SLIGHT INCREASE HONG KONG DEFENDS IN CRIME GRAND PRIX CURRENCY PEG AGAIN A total of 7,116 criminal cases FUN RUN TO With its currency declining were registered in the first half HOST 2,000 versus the USD, HK intervened of 2018, slightly more than in PARTICIPANTS to defend its currency peg for the previous year the fourth day this month P2 P7 P8 WED.29 Aug 2018 T. 24º/ 28º C H. 80/ 99% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3120 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 CAPITAL AIRLINES CHINA-VIETNAM Vietnam’s government stated its concerns to Ukraine over plastic globes being sold in the country that showed the Vietnamese province of Macau flight makes Quang Ninh as Chinese territory. AP PHOTO emergency landing P3 JAPAN needs to BLOOMBERG bolster its missile defenses and its alliance with the United States, its government stressed yesterday in an annual defense review that judged North Korea to still be a serious threat. More on p12 MALAYSIA Lawyers for two Chilean tourists who could face death sentences if convicted of killing a man in Malaysia say the duo acted in self-defense and should be acquitted. INDONESIA Police in the Indonesian part of Borneo island have arrested more than a dozen people suspected of starting forest fires that have killed four people in the past month. More on p12 AP PHOTO IRAN President Hassan UN warns: China’s Rouhani failed to convince parliament yesterday that his plans will pull the country African swine fever out of an economic nosedive worsened by America’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, outbreak could cross further isolating his relatively moderate administration amid P11 nationwide anger. borders More on backpage 29.08.2018 wed 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO There were 1,357 cases of ille- Association gal appropriation, 532 cases launches Greater Slight increase in crime more than the same period in 2017 (825 cases). Bay Area projects Of those, in 717 cases, resi- The Greater Bay Area Development dents or tourists lost their be- longings inside taxis, which council of the Macau Chinese during first half of 2018 Enterprises Association has launched represents a remarkable 113.4 10 projects involving cross-region percent increase. financing, transportation facilities Regarding juvenile delin- and environmental protection. quency, 28 cases were repor- The list of projects includes: the ted, seven fewer than last year; Guangdong Macau development MARQUES RENATO 50 individuals involved were fund, which has already been minors, 28 more than last year. launched; the comprehensive In the first half of 2018, the treatment basement for junk vehicles police force recorded 2,209 in Guangdong province (the project taxi infractions. This is 982 ca- has been completed by Nam Yue ses more than last year, repre- Group); the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- senting a 42.2 percent growth. Macau Bridge’s shuttle bus project; The infractions include 2,058 the co-operation development fund; cases (62.2 percent) of over- e-pocket; the Zhuhai Macau trade charging and 757 cases (22.9 co-operation platform; the Greater percent) of taxi drivers refu- Bay Area’s construction industrial sing to accept passengers. basement; Greater Bay Area credit There were 494 infractions card (one from BOC, another from relating to other matters. ICBC); the Hong Wan logistics Compared to the same period garden; and the China mobile Greater Bay Area card. in 2017, the police force recor- Julie Zhu were listed in 2017, down 29.9 ment, representing a decrease ded 86 more cases involving percent year-on-year. Of tho- of 37.7 percent. unauthorized taxis. Shen Beili appointed HE Macau police force se, 336 were from mainland According to the authorities, In the first half of 2018, 86 Tfielded a total of 7,116 cri- China and 84 were from Viet- murder, kidnap and aggrava- cases involving fake marriage as new Chinese minal cases in the first half nam. ted assault continue to see low were registered. of 2018, 191 more compared Six hundred and fifty people numbers. The police authority also re- Commissioner to the same period of 2017 (a overstayed their Individual In the first quarter of this corded 17 cases of fraud con- Shen Beili has been appointed 2.8 percent increase), the Se- Visit permits in Macau, whi- year, 3,112 people were arres- cerning employment quota; the commissioner of the Ministry cretary for Security Wong Sio le 309 people overstayed on ted and forwarded to prosecu- there were 55 suspects invol- of Foreign Affairs of China in Chak reported at a press con- other mainland travel visas. tion, a decrease of 488 people, ved in this category of crime. Macau. The State Council issued a ference yesterday. The crime of usury registered or 13.3 percent, compared to In addition, the Judiciary Po- statement yesterday announcing the Some 298 violent crime cases a significant growth (261 cases the same period last year. lice filed 840 cases involving appointment. Shen Beili is the former were registered, a drop of 24.7 representing a 41.1 percent ex- There were 514 cases of de- the gaming industry, repre- Deputy Minister of the International percent (396 cases) from last pansion). ception in the first half of this senting a 3.3 percent decrease Department of the Central Committee year. Of the total, 144 cases were year, 83 more cases than the compared to the same period of the Communist Party of China Some 429 illegal immigrants related to illegal imprison- same period of 2017. in 2017 (869 cases). (CPC). She has been serving within the International Department of the Central Committee of CPC since 1985. She was also the former Deputy ambassador of China to UK. She graduated from the University of Logistics industry concerned about Sussex. CityU promotes HKZMB logistics arrangement HE Macau logis- frozen foods warehouse would be available 24 multilateral Ttics industry is for food exports and im- hours daily for the logis- skeptical about the be- ports. tics industry. cooperation in nefits the Hong Kong- “Trucks aren’t allowed In Lei’s opinion, both Guangdong Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to enter directly into the cross-border in- (HKZMB) will bring to Macau via the Hong dustrial zone and the The City University of Macau (CityU) their sector. Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Hengqin Port have di- is promoting communication between Earlier, the Customs Bridge. So the products sappointed the logistics China and the Portuguese-speaking Service announced that have to be driven further industry. countries, with such promotion taking the local government before reaching their fi- Regarding the HKZMB, place in Guangdong province. The would build big-scale nal destination. Nobody border delivery. How do we separate it has been joked by the Rector of CityU, Zhang Shuguang, said that the University is working logistics facilities on the wants their products to Victor Lei, managing this? Aren’t we going logistics industry to ei- with Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan artificial island of the be stuck in the center for director of International to get sidestepped? We ther be a Hong Kong- and other cities in Guangdong HKZMB linking to Ma- too long and they want Logistics and Forwar- don’t get any updates be- Zhuhai bridge or a Hong to promote communication. The cau. The project is still them to be transferred ding Association of Ma- cause they never release Kong-Macau bridge, sin- promotion is being done through the yet to go to public tender once they arrive to Ma- cau, said he does not any information after ce there is not a specific establishment of trade and cultural for its design and cons- cau. How do we ensure have any expectations holding the so called clo- Zhuhai-Macau logistics exchange platforms involving the truction. that?” he asked. Kou about the bridge’s logis- sed-door meetings.” channel. abovementioned countries. In addition, Kou Kun Pang, the also argued that it is of tics arrangement, nor In the past, the govern- Lei also believes that CityU is cooperating with these cities in chairman of the Char- crucial importance to does he know anything ment said that the cross- the bridge will not help transferring knowledge and innovation. tered Institute of Lo- set up a onestop service about it. border industrial zone to integrate Macau’s lo- Currently, around 10 CityU students are gistics and Transport, that speeds up customs “The handling of pro- would be an “unusual gistics industry into the enrolled in internships in the Greater told TDM that the new clearance, food safety ducts and passengers port”, and also claimed Greater Bay Area’s deve- Bay Area. facility should include a inspections and cross is mixed on the bridge. that the Hengqin port lopment. 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, SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Grace Yu, Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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