DISASTER SHELTER CHAPAS SÍNICAS POLICE LOCATIONS LISTED AS HERITAGE The government is studying The “Official Records of FIND NINE the option of using schools Macau During the Qing BODIES IN as temporary shelters when Dynasty (1693-1886)” has TOKYO FLAT catastrophes occur been list by UNESCO P2 P7 P13 JAPAN WED.01 Nov 2017 T. 20º/ 26º C H. 45/ 75% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2918 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 AP PHOTO Beijing wants national anthem law in Macau P3,10 GERMANY yesterday marked the 500th anniversary since the day Martin Luther is said to have nailed HELEN LO | ASSOCIatION OF Tattoo Art his theses challenging the Catholic Church to a church door, a starting point of the ‘Tattoos are not Reformation. German Chancellor Angela Merkel took part in a P4 INTERVIEW service in the famous mainstream culture’ Castle Church in Wittenberg, where Luther supposedly posted his 95 Theses on Oct. 31, 1517. CAMBODIA’s Supreme Court yesterday authorized the continued detention of opposition leader Kem Sokha, who faces treason charges that critics have denounced as part of a ruling party campaign to crush political rivals. THAILAND has canceled the passports of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country last month to evade a prison sentence that she said was politically motivated. Yingluck was sentenced to five years in prison in September for negligence in instituting a money-losing rice subsidy program. More on p13 BANGLADESH A boat carrying up to 45 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal yesterday morning, and a Bangladeshi official said four bodies were recovered. More on backpage 01.11.2017 wed th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO allowed to race in the BMW Art Car is a great honor for us,” Lamm told Sportscar365. He continued, saying “there are an awful lot of highlights. Vic- tory in Le Mans with the BMW V12 LMR, the wins at the 24- hour classics at the Nürburgring and in Spa-Francorchamps with BMW and, of course, our DTM titles in 1989 and 2012.” He then noted “however, my first trip to the touring car race in Macau was certainly particularly spe- cial. I flew to Hong Kong in a cargo plane with the racing cars in 1980. Then we won the race with Hans-Joachim Stuck and the BMW 320 Group 5. That was simply incredible. Afterwards, my now wife and I travelled from Macau to the Philippines to explore the country.” The 1980 victory mentioned MACAU GP by Lamm was in fact the first of nine wins achieved by the Ba- varian manufacturer between 1980 and 1998. Team Schnitzer’s return to Macau As mentioned, Schnitzer will be in charge of the BMW (Art Car) M6 GT3 number 18, which gets will be an ‘emotional experience’ its number from being the 18th installment in the unique BMW Art Car series. In this case the car, EGENDARY German mo- Schnitzer’s team boss Charly making its FIA GT World Cup back in 2009, when (with Farfus although perhaps looking unfi- Ltorsports squad, BMW Team Lamm said to motorsports we- debut. It holds the record as as the driver) they claimed vic- nished to the naked eye sporting Schnitzer, is ready to return to bsite Sportscar365 “returning to the most successful team in the tory in the World Touring Car only its “natural black carbon Macau later this month, to parti- Macau will be a very emotional Macau Grand Prix event history Championship race. skin,” features a unique digital cipate in the FIA GT World Cup experience for our team.” He ad- with a total of 13 victories ove- “We have already celebrated design, created in cooperation where the team will oversee the ded that, “this street race is uni- rall. many memorable wins at the with the Chinese artist Cao Fei. BMW (Art Car) M6 GT3 number que in motorsport and is unlike This will be the first time that Guia Circuit which is why we The design can only be seen in 18. Their car will be driven by the any other event.” the historical team returns to are really looking forward to full with an augmented reality Brazilian racer Augusto Farfus. BMW Team Schnitzer is the Guia Circuit since its last win being back in Macau, and being filter through a mobile app. RM Schools considered as Ella Lei insists that part-time disaster shelter locations regulations need further consideration AWMAKER Ella salaries and the social se- HE government is the education of studen- crease in the DSEJ bud- LLei hopes that the go- curity of part-time workers. Tstudying the option ts regarding self-rescue, get. vernment can pause the Lei has claimed that of using schools as tem- rescuing other people Leong also disclosed progress of a proposed among the several people porary shelters in the and disaster prevention. that she has already de- part-time work law due to who have contacted the event of a future disaster, She continued by saying livered a letter of resig- the topic currently being Macau Federation of Tra- the director of the Edu- the city also needs to nation to her superior. a source of contention be- de Unions (FAOM), where cation and Youth Affairs both enhance teachers’ According to Leong, she tween MSAR residents. Lei is serving, there is an Bureau (DSEJ), Leong knowledge about all the- will retire in February of On September 23, the La- agreement that the govern- Lai, said yesterday, on se aspects and improve next year. She believes bour Affairs Bureau star- ment should not rush into Ella Lei the sidelines of the Youth the structural safety of that the Secretary for So- ted a public consultation, establishing these amend- Affairs Committee’s ple- some school facilities. cial Affairs and Culture regarding the amendment ments as they believe the According to Lei, the nary meeting. “In the future, [the go- already has a candidate to the part-time work law; amendments would create public discussion of two The DSEJ will hear the vernment] will organize to occupy her position. the public consultation will unfair situations and con- topics (paternity leave and opinions of the Fire Ser- people to go to mainland Further, the acting head end next Wednesday. flicts. overlapping holidays and vices Bureau, Social Af- China, Taiwan, and Ja- of the Education Depart- The amendment suggests She believes that related weekends) has already rea- fairs Bureau and other pan to visit works related ment of DSEJ, Kong Chi that jobs where the mon- legislation for part-time ched a point of agreement. departments regarding to disaster and danger Meng, stated that the thly working hours are workers should primarily Lei suggested that the the topic. After this con- prevention,” announced construction associated less than 72 hours should aim to protect, not reduce, government should hand- sultation period, the Leong. with a school project in be redefined as part-time these workers’ rights. le these two amendments government will decide When talking about Coloane is scheduled to work. It suggests offering At the same time, the go- first and allow more time which schools are suitab- other topics concerning commence before the non-paid sick and paterni- vernment is carrying out a for society to discuss the le shelter locations. education, Leong expres- new year, and that the ty leaves, as well as other public consultation regar- other topics, to achieve an As Leong explained, the sed his hope that next project will last for two changes regarding employ- ding amendments to the effective and fair agree- city needs to “enhance year there will be an in- years. ment contracts, holidays, labor relation laws. ment. 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, Grace Yu, SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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Lam accused the former SMG head of being newly- adopted National The National Anthem Law BLOOMBERG incapable of establishing a proper typhoon forecast Anthem Law in the Hong is among laws relating to mechanism.