POLLING VENUE NOTICES ELECTRIC VEHICLE STUDENTS The Electoral Affairs PARTNERSHIP WIN AWARDS Commission will send Electric vehicle manufacturer IN THE UNITED notices to inform citizens BYD inked an agreement STATES about the polling station to provide 20 pure electric where they can vote coaches to two local companies P2 P3 P7 THU.10 Aug 2017 T. 26º/ 32º C H. 75/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2863 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS AP PHOTO Sichuan quake kills at US-NORTH KOREA P11 Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam least 19, injures 247 say they’re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions XINHUA between the U.S. and North Korea after Pyongyang announced it was examining plans for attacking the strategically important U.S. territory. People who live and work on the island, which serves as a launching pad for the U.S. military, said yesterday they could no longer shrug off the idea of being a potential target. More on p12 PHILIPPINES The elections chief filed criminal complaints yesterday against his estranged wife, who has publicly accused him of amassing unexplained wealth and receiving commissions from a law firm whose clients include a company that provided vote-counting machines in last year’s presidential polls. AUSTRALIA A fourth Australian senator was referred to the High Court yesterday to rule on whether he was legally elected due to a constitutional prohibition on dual citizens becoming lawmakers. AP PHOTO INDIA Tens of thousands of people waving saffron flags are marching through Mumbai demanding quotas in government jobs and AL PLENARY education for the Maratha community in western India. The marchers covered a distance of Rental contracts should be certified more than five kilometres silently with no speeches or slogans raised. More on p14 P4 More on backpage by a notary starting next year 10.08.2017 thu 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO EducatioN the chance to represent Macau Zhuhai to install at such international competi- small medical tions. “Maybe there should be more emergency Two students win awards competitions held in Macau so that everyone can have a chance stations to show others their work and value, and I think that is really Zhuhai is planning to install 100 in the United States important because there are not micro medical emergency stations many opportunities and chan- at several locations across the ces for them to express them- city, including governmental Lynzy Valles selves,” she said. organizations, supermarkets, According to her, the trainings hotels, tourism spots, schools and WO local students won sil- other densely populated areas. she received in Macau greatly ver medals at the Microsoft The stations will resemble vending T affected her performance in the machines, and will occupy less Office Specialist (MOS) World competition. than one square meter. Emergency Championship, held in the Uni- Representing Macau in Ca- aid kits will be available in each ted States from July 30 to Au- lifornia, Ieong noted, “I think station, including first-aid kits. The gust 2. more people will know about public can scan a QR code on the Representing Macau in the Macau because, maybe others outside of the vending machine global competition, Tiffany cannot imagine that there are to receive one of the emergency Ieong and Anson Chao each many great people in this small kits. Zhuhai will also establish won a medal and USD3,500 city,” she added. large scale emergency stations to scholarship fund. Meanwhile Chao, who parti- provide between 16 and 19 kinds of The Microsoft Office Specia- cipated in MOS Word 2013 ca- emergency aids kits. list World Championship is a tegory, is also grateful that the competition that tests students’ government supported him for skills in Microsoft Office Word, the third time. Anson Chao (left) and Tiffany Ieong USJ co-organizes Excel, and PowerPoint (2013 or Chao participated in the MOS Law of the Sea 2016). Top students are invited Excel 2010 category and MOS to represent their respective region, which was conducted by it,” she explained. Powerpoint 2010 in 2015 and program countries at the World Cham- the Macau Productivity and Te- Ieong participated in the MOS 2016 respectively, both of whi- pionship. chnology Transfer Center (CP- Word 2016 category, and admi- ch he emerged as a champion. The University of Saint Joseph and In some countries or regions, TTM), before entering World tted that the competition was According to him, he valued the Institute of European Studies students are required to first Championship. “tough and tricky,” but added the financial support of the of Macau are jointly offering a participate in a National Cham- Supported by the local gover- that it was a good experience. government as it lessened the short lifelong learning program pionship, and the winners of nment, the youths expressed “I learned how to communi- burden of participating in the titled “Law of the Sea and Water that event continue on to the their gratitude for the support cate with others and it is really competition. Law.” The program will cover a World Championship. given to compete and represent a great experience for me be- “Because of the support, I broad range of topics, including Ieong, a 17 year-old student, Macau abroad. cause I learnt many things […] have the responsibility to repre- the historical background of the won second place in the “9th “The competition gave me I don’t really have much chance sent Macau and do well in the United Nations Convention on Office Skills Competition for some questions and I have to practice the things that I’ve competition,” he said. the Law of the Sea, maritime Macau Students,” while Chao to work out those questions learnt there here in Macau,” Chao also remarked that the boundaries, preservation of the secured first place. on Microsoft Word 2016. For Ieong added. competition has secured his marine environment, the concept Speaking to the Times, Ieong example, you have to change The Year 12 student at Sta. plans to study a computer-re- of marine spatial planning, sea- said that they underwent a to- economy under regional and the margin and change the se- Rosa de Lima hoped that more lated course when he gets to international legal frameworks, tal of 22 hours of training in the ttings and some set ups about local students would be given college. freedom of navigation, criminality and human rights at sea. The 18- hour program will be conducted in English and will be held from goes on to quite a special September 1 to 3 with a tuition fee ART place,” she added. of MOP2,800. The producer stated that the story of “The Li- Philippine CCM brings Italian rendition ttle Match Girl” is quite a challenging story for fa- woman robbed of ‘Little Match Girl’ milies and children, ad- ding that it is quite realis- by group of five tic and sad in some ways. HIS weekend, the Producer Matthew Jo- “Arthur’s first and fore- deliberately presented This is the first time that A Philippine woman was robbed by TMacau Cultural Cen- nes, along with associa- most priority was to set in Italian. However, ac- the company is perfor- a group of four men and a woman ter (CCM) will present te artistic director and the story in Italy. In his cording to Golfieri, the ming in Macau although in a public space in Taipa last week. a dance theatre produc- dancer, Valentina Golfie- mind and due to his he- audience does not need they have already brou- The incident occurred at Rotunda tion of Hans Christian ri, and lead actress and ritage, he has always as- to understand Italian to ght the performance to do Estádio, early on Thursday Andersen’s classical tale, dancer, Corey Annand, sociated Christmas with understand the story. Taiwan and mainland morning. The victim alleges that “The Little Match Girl”. spoke with the media Italy, claiming that Ita- The associate artistic China. “I think the reac- the group demanded her valuables, The English production yesterday at a press con- lians do Christmas like director further revealed tions for the most part including her passport, watch, mobile phone and handbag. The company, Open Heart ference. nowhere else in the wor- that their rendition of have been enormously woman called the police that day to Productions, has chosen Golfieri explained ld, saying how it’s always the story is unique, as the positive,” Jones added. report the incident. The authorities to stage the entire per- that although the origi- opulent and beautiful,” tale continues past the “We’ve presented the have given a statement saying formance in Italian. The nal story is a Christmas said Golfieri. point at which the origi- show in a number of di- that they are investing the case. show will be suitable for fairytale that takes place Goldfieri revealed how nal version finishes. fferent countries and According to Macau Daily News, children aged five and in Denmark, the director the story unravels in a “The end of the story sort reactions vary throu- the police declined to disclose the above, and is the last and choreographer of the fictional town in the sou- of happens halfway throu- ghout but there’s always nationality of the suspects and performance of the CCM production, Arthur Pita, th of Italy called Santo gh the show as we know a line of enjoyment and whether the victim was a tourist, “ARTmusing Summer” decided to set the piece Stefano sul Tuscio and it originally and then the of wonder,” concluded resident, or migrant worker.