LOCAL ARCHITECTS’ WORK ON-THE-JOB TRAINING NUCLEAR FUEL SHOWCASED 75 local high school FACILITY SUSPENDED An exhibition showcasing the students aged 15 and A city in eastern China yesterday sketches and artworks of three above received on-the-job suspended preliminary work on young architects from Macau training across multiple site selection for a nuclear fuel has opened at Albergue SCM MGM departments reprocessing facility P5 P6 P11 THU.11 Aug 2016 T. 25º/ 30º C H. 75/ 95% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 7.50 2619 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS PAC ON CHINA-S. KOREA Growing Chinese anger at South Korea over a U.S. anti-missile defense system bodes Ferry terminal will take at ill for everything from pop star appearances to United Nations action against North P2 Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Since least 6 months to open Beijing criticized Seoul’s decision last month to proceed with the THAAD system, there have been reports of event cancellations and possible bans on South Korean TV series, amid scattered calls for a total boycott of imports from the country. More on p10 AP PHOTO KOREA Like dozens of athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Games, gymnasts Hong Un Jong of North Korea and Lee Eun-ju of South Korea met on the sidelines during competition and training. The two posed for a smiling selfie in a picture that was captured by journalists and immediately took on larger significance for the two countries still technically at war. More on p18 AP PHOTO RUSSIA The Russian intelligence agency FSB said yesterday that one of its employees and a soldier were killed in separate incidents in Crimea described as Total population in Macau foiled terrorist attacks. More on backpage surpasses 650,000 mark P3 11.08.2016 thu th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Pac On Ferry Terminal to open in 2017 Lynzy Valles Authorities FTER massive delays on confirmed Athe construction of the Pac On Ferry Terminal, the that the Outer MOP3.9 billion project (six- fold the initial budget) is set Harbor Ferry to open its doors within the next six to nine months, with Terminal would a capacity to accommodate 400,000 passengers per day. continue to In a press visit to the site yes- operate in terday, authorities said that the new five-floor-terminal is the peninsula approximately 200,000 squa- re meters; quadruple the size after the Taipa of the temporary Taipa ferry terminal. terminal opens The upcoming terminal will accommodate three ferry ope- the project is not only for short rators, namely Turbo jet, Co- term,” he explained. tai Water Jet and Yuet Tung Hoi also explained the rea- Shipping across its 16 berths. sons behind several delays The project, which has a total seen in several of the region’s of 88 immigration counters, will infrastructure projects, outli- also feature three multifunctio- ning that such delays do not nal berths that will house large only occur in the region but in ferries and cruise ships, while mainland China, Hong Kong its heliport will accommodate and Southeast Asian countries. five helicopters. The terminal “Of course there are some floor area is four times bigger problems with human resour- than the initial design size. ces, the limitation of the space Authorities said the helipad that we have here in Macau was reconstructed, as it first which will create difficulties failed to meet the requirements for the contractor to apply of the Civil Aviation Authority. some works,” he elaborated. Although the terminal would “That’s why I think there not be fully ready by the expec- are no differences with other ted date due to “renovation and countries. […] Also in China improvement works,” Chou Chi Chou Chi Tak (left) and Tomas Hoi and Hong Kong, these situa- Tak, acting director of Mari- tions happen.” ne and Water Bureau, told the to divert some tourists from thout any interruption. neering chief officer of Infras- Regarding penalties, Hoi press that the temporary ter- Macau peninsula to Taipa.” The acting director also no- tructure Development Office, hinted that the project was minal operation will remain in Transferring of the ferries to ted that even when the Hong defended the staggering project not subjected to fines despite place for now. “There are 110 the new terminal would take Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge budget, stressing that the pro- “major changes and some ad- sailings in Taipa terminal per place during the night when (HKZMB) opens, there would ject focuses on the long-term ditional works” as the contrac- day and about 7 million tourists there are fewer sailings. Chou still be a demand for a marine development of the region. tor had completed the works use that terminal every year,” affirmed that once the tem- transport, adding that the figu- “[In] this project, we got the by its set deadline, which was he explained. “So once the new porary terminal stopped its re of tourists coming into the needs from the users, so we December of last year. one is open, the old one may operation, the new site would region by sea is “pretty stable.” make the designs according The construction of the last likely be demolished. We hope commence immediately wi- Meanwhile Tomas Hoi, engi- to the needs. Of course I think phase of the Pac On Ferry Ter- minal will only occur once it opens its doors, expected to be in May. The final phase will house gasoline storage tanks, fuel refill and firefighting equipment. Further, authorities confir- med that the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal would conti- nue to operate in the peninsu- la even after the new terminal commences operations. The acting director of Marine and Water Bureau, Chou Chi Tak, said that two-thirds of the fer- ries arriving to Macau would still be received in the Macau terminal, similar to its current Immigration counters Luggage check in operations. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_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] DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_ SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, Irene Sam, Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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In the first Yesterday, the residents living in the building which was 2016 has reached half of 2016, mortality went struck by the bus were allowed to visit their homes. They Tabout 652,500, according up by 197 year-on-year to a asked for the government’s intervention in the repair works to data released yesterday total of 1,219, an increase of and raised concerns about the building’s structure. by the Statistics and Census almost 19.3 percent. Service (DSEC). This is an In the second quarter of Neptune Group expects increase of 3,400 over the 2016, Chinese immigran- previous quarter. The fe- ts totaled 1,271, down by significant loss male population (332,600) half of 2016 when compared births were recorded across 1,424 quarter-to-quarter. The Neptune Group has stated that it expects to record a accounted for 51 percent to the same period last year. the first and second quar- Individuals granted right significant loss for the year that ended on June 30, 2016. increase of the total. There were 1,639 live bir- ters of 2016, down by 71 of abode stood at 339, the The expected loss is being primarily attributed to the Macau The data shows a slight de- ths delivered in the second year-on-year. same as in the first quarter junket business, which continues to be slow and payments crease in the number of live quarter of 2016, a decrease Meanwhile, mortality to- of 2016. Meanwhile, non- of which are often delayed. The Hong Kong-based company births in the territory over of 25 or 1.5 percent quarter- taled 562, a decrease of 95 resident workers totaled also noted that the difficult gaming environment in Macau the previous quarter and a to-quarter.