SURVEY ON AL HIGH FLU OCCURRENCE THAI RELATED MATTERS Data recorded by the Health GENERAL Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho is Bureau shows a significant CONVICTED launching a survey on matters increase in influenza when related to the Legislative compared to the same period OF HUMAN Assembly works of last year TRAFFICKING P2 P5 P13 THU.20 Jul 2017 T. 25º/ 31º C H. 75/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2848 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 XINHUA AP PHOTO Bridge’s ecological PHILIPPINES The government scrapped P7 preliminary peace talks footprint unknown with communist rebel leaders in Europe due to continuing guerrilla attacks, including new violence yesterday that killed a government militiaman and wounded at least four presidential guards in the country’s south, officials said.More on p12 KOREA Police in South Korea’s capital yesterday began investigating how a North Korean woman who defected in 2014 and made South Korean TV appearances ended up back in the North. 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P11 More on backpage death amid concerns for widow 20.07.2017 thu 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO “If you don’t have transparen- der the six working committees cy in people’s houses, how can of the AL to open their meetin- the people trust and believe in gs to the public, Coutinho con- what you are stating to the AL?” demned the legislators, saying, he questioned. “Because they are liars, many Meanwhile, ATFPM is also lawmakers are liars,” citing the calling for the government to aforementioned smoking ban issue stricter criteria for its le- bill as an example. gislators to work as full time The lawmaker also criticized lawmakers. the fact that only the presidents As most of the legislators are of the AL Standing Committees busy businessmen or working are allowed to speak to the press part-time jobs, Coutinho, who to summarize the meeting’s de- has raised this concern in recent bate. “The media only listens to years, stressed that the issue was the president and only tells what never discussed on social media, he likes [the press] to hear,” he and has not been brought to the commented. government. Meanwhile, the lawmaker also The lawmaker believes that le- commented on the upcoming gislators should be working full- exit of Uber, along with the time for the regions’ residents approved taxi fare increase, des- in order to provide high quality cribing it as a contradiction. decision making. “You have to pay more for bad Coutinho also expressed the quality service. In many aspects, opinion that these part-time Macau is light-years away from lawmakers are formulating de- an intelligent city. Macau is Coutinho criticizes lack cisions that serve their self-in- going backwards,” he said. terest. Coutinho recalled that issues “[The] majority of the influen- such as public housing, health- of transparency in AL tial [people] are businessmen in care, transportation and social Macau. If they are legislators, it provident funds were raised se- would help them run better the veral years ago; and lamented Lynzy Valles ATFPM, José Pereira Coutinho, The lawmaker argued that ever business. It’s an added value,” that the public is still raising argued that the media must be since the region’s handover to the lawmaker explained. such issues. HE Macau Civil Servan- informed of the committees’ China 18 years ago, it had not Questioned by the Times on the “It just means we’re not mo- Tts Association (ATFPM) is discussions during their closed- improved its legislators’ trans- different factors that may hin- ving forward,” he concluded. calling for more transparency to door internal meetings. parency to the public. be implemented in the Legisla- The lawmaker criticized the AL “The media must know and tive Assembly (AL), particularly for its lack of transparency, re- must be informed by being pre- over the Standing Committee’s calling the previously-discussed sent in internal meetings,” he POSTER BANNING AT AL QUESTIONED closed-door meetings. bill on banning indoor smoking said. Until August 30, the associa- in casinos. According to him, the six DURING THE press conference each bill, we are like civil servants tion is conducting a survey on “At that time when the gover- working committees of the AL ATFPM organized yesterday, inside the AL because the govern- whether lawmakers should be nment submitted the full ban should change their regula- Coutinho suggested that the pro- ment decides everything.” Accord- required to work full-time at the on casino smoking bill, 26 legis- tions and allow the press to be posed ban of the use of posters and ing to the lawmaker, the proposed AL, and whether parliamentary lators voted in favor. And what present, unless discussions are banners during AL plenary meet- banning of posters at the AL would commissions’ meetings should happened next? When the bill “very sensitive.” ings is a setback to the MSAR’s not benefit legislators nor the pub- be open to the public. The sur- went through the second com- He also believed that closed- freedom of expression. According lic. He added that such a measure vey has been distributed on so- mission internal meeting, all of door meetings would hinder the to Coutinho, “if we cannot raise would only threaten Macau’s free- cial media platforms. them changed opinions,” Couti- growth of confidence the public cards at the AL and if we cannot dom of speech. “That’s not good Lawmaker and president of nho said. has in its government. express our opinions at the end of for Macau,” he stated. Money laundering group makes positive assessment ACAU received a According to the report, nation Bureau (DICJ) Mpositive assessment licensing controls are ro- in Macau has set up a in the Asia Pacific Group bust in the Macau gaming double-scrutiny system on Money Laundering sector for both concessio- for the market entry of (APG) Mutual Evalua- naires and junket promo- junket promoters. The tion Report (MER) 2017. ters. The MER states that DICJ undertakes sepa- The report was discussed Macau has applied the rate market entry and yesterday in the annual international standard- licensing requirements meeting of APG, which is setting body of anti-mo- for junket promoters and being held in Colombo, Sri ney laundering (AML) their formal collabora- Lanka. and counter-financing of tors. Macau’s positive results terrorism (CFT) measu- Moreover, DICJ pro- were received in respect res, including licensing as vides industry training The local delegation attending the meeting of its technical compliance well as ‘fit and proper’ test once every year to the with legal frameworks as requirements to include gaming sector with a the- Macau government is ch are subject to AML strengthen supervision well as its effectiveness in junket promoters and matic topic and objective. taking a more stringent and CFT requirements. of the gaming sector, and implementing measures their formal collaborators. 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