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More on p13 PHILIPPINES-ISRAEL Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted an invitation to visit Israel next month in a sign of improving ties between the two countries. AP PHOTO AFGHANISTAN Four days of ferocious fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over a key provincial capital has claimed the lives of about 100 Turkey tries to contain crisis Afghan policemen and soldiers and at least 20 civilians, the defense P15 minister said yesterday. but currency keeps falling More on backpage 14.08.2018 tue 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO CE to visit Beijing for Greater Bay Area Report blames environmental meeting The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, will visit Beijing for the first plenary meeting degradation on ‘tourism pressure’ of the leading group for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau HE government has re- Greater Bay Area. Chui will attend the Tleased the annual report meeting, to be held on August 15, as a on the State of the Environ- member of the leading group formed by ment of Macau 2017. The the Central Government. The visit will document, issued by the run until August 17. Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), analyses the environmental condi- 88 schools to start tions of the region in the academic year past year and compares it with results from across the beginning September last decade. The report indi- cates that most of the main According to information provided by environmental performance the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau indicators fell, with the ra- (DSEJ), 88 schools are ready to kick-off pporteurs pointing the finger the new academic year in the first four days of September. The DSEJ informed at “tourism pressure” as the that 29 of these 88 schools will start the main factor contributing to academic year on September 1 (Saturday), the degradation of environ- followed by the majority of 50 schools, mental conditions. which will start the academic year on The report lists factors such September 3 (Monday). Nine other schools as the “economic recovery told the DSEJ they will be ready to start and the visible increase in the year only on Tuesday (September 4). the number of tourists as Macau peninsula and about 4 sumption led by the com- tributed as a cause of the The bureau also noted that, according to well as the intensity of tou- percent in Taipa. The report mercial sector, the report significant increase in was- the guidelines of DSEJ, most of the schools rism, the consumption of also registers a drop in the adds that Macau registered te collected, the report says. will organize opening ceremonies for the electricity and water resour- type of PM2.5 particles in all a lower percentage of rainfall The super-typhoon was also school year at different times for different ces, among others,” which stations with the exception in 2017, by 23.7 percent less the cause for the substantial year levels in order to facilitate the traffic create “challenges to deal of Taipa, which registered an than in 2016. decrease in the number of flow on those days. Eleven other schools with in terms of atmosphe- increase of 4.1 percent. Although the growth of trees, contributing to a sli- informed that they will start the classes for ric environment, solid waste Another area of significant consumption was noted in all ght decrease of Macau green different year levels across two different management and the aquatic concern regarding the air areas, the higher effect was area per capita. days to reduce traffic congestion. More environment.” quality in Taipa was the hike noticed in the Cotai area (an Noise levels were also re- information on each school timetable and Across the eight chapters in Ozone levels, which excee- increase of 6 percent), whe- corded poorly, especially at commencement dates can be accessed and over 80 pages of the re- ded the levels of the previous re the major hotel units are the Ecological Areas Sta- through DSEJ’s website. port, the DSPA analyzed the year by 26.3 percent. located. tion (in the surroundings results from six main indica- According to the DSPA, the According to the report, of Lotus Flower Border). Zhuhai signs tors such as the atmospheric proportions of the emission the quality of coastal waters The DSPA noted that the noi- environment. These include sources have been following in 2017 was generally iden- ses produced by social life, RMB100 billion factors such as air quality, an identical pattern over the tical to that of 2016 with a road traffic and construction pollutant emissions, and last few years. The major special note regarding the are primary contributors. loan deal electricity consumption. contributors to air pollution evaluation index of non-me- “In 2017 there was a clear The Zhuhai municipal government has In the “atmospheric envi- continue to be land trans- tallic products, which still increase in the number of signed a loan agreement with China ronment” chapter, the bu- portation and local electri- exceeds the standard value. noise-related complaints Construction Bank (CCB) Guangdong reau recorded fewer “good” city production (with the At the same time, there were compared to 2016. Accor- Branch, China Construction Bank (Asia), or “moderate” air quality exception of ammonia which increases of different degrees ding to the results of the ge- China Construction International, and days in 2017 than in 2016, is primarily produced from in eutrophication levels re- neral environmental noise China Construction Bank Macao Branch. with a special mention for wastewater treatment plan- corded at various monitoring survey conducted in 2017, it According to the agreement, CCB and the air quality in Taipa Is- ts). points compared to 2016. is estimated that about 50 its subsidiaries will provide no less than land. Aside from one day re- Lead emissions by the Solid waste management percent of the total popula- RMB100 billion yuan (USD14.7 billion) to gistered at a “very unhealthy” trade industry, household was another topic of con- tion of Macau is exposed to fund the construction of the Guangdong- level, it also saw the number consumption and services cern in 2017, registering an outdoor noise exceeding 65 Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area in the of “good” or “moderate” days industry surged by 120 per- increase in the total amount dB.,” the report reads. following five years. The Mayor of Zhuhai drop significantly, followed cent. Lead is a heavy metal of urban solid waste as well The awareness and the in- pointed out that “during the transformation by a hike in “unhealthy” le- that affects the air quality as the amount of urban so- crease of population parti- period, Zhuhai will need to fulfill the vels, which registered a re- and water resources. lid waste per capita, the cipation in activities related strategic role of the Belt & Road Initiative cord of 28 days (a three-fold Regarding the marine en- amount of special and ha- to environmental protection and establish the core urban area along the increase on the 2016 results). vironment, the quality of zardous waste, and the num- is, in fact, one of the only west bank of the Pearl River,” according to Similar results were recor- drinking water in 2017 was ber of vehicles scrapped. positive aspects noted in the a statement issued by the Zhuhai Hengqin ded in all the other stations said to have maintained a Such values continued to report, with the government New Area. Specifically, Zhuhai plans to upgrade its infrastructure to enhance of the Peninsula and Islands, low salinity level and the grow in 2017, although noting that more people and connectivity for the core urban area along with all of them registering total coliforms level of the the DSPA registered a de- companies have showed in- the west bank of the Pearl River. A supply more days of “unhealthy” air water supply networks com- crease in the quantity of terest in participation in chain platform for tech companies will be quality in 2017 than in 2016. plied with the standards of waste from construction different programs such initiated. The neighboring city’s government The report notes also a the law. materials that had been as the “Macau Green Ho- also plans to build a manufacturing base for growth in the concentrations Together with the concerns targeted with various was- tel Awards” and others that high-end equipment at the west bank of the of PM10 particles, which in- noted by the DSPA regarding te reduction measures. grant environmental certifi- Pearl River. creased by 15 percent in the the increase in water con- Typhoon Hato was also at- cation. 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