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Anak Krakatau Volcano Now a Quarter of Its Pre-Eruption Size BOARD WITH LOCAL INVESTORS WIFE OF EXTENSIVE POWERS EYEING HENGQIN HUMAN According to regulations Applications for the remaining discussed by the Executive 2.57 square kilometers in the RIGHTS Council, schools will institute a Guangdong-Macau Co-operation LAWYER board with extensive powers Industrial Park begun PROTESTS P2 EDUCATION P7 P10 CHINA MON.31 Dec 2018 T. 8º/ 14º C H. 55/ 90% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3200 N.º HKD 10.00 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS LULL IN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFIcatION AP PHOTO Report shows gaming JAPAN-S. KOREA Japan released video footage it said proved a South Korean warship locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese dominance on the rise warplane off the northeastern coast in P3 the latest move of an escalating row between the Asian neighbors. AP PHOTO PHILIPPINES A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Saturday, prompting people to scramble out of shopping malls and buildings and authorities to warn villagers to stay away from beaches in case of a tsunami. CAMBODIA Long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has inaugurated a monument marking the 1998 end of the threat from the communist Khmer Rouge movement, which ruinously ruled the country in the late 1970s and then carried on a guerrilla war. AP PHOTO BANGLADESH The leader of Bangladesh’s opposition alliance called yesterday’s general Y 2018 election “farcical,” saying any outcome would be rejected and demanding that a new election be EA held under the authority R of a “nonpartisan IN government.” More on p13 AFTER COLLAPSE TRIGGERS TSUNAMI R E SYRIA’s military says V it has entered the key IE Kurdish-held town of W Anak Krakatau volcano IN Manbij in an apparent deal with the Kurds, who S are looking for new allies IDE and protection against now a quarter of its a threatened Turkish offensive as U.S. troops prepare to leave Syria. P5,13 INDONESIA More on backpage pre-eruption size 31.12.2018 mon 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO EDucatION Taxi passenger Private schools to have injured after declining a new framework overcharging request Julie Zhu RENATO MARQUES RENATO HE Executive Council T(ExCo) has completed discussions on the System Framework for Private School Teaching Staff of Non-tertiary Education law amendment draft. According to a press con- ference held by the ExCo on Friday, the bill proposes that the operational enti- 28-year-old taxi driver has been arrested af- ty must establish a school A ter reportedly overcharging and imprisoning board which will be able one of his passengers. to appoint and dismiss the On Dec. 23, the driver drove a 40-year-old rector, approve the number mainland visitor from a hotel in the central dis- of permanent school staff, trict to another hotel in Cotai. make decisions regarding On the way, the taxi driver asked for MOP200 the school’s teaching policies for the trip, but the mainland passenger declined and development plan, as The bill stipulates that the new bill is only consoli- should use the government’s his request. The passenger then called the police well as supervise the school’s the operational entity or dating regulations concer- financial supports guided for help while seeking help by waving from the operation. the chairman of the school ning the task forces into a by the dedicated-fund-for- car’s window. Noticing this, the driver closed the The school board will be board should not be the rec- legal article. dedicated-use principle. If window, causing the victim to sustain injuries to formed by a minimum of tor. However, other parties When there is an outbreak the school fails to fulfill its his hand. The driver was charged with physical seven members, consisting within the operational entity of influenza or disasters on obligations when using the assault. of the rector, teachers, and can be the rector. campus, or when extreme funds, the fund’s approval The prosecution authority issued a statement parents. CE Council spokesperson weather occurs, members of entity is entitled to requi- saying it has already taken the mandatory mea- Each academic year, the Leong Heng Teng said that the task force are responsib- re the funds be partially or sures, including ensuring the suspect reports re- board is obligated to have the bill sets up a system le for handling the crisis by completely returned, with gularly to the authorities. two meetings. that avoids overlapping ri- releasing relevant informa- the city’s Financial Services According to police records, in the past two Regarding whether or not ghts, specifically by having tion, for example. Bureau collecting the mo- years the suspect had been listed ten times, members of the board shou- the rector be a member of In addition, the bill also ney. always for overcharging. ld be elected, the head of the the board but allowing the mandates that the school In order to protect stu- In 2017, 3,180 overcharging incidents were re- Education Department of board to appoint and dis- cannot charge students extra dents’ rights, the bill added ported. This represented 57.9 percent of all taxi the Education and Youth Af- miss the rector. fees, other than for tuition another article on adminis- infractions (5,491) in 2017. fairs Bureau (DSEJ) explai- The bill also proposes the and selective services. The trative interference. When The number of taxi overcharging cases in 2017 ned that the school’s opera- establishment of a task force school cannot force students the school’s operation is sus- increased 85.6 percent compared to 2016, accor- tional entity is entitled to de- for campus crisis manage- or their parents to sponsor pended temporarily or per- ding to the data released by the Public Security cide how the school board is ment. school operations. manently by the operational Police Force. formed, and that the bill does Leong Vai Kei said that The school is also obliged entity’s initiative, the DSEJ In November alone, 289 overcharging incidents not have regulations concer- private schools already have to obey the government’s can temporarily operate the were reported, representing 64.7 percent of the ning appointment methods. these task forces, and that finance regulations, and school. total number of taxi infractions for the month. ASK THE VET by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester means that the ability to see color exists, but the ability to differentiate colors probably CAN CATS SEE COLOUR? does not exist. The importance of the eyes Because there is no form of two-way com- outlet of nerves that contains both cones and From as far back as the history of the cat munications with cats, it can sometimes be rods. The cones work by taking in light and can be traced, cats have always been hun- difficult to determine what cats see. The only changing the images into color. That messa- ters. They lived and survived in the wilder- way to accurately describe the sight of cats ge is then sent to the brain and the concept ness by hunting at night and keeping them- is to actually examine the eye using modern of color is realized. Rods, on the other hand, selves concealed during the day. The eyes science as a hitch. And while most cat ow- take in light from the eye and contrast the were a great asset because they had the abi- ners would like to believe that their cat has image into black and white. lity to see in much brighter contexts at night. the ability to see them clearly and in colour, The theory of cats being able to see color is This was essential to their survival. the cat was simply not formed to exist in that directly related to the amount of cones and It is important to understand that the ability manner. rods that are present in the retina. However, to see color was never a necessity for the sur- Now that there is the advent of medical modern science has recently been able to de- vival of the cat. In a dark and wooded forest, science, there is more information than ever termine that cats have a much higher amount the cat had a limited use for colour; only bri- that can tell us exactly what cats see and why of rods in the retina than they do cones. ght contrasts that would allow him to succes- Ask the Vet: they can only see a limited amount of color. What this means is that because cats do have sfully hunt his prey. cones in the retina, they do have some ability Royal Veterinary Centre Science of the eye to see color. However, in comparison, cones Hope this info helps Tel: +853 28501099, +853 28523678 The main component of the eye that is re- in the retina of cats only account for roughly Till next week Emergency: +853 62662268 lated to color is the retina. The retina is an 20%. The other 80% consists of rods. This Dr Ruan Bester Email: [email protected] www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_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, Irene Sam, SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F.
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