IMPROVED GENDER HONG KONG’S POVERTY EQUALITY ISN’T RECEDING MEMORIAL WRONGLY Compared to the past, the The number of people living in ATTRIBUTES DATE OF participation rate of local poverty in Hong Kong hasn’t BEAR RESCUE women in social activities has declined even with an increase increased, according to a survey in government assistance P2 MDT REPORT P4 P9 THU.22 Nov 2018 T. 16º/ 21º C H. 65/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3176 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 WTO LAUNCHES PROBE KOREA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that his country has “made clear” to South Korea that progress on disarming North Korea should not lag behind the Beijing accused of expansion of relations between the two Koreas. More on p12 P11 AP PHOTO continuing IP theft AUSTRALIA’s prime minister accused senior Muslim community leaders yesterday of “continuing down a path of denial” after they refused an invitation to a meeting to discuss the threat posed by Islamic extremists. PAKISTAN A Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row in Pakistan wants to leave her homeland for any Western country willing to issue visas for her and her family, her lawyer said. AFGHANISTAN A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of hundreds of Islamic scholars in the Afghan capital, killing at least 50 people as Muslims marked the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. AP PHOTO US-SAUDI ARABIA President Donald Trump declared he would not further punish Saudi Arabia for the murder of SOPHIA FLÖRSCH’S fathER U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi — making clear that the benefits of good relations ‘Those 30 or 40 minutes after the with the kingdom outweigh the possibility its crown prince ordered the killing. More on p15 crash were the hardest of my life’ More on backpage P7 MACAU GRAND PRIX 22.11.2018 thu 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Brazilian delegation THE fakE HISTORY OF BOBO visits Macau Flora memorial wrongly attributes date of bear rescue Paulo Coutinho HE plaque near the sta- tue of Bobo the Asian bla- T MARQUES RENATO A Brazilian delegation recently ck bear wrongly reads that it visited the University of Macau was rescued “in the summer of (UM) to discuss strengthening 1984.” the collaboration between UM A news clipping of Va Kio and Brazilian universities. The Daily’s edition from December delegation was led by Geraldo Nunes 20, 1986, states that the bear Sobrinho, director of programs and cub was rescued “yesterday” scholarships of the Coordination for (December 19, 1986), which the Improvement of Higher Education confirms the reports published Personnel (CAPES) within the yesterday by both Macau Daily Ministry of Education of Brazil. During Times and Macau Post Daily a meeting with UM representatives, raising suspicions about the Sobrinho said that he looks forward to date inscribed on the stone. increased collaboration between UM “Yesterday morning, a bear and Brazilian universities in mobility cub was taken to Municipal programs and exchange activities. Kennels from a restaurant [and] the authority will consi- Zhuhai airport der moving it to an enclosure in Flora Garden for [quarantine]. Bobo’s memorial and (inlet) a clipping of Va Kio Daily records milestone The bear was smuggled to Ma- from December 20 ,1986, courtesy MPD cau without quarantine docu- of 10m passengers ment,” reads the Va Kio article, which added that, “someone is and the quarantine documents in a cage outside a restaurant than 35 years old when he died On Tuesday, the Zhuhai airport said to have paid about 10,000 issued by China are required. in Rua da Felicidade by jour- on Tuesday morning, as repor- celebrated the milestone of 10 million [patacas] to buy the bear to be According to the Municipal nalists, namely, the late TDM ted by the Municipal Affairs annual passengers. The airport slaughtered for a meal.” Law, cats and dogs are not anchor José Alberto de Sousa Bureau (IACM). expects the number of passengers The 1986 article quotes “Mu- allowed to be killed, but there who first reported the case to Meanwhile, another contro- to reach 11 million this year. The nicipal Veterinarian Dr Sacco is still no legislation on wild Leal Senado in the course of versy arose around the bear’s Zhuhai airport company’s chairman [who said] wild animals such animals.” his investigation, and Harald legacy. IACM’s plan to embalm of the board, Wan Jingping, said that as snakes, civets, pangolins Yesterday, the Times re- Bruning. BoBo the bear, with complain- the airport will continue improving its transportation connection to etc. [are] imported into Macau ported that the bear cub was These reports also indicate ts reaching the Legislative As- downtown Hong Kong and to the every day by the Border Gate, found in the autumn of 1986 that BoBo’s age may be less sembly. Hong Kong airport. In the vicinity of the Gongbei border gate and the Hengqin border gate, shuttle buses to Zhuhai airport are also available, efforts to promote the with buses taking passengers from the development of e-com- two border gates to the Zhuhai airport Cultural industries revenue merce has resulted in the within one hour. number of organizations grows 4.8 percent in 2017 engaged in the informa- Casino-banned tion industry rising by 18 total of 2,088 or- went up 7.3 percent to organizations operating There were 107 orga- year-on-year to 362 and people’s money Aganizations were MOP1.83 billion. in creative design, an nizations operating in the number of persons operating in the four The total service re- increase of 128 year-on- art collection, down by engaged growing by 30.1 reverts to gov’t core domains of cultural ceipts of the cultural year, with the number of 3 year-on-year, with the percent to 2,190. industries in Macau in industries stood at persons engaged rising number of persons enga- The compilation of Cul- Casino-banned people’s earnings from 2017, according to the MOP7.08 billion, up 2.6 percent to 3,454. ged (427) and their com- tural Industries Statis- casinos or losses to casinos will be Statistics and Census by 4.8 percent year-on- Their compensation pensation (MOP39.6 tics is carried out by the deemed to belong to the government, Service (DSEC), namely year, with the gross amounted to MOP0.48 million) increasing 9.5 Industries Statistics and according to the First Standing creative design, cultural value added that mea- billion, up by 12.2 per- percent and 54.4 percent Assessment Indicators Committee of the Legislative Assembly exhibitions and perfor- sures the sectoral contri- cent. respectively. Group under the Com- (AL). Yesterday, the committee mances, art collection bution to the economy There were 220 orga- At the same time, a to- mittee of Cultural In- discussed the casino-entry ban and digital media. The increasing 6.9 percent to nizations engaged in the tal of 612 organizations dustries. In 2017, DSEC bill. The abovementioned proposal conducted a number is expected to stop gaming sector number of operating MOP2.38 billion. That cultural exhibitions and were operating in digital employees from entering casinos organizations repre- means that the cultural performances domain, media, up by 48 year-on- of specialized surveys while off-duty. Currently, the bill sents an increase of 175 industries accounted for up by two year-on-year, year. The number of in the four domains of still needs minor improvements. The year-on-year, or about 9 0.6 percent of the total with the number of per- persons engaged increa- cultural industries. The committee hopes to deliver the bill to percent. gross value added by all sons engaged rising by sed by 11.6 percent to survey results were com- the AL before January. Once the law Meanwhile, the total economic activities of 1 percent to 2,454 and 5,367, while their com- bined with data collected is in effect, the gaming authority’s number of persons en- Macau in 2017, the same their compensation pensation totaled MOP1 from relevant industries inspectors will enter casinos to check gaged in the sector rose as in 2016. amounting to MOP0.31 billion, up by 4 percent. to estimate the economic the identity of suspicious gamblers by 6.4 percent to 11,702 Analyzed by core do- billion, up by 6.6 per- According to DSEC, contribution of cultural who might be casino employees. and their compensation main, there were 1,149 cent. the Macau government’s industries in Macau. 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, Irene Sam, SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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