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NEGLECTED HERITAGE STOCKS RISE ON REPORT OF AGING Experts claim that RELAXED VISA RULES MILITARY buildings with cultural Travelers holding Chinese PLANE value continue to be passports can now stay 7 days CRASHES neglected, particularly in Macau, up from 5 days, INTO MEDAN those of Portuguese style Xinhua reported HOTEL P2 10 YEARS AFTER UNESCO LISTING P2 P12,20 INDONESIA WED.01 Jul 2015 T. 28º/ 33º C H. 65/ 90% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 5.00 2346 N.º HKD 7.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” AD ExCo announces full smoking ban plans P5 RENATO MARQUES RENATO Hotel Estoril revamp blueprint unveiled P3 WORLD BRIEFS CHINA’s ruling Communist Party recruited almost 15 percent fewer new members last year amid hopes that better-qualified candidates will expand its guiding role in Chinese society. 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More on backpage 01.07.2015 wed th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 HERITAGE | 10 YEARS AFTER UNESCO LISTING Stocks rise on report of Buildings of Portuguese relaxed visa rules Christopher Palmeri The government shortened the permitted stay last year in YNN Resorts Ltd., response to what was believed origin neglected, WMGM Resorts Interna- to be widespread cheating on tional and Las Vegas Sands the part of visa holders who Corp. rose on reports that claimed to be visiting another architect says China is easing restrictions on destination while only staying local tourists visiting Macau. in Macau. Travelers holding mainland Wynn Resorts rose 4 per- cent to USD97.70 at 11:50 vants and are blessed with a China passports can now stay a.m. in New York. MGM Re- small private garden, a rari- seven days in Macau, up from sorts gained 3.6 percent and ty in Macau nowadays. The five days currently, the offi- Las Vegas Sands added 3.6 majority of the houses are cial Xinhua News Agency re- percent. Bloomberg abandoned and the architect ported. CARMO CORREIA/LUSA fears for their future: “If tho- se houses are torn down, they will be replaced with towers, STATISTICS | TOURISM which, considering the area, will make millions. But the- se houses show a lot of what Fewer tour visitors in May the old Macau was like, and should be preserved.” Vizeu Pinheiro gives other examples of endangered buil- BLOOMBERG dings, such as the houses that surround the Lilau Square, which have been neglected for many years. The ones with art deco façades painted yellow are particularly valuable, he says, because they have the kitchens, restrooms and sto- rage space separate from the Guests are served at a check-in counter in the lobby of the MGM Macau casino resort main building, to which they are linked by a bridge. He ISITORS on package Coronel Mesquita buildings also believes that there are Vtours totaled 823,000 The average some quays (“pontes”) in the in May, down by 2.2 percent occupancy rate T has been ten years since Inner Harbor and patios loca- year-on-year. Information IMacau’s historic center was ted close to the St Lawrence from the Statistics and Census of hotels and listed as a World Heritage site There’s the market that are also endan- Service (DSEC) indicated that by UNESCO, but some exper- gered. package tour visitors from guesthouses ts claim that buildings with risk that Vizeu Pinheiro is the author mainland China (653,000), cultural value continue to be of a study initiated in 2013 Taiwan (48,000) and Hong dropped neglected, particularly those Portuguese that surveyed around 50 bui- Kong (23,000) dropped by 2 of Portuguese style. buildings ldings that are of heritage percent, 17 percent and 12.1 total), the Republic of Korea “There’s the risk that Por- interest, but which are not percent respectively year-on (6.9 percent), Taiwan (4.1 per- tuguese buildings will slowly will slowly classified as monuments. The -year, while those from the cent) and Hong Kong (3.7 per- disappear and only the chur- study describes their history, Republic of Korea (39,000) cent). In the first five months ches will be preserved,” says disappear the changes that they have surged by 46.2 percent. of 2015, outbound residents local architect Francisco Vi- and only the been through, and the way According to statistical data using travel agency services zeu Pinheiro. they are being maintained. disclosed yesterday, visitors totaled 615,000, up by 5.4 Mr Pinheiro, who teaches churches will “The pattern is not the same. arriving on package tours de- percent year-on-year. architecture at the Univer- There is a tendency to com- creased by 1.1 percent year-on- A total of 863,000 guests sity of Saint Joseph, claims be preserved pletely renovate Chinese bui- year to 688,000. Meanwhi- checked into hotels and gues- that there are around 30 bui- ldings,” he told the Times le, visitors joining local tours thouses in May 2015, down ldings of Portuguese heritage VIZEU PINHEIRO previously. The same, accor- totaled 135,000, a decrease of by 2.7 percent year-on-year. that are yet to be classified as ding to Vizeu Pinheiro, can’t 7.7 percent. Throughout the Guests from mainland Chi- cultural relics, and which will other buildings,” Vizeu Pi- be said about the Portuguese first five months of 2015, visi- na (547,000) and Taiwan end up demolished or with nheiro says, adding that if the heritage buildings, several of tors on package tours totaled (27,000) decreased by 4.2 per- only the façades intact. trend is not reversed, “only which have been gradually 4,243,000, up by 5.5 percent cent and 2.3 percent respecti- The architect believes that the Portuguese folklore will demolished and replaced by year-on-year. vely, while those from Hong there are double standards in remain when the [20-year real estate projects. He argued According to DSEC, outbou- Kong (112,000) increased by 6 heritage conservation. “The anniversary] of the UNESCO that those conclusions even- nd residents using travel agen- percent. The average length of standard is not the same, and listing is celebrated.” tuate because the government cy services totaled 124,000 in stay of guests in May 2015 was that can be partly explained Asked to give examples of doesn’t have a master plan for May, a year-on-year increase stable compared with the same by the ignorance of Portugue- endangered buildings, he the city, and because it evalua- of 7.8 percent. Those traveling time last year at 1.4 nights. The se traditions and culture. A mentioned the ten green tes the edifices on a “case-by- on package tours increased by average occupancy rate of ho- Chinese building with known villas that can be seen along case” basis, often “reinterpre- 10.3 percent to 51,000. The tels and guesthouses dropped history is preserved, but the Avenue Coronel Mesquita, ting history and the concept of main destinations were main- by 6.6 percentage points year- same rule doesn’t apply to which once housed civil ser- authenticity.” MDT/Lusa land China (77.3 percent of on-year to 78.9 percent. DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION www.macaudailytimes.com.mo 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] 91 million page views DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] Martins, António Espadinha Soares, Brook Yang, Catarina Pinto, Cyril Law, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, Irene Sam, Jacky I.F. 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