked into a hotel. THAILAND Soldiers and police in military-run Thailand detain two top leaders of the anti-government Red Shirt movement as they were to visit a park celebrating past Thai kings that’s at the center Hong Kong will pay for MTR express of a corruption scandal linked to the army. P10 More on backpage rail to Guangzhou-Shenzhen 01.12.2015 tue th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 PAULO CHAN TAKES Economy shrinks 24pct as OATH TODAY AS DICJ HEAD gambling malaise persists PAULO CHAN, former Assis- tant Public Prosecutor-General, takes Office today as the new Daniela Wei director of the Gaming Inspec- tion and Coordination Bureau ACau’S economy con- (DICJ). Chan’s appointment comes after the retirement Mtracted a fifth straight BARBOSA PAULO quarter as the world’s largest of former director, Manuel center of gambling was pum- Joaquim das Neves. The Secre- meled by an economic slow- tary for Economy and Finance, down in China and the gover- Lionel Leong, stated previously that Chan’s appointment was nment’s attack on corruption directly related to his experience which scared off high-rollers. in the Public Prosecutions Of- The region, which relies on fice, his legal knowledge and his gamblers for about two-thirds multilingual skills. The Secre- of economic output, saw GDP tary also asserted that Mr Chan tumble 24.2 percent in the is capable of strengthening both the bureau’s law enforcement capabilities and its efforts to A view of the Senado Square, Macau “optimize” gaming regulation. The gambling three months through Septem- month in October, as increa- means Macau’s economy may ber, easing from the 26.4 per- sed visits over China’s Natio- start improving on a quar- its website. market will cent drop in the second quar- nal Day holiday week failed to ter-on- quarter basis going The local government is due ter, government data released boost betting. forward, he said in a telephone as early as today to report gradually yesterday showed. “The gambling market will interview. gross gaming revenue for No- Casinos in Macau have tried gradually find its way to get The third quarter’s econo- vember, which is seen falling find its way to reinvent themselves by fo- used to negative factors such mic contraction was due to the 31.5 percent according to the to get used cusing on tourists rather than as China’s economic slowdown continuous decline in services median estimate of six analys- hard- core gamblers, even as and anti-corruption cam- exports, of which gaming plun- ts surveyed by Bloomberg. to negative the chief executive predicted paign,” said Zhonglu Zeng, a ged 37.4 percent and other tou- The measure is down by 35.5 a third year of pull-back in the professor of gaming studies rism services fell 15.3 percent, percent in the first 10 months factors. industry in 2016. Gambling re- and research at the Macau Macau’s Statistics and Census of this year, government data ZHONGLU ZENG venue plunged a 17th straight Polytechnic Institute. This Service said in a statement on showed. Bloomberg EU-Macau Committee marks Civil servants set up association milestone in training cooperation to promote positive image HE 20th European Both delegations com- ced cooperation at the Aries Un TUnion (EU)-Macau mended the cooperation Joint Committee mee- Joint Committee meet- between the Public Ad- ting. The Third Macau- VER fifty civil servants have ing, held here on Friday, ministration and Civil EU Co-operation Pro- Oformed an association to con- concluded with the an- Service Bureau and the gram in the Legal Field nect the younger generation of civil nouncement of further Directorate-General for was adopted, seeking to servants with top-level officials. The cooperation in the fields Interpretation of the strengthen Macau’s legal group also aims to enhance the re- of legal training and in- European Commission system and to improve putation of public servants through novation. for the training of qua- training for legal practi- various initiatives. The meeting allowed the lified interpreters in the tioners. The Macau Youth Civil Servants’ two partners to review MSAR. In addition, the two de- Association’s founding members local workforce totaling approxima- the latest developments The delegations noted legations launched a new were sworn in on Sunday in the pre- tely 400,000 are employed in public in their relationship, to that the program satisfies phase in cooperation in sence of major officials and repre- services. Furthermore, almost half of recognize existing efforts the joint needs of Macau the field of research and sentatives of other youth-oriented the government’s manpower is un- in bilateral co-operation, and the EU for qualified innovation, promoting organizations. der 40 years old, according to Lao, and to explore areas for interpreters of both Chi- the participation of Ma- “The MSAR government has long who stressed the need for such peo- further collaboration. nese and Portuguese. cau’s research institu- valued the growth and development ple to have a voice. The delegation from A memorandum for a tions and researchers in of youths. It’s necessary to set up The association, whose initial Macau was led by Rai- new phase of a five-year the EU’s Horizon 2020 an organization exclusively to serve membership base already includes mundo Rosário, the Se- training program for in- program. and provide a voice for young ci- representatives from across all pu- cretary for Transport and terpretation services was Both sides expressed vil servants, as they are a great and blic departments, seeks to continue Public Works, while the signed earlier this mon- their willingness to ex- valuable asset to the region,” said the recruiting more members to under- EU delegation was led th, following the con- tend cooperation into association’s head, Lao Hio Fai, who take a series of planned activities. by Ugo Astuto, the Ac- clusions of two previous new areas of mutual inte- works as a physician at the public The association’s head revealed ting Managing Director arrangements, the first of rest, including informa- hospital. that the group expected to attract for Asia and the Pacific which began in 2010. tion exchange in comba- According to the latest figures from secretary- and bureau-level officials, at the European External The legal field was ano- tting human trafficking. the Statistics and Census Service along with young civil servants, in Action Service. ther area that saw enhan- Staff reporter Bureau, close to 30,000 out of the gatherings to discuss social issues. 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] MDT’s Website has logged over CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRatOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHINA & FOREIGN EDITOR_Vanessa Moore [email protected] Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] 94 million page views DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_ SECREtaRY Juliana Cheang [email protected] since January 1st, 2012 up to today. 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