‘SHREK THE MUSICAL’ MORE THAN 54,000 CAST VISITS MACAU REFUGEES TRAPPED BELGIAN The cast and crew of “Shrek More than 54,000 refugees and PRODUCTS the Musical” anticipate the migrants have been trapped in PROMOTED show’s debut set for the Greece since countries further north IN MACAU coming July 22 shut their land borders P4 P5 MDT REPORT P13 MIGRANT CRISIS WED.25 May 2016 T. 25º/ 31º C H. 65/ 90% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 7.50 2564 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” AD Stanley Ho buys prime Singapore hotel plot P7 BLOOMBERG WORLD BRIEFS AP PHOTO HIROSHIMA By visiting Hiroshima, Barack Obama parachutes himself into a seemingly endless dispute among key U.S. allies and trading partners over World War II. More on p10,11 AP PHOTO CHINA-US Improved relations between the U.S. and Vietnam must not lead to greater pressure on China or threats to its interests, an official Chinese newspaper says. More on p12 AP PHOTO AUSTRALIA Right-wing firebrand politician Event producer ‘stunned’ Pauline Hanson, who opposes Muslim immigration, has a realistic chance of returning to Australia’s over amount Macau paid Parliament in July elections, experts say. for giant duck P3 INTERVIEW More on page 18 25.05.2016 wed th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO CE meets with Hong Kong court glimpsed Athe private letters exchan- President of Portugal’s ged between billionaire Eric Lovers’ feud disclosed in Supreme Court Hotung and businesswoman Winnie Ho Yuen during a legal battle over shares in a local ca- casino legal battle sino operation. The letters, which were sigh- trust and that she had paid Ho’s profits. According to Hotung’s coun- ted on Monday, centered on back about HKD1.6 million, SCMP stated that Ho refused sel, Hylas Chung, the first letter the HKD2 million that Hotung the High Court heard that Ho to accept flowers that Hotung revealed the philanthropist’s had allegedly handed to Ho, was supposed to invest the mo- sent her due to remarks he no- intention to invest in STDM his secret lover, on trust deca- ney in her brother Stanley Ho ’s ted to the press, details of whi- when he first gave the money des ago. Sociedade de Turismo e Diver- ch were not revealed in court. to Ho, who then used it to set South China Morning Post soes de Macau (STDM) and “Your defamatory remarks up Moon Valley Inc. (SCMP) reported that the phi- Shun Tak Shipping Company, have caused me a great deal of The billionaire is now asking lanthropist claimed much of shortly after he was granted a pain and I now realize that you the court to declare that Ho Chief Executive Chui Sai On met the the money was spent on pro- gaming license in 1961. have never loved me,” she wrote. held his property on trust and President of the Supreme Court of perty overseas, including hou- Hotung said he aimed to di- Ho added that she had always to order her to return the mo- Portugal, António Gaspar, this week at ses in Portugal, London and the Santa Sancha Palace. During the vide the earnings from the in- been a shareholder in STDM in ney, along with any profits Los Angeles. meeting, Mr Gaspar mentioned that vestment equally among his her own right, and asked the derived from both the original “strengthening the cooperation with While Ho appealed that the heirs, and demanded that the billionaire to stay away from HKD2 million and the STDM Macau would bring mutual benefits and sum was not given to her on money be returned along with Moon Valley. shares. would help to maintain Macau’s special judicial system within China’s judicial system.” According to a government TOURISM statement, the CE stressed that “judicial independence has been and will continue to be the cornerstone for the MGTO director made voting city’s development,” adding that the “government respects the spirit of the member of travel group board rule of law and the independence of the judiciary institutions, as stated in the ARIA Helena de Senna Fernan- Asia-Pacific region,” she said, accor- Basic Law.” Mdes, the director of the Macau ding to a statement from the MGTO. Government Tourism Office (MGTO), The PATA Executive Board determi- Word ‘national’ was elected on Saturday to serve as nes the industry policies and positions a voting member of the Pacific Asia of the organization, serving as its go- Senna Fernandes, PATA CEO Mario Hardy (center) avoided when naming Travel Association (PATA) Executive verning body. It is also responsible for and outgoing chairman Kevin Murphy (2nd right) Taiwan universities Board during the 2016 PATA Annual governing the corporate affairs and with Macau delegates Summit in Guam. operations of the travel association. Taiwanese universities whose names Senna Fernandes, who previous- Hosted by the Guam Visitors Bu- Continent” and a half-day “Ministerial include the word “National” are seeing ly served on the board as an invited reau, the PATA Annual Summit 2016 Debate on Pacific Island Tourism,” the word being deleted or replaced with non-voting representative, now joins saw around 640 participants from 33 which was jointly run by PATA and the “Taiwan” by the Macau government, as one of the 12 voting members for a countries and territories attend the United Nations World Trade Organi- related associations, and some media two-year term. conference last week on the Pacific is- zation. outlets, according to a report by “My new responsibilities in PATA are land of Guam. Founded in 1951, PATA is a non-pro- Macau Concealers. The report says a great honor for Macau tourism and According to a statement from the fit membership association dedicated that the Tertiary Education Services also an endorsement [of] our efforts MGTO, Senna Fernandes attended se- to building responsible tourism de- Office has avoided using the word throughout the years to support the veral association meetings last week, velopment in the Asia-Pacific region. for many years, and that it resorts to association’s endeavor to foster sus- including a one-day conference tit- Macau has been a member of the orga- names such as Taiwan University and tainable tourism development in the led “Exploring the Secrets of the Blue nization since 1958. Chengchi University as opposed to the institutions’ full names, National Taiwan University, and National HEALTH Chengchi University. According to a Jornal Cheng Pou report published this Hospital rejects accusations of delay from patient’s family week, similar changes can be found in several local media sources, including Macao Daily News and TDM. HE Health Bureau (SSM) the decision of sending pa- calling for the patient to un- no signs of a relapse, the pa- Thas responded to an ac- tients for medical treatment dergo a surgical procedure tient’s next surgery would cusation from a patient’s fa- abroad is always “dependent in Hong Kong, instead of the be carried out by the CHCSJ So admits treatment mily that the Hospital Conde on the professional decision planned surgery today in the Plastic Surgery Service, mea- of greyhounds can S Januario did not provide of specialist physicians, in Public Hospital. ning that the patient would timely treatment. compliance with the needs The SSM said that since not need to go abroad for her improve “The clinical condition of and status of the patient and childhood, the patient has procedure this time. this patient has been properly in accordance with the strict suffered from a tumor in the “The plan was communica- Ambrose So, the Chairman of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), said that the monitored by CHCSJ and the- standards set by law.” soft tissues of her leg, and ted to the family of the pa- Canidrome’s existence is still justifiable re was no delay in her treat- The bureau added that it that several medical proce- tient. However, the family as the space “promotes economic ment,” the bureau replied in a “understands the impatien- dures had been carried out continued to request for diversification in the gaming area.” statement this week. ce of the patient and family, previously, including a num- the procedure to be done in Speaking to Radio Macau on the sidelines This statement from the acknowledging also that the ber of surgeries in mainland Hong Kong and have not res- of this week’s elections for the board health authorities came in patient possesses the right China. ponded to the booking of the of the Clube Militar, So commented on response to comments from to choose which medical ins- Aside from her treatments surgery in the CHCSJ,” SSM the campaigns to close the facility and the family of a female patient, titution should perform the in mainland China, the pa- claimed, adding that the hos- admitted the need to improve its treatment who had used an electronic surgery.” tient has reportedly been in pital is hopeful that the fa- of animals, saying, “I think that there is platform to accuse the hospi- In the statement, the bu- the care of the CHCSJ Onco- mily will still contact the ins- room for the Canidrome to improve [in] tal of delaying her treatment. reau added that the patient’s logy Service, which recently titution for proper treatment this aspect.” The SSM also stated that family members have been decided that since there were of the patient. 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