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AP PHOTO KOREA The rival Koreas are discussing the possible relocation of North Korea’s long- Thai officials believe 12 boys range artillery guns away from the tense Korean border. More on p13 missing in cave are alive P13 More on backpage 26.06.2018 tue 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO RELIGION Arts and cultural festival to debut Macau, HK bishops visit in July HE inaugural “En- Records of Macao Pope Francis in the Vatican Tcounter in Macao During the Qing Dy- – Arts and Cultural nasty (1693-1886).” OPE Francis received the logue with China, despite issues Festival between Chi- It was jointly nomi- Pbishop of Macau, Stephen Lee, about which we do not agree,” Car- na and Portuguese- nated by the Archives in the Vatican. The visit also inclu- dinal Parolin said, adding that it speaking Countries” of Macau and the Na- ded the bishops of Hong Kong, Mi- was also important to continue to will be held in July, tional Archive of Torre chael Yeung and Joseph Ha, accor- “Pray for the Pope, the Church in organized by the Cul- do Tombo of Portugal ding to media reports. China and for all those who have tural Affairs Bureau for UNESCO’s Me- The topics discussed during the sacrificed their lives for their faith.” (IC) and featuring five mory of the World Re- meeting included the assessment The Cardinal noted “the impatience main activities. gister. of relations of the Holy See with of young people, frustrated by the During a press confe- The exhibition will Chinese central government au- lack of perspectives and freedom.” rence last week, the IC also feature a talk and thorities as well as the current On that topic, Yeung said, “Regar- confirmed that the fes- the release of com- relationship between the Catho- ding China, the Vatican position is tival’s highlights will memorative stamps lic Church, the young genera- clear. The Vatican does not want include a China and in collaboration with tions in the Special Administrati- to irritate anyone; it does not want Portuguese-speaking the Macao Post and ve Regions and China in general. to make any wrong moves [for the Countries Film Fes- Telecommunications Held last Saturday, the mee- Church], but at the same time it tival, the exhibition Bureau. ting marked the first time must do something for the good of “Chapas Sínicas – Sto- The exhibition aims in 10 years that the local the Church and of Chinese society.” ries of Macao in Torre to share with the pu- bishops met the Pope in Rome. He further added, “For the religious do Tombo” and va- blic some records of According to the same news sour- question, it is a bit like in commer- rious seminars. historical events, whi- ce, the bishops’ delegation also met cial matters. The United States and The China and Portu- ch despite happening with Secretary of State, Cardinal China agree on something, disagree guese-speaking Coun- in Macau, are relevant Pietro Parolin, on the previous day on other things, but they continue tries Gala Performan- to China and Portugal. where they discussed the progress to talk. It’s the same for us too: we ce, the Cultural Forum Meanwhile, the Chi- of the ongoing dialogue with the need to keep talking, as diplomatic between China and na and Portuguese- Chinese government. relations are not established overni- Portuguese-speaking speaking Countries “There is a need to continue dia- ght.” Bishop Stephen Lee Countries and the An- Gala Performance will nual Arts Exhibition feature the Gansu Per- between China and forming Arts Troupe Portuguese-speaking from mainland China Countries will also be and art groups from Wong Sio Chak proposes relocating held at the festival. eight Portuguese- The festival aims speaking countries. to strengthen Ma- The Cultural Forum Lotus Flower checkpoint cau’s role as a bridge between China and between China and Portuguese-speaking HE Macau government Portuguese-speaking Countries is themed Thas floated a proposal countries. “cultural diversity” to move the Lotus Flower As such, the SAR has and will feature cultu- Bridge border checkpoint launched the “Cultu- ral experts and scho- from Cotai to Hengqin Is- ral Exchange Centre lars from mainland land in Zhuhai. According between China and China, Macau and to media reports, this pro- Portuguese-speaking Portuguese-speaking posal is now under review countries” which uses countries. by the Hong Kong and Ma- the SAR as a platform The forum is inten- cau Affairs Office. to promote regular ded to be a commu- The proposal was ini- cultural exchange nication platform and tially revealed through the between China and means of promoting comments of Secretary for Portuguese-speaking cultural exchange Security Wong Sio Chak, countries. and communication who spoke to reporters on The festival will fea- between China and Friday on the sidelines of ture 23 screenings of Portuguese-speaking a graduation ceremony for 24 films and introdu- countries through the- the Institute for Tourism ces audiences to con- matic talks, site visits Studies. of clearance,” according to it possible for the Macau nment. As such, no further temporary films and and exchange semi- Wong revealed that the local media reports, but did side of the checkpoint to details of the proposal can masterpieces from nars. preliminary proposal inclu- not elaborate on how the move there. The Macau go- be announced prior to ob- China and Portugue- The “Annual Arts des various issues such as new system might operate. vernment report calls for a taining the green light from se-speaking countries, Exhibition between land use, modes of clearan- Wong confirmed that the “new mode of clearance” mainland authorities. as well as movies shot China and Portuguese- ce, and the implementation preliminary proposal now to be adopted at the future Macau’s border che- in Macau by Portugue- speaking Countries” of laws and regulations of rests with mainland autho- Hengqin checkpoint so that ckpoint in Cotai is linked to se filmmakers. presents four thema- the two jurisdictions – Ma- rities to consider the feasi- it will be more convenient Zhuhai’s border checkpoint The “Chapas Síni- tic contemporary art cau and the mainland. bility of the plan. for people to travel between in Hengqin via the Lotus cas – Stories of Macao exhibitions, namely Wong said that the propo- According to mainland Macau and Hengqin. Flower Bridge. It originally in Torre do Tombo” Alter Ego, The Univer- sal has already been shared news reports, the Macau The Macau Secretary cau- came into service in 2000, exhibition celebrates se, Penetrate and Aiya, with the Central Govern- government hopes that the tioned that the proposal before it was demolished the successful inscrip- with MGM Cotai as ment. He said that it mi- future checkpoint com- would need to be appro- and replaced with a newer tion of the “Chapas special partner in Al- ght include a “new mode plex in Hengqin will make ved by the Central Gover- building in late 2014. 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