FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo THURSDAY T. 24º/ 28º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3597 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 13 Aug 2020 HKD 10.00 THREE YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING NPC ALLOWS MACAU, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TWO STUDENTS, HAVE COME JASON CHAO SENDS WARNING FORWARD AS VICTIMS OF BLACKMAIL HK LAWYERS TO WORK TO MACAU ENGLISH AND INVOLVING NUDE VIDEO CHATS IN GBA CITIES PORTUGUESE PRESS P2 P2 P3 AP PHOTO HO IAT SENG ON THE WAY TO BEIJING Australia’s state of Victoria yesterday reported a record 21 virus deaths and 410 new MIRRORING HK SECURITY cases from an outbreak in the city of Melbourne that has prompted a strict lockdown. State P3 Premier Daniel Andrews said 16 of the deaths LAW NOT MANDATORY were linked to aged-care facilities. The number of new cases in Victoria is down from the peak, giving authorities some hope the outbreak is waning. AP PHOTO New Zealand Health authorities were scrambling to trace the source of a new outbreak as the nation’s largest city went back into lockdown. The four cases reported from one Auckland household are New Zealand’s first locally transmitted cases in 102 days. The 22 others were in mandatory quarantine after returning from travel abroad. Two of the infected people had visited the tourist city of Rotorua last weekend while suffering symptoms, and authorities were trying to track their movements. AP PHOTO India’s coronavirus caseload topped 2.3 million after adding 60,963 new cases in the last 24 hours. India also reported 834 deaths yesterday, bringing its CE: Macau must death toll to 46,091. India has the third-highest caseload after the United convince tourists States and Brazil, but only the fifth-highest death toll, and authorities we take health say the fatality rate has dropped below 2% for the first time. safety seriously P5 More on backpage page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 13.08.2020 thu MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER IC to host additional CRIME concerts for HUSH!! summer festival Three victims of nude chat The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has decided to host two additional concerts for HUSH!! Full Music 2020 due to what the authority fraud include two students has called an “overwhelming response” to the summer festival. HUSH!! was held JULIE ZHU between June 21 and August 2 this year, with an amended structure and lineup due HREE young people, in- to Covid-19. A range of performances Tcluding two students, have were staged at several outdoor and indoor come forward as victims of bla- DELUVIO CHARLES venues and were well received by the public, ckmail from nude video chats according to the IC. In response to public with strangers, the Judiciary Po- demand, the IC has invited some of the lice (PJ) said during yesterday’s bands to put on additional performances joint police press conference. later this month. The additional concerts will All three of the cases took be held on the evenings of August 22 and place on August 10, though 23 at the Macao Contemporary Art Centre the victims are not believed to – Navy Yard No. 2. More information can be found on the IC website. be related to one another. The police authority had not found any responsible suspects as of New credit for press time. small businesses The cases all share simila- ty. The young man engaged in port the case to the police au- 800 Macau patacas. The boy rebounds in 2020 rities. The suspects first come a three-second nude call with thority. told his father about the case into contact with strangers one woman. Shortly after the In the second case, the vic- because he could not afford it. Newly approved credit for small businesses through a mobile app. Later, the call ended, the victim was told tim is a 14-year-old local male. His father then accompanied rebounded in the first half of 2020, unidentified suspect would ins- that the call had been recorded On August 10, the victim, who him to the police station to re- according to data released yesterday by truct them to download a speci- and saved. He was blackmai- is still a middle school student, port the case. the Monetary Authority of Macao. In the fic app for nude video calls. The led and asked for 10,800 yuan came into contact with a wo- The third victim is a local first half of the year, new credit extended criminals would then blackmail to prevent the recording from man he discovered from Insta- man in his 20’s. He was told to by Macau banks to small and medium-sized the victims and ask for money. being sent to his friends and gram. Later, the two agreed to download an app called Han- enterprises totaled 15.4 billion patacas, The first victim is a 19-year- relatives. use Line for a nude video call. gouts and participated in a up 80.1% from the second half of 2019, -old male mainland student The student paid the reques- The call lasted three minutes. nude call lasting 20 seconds. He but down 7.2% from the first half of 2019. ted sum, hoping to quell the in- After it ended, the student was Meanwhile, the outstanding balance of SME in Macau. He began chatting was then asked for 5,000 Macau loans increased during the first half of the with a woman on August 10 on cident. However, the criminals told that the call had been re- patacas, which he paid. Una- year. At the end of June, the outstanding said mobile app. The woman kept asking for more money, corded and if he did not pay ble to tolerate any further bla- balance had grown 3.5% from the end of later instructed the student to amounts which he could not then the video would be sent ckmail, the victim also reported 2019, or 2.2% from the equivalent period download an app called Beau- afford. He then decided to re- to his family. He was asked for the case to the police authority. a year earlier. The total at the end of June was 89.7 billion patacas, according to the authority. NPC allows Macau, HK DSAL performs 393 Gov’t calls on advertisers of non-Macau real lawyers to work in inspections at estate to abide by law Greater Bay cities construction sites The Directorate of Economic Services (DSE) and the Consumer Council (CC) ACAU and Hong service trade agreement Huizhou, Dongguan, HE Labour Affairs typhoon season, the have met with representatives from MKong legal prac- between the mainland, Zhongshan, Jiangmen TBureau (DSAL) bureau is urging the the advertising and real estate sectors, titioners have been Hong Kong and Macau. and Zhaoqing. carried out 393 spot sites to adopt preven- reminding them of their duty to comply with approved to work as at- With this trial pro- As cited in reports, inspections at cons- tive measures, espe- Macau law. The meeting comes in response torneys in Guangdong ject, Hong Kong’s le- Liu Dexue, director of truction sites between cially for scaffolding, to a growing demand among Macau province on a trial basis gal practitioners and Macau’s Legal Affairs July 7 and 15. elevators, windows residents for properties located outside of after acquiring main- Macau’s practicing Bureau, remarked that According to a sta- and other facilities. the Macau SAR. In response to the demand, land legal practice qua- lawyers who have pas- allowing legal practitio- tement released by In April, the DSAL more and more advertisements for non- lifications. sed a practice exami- ners from both SARs to the DSAL, the bureau suspended construc- local properties have been registered in the On Tuesday, the nation for lawyers in practice in the Greater issued 146 recom- tion at the site of the market, according to the two government Standing Committee the Guangdong-Hong Bay Area will “improve mendations to the Galaxy Macau pha- entities. At the meeting, the DSE reiterated of the National People’s Kong-Macau Greater communication among sites, including safe- se three after an ac- that advertisements for properties Congress announced Bay Area will be qua- legal practitioners from ty improvements. It cident killed three located outside Macau must comply with that it had passed the lified to work as attor- the three areas.” also gave four orders workers. the provisions of Law No. 7/89/M, which of suspension to four According to DSAL requires advertising messages to be decision to authorize neys in Guangdong The official had also construction com- statistics, 17.1 out of truthful and contain specific information the State Council to province. previously pledged that regarding the sales conditions. In the case design and carry out They should also he would promote arbi- panies whose sites every 1,000 workers of real estate listings located in mainland the three-year pilot acquire a practice cer- tration and the training posed security risks. sustained injuries on- China, they must indicate additional program in Greater Bay tificate in order to par- of mediators so Macau In order to protect -duty in 2019. information regarding licensing and state Area cities. ticipate in legal work on could become a center workers’ safety, the That year, the de- authorizations in an explicit and visible way. According to the the mainland. for commercial arbitra- DSAL conducts regu- partment issued 16 The CC also requests that residents remain committee, the move The mainland cities tion among businesses lar site inspections fines to individuals skeptical of real estate advertisements is part of the outline part of the Greater Bay in China and the Portu- and three special ones responsible for 16 ca- in order to protect their own rights and development plan for are Guangzhou, Shen- guese-speaking coun- throughout the year.