PAUL PHUA AND FRIENDS A TASTE OF HISTORY ABSOLVED IN BETTING TRIAL WITH IMPERIAL CUISINE THE WINNERS The Court of First Instance acquitted Chefs Ivan li and liu Guo Zhu AND LOSERS Malaysian Paul Phua, along with 14 showcase the essence of Qing IN HK 2019 others of conducting illegal sports dynasty court cuisine at Golden BUDGET betting during World Cup 2014 Flower in Wynn Macau P2 P4-5 MDT INTERVIEW P9 THU.28 Feb 2019 T. 18º/ 24º C H. 70/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 12,000 MOP 8.00 3238 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 CHINA’s economy is ColoAne showing the first signs of recovery after months of slowdown, as stock and commodity rallies lift confidence. But increasing optimism aside, the clouds haven’t cleared for the country’s economy. Pansy More on p10 AP PHOTO and Daisy CHINA has unveiled draft regulations on gene editing and other potentially risky relinquish biomedical technologies after a Chinese scientist’s claim of helping to create gene-edited babies roiled the global science community. More on p11 plots of AP PHOTO green land P3 AUSTRALIA The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison yesterday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago. Victorian state County Court revoked Cardinal George Pell’s bail. The judge will deliver his sentence on March 13. AP PHOTO INDONESIA A court in Bali has sentenced an Australian man and his Indonesian girlfriend to five years and four BeInG TheRe months in prison each for possessing cocaine. Brandon Johnson, from Brisbane, and his Kim and Trump girlfriend, Remi Purwanti, were arrested with 11.6 grams of cocaine separated into 13 plastic unlikely peace makers bags. P12,13 HANOI SUMMIT More on backpage 28.02.2019 thu th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO One injured in industrial accident A 37-year-old non-local Science, worker was injured in an industrial accident while working at a construction site located in Cotai. The victim technology was run over by an excavator that reversed while the man was passing by the back of the vehicle. He was then sent funding to the Conde S. Januário Hospital. When other workers managed to get him out from under the vehicle, he was in a yet to yield conscious state. On Tuesday, a 47-year-old local construction worker was also severely results injured when he was hit by a falling wire rope while working at the University of Macau. 3 arrested, 4 on the run for theft The Judiciary Police (PJ) Julie Zhu explanation, the funds of 2017 applicants, of which 13 were ac- Following the press conferen- has arrested three mainland were processed and approved in cepted and a total of MOP4.15 ce, an agreement signing ce- men for their involvement in HE Science and Technology 2018. million was approved. remony was held between the a ‘bus theft’ group. The three TDevelopment Fund (FDCT) Successful subsidy recipien- In July 2018, the Ministry of FDCT and WeBank, China’s suspects were arrested on has not received any research or ts are given a maximum of two Science and Technology of Chi- first digital bank founded in Tuesday. They have allegedly development products resulting years to create a research and na approved the establishment 2014. Together, the two parties been involved in five recent from the subsidized projects development product. of two state key laboratories. will explore products within the theft cases at bus stops, that were approved for funding The corporate program was Cheang Kun Wai, a member of realm of blockchain technology. which reported a total loss of in 2017. Yesterday, at a press first launched in 2017, providing the Administrative Committee The cooperation is expected to MOP102,000. The cases were conference on the work report a maximum of MOP2 million to of the FDCT, said that the insti- offer more convenient identity reported between November of the FDCT 2018 subsidies locally registered companies for tution hopes that in three to five verification techniques to local 2018 and January of this approval, the Chairman of the them to yield such products. years, Macau can have another residents when they are in need year. Besides these three men, Administration Council, Ma Chi Moreover, in 2018, the total two state key laboratories. of identity verification docu- another four mainland men, Ngai, disclosed the information number of applications to FDCT In 2017, the FDCT visited Por- ments. who are involved in these when he was questioned by the funds was 639, with an overall tugal and signed agreements Regarding matters of data pro- crimes are on the run. The Times. requested sum of more than with the Foundation for Scien- tection, Ma pledged that no data thieves committed the crimes According to Ma, the FDCT re- MOP610 million. ce and Technology of Portugal will leave Macau. at busy bus stops at the ceived a total of 89 applications For popular science research (FCT) in order to conduct joint A representative of WeBank Border Gate and San Ma Lou. for the FDCT Corporate Innova- projects last year, the institution programs to finance scientific also claimed that the bank’s te- tion R&D (Research and Deve- accepted 308 projects, while studies. chnology will not involve Ma- New leader lopment) Funding Program. some 196 masters and PhD gra- According to Cheang, a coo- cau’s data, and that, to the con- The FDCT approved 19 of the duates benefited from the insti- peration agreement has already trary, WeBank’s technology for appointed to applications, granting a total tute’s financing. been signed between the two identity verification can indeed of MOP24.44 million to the Also in 2018, the “smart city” parties and they plan to launch advance on the legal manage- Pension Fund applicants. According to Ma’s subsidy program considered 44 joint projects soon. ment of Macau’s data. Ermelinda Maria da Conceição Xavier has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the Administration Council Paul Phua, 14 others absolved in sports betting trial of the Pension Fund. The appointment is for a period HE Court of First Ins- ducting illegal operations bets were placed through defendants to placing bets ments,” the judge said, as of two years starting from Ttance (TJB) has ac- at Wynn Macau rooms the group during the two- on World Cup matches. cited in reports. March 1, 2019. Since 1990, quitted Malaysian online between June 7 and 21 of week period – allegedly He also said that the The evidence for a spor- Xavier has been a technician poker and gambling giant 2014. the largest illegal sports- Public Prosecutors Offi- ts-betting operations in- at the Pension Fund. In Paul Phua Wei Seng of None of the defendants book that was conducted ce and the PJ had failed cluded information stored 1996, she started serving as a coordinator for different conducting illegal sports were present at any of the in the region during that to acquire sufficient evi- on several laptops, betting departments. She has a degree betting during the FIFA trial sessions held in the period. dence to prove that Phua slips, and cellphones, all of in business management World Cup, a charge made city. Presiding judge Lei Wai was the owner of the which were seized during from Simon Fraser University against him nearly five During the February 12 Seng mentioned that the apprehended computers the June 19, 2014 raids. in Canada. The current years ago. trial – which lasted for PJ complied with the law that contained betting in- Phua, a recognized Chairman of the department The TJB ruled on Tues- just two days – several Ju- during its surveillance. formation. poker whale, is said to be is Ieong Kim I, whose day that Phua, along with diciary Police (PJ) inspec- However, the authorities “The court can’t make the founder and principal appointment will come to an another 14 defendants, tors were witnesses. had failed to directly link any connection […] There owner of the Asian online end next month. were not guilty of con- Some HKD1.16 billion in neither Phua nor his co- is a lack of connecting ele- betting giant IBCBet. 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