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This time, pas- sengers have accused a driver of From left to right: Jorge Menezes, Sulu Sou, Scott Chiang and Pedro Leal being aggressive, according to a report by the Hong Kong Apple Daily. The alleged victims are a Hong Kong couple and their two one- year-old children. Courts will not provide On Sunday, the family took a taxi from the Grand Lisboa towards the Macau Ferry Terminal. Portuguese translation of ruling Soon after the family entered the taxi, the driver told the cou- HE Times has learned ge Menezes and Pedro Leal unhappy over the sentence, that a request to have court ple to pay MOP200 for the ride. Tthat a request from the are both Portuguese and nei- adding that they had expected documents translated into The couple refused. During the two lawyers defending Sulu ther speaks Chinese. their clients to be acquitted Portuguese, an official lan- taxi ride to the destination, the Sou and Scott Chiang to have Sou and Chiang were both Menezes and Leal said that guage of the MSAR, has been driver reportedly said, “every Ma- the 60-page ruling translated sentenced to fines worth 120 they are studying with their refused. cau [taxi] driver is like this. Is this from Chinese to Portugue- days on Tuesday, drawing to a clients the possibility of However, in January this your first day taking a taxi? If you se has been rejected by the close a controversial case that appealing the sentence. The year, Menezes was successful don’t have money, why do you court. had been subject to numerous verdict and sentencing may in requesting that the Court take a taxi?” The two official languages appeals and disputes. only be appealed during a 20- of First Instance postpone During the ride, the driver and of the Macau Special Admi- Their lawyers told the me- day period that began after the start of the case until the the couple got involved in a ver- nistrative Region are Chinese dia on Tuesday evening that the trial concluded. lawyer could have the relevant bal fight, upon which the driver and Portuguese. Lawyers Jor- they were both surprised and It is not the first occasion case documents translated. stopped the taxi by the roadside. He later continued driving the passengers, and along the way, he made a phone call and informed the recipient of the call to wait at the Macau Ferry Terminal and to Casinos called to join non-mandatory practice violence against the fa- mily upon their arrival. He continued to make such central provident fund threats against the couple, while driving the vehicle with constant T was “strongly su- retirement funds of ga- takes time and FSS will grams, employees who cording to their length sudden breaks and sudden turns. Iggested” to Macau’s ming sector employees. continue to communi- are fired with reasona- of service. When they arrived at the Fer- gaming operators that Un Hoi Cheng, vice cate with gaming ope- ble cause are not entit- Leong hopes that all ry Terminal, the meter indicated they join the govern- president of the Admi- rators. led to access the portion gaming operators can MOP35. ment’s non-mandatory nistrative Committee of Un is also confident of money contributed participate in the go- However, according to the fa- central provident fund the Social Security Fund that the number of par- by employers from the vernment’s system in mily’s allegations, the driver con- system in order to secu- (FSS), said that some ticipants in the central private retirement pro- addition to providing tinued recording the family, ha- re the retirement pen- gaming operators had provident fund system gram. gaming employees with ving told the passengers he would sion of their employees. already expressed their will increase. Leong also remarked better retirement pro- not take the money. Government repre- interest in joining the Lawmaker Leong Sun that this will not ha- tection. He then remarked that the fa- sentatives and a repre- non-mandatory central Iok, while attending the ppen within the govern- Employees who have mily should save the money in sentative for employees provident fund system. talk, highlighted that ment’s non-mandatory participated in the joint order to buy some medicine for from the gaming indus- However, according most gaming operators central provident fund provident fund scheme themselves. try met this week at an to Un, transferring be- have their own retire- system, and that em- can participate in the In the end, the driver reportedly event organized to dis- tween the private reti- ment programs. Leong ployees can still access individual provident took MOP50 from the passen- cuss the measures put rement system and the pointed out that, throu- the money contributed fund scheme at the gers, without providing change, in place to protect the central provident fund gh this private pro- by their employers, ac- same time. while cursing them. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_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 Juliana Cheang [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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The lawmakers rantee functions of financial suggested that the Pearl leasing companies, the same HE amendment of the re- Horizon developers assume gime of Macau’s financial DSAJ representative said they T MARQUES RENATO responsibility for returning leasing companies was passed “do not have a financial gua- the buyers’ pre-payments. by the Legislative Assembly rantee function like a credit Zheng suggested that the (AL) yesterday. With the new organization does.” government amend the ci- law, financial leasing com- However, according to the panies will not be defined as DSAJ representative, financial ty’s land law. Au criticized credit organizations. leasing companies can guaran- the government for having Financial leasing companies tee their own SPVs financially, offered an unfair proposal will stand in for financial bo- and may possibly also receive to buyers as public houses dies which are operating lea- lower loan interest rates from are not private property sing activities, with their ac- banks. projects. Both Au and Kam tivities remaining under the Lionel Leong (center) yesterday at the AL. Suspended lawmaker Sulu Sou In addition, she explained called for the government supervision of the Monetary watches from the audience seats that local banks, whose parent to place the Pearl Horizon Authority of Macao (AMCM). companies are not from Ma- land on open public tender. However, there will be less Authorized banks in Macau “In the past, a financial lea- cau, can also open SPVs.