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AIR MACAU TO TRAIN WIFE OF TAIWAN ACTIVIST TEN MORE PILOTS TO BEGIN SEARCH CNN PICKS TAIPA Air Macau has opened Lee Ching-yu will travel to VILLAGE AS NO.2 Beijing to search for her its second year of UNDERRATED applications for cadet husband who went missing in ASIAN SPOT training abroad Macau last month P2 P5 P6 MON.10 Apr 2017 T. 23º/ 27º C H. 80/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2780 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 LAND LAW | PEARL HORIZON PHILIPPINES Back-to- back earthquakes cracked small buildings and blocked roads with minor landslides Saturday in a Philippine resort province south of Manila where Lawmakers: Solution jittery tourists left and patients were evacuated from a hospital amid aftershocks. 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Korea strike on Syria P13 10.04.2017 mon th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO RENATO MARQUES RENATO Anima’s president charged for sharing video of dog abuse Albano Martins, president of Anima - Society for the Protection of Animals (Macau), has been charged for sharing a video of a man abusing a dog on social media. The man in question was later identified as a Judiciary Police officer. Anima is an NGO that has been actively fighting for animal rights in the region. The video was shared in mid-January this year, and was circulated via social networks by multiple users, including the NGO. Martins has been charged for breaching personal data protection laws. “I went in as a witness and came out as a a total of 25 after 2020, a defendant,” Martins told TDM. “I had the duty to expose the crime. All I did as president of Anima was to share prediction that “justifies something [which] Anima and I believe breaches the law. a significant expansion in Air Macau to train ten the training of new pilots to This denouncing of abuse against an animal has breached another law.” take part in the company’s plans for growth.” more local Cadet Pilots During last year’s de- parture ceremony for the program’s first 10 cadets, BLOOMBERG Renato Marques which also recruited 10 ca- excluded residents not of Chen also stated that “Air dets to be trained at Fran- Chinese nationality, even Macau will continue to re- IR Macau has opened ce’s Civil Aviation Universi- though the program has cruit more local pilots for A its local Cadet Pilot ty (ENAC, École nationale been primarily advertised training in Macau. The pro- Program for another round. de l’aviation civile). in the Chinese language. gram is expected to be held Following the program’s The program began in The company also claims once a year. At the same debut last year, the com- September last year and is to be investing around time, Air Macau will also pany has moved to the expected to take 30 mon- MOP20 million in the pro- provide diversified develo- second edition of the pro- ths. gram to address the airli- pment opportunities to the Macau applies for gram, which aims to train This year, eligible appli- ne’s future needs. ambitious young men who UNESCO ‘City of an additional 10 cadet pi- cants must hold a Macau Chen Hong, President of want to join the aviation in- lots. Permanent ID with a valid the Executive Committee dustry.” Gastronomy’ status According to an Air Ma- passport, as in the previous and Chief Executive Offi- An Air Macau spokesper- cau representative, the year’s amended criteria. cer of Air Macau, previou- son added that they expect Macau has officially applied to be a member of program has not undergo- The program initially re- sly stated that he expects this year’s program to be the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a “City of ne any significant changes quired applicants to hold a Air Macau to expand from more efficient and com- Gastronomy”, Chinese media reported. Secretary for from last year’s edition, Macau SAR passport. This the current 17 aircraft to prehensive than last year. Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam was quoted by Macao Daily as saying that joining the network would establish Macau as one of the most popular choices for food and restaurants, boosting the city’s reputation as a global tourist destination. MGTO listed the UNESCO “City of Gastronomy” application as one of four major goals in 2017, with the SAR government even organizing a Beijing pushes for flights from Macau special committee to address this issue. to Portuguese-speaking countries More public restrooms suggested in tourist areas HE Deputy Di- nual meeting of the countries and so tuguese-speaking Secretary for Social Trector of Central Joint Working Com- should develop acti- countries in a way to Affairs and Culture, People’s Government mittee on Tourism vities involving ex- attract more visitors Alexis Tam, com- Members of a consultative council for community services have suggested that local authorities increase the Liaison Office in Ma- to Support Macau’s change between the from these countries mented, “it is a good number of public restrooms and breastfeeding rooms cau, Yao Jian, aired Aspirations to Bui- mainland and these and, at the same idea but it’s neces- in areas with high tourist traffic. Cheong Sok Leng, one the idea that Macau ld a World Centre of countries,” Yao said, time, give a chance sary for [further] of the members, stated that the ratio of female to male should explore the Tourism and Leisure, as quoted by the for these tourists to analysis. We didn’t restrooms should be adjusted, as queues for female opportunity to orga- held last week in the newspaper Hoje Ma- transfer to other des- address [the topic] restrooms are typically longer. Another member, Cheong nize air routes to the region. cau. tinations in China.” during the mee- Chi Hong, voiced his opinion that the local government Portuguese-speaking “Macau is an im- “[Macau] should The suggestion ting but that doesn’t could learn from other countries, such as Germany, countries. portant platform be- study the possibility seems to have come mean we aren’t going in order to improve the design and demand of public The suggestion tween China and the of developing direct as a surprise for the to do that in the futu- restrooms. came during the an- Portuguese-speaking flights with the Por- local authorities. 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The and customer service skills project is the latest colla- through communicating boration between Fuhong with customers. Society of Macau and the The collaboration aims Macau Tower. to give participants the This is the fifth social opportunity to solve pro- enterprise established by blems independently and Fuhong Society of Macau, prepare themselves for the following the launch of workplace in the future. several other initiatives at April 2 has been recogni- Anim’Arte Nam Van and zed as the annual “World the Taipa-Houses Mu- Autism Awareness Day” seum, among other key lo- by the United Nations. HE Judiciary Police (PJ)’s Many cases involve labor dispu- it now has 27 members.