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Chui Pledges to Release Report on the Demand for Public Housing in Sept MACAO LIBRARY WEEK CHINESE JIHADIS’ RISE IN KICKS OFF LOCAL SYRIA The Library Week kicked off on DESIGNERS Chinese fighters of the Turkistan Saturday and will offer a lineup SHOWCASE Islamic Party in Syria are of activities for book lovers CREATIONS organized, battled-hardened and throughout the week have been instrumental P2 P4 FASHION P11 MON.24 Apr 2017 T. 19º/ 23º C H. 80/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2788 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 Macron, Le Pen advance to French runoff P7, 15 CHINA’s foreign minister says China insists on the elimination of nuclear weapons in the Macau debuts polling station Korean peninsula and will continue to pursue AP PHOTO the resumption of talks among the involved parties. AP PHOTO US A 10-day swing through four Pacific Rim nations is offering evidence that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has become one of President Donald Trump’s chief emissaries on the world stage. More on p13 More on backpage With articles republished from Debate WITh lawmakeRS US farm belt anxious about Trump Chui pledges to release report on the trade threats F1 demand for public housing in Sept. P3 24.04.2017 mon th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO can spark imagination morrow. when reading, the Cul- The event is held tural Affairs Bureau every April as a ce- Library Week kicks off (IC) said in a state- lebration of “World ment. Book Day.” Activities at the Old The Wu Yee Sun Li- Court Building over brary of the University with series of activities the weekend included of Macau (UM) is also the sale of archived participating by hos- periodicals for chari- ting a special reward HE Macau Library ty, a book exchange scheme event titled TWeek 2017 kicked and book crossing (the “Fill the Campus with off on Saturday and practice of leaving a Reading Atmosphere”, will offer a lineup of ac- book in a public pla- which starts today and RENATO MARQUES RENATO tivities for book lovers ce to be picked up, ends Friday, April 28. throughout the week. read and passed on by This event, which aims Organized by the Ma- others). Other activi- to promote reading cao Public Library, ties included English- and thinking habits in alongside the Educa- language hand puppet students on the UM tion and Youth Affairs shows and various campus, will grant free Bureau (DSEJ) and workshops such as books to library users the Macao Library “Marbling Bookmarks who borrow books and Information Ma- DIY” and “Non-woven during this week. nagement Association Fabric Memo Holder The next session of (MLIMA), the theme DIY.” the English-langua- of this year’s edition is This edition also in- ge hand puppet show “Reading and Images”. cludes an exhibition on will tell the story of Pi- The event aims to German comic books nocchio, as part of the broaden reading pers- (held from April 25 to exhibition “Storybooks pectives by exploring May 21) and several can speak” at 3:00 the relationship be- reading game booths, p.m. on Saturday, May tween images and rea- among other activities. 6 at S. Lourenço Li- ding and how visuals These will run until to- brary. ding streets. Additionally, a Museum Day Carnival number of workshops will be Health Bureau closes held inside and outside the showcases local festivities Red Market, as well as gui- hotel pool due to ded tours dedicated to “The History and Evolution of the EVENTEEN local mu- the history of Macau’s street Red Market.” legionella cases Sseums are co-organizing vendors will be set up outsi- In May, each museum will this year’s edition of the de the building. Billboards organize other celebrations, HE Health Bureau (SSM) piping system. “Macau International Mu- introducing the background exhibitions, workshops, lec- Tlast Friday ordered the tem- The SSM said it had collected seum Day Carnival.” of these activities will also tures and free admission porary closure of the swimming water samples from all of these During a press conference be set up in the surroun- days. pool of the Parisian Macao Hotel for analysis, and that the results held last week at the Scien- in Cotai. would be available next week. ce Centre, representatives The temporary closure is among Legionnaires’ disease is an in- of each museum introduced a series of preventive measures fection caused by Legionella the event, with the opening ONE SHOT NEWS taken by the bureau following Pneumophila, a bacterium that ceremony scheduled for May three recent cases of Legionnai- can live in fresh water and other 3 at 10.30 a.m. at the Red res’ disease in Hong Kong. aquatic environments. These in- Market. SSM said two patients had clude artificial aquatic systems, The theme of this edition of stayed at The Parisian hotel be- swimming pools, cooling sys- the Carnival is festivities and tween January and March. A tems, fountains and home medi- buildings. Several of Macau’s third had stayed at the hotel cal devices. museums, in collaboration in December but only showed It is most likely to thrive and with the Macau Fishmon- symptoms in January. spread in temperatures between gers Association (Ou Mun In a statement, the SSM says 20 and 45 degrees Celsius. Sin U Hong Chong Wui), will it had collaborated with the Ma- As swimming pools are conti- combine the traditions of the cao Government Tourism Office nually disinfected through chlo- Drunken Dragon Dance and (MGTO) to conduct an inspec- rination, and have a water tem- the “Dragon Boat rice” dis- tion of the hotel unit, the day after perature cooler than the ideal en- tribution with the activities being notified about the matter vironment for Legionella Pneu- of the International Museum by the Hong Kong health autho- mophila, the risk of infection in Day Carnival. rities. swimming pools is low. According to the organi- After the inspection, the SSM The symptoms of Legionnaires’ zers, a series of activities ordered the hotel to adopt several disease include fever, dry cough, will be held on the opening measures; aside from the tem- breathing difficulty, fatigue, hea- day, including an exhibition porary closure of the swimming dache, muscle pain, abdominal about Dragon Boat rice in- The Sports Games for People with Disabilities 2017 was held yesterday at the pool, the hotel was also ordered pain and diarrhea. side the Red Market, while Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. Around 2,000 people participated, according to the to disinfect its jacuzzis, swim- The condition can be cured by models of street hawkers’ organizers. The event featured nine sports and recreational activities and three ming pool, fountains and water antibiotics. 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Ruan Du Toit Bester | NEWS AGENCIES_ Associated Press, Bloomberg, Financial Times, MacauHub, MacauNews, For subscription and general issues: [email protected] | Printed at Welfare Printing Ltd +11,000 like us on facebook.com/mdtimes Xinhua | SECRETARY_Yang Dongxiao [email protected] SEND NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION AND PRESS RELEASES TO: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO mon 24.04.2017 th Anniversary MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER 澳聞 MACAU 3 Debate WITh lawmakeRS Chui: Population to reach 710,000 in 2020 In his reply to lawmaker An- quirements for the leaders of gela Leong, who asked about public departments. the future of the lands where In response to other the Macau-Canidrome is lo- lawmakers’ inquiries, Chui cated, Chui said that the land said that the government has “surely will not be used for reclaimed 63 illegally occu- commercial purposes.” pied land plots, which had a He stated that the govern- total area of 336,000 square ment is not overlooking the meters. He also noted that the issue. In view of the popula- government had previously tion density around the Ma- nullified 38 land concessions cau-Canidrome, the gover- in cases where leaseholders nment has considered using failed to develop the land ac- the land to build schools or cording to the timetable and facilities for sports, leisure, terms previously stated. or cultural events. The CE said the govern- ment’s full report on the de- mand for public housing wou- The ld be released in September. The report – covering topics government’s such as the possibility of a new category of public hou- full report on sing, which could also inclu- de dormitories for Macau’s the demand for youth – will serve as a refe- public housing rence point for the govern- ment when formulating long- will be released term public housing policy. Mak Soi Kun asked Chui in September questions on the Sin Fong Garden, which was evacua- “The land will not be used ted due to risk of collapse.
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