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EXHIBITION SHOWS THE THAI ACTIVIST RECEIVES POLICE PROCESS OF MAKING ART HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD HOLD DRILL Rui Rasquinho is showcasing his A Thai law student arrested TO ASSESS new solo exhibition – an unusual for sharing a critical article CAPABILITIES exhibition that portrays the about his country’s king won process of creating his artworks a human rights award P6 P7 MDT REPORT P13 FRI.19 May 2017 T. 23º/ 28º C H. 65/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2805 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 12 yEaRs In thE makIng AP PHOTO Ferry terminal to open SAUDI ARABIA, hoping to dazzle U.S. President P2 Donald Trump on the first stop of his first after massive delays overseas visit as chief executive, is hosting a line-up of summits and events this weekend, including a concert by American country singer Toby Keith. 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More on p12 More on backpage INSIDE 19.05.2017 fri th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO stage. We want this to occur as PhasE 3 staRts In JunE smoothly as possible. This is the most important priority at the moment.” He noted that the in- clusion of additional travel op- MOP3.8 billion bill on Pac On tions will be mostly “dependent on the market.” Another topic highlighted by Ferry Terminal not closed the media concerned how the new terminal would be served by public transport. Wong replied to these ques- Renato Marques tions saying that the decision as to whether or not to increase the NAUGURATED yesterday number and frequency of bus morning after about 12 years routes serving the terminal de- I MARQUES RENATO in construction, the new Pac On pends on the demand from peo- Ferry Terminal (officially na- ple, noting that the Transport med Taipa Maritime Terminal) Bureau is already taking this is- will finally commence opera- sue into consideration. tions from June 1, the director The mega structure that will of the Marine and Water Bureau enter into operation on June 1 (DSAMA) Susana Wong annou- covers an area of 200,000 squa- nced during the facility’s official re metres with 16 bridge-quays inauguration yesterday. for fast ferries as well as three It was previously announced multipurpose berths that can be that the major public construc- used for several kinds of ships. tion would carry a hefty bill after The heliport that completes the many delays and several bud- transportation capabilities of getary miscarriages – which at the terminal has the capacity for the last estimation, amounted to five helicopters. MOP3.8 billion. To serve passengers, there are But Wong said that “this is the also a total of 127 immigration end of phase 2. We will enter desks in place and a parking lot phase 3 as soon as possible af- with capacity for 1,000 vehicles. ter the new terminal enters into operation.” Phase 3 involves the demoli- tion of the old temporary ferry they who determine the budget.” bly one or two months more.” using this route will gradually terminal (built during phase 1) Wong said, “the third pha- It is currently unclear as to increase by 5 percentage poin- We are not as well as the construction of a se will take about one year to how many staff DSAMA would ts or more. expecting very new fuel park onsite to supply conclude.” require to operate the new ter- “We are not expecting very the vessels operating in the new Other ancillary services form minal. Wong mentioned that drastic growth, but gradual drastic growth. terminal. part of the overall ferry termi- the department responsible growth nonetheless. At this mo- SUSANA WONG Questioned by the media on nal project, but will not be rea- for overseeing the operations ment, the temporary terminal DSAMA DIRECTOR how much phase 3 could add dy for the opening date. Accor- of all terminals will manage accounts for about 35 percent to the bill, which already sits at- ding to Wong, “the restaurants, staffing issues. of the total number of passen- The construction started on MOP3.8 billion, Wong said, “I snack [and souvenir] shops and The DSAMA director also gers but we believe that this will troubled footing, and there are don’t know exactly. This is a pro- tourism agency offices will not said to expect that with the increase to 40 or 40-something still some problems yet to be cess led by GDI [Infrastructure be ready by June 1 as we need opening of the new terminal, percent,” Wong said remarking solved, as anticipated by Wong Development Office] and it is some time to prepare – proba- the proportion of total visitors that in the face of such growth, in the conclusion of her speech. other amenities would be ad- “The construction of the TMPT ded. These include additional was enormous and the difficul- services, improvements to the ties found [in the process] were Secretary admits problems and general environment, and a lar- big. We expect that after beco- ger parking lot than that of the ming operative, the TMPT will undervalues budget slippage previous terminal. still have room for further im- For the time being, the esta- provement and optimization.” HE Secretary for Transport and Public new, “A part of this [building] was completed al- blishment of new routes and Yesterday’s event was attended TWorks, Raimundo do Rosário, admitted pro- ready around ten years ago,” noting, “it’s normal transport companies will not by Chief Executive Chui Sai On blems with the Pac On Ferry Terminal building that there are some problems, I have always ack- take place. Wong said, “this is and the Secretary for Transport and undervalued the several budget ammend- nowledged this, but [that is why] we are here: to merely a transition [from the and Public Works, Raimundo ments that led to the final budget of MOP3.8 solve them,” he concluded. temporary terminal] at this do Rosário. billion. Meanwhile, questioned by the media on the pro- Rosário, speaking to the media on the sideli- blems with staff hired under his supervision, Ro- nes of the inauguration of the new Taipa termi- sário admitted the problem of irregular contracts HALF-HEARTED START FOR TAIPA TERMINAL nal, said, “It is also necessary to say that in the for outsourced personel exists although insisted beginning [first project] the terminal had eight that it that was of a “small scale.” OFFICIALLY ENTERING into not expected to be in place before berthing places, now it has 16” he explained the “We have probably four or five cases (I’m sure operations on June 1, the new August this year. At the inaugu- difference in dimension of the current project, as that is less than half a dozen) and the way to sol- ferry terminal will be far from ration, Wong mentioned that the reason for the greater than anticipated costs. ve this [them] is to let the contracts finish and working full steam ahead. As an- the terminal will mostly target nounced by the DSAMA director, large tour groups visiting Macau “When the project started it was very small, howe- after that we have to rectify the situation (in the Susana Wong, the terminal will as “individual travelers are ex- ver, it has undergone successive changes so that ones possible to do that). There is no other way,” only operate half of the quays for pected to still continue to prefer now we have this building that is even larger than he said. Regarding the CCAC report on the affor- fast ferries – eight out of a possi- to travel to the Outer Harbor the airport passengers terminal. [This said] I do dable housing, backing the buyers, Rosário said ble sixteen, for now. Restaurants, Ferry Terminal [on the Macau not think there has been great [budget] slippage.” “We are going to follow all the recommendations shops and tourism services are Peninsula].” The secretary also acknowledges that although issued.” 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. Cheong, Jenny Lao-Phillips, João Palla Martins, Joseph Cheung, Julie Zhu, ADDRESS Av. da Praia Grande, 599, Edif. 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