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LAM REVIEWS BAN OF LEGISLATIVE MINISTERIAL ASSEMBLY WORK CANDIDATE CRITICIZED CONFERENCE Agnes Lam yesterday made Lau Siu-lai, stripped of her seat an evaluation of her first-year in the Hong Kong legislature POSTPONED as a lawmaker, saying she last year, has been barred from TO 2020 wants to ‘listen to the people’ running again next month P5 P7 P11 MON.15 Oct 2018 T. 23º/ 27º C H. 70/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3149 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 AP PHOTO Wong oversees financial SOUTH CHINA SEA Philippine President P3 MACAU Rodrigo Duterte and Vietnam’s intelligence unit prime minister have discussed efforts by their countries to delineate their maritime boundaries in the AP PHOTO disputed South China Sea, most of which is claimed by China. INDONESIA Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 27 people, including a dozen children at a school. More on p13 MALAYSIA Charismatic Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim won a by-election for a parliamentary seat with a landslide victory in a grand political comeback to help him prepare for his eventual takeover from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. More on p12 AP PHOTO RUSSIA Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from jail after serving 50 days on two consecutive sentences for organizing unsanctioned protests. The protests were against a Russian government plan to raise the eligibility age for state pensions, which has since been signed into law. NEPAL Internet providers have begun blocking thousands of pornographic websites as part of a government Shinzo Abe renews pledge to change directive aimed at stopping sexual violence. More on p12 P13 More on backpage Japan’s charter to boost troops 15.10.2018 mon 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Grand Prix promotions held in Fund-raising for Indonesia’s Hong Kong quake-tsunami victims continues Lynzy Valles ES LL OCAL international chur- Lch, Jesus Alive Ministry VA LYNZY (JAM), held a “Day of Prayer & Fundraising for the Victims of 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake A promotional campaign in Hong Kong and Tsunami” yesterday, rai- for the Suncity Group 65th Macau Grand sing MOP5,280 in the one Prix was inaugurated on the weekend -hour event. drawing, according to a statement from Attended by some 30 local the Macau government, a large number of Indonesians and representa- residents and visitors. The Macau Grand tives from Filipino churches Prix Organizing Committee participated in and various other organiza- the two-day promotional event, staged by tions, the Christian commu- the Macau Government Tourism Office on nity gathered to spend time in October 13 and 14, holding several activities as well as displays recounting history of worship and prayer. Yosa Wariyanti Beto Bebeto the event. Visitors had the chance to get an According to the organi- up-close look at the Dallara Volkswagen zer, Gilbert Humphrey, also Formula 3 car with which Portuguese star known as Beto Bebeto, the kind of stirred our hearts and relief efforts in a report as a fundraising event will be held Antonio Felix da Costa rocketed to victory donations will be in the form we thought we had to do so- follow-up on the funds being until the last Sunday of this on Macau’s famous Guia street circuit of goods that will be donated mething,” explained Bebeto. donated from Macau. month. in 2016, as well as a Lotus Evora sports to Palu and Donggala cities, Meanwhile, the organizer The prayer-fundraising “My member’s families were car manufactured by British automotive which have still not recovered had also hoped that there event included some singing affected but [missing people] company Lotus Car that competed in the from the devastation. would be more local residents and dance performances from have been found, but another 2017 Macau Touring Car Cup. To date around 2,000 peo- participating in the event, yet local Indonesian migrant friend’s family is still mis- ple have been reported killed acknowledged the generosity groups. sing,” Wariyanti explained. since the tremor struck on of their donations Meanwhile, Yosa Wariyanti, “The alliance joined with an HK Secretary September 28, with hundreds “I expected to have more [lo- president of the Indonesian Indonesian organization [ba- still missing and more than cal residents attend]. Maybe Migrant Workers Union, said sed in Indonesia], who will unaware of mega 70,000 people still living in because things like this don’t that the community’s alliance help us send the money to the evacuation centres or displa- happen often in Macau, so has raised over MOP17,000 in villages [we aim to help],” she bridge opening ced across the devastated pro- you don’t really feel the kind the past two weeks of fundrai- said. vinces. Hong Kong’s Secretary for Transport and of urge straightaway,” said Be- sing efforts. Wariyanti implied that the Housing has said that he is unaware of when “We felt straightaway that beto, while noting that there Different Indonesian mi- group is also struggling to the mega-bridge linking the city to Macau we were impacted as well. One were also some local residents grant groups have been rai- reach out to local residents in and Zhuhai will open to general circulation. of our members, who goes to who offered donations before sing awareness and funds promoting their fundraising According to the South China Morning Post, our church in Hong Kong, all the fundraising event. for this cause by appearing initiatives. Frank Chan Fan said that he has “no idea nine family members of hers JAM church is collaborating in different areas throughout “For our community, we do when the bridge will open up.” The Hong died in the quake-tsunami. Al- with Jakarta-based Christian the city including the Three not yet have support from lo- Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) is though this [the raised funds] channel, Pijar TV, who will vi- Lamps square and in the mos- cal residents. We don’t know still awaiting the green light from the central will not help her family, […] sit to distribute the donations, que. how to ask them, or who and government in Beijing, the Secretary added. every event in her family’s life while also documenting the According to Wariyanti, the where to ask,” she added. ASK THE VET by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester AN INTRODUCTION TO DOG HEARING External Ear tympanic cavity. The tympanic cavity contains that are in the inner ear: the cochlea, vestibu- There are two part to your dog’s external ear. auditory ossicles which are three small bones le and three semicircular canals. The cochlea The pinna and the external ear canal. The that vibrate with noise. These bones are the contains nerves that pass on the sound impul- pinna, or the ear flap, gives each breed of dog malleus, the stapes and the incus. These bo- ses that are responsible for hearing. The ves- its distinctive look. The ear flap is made up nes are connected and are located just behind tibule and the semicircular canals are tissues of cartilage which gives the ear strength. The the ear drum to the window of the inner ear. that are responsible for equilibrium and ba- coned shape structure of the ear delivers sou- Unless the ear drum is ruptured, the middle lance maintenance. The cochlea, the vestibule Deafness can also be hereditary and can affect nd to the external ear canal. The external ear and inner ear is not visible. To keep the ear and the semicircular canals are full of cranial certain breeds such as Dalmatians, Boston canal also called the auditory canal picks up pressure normal, the middle ear is connected nerves which transmit sound and balance to Terriers, Rottweilers and Border Collies. the sound and sends it down the canal to the to the pharynx by the eustachian tube. This the brain. ear drum. This canal runs down the side of the allows air to pass in and out from the pharynx Hope this info helps head diagonally and then horizontally into the to the middle ear. Deafness Till next week head. When puppies are born they are not able to Dr Ruan Bester Inner Ear hear. Their eardrums are closed until they are Middle Ear The inner ear is locatated by the petrous 10 days old. They can start to hear sound in The middle ear includes the tympanic mem- temporal bones of the skull. It contains cilia, about 14 days. At 4 weeks their inner ears are Ask the Vet: brane, or eardrum, and the tympanic cavity. which arew tiny hair-like strands that are res- fully developed and a veterinarian can then Royal Veterinary Centre The ear drum is a thin tissue that separates the ponsible for changing sound impulses into check for deafness. Deafness results in the external ear from the middle and inner ear. electronic impulses. The inner ear houses a damage to the ear drum, the middle and inner Tel: +853 28501099, +853 28523678 Once the sound reaches the ear drum it vibra- bony labyrinth or osseous that contains fluid structures or the nerves. Disease, trauma or Emergency: +853 62662268 tes through air vibration and sends it to the filled membranes. There are three structures certain drugs can cause deafness in your dog. 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