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FRI. 30 Jul 2021
FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo
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“ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ”
30 Jul 2021 HKD 10.00
HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATE DROPPED TO 45% JAPANESE OFFICIALS SOUNDED THE ALARM AS TOKYO
LAST MONTH DUE TO STRICTER PANDEMIC
PREVENTION MEASURES IN GUANGDONG REPORTED RECORD-BREAKING CORONAVIRUS CASES FOR THE
AND MACAU IN EARLY JUNE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY WITH THE OLYMPICS WELL UNDERWAY
SWEEPING CHANGES
P6 p11
Myanmar A strong, shallow
earthquake shook northern
Myanmar yesterday and
was felt as far away as
northern Thailand. The
U.S. Geological Survey said
the magnitude 5.5 quake
XINHUA
occurred north of Mandalay
The government will impose stricter cross-border
about 46 kilometers
northeast of Shwebo. It was
regulations from tomorrow and has extended the
centered 10 kilometers
below the Earth’s surface,
scope of medium to high-risk areas after China
the USGS said.
AP PHOTO
registered spikes in locally transmitted cases P8
Thailand Health authorities
raced to set up a large
field hospital in a cargo
building at one of Bangkok’s
airports yesterday as the
country reported record
numbers of coronavirus
cases and deaths. Other
field hospitals are already
in use in the capital after it
ran out of hospital facilities
for thousands of infected
residents. Workers rushed
to finish the 1,800-bed
hospital at Don Mueang
International Airport, where
beds made from cardboard
box materials were laid out
with mattresses and pillows.
It is to be ready for patients
in two weeks.
Afghanistan The Taliban
say that 150 people
have died in flooding in
Afghanistan’s mountainous
northeastern Nuristan
province. Taliban
spokesman Zabihullah
Mujahid says offered little
information yesterday
about the deaths a day
earlier. The spokesman
for the provincial governor,
Mohammad Sayed
Mohmand, said water had
inundated the village of
Terdesh, destroying at least
100 homes.
Tunisian prosecutors have
opened investigations into
alleged foreign campaign
funding and anonymous
donations to Islamist
movement Ennahdha and
two other political parties,
according to local media.
Ennahdha is the dominant
URBAN RENEWAL PLANS JLL
party in parliament, whose
activities were suspended Lawmakers Long way to
concerned about go for real
this week by President Kais
Saied. Tunisia’s leader also
fate of tenants, estate market
fired the prime minister
and key Cabinet members,
saying it was necessary
seniors recovery
to stabilize a country in
economic and health crisis.
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER
Lawmakers Mak and Zheng LAWMAKERS’ AGENDA
concerned about tenants, BIRTHRATE INCREASE: Wong
Kit Cheng wants the government
seniors in urban renewal plans
to consider policies which promote
an increase in the local birth rate.
In a spoken inquiry, the lawmaker
noted the recent policy from the
RENATO MARQUES central government regarding the
promotion of a higher birth rate
L AWMAKERS Mak Soi Kun
and Zheng Anting have
expressed concerns to the go-
in the mainland, and called on the
local government to establish a long-
term demographic and population
vernment regarding the fate plan. “The government must define
of the tenants currently living a short-, medium- and long-term
in buildings targeted for plan- demographic development and
ned urban renewal. population plan, which corresponds
During the period before to the needs of the development
the agenda of yesterday’s Le- of society, so that the concept
gislative Assembly (AL) ple- of incentive to procreation is
nary session, Mak was the first [addressed by] future policies of
to raise the matter. He ques- government as well as in the work of
tioned the government about the public service,” she said.
the fate of people currently
renting apartments in bui- HENGQIN ‘GIFT’: Leong Sun
ldings that the government Iok and Chan Hong want the
has signaled will be demo- 12,014 people living in these to the renewal projects. from the lack of housing for government to prepare for new
lished and rebuilt under plans buildings, from which around “Around 3,000 house ow- those in need during the ur- opportunities that will come from
for urban renewal. 30% are the apartment ow- ners who live in these bui- ban renewal process. the “deepening of cooperation
“After the demolition of an ners, and 45% are occupied by ldings will move to tempo- In a separate inquiry to between Guangdong and Macau for
old building for urban reno- tenants,” adding that at least rary housing, but there are the government, lawmaker the development of Hengqin.”
vation, where are the tenants 30% of these units are occu- at least 5,000 tenants who Zheng also touched on the Chan noted recent statements from
who have been renting the pied by non-resident workers are renting houses in these same topic, adding that se- the Chief Executive that a new step
cheap houses going?” Mak who use them as dormitories. buildings where the rent is nior citizens who own or rent will be taken on this front and that
asked. Citing the same study, Mak cheap. Because of their limi- apartments in the same area will soon be officially announced
The same lawmaker cited also said that the average oc- ted economic capacity and will suffer even more, as all by the central government. She
the conclusions of a study cupancy of these units is 5.3 with the current global uns- of them must live in low-rise called on the local government to
released by Macau Urban people per apartment, a figu- table economic situation, if walkup buildings because of prepare “to adjust and optimize
Renewal Limited on a group re much higher than the ge- tenants are forced to move to their inability to afford rental Macau’s general development
of seven buildings located at neral average of three people another house with a higher units in high-rise buildings planning and distribution in due
Iao Hon neighborhood that per unit in Macau. rent, won’t this affect their equipped with elevators. time, to introduce a new thinking
the government aims to be The lawmaker noted that lives?” he continued, urging Zheng noted that over and a new vitality in its economic
the first targeted with this these people are part of the the government to prepare in 4,000 elderly citizens live in development, [which] everyone is
plan in estimating the impact. lower income population and advance for such problems to their own homes in these fi- eagerly awaiting.”
Mak stated there are “around so will suffer dramatically due avoid future chaos resulting ve-story buildings, while the Leong also called on the
first phase of the new elderly government to take this new step
residences presented recently as an opportunity to “optimize the
by the government only offers
Two new laws finally approved by AL around 1,800 units.
employment space,” offering new
job opportunities for residents.
The lawmaker also noted
T HE Legislative Assembly (AL) passed in
the final reading the Urban Construc-
tion Legal Regime as well as a new Statute
finds that owners failed to comply with
mandatory building inspection conditions
and did not deliver the required report to
that, as time goes by, the pro-
blem of the aging population
only gets bigger. He believes
VACCINATION PAID LEAVE:
Agnes Lam called on the
government to offer paid leave to
of the Staff of Security Forces and Services. DSSOPT. therefore that the 1,800 units all civil servants for vaccination
The new laws were approved in the final Several lawmakers expressed concerns presented by the government against Covid-19. The lawmaker
reading yesterday evening with votes in fa- over the situation of illegal structures that will “hardly meet the growing said that “absence from work due
vor by all the lawmakers present at the ple- exist on the rooftops of a large number of demand,” urging the gover- to vaccination should be seen as a
nary meeting. buildings in Macau. nment to plan accordingly guarantee of the employee’s health,
During the short debate on specific de- On this topic, the government replied with real demand and move rather than an incentive,” adding
tails of the Urban Construction Legal Regi- that it has been doing work on the matter forward with the second and that the government should provide
me, the Secretary for Transport and Public and will continue to do so, but that due to third phases of this project. such measures for its 38,000 civil
Works, Raimundo do Rosário, emphasized lack of manpower in the bureau such mat- Additionally, there is an servants as well as promoting the
that the new regime will enforce the respon- ters have been taken care of on a case-by- even larger group of elderly idea among other public service
sibilities of unit owners towards a building’s -case basis only, prioritizing urgent situa- citizens that are renting units providers. Bus companies were one
general maintenance and repair works. tions where risks are posed to others. in the same types of buildin- example Lam noted of those that
The bill also offers added guarantees for There are still two other bills currently in gs and who do not have the should offer paid leave days to their
property buyers among its provisions, such the possession of the AL standing commit- economic capacity to handle workers after vaccination, so they
as a 10-year warranty for the foundations tee that need to be discussed and approved a rent hike but at the same can take enough rest and have time
and main structural elements of a building by the plenary before August 15, when the time will be excluded from to recover fully from any side effects
and five years’ warranty for other parts. sixth AL term ends. Otherwise, these bills applying to rent economic of the inoculation. This would be
Sanctions such as fines will be also will be dropped and must start from square public housing, due to the as- for their own protection and for
applied in cases where the Land, Public one in the next legislative terms, following sets they have accumulated public safety in general.
Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) the September elections. RM over their lifetime.
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER
China’s recent controls to have limited
impact on gaming: Morgan Stanley
HONEY TSANG border), which involves a hefty sum
or cases with serious consequen-
W
HILST global in- ces.”
vestors have beco- The amended law came into for-
me edgy about the ce on March 1 this year. Gaming ex-
extended scope of perts regarded this as a “stricter” re-
mandates implemented by the gulation, which would deal a huge
central government on several in- blow to the city’s VIP and premium
dustries, Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd mass market.
assuages concerns in a memo, con- Morgan Stanley projected that
firming the impact of these restric- base and middle mass or slot seg-
tions on the gaming industry would ments will fare better than VIP or
be limited. premium mass segments, as Chi-
According to a report published na is stepping up efforts to develop
yesterday by GGRAsia, the interna- “common prosperity,” a develop-
tional investment banking group ment plan intended to build a mo-
stated in a release that these tigh- dern socialist country.
tened controls are “less relevant” to The goal of common prosperi-
the casino industry. training. these stocks virtually un-investab- Nonetheless, compared to the ty should be given greater promi-
The stringent mandates cover The document suggested that le.” above regulatory measures, those nence as China has entered a new
several industries, including educa- companies which offer tutoring to Separately, China imposed a imposed on gaming businesses are stage of development, President
tion, property and technology. support the curriculum in primary set of mandates on tech behemo- not new, the brokerage reassured Xi Jinping stated in an earlier stu-
For instance, the State Council and middle schools should register ths, such as new guidelines on the investors. dy session of the Political Bureau
launched a string of reformative re- as “nonprofit institutions.” The- treatment of food-delivery drivers As early as December last year, of the Chinese Communist Party
gulations on July 24, which will see a se rules may wipe out the rapidly and requirements to fix particular the Standing Committee of the Central Committee held in January
ban on off-campus private tutoring growing industry, which had been anti-competitive practices, among National People’s Congress (NPC), this year.
firms making a profit, raising capi- buoyed mainly by funding from others, giving rise to a slump in tech China’s top legislature, sanctioned Despite all these environmental
tal or going public. The new rules, global investors. stocks this week. an amendment to the national factors, Morgan Stanley remains
according to the official document, Another investment banking Given these events, investors in criminal law criminalizing anyo- positive about Macau’s gaming
are intended to help students fur- group, JP Morgan, opined earlier gaming stocks have been worried ne who “organizes [for] citizens of industry, eyeing border reopening
ther decrease their “burdens” rela- in a release that the new regime for about “regulatory tail risk,” Morgan mainland China to participate in and the extension of casino conces-
ted to homework and off-campus China’s education sector “makes Stanley said. gambling outside the country (or sions in the second half of this year.
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER
Long way to go for real
LYNZY VALLES tions were registered in Macau,
up 27.9% year-on-year. Travel res-
T HE city’s property market re- trictions between Hong Kong and
estate market recovery: JLL
mained stagnant with no sig- Macau led to a delay in corporate
nificant improvement despite the decisions on leasing offices, crea-
increase in visitors since the reope- ting pressure on the office leasing
ning of the border with China last market.
LYNZY VALLES
year. However, despite the lack of new
This was the verdict of real estate Grade A office supply, the leasing
firm JLL in its Macau Mid-year Re- market still achieved satisfactory
view 2021. levels of transaction volume. Lea-
During the first half of 2021, the sing demand mainly came from
city has seen a gradual improve- the insurance, finance and beauty
ment in an economy that was hea- sectors for business expansion. The
vily affected by the pandemic. achieved rentals were at similar le-
The fixed capital formation, pri- vels as last year.
vate consumption expenditure and
government consumption expen- RETAIL PROPERTY
diture all recorded growth in the RECOVERING
first quarter (Q1), up 22.0%, 14.8% The retail property sales market
and 0.2% year-on-year respectively. recovered in the first five months
“Recently Hong Kong and Ma- of 2021. A total of 161 retail pro-
cau are exploring the easing of the perty transactions were recorded,
travel restrictions between the two up 47.7% year-on-year. During the
cities. This will create a positive first five months of 2021, the num-
effect on Macau’s tourist and bu- ber of retail property transactions
siness sectors, and it’s especially increased significantly in residen-
important for the recovery of the tial neighbourhoods. Most proper-
city’s economy, retail and real estate ties transacted could bring a rental
markets,” said Mark Wong, director most transactions recorded in the supply has been gradually absor- local first-time homebuyers, who yield of about 2.5%.
of Valuation Advisory Services at first five months. bed by the market. As there will be comprised more than 70% of ove- According to statistics, total retail
JLL Macau. The sales market slowed down no new supply of large-scale priva- rall residential sales,” explained sales were recorded at MOP 18.75
“In the short term, central banks in June due to the new wave of the te residential projects in the coming Gregory Ku, managing director at billion in Q1 this year, up 68.0%
across the globe are expected to Covid-19 pandemic in Guangdong five years, the market is expected to JLL Macau. from the same quarter last year.
continue to adopt quantitative ea- province. remain in the same condition, JLL “Due to the pandemic, residen- “The retail vacancy rates in
sing monetary policies. With the According to the official statis- predicted. tial buyers in general have bigger the tourist areas remain trending
new normal post pandemic, pent- tics, a total of 3,297 residential sa- Meanwhile, the rental values of bargaining power and transac- upwards, reflecting the limited im-
-up property demand will be relea- les transactions were registered as high-end residential properties and tion prices are largely close to the pact that the reopening of the bor-
sed gradually. We expect Macau’s of June, up 8.5% compared to the mass-to-medium residential pro- appraised values. Coupled with the der can bring to the retail trades
property market to remain stable same time last year. perties fell by 4.9% and 13.0% res- current low mortgage rate environ- that require a high customer flow,”
in the second half of the year,” he Pre-sale transactions totalled pectively in H1 from end 2020, with ment, it’s now a good time for ho- said Oliver Tong, head of Leasing of
added. 225, accounting for only 6.8% of the yields recorded at 1.6% and 1.5% mebuyers to enter the market,” he the firm.
total residential sales volume, lower respectively. added. As the pandemic has not yet
RESIDENTIAL SALES than average levels recorded in the “The overall residential transac- been fully contained on a global le-
TRANSACTIONS SEE UPTICK past. tion volume recorded in H1 was OFFICE LEASING vel, retail property landlords in tou-
The total residential sales tran- The fall in the number of pre-sa- similar to that in 2020, with most MARKET STABLE rist areas will remain flexible and
saction volume in Macau picked up le transactions is mainly attributa- transactions recorded in the secon- In the first five months of 2021, are willing to offer tenants bigger
in the first half of the year (H1), with ble to the fact that new residential dary market. Buyers were mostly a total of 2,459 new incorpora- rental discounts.
ZONE A Hotel occupancy rate
Room for discussion on drops to 45% in June
economic housing price: Council LYNZY VALLES guests (357,000) sur- year, the average oc-
ged by 418.2% and cupancy rate of guest
STAFF REPORTER
T HE average oc- local guest numbers rooms was 50.4%, up
RENATO MARQUES
cupancy rate of (83,000) saw an increa- by 23.2 percentage
C HAN Ka Leong, a mem-
ber of the Council for Pu-
blic Housing Affairs, said at a
guest rooms surged by
33.5 percentage points
year-on-year to 45.3%,
se of 56.8%.
Local tourism-rela-
ted operators remain
points year-on-year.
The number of gues-
ts in hotels and gues-
forum held yesterday that the according to recent optimistic about the thouses expanded by
price of economic housing data revealed by the prospects for business 84.5% year-on-year to
in New Urban Zone A is not Statistics and Census during this summer 3,378,000, while their
finalized and is only a refe- Service. holiday, despite repor- average length of stay
rence, so there is still room for However, the rate ts of fresh outbreaks grew by 0.1 nights to
discussion. represents a drop of in Zhuhai and Zhon- 1.8 nights.
“Recently, the Housing Bu- 16.8 percentage poin- gshan. There were no
reau (IH) opened the econo- ts compared with May Lou Chi Leong, di- inbound package tour
mic housing show flats. It can (62.1%) on account of rector of the Macau visitors in June, while
be seen that the partitions the stricter pandemic Hoteliers and Innkee- the number of visitors
and materials used are very prevention and control pers Association, re- joining local tours to-
high quality, the construction measures in Guang- cently stated that the taled 6,600.
costs became higher, [there- dong province and city’s average occupan- In the first half of
fore] the price per square foot As for the Sandwich Class the ladder of home owner- Macau in early June, a cy rate currently stands 2021, visitors joining
will naturally be adjusted hi- Housing Scheme, he expres- ship. result of the rise in Co- between 50% and 60%. local tours soared by
gher,” he said. sed his belief that, firstly, the Opinions had been expres- vid-19 cases. However, some tra- 197.3% year-on-year
Chan said that the overall relevant legal support work sed that the proposed price of The number of gues- velers are canceling to 28,000, whereas the
pricing is “not outrageous” should be done well, and MOP 5,000 per square foot of ts checking into ho- their bookings, which number of outbou-
in his opinion, as he believed secondly, that its interface economic housing in Zone A tels and guesthouses is believed to be due nd residents using
that the quality of the current with the economic and social is more expensive than that of leapt by 245.9% year- to new cases in Zhon- the services of travel
economic housing is no less housing should be effective, other economic housing pre- -on-year to 469,000 gshan and Zhuhai. agencies increased by
than that of private housing. so that it can play a role on viously available. last month. Mainland In the first half of the 3.5% to 91,000.
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between July 16 and October 31,
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Exhibition of Art Macao: Macao
International Art Biennale 2021,
海洋LA MER is under the patro-
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nment of Macao Special Admi-
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The exhibition, which forms
part of Melco’s efforts contribu-
ting to the city’s cultural develo- Government; and Mr. Cheng Wai vated and transformed by real-ti- mance with modern technology. ganza from the perspective of
pment and diversification, draws Tong, Acting Director of the Ma- me oceanographic data collected Addressing the issue of marine the show’s divers, revealing the
together a collection of leading cao Government Tourism Office in the Pacific Ocean to create an pollution, the poignant work secret design of the underwater
artists and explorers to pay tri- of the Macao SAR Government. ever-evolving symphony. A col- draws attention to the destruc- stage and the skills required to
bute to the beauty, sensuality, LA MER by Ange Leccia is a lective of artists crafted the visual tion of the ocean environment control its submerged mechanis-
inspiration and fragility of the video work in which the artist illustrations from digital recor- and shows how its beauty hides a ms.
sea and its inhabitants through a records the endless movement dings of around 35,000 marine manmade monstrosity. Visitors can also connect with
series of innovative installations. of the waves as they emerge species. In addition, City of Dreams the oceans spiritually at the Flow
On July 28, Mr. Clarence Chung, and then crash onto the beach. SEPHIROTHIC FLOWER by is also hosting a series of activi- Body Mindfulness classes. Led by
Board Director of Melco Resorts Through Leccia’s unusual pers- Makoto Azuma chronicles the ties and events allowing visitors the Head of Performer Wellness
& Entertainment and Mr. Kevin pective, viewers are invited to avant-garde Japanese flower ar- the opportunity to deepen their from The House of Dancing Wa-
Benning, Senior Vice President, contemplate the rhythm, colors tist’s journey to the depths of the appreciation of the sea and to ter and featuring music compo-
Property General Manager of and relentlessly shifting shapes ocean. Having previously sent make a meaningful contribu- sed by Thomas Roussel inspired
Studio City welcomed guests of of the sea, demonstrating why it flowers into the Arctic and outer tion towards its protection. The by sounds of the sea, the guided
honor to the exhibition’s opening has been a source of inspiration space, this installation follows LA MER Film Festival turns the session allows participants to
ceremony, including Ms. Lo Hou for artists since the beginning of the artist as he joins an un- spotlight on a selection of the clear their minds, stay positive
Chi, Advisor of the Office of the time. derwater research team to take a greatest movies inspired by the and progress towards a state of
Secretary for Social Affairs and W/AV/E by Thomas Roussel bouquet of flowers 1,000 metres sea, from arthouse films and do- wellness.
Culture of the Macao SAR Gover- sees the acclaimed French com- down to the bottom of Japan’s cumentaries to big-budget blo- In SEA x ART Forum, freediver
nment; Mr. Sun Yaohua, Assistant poser use music and Artificial Suruga Bay. ckbusters, such as The Big Blue, Wang Aolin, the first person from
Director of the Economic Affairs Intelligence to immerse the au- In OCEANS by Franco Drago- Finding Nemo and Life of Pi. China to descend to a subaquatic
Department of the Liaison Office dience in a constantly changing ne, the legendary artistic director The House of Dancing Wa- depth of 100m, and underwater
of the Central People’s Govern- audiovisual seascape. Roussel uses the staging and machinery ter Underwater Discoveries, photographer Uncle J share their
ment in the Macao SAR; Ms. Mok wrote and recorded the score of the Dancing Water Theater meanwhile, gives guests the unique experiences below the
Ian Ian, Director of the Cultural with an orchestra in Paris, with to create a dramatic spectacle opportunity to see Macau’s waves, and how they relate to the
Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR musical segments which are acti- that combines baroque perfor- most famous artistic extrava- fields of art and sustainability.
Melco has committed to rea-
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER
Gov’t imposes broadened
The director urged locals
to stay aware of the coronavi-
rus situation across different
restrictions to keep Covid-19 at bay
mainland cities, and to avoid
going to high-risk areas. Lo
advised against unnecessary
travel during the summer ho-
HONEY TSANG liday.
XINHUA
He also called on locals to
T HE government has made
sweeping changes to
cross-border regulations, in-
make good use of their spa-
re time during the summer
holiday to get vaccinated, to
cluding a mandate from July protect themselves and the
31 requiring flight passengers public.
from all mainland provinces The government also con-
to present proof of a negative firmed that the current hotel
test for Covid-19 conducted rooms designated for qua-
within 48 hours before boar- rantine purposes are suffi-
ding. cient to accommodate a re-
The stricter regulations cent increase in the number
come after China registered of Hong Kong arrivals.
spikes in locally transmitted In June, the government
cases in several regions inclu- received 10 queries about
ding Nanjing and Zhangjiajie. the quarantine measures for
In addition, the govern- Hong Kong arrivals, but the
ment also extended the scope tally in July as of yesterday had
of medium to high-risk areas increased to 21, according to
from what was previously Lam Tong Hou, the represen-
certain regions in a commu- tative of the Macao Govern-
nity to now include entire ci- ment Tourism Office (MGTO).
ties.
Arrivals who have been to As of yesterday, the gover- ter, the Nanjing Lukou Inter-
Zhangjiajie City, Nanjing City
and Changde City from July
nment registered upwards of
100 people who had recor-
national Airport.
Leong Iek Hou, coordinator Teenager’s myocarditis
17 onwards are now required
to undergo 14 days of manda-
ded their travel history in
Zhangjiajie since July 17 via
at the Center for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention reassured
may be linked to vaccination
tory quarantine upon arrival. the city’s health code system. the public that the govern- A 17-year-old teenager is suspected However, the man experienced
Meanwhile, arrivals who The authorities had contac- ment has so far received no to be suffering from myocarditis, a worsened chest tightness the fol-
were in Chengdu, Shenyang ted relevant individuals via information that any resident condition of inflammation in the heart lowing afternoon and was diagnosed
or Dalian on or after July 17 SMS and required them to go attended the theatre show in muscle, after receiving the second as having myocarditis in his second
will see their health codes to Pac On Terminal to take a Zhangjiajie, nor had contact shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA blood test.
changed from green to yellow. C0vid-19 test. with any confirmed cases who vaccine on July 26. Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of the Health
Although they do not need to Mainland authorities tra- had been to Zhangjiajie. The case was reported yesterday and Bureau’s Covid-19 Vaccination
observe medical observation, ced the origin of some recent classified as a serious adverse event Operation, said yesterday at a media
they must take a Covid-19 local cases back to a theatre AVOID UNNECESSARY after inoculation. briefing that the situation of the
show named “Charm Xian- TRAVEL The patient developed chest tight- patient is now “stable,” with his chest
test on the first, third and fif-
ness on July 27 and sought medical tightness alleviated.
th days after entering Macau. gxi” on July 22 in Zhangjiajie, Lo regarded these mea-
treatment at Centro Hospitalar The special evaluation team will
Director of the Health Bu- with an audience of around sures as “relatively bigger Conde de São Januário on the next investigate to examine whether there
reau (SSM) Alvis Lo announ- 2,000. These cases were fou- changes” in response to the day. The initial electrocardiogram and is any association between the vacci-
ced the string of new rules at nd to be linked to the Main- current pandemic situation blood tests showed no abnormalities. nation and myocarditis in this case.
yesterday’s Covid-19 briefing. land’s new Covid-19 epicen- in China.
Prospective parents should consider dents of child abuse. The
increase in parents seeking
pert in children’s emotional
expression and the director
the challenges in raising babies: ACAM
assistance from the asso- of a children’s library.
ciation indicates that public The expert found some
awareness of safeguarding parents are experiencing
the rights of children has stress while arranging ac-
improved in Macau. tivities for their children
HONEY TSANG In both Hong Kong and during the school summer
Macau, there is a common holidays. She suggested that
R AISING a newborn in-
fant can give rise to a
whole slew of challenges
saying: spouses should get
a license before having a
newborn. It suggests that
parents sign their children
up for summer courses that
suit their interests, and be
and changes to a family. many young parents nowa- more forgiving when chil-
Prospective parents should days are not mature and dren make mistakes.
consider these fully before competent enough to raise The director of the chil-
giving birth to avoid unne- a child. dren’s library emphasized
cessary disputes, Director To help prepare aspiring that every child has the right
of the Against Child Abu- parents, the Social Welfare to play, under the provision
se (Macau) Association Bureau (IAS) is teaming up of the United Nations Con-
(ACAM) Li Man Cheng said with the city’s six communi- vention on the Rights of the
at yesterday’s TDM’s broa- ty associations to promote Child.
dcast program Macau Fo- the Family Life Education She urged local paren-
rum. Project, which targets newly ts to arrange adequate rest
Li found that many of married families and fami- time for the children, and
these would-be parents had lies with children aged 0 to they should not rely too
not expected a fundamental tween spouses and between ceived around 50 cases of Li said that some paren- 3, designed to help them much on electric devices as
alteration in their everyday parents and children. This child abuse in the first half ts report that taking care of prepare to enter a comple- tools to calm their children.
lives after childbirth. The may even extend to finan- of 2021, similar to the tally their children causes stress tely new stage of life. A quality family time should
ignorance of this may cause cial disputes. during the same period last and anxiety and sought help The broadcast program involve more reading and
relationship problems be- The association had re- year. to avoid any possible inci- was also attended by an ex- outdoor activities.
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C Gov’t sends new ambassador
HINA’S new ambassa-
dor to the United States
outlined the challenges
to US amid strained ties
the two countries face in
what has become an increasingly
competitive and contentious re-
lationship, while refraining from
any criticism in short remarks
after arriving to take up his new
AP PHOTO
post. ter the meetings, called on China
“China and the United States to work with the United States
are entering a new round of mu- on global issues as a responsible
tual exploration, understanding great power.
and adaptation, trying to find a Qin replaces Cui Tiankai, who
way to get along with each other was ambassador to the United
in the new era,” Qin Gang said in States for eight years during a
remarks posted by the Chinese steady deterioration in ties.
Embassy in Washington after his Qin served three tours at the
arrival yesterday [Macau time]. Chinese Embassy in London and
Qin’s arrival comes as relations headed the Protocol Department
with the U.S. have plunged to but has not held any positions di-
their worst level in decades with rectly responsible for relations with
no sign of bottoming out. The two the U.S., according to his official re-
sides remain sharply at odds over sume on the ministry website.
a host of issues, including trade, As head of protocol, he worked
technology, cybersecurity, and directly with Xi and has extensive
China’s foreign policy under Presi- experience accompanying Chine-
dent Xi Jinping. se leaders abroad.
Qin, 55, most recently was Shi cautioned that the state of
one of China’s nine vice foreign U.S.-China relations would limit
ministers and has been ministry the influence of any ambassador.
spokesperson twice, gaining a re- Renmin University in Beijing. predecessor, Donald Trump, but property owner” of coercive di- “Under the current circums-
putation for tart responses that The U.S. currently has no am- high-level meetings this week in plomacy. tances of full-on competition and
have now become standard fare bassador in Beijing, although Pre- Tianjin, China, again lay bare the In a separate meeting with struggle between China and the
among those in that position. sident Joe Biden is expected to no- deep divisions between them. Sherman, Chinese Foreign Minis- U.S., I don’t think any ambassador
“His open remarks towards the minate Nicholas Burns, a former Chinese Vice Foreign Minister ter Wang Yi said China would not could have a significant impact on
West and the U.S. are tougher than ambassador to NATO and State Xie Feng told U.S. Deputy Secre- tolerate what it considered U.S. relations, no matter whether he is
Chinese ambassadors of previous Department spokesperson. tary of State Wendy Sherman that interference in its internal affairs intended to be tougher or milder
terms,” said Shi Yinhong, profes- Relations between the coun- the United States was the “inven- and key development interests. in implementing policies,” he
sor of international relations at tries nosedived under Biden’s tor, and patent and intellectual Sherman, in an interview af- said. MDT/AP
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TOKYO 2020 Clearly, she’s a quick study.
Double gold: China’s Zhang
Zhang will go down as one of
the breakthrough swimming stars
at the Tokyo Games. She also won
becomes a breakout star at pool
a silver in the 100 butterfly.
Not bad for someone who had
never claimed a major internatio-
nal title before these Olympics.
PAUL NEWBERRY, TOKYO Zhang’s best showing in three
AP PHOTO
appearances at the world cham-
Z HANG Yufei had a much bu-
sier morning than she was
expecting at the Tokyo Aquatics
pionships is third. Her lone race
at the 2016 Rio Games produced
a sixth-place finish in the 200 fly.
Centre. Now, she’s a double Olympic
It was worth the effort. champion.
She left with a pair of gold me- “We knew Zhang would be
dals and a couple of records, too. swimming in the relay, but the
Zhang started off yesterday coach told us not to tell her,” said
with a dominating victory in the Li Bingjie, who swam the anchor
women’s 200-meter butterfly, fi- leg for China. “She was the last
nishing more than a body leng- one to know.”
th ahead of two Americans in an Li conceded that her team
Olympic-record time. went into the race merely hoping
“My coach told me I didn’t have to get a bronze.
to think too much,” Zhang said “We didn’t expect to win the
through an interpreter. “Just be gold,” she said. “We just tried to
myself. I really wanted this me- finish third because Australia and
dal.” the United States are very strong.”
About an hour later, the The Chinese led the entire race,
23-year-old returned to the deck holding off a hard charge by Lede-
to swim for China on the 4x200 cky at the end.
freestyle relay. Zhang, swimming the third leg,
It was a race she hadn’t plan- posted the slowest time among
ned for. It was a race her teamma- their anchor. The final was expec- China’s time of 7 minutes, 40.33 it until I’d finished the 200 bu- China’s four swimmers. But it was
tes never expected to win. ted to be a duel between those seconds is the one that will go into tterfly and our coach told me, a gusty performance after her in-
After all, the Australians had two powerhouse teams. the record books, sending Zhang ‘You’re in the relay,’” she said. “I dividual victory.
double-gold medalist Ariarne Tit- Instead, it was the Chinese to the top of the medal podium at didn’t even know how to swim “We were inspired by her 200
mus taking the opening leg. The touching first in a race where the Tokyo Aquatics Centre for the the 200 free, although I have the butterfly and we were excited,” Li
Americans countered with frees- all three teams eclipsed the pre- second time. training qualities and levels for said. “It made us determined to
tyling star Katie Ledecky handling vious world record. “I didn’t know I was doing the 200 distances.” do our best at the relay.” MDT/AP
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COVID-19 North Korea
Officials in Tokyo alarmed leader pays
respect to
as cases hit record highs Chinese
war dead at
memorial
J
APANESE officials soun-
AP PHOTO
ded the alarm yesterday
as Tokyo reported record-
HYUNG-JIN KIM, SEOUL
-breaking coronavirus cases
for the third straight day with the
Olympics well underway.
“We have never experienced
N ORTH Korean leader Kim Jong
Un paid tribute to China’s war
dead at a Pyongyang memorial and
the expansion of the infections
vowed to maintain firm ties with Bei-
of this magnitude,” Chief Cabi-
jing, state media reported yesterday,
net Secretary Katsunobu Kato
as he seeks to bolster relations with
told reporters. He said the new
his country’s main ally amid deepe-
cases were soaring not only in
ning hardships linked to the pande-
the Tokyo area but across the
mic.
country.
Kim’s visit Wednesday to the
Tokyo reported 3,865 new
Friendship Tower that honors Chi-
cases yesterday, up from 3,177
nese soldiers killed during the 1950-
on Wednesday and double the
53 Korean War was his third since he
numbers a week ago, setting an
took power in late 2011. It came a day
all-time high since the pandemic
after the 68th anniversary of the end
began early last year.
of the war.
Japan has kept its cases and and without it, the infections will prefectures adjacent to the ca- The Associated Press on Wed-
“The noble soul and exploits of the
deaths lower than many other further expand and put medical pital said they plan to ask Prime nesday that there is no eviden-
Chinese people who aided the sacred
countries, but its seven-day systems under severe strain.” Minister Yoshihide Suga to pla- ce of the coronavirus spreading
historic struggle of the Korean people
rolling average is growing and Tokyo has been under its ce their areas under the state of from Olympic participants to
at the cost of their blood when [North
now stands at 28 per 100,000 fourth state of emergency since emergency too. the general public.
Korea] was undergoing the harshest
people nationwide and 88 in July 12, ahead of the Olympics, Tokyo officials said that two “I don’t think there have been
and most difficult trials will remain
Tokyo, according to the Health which began last Friday despite foreign Olympic athletes are cur- any cases related to the Olym-
immortal,” Kim said at the memorial,
Ministry. This compares to 18.5 widespread public opposition rently hospitalized and 38 others pic Games. So we aren’t worried
according to the official Korean Cen-
in the United States, 48 in Bri- and concern that they Games are self-isolating at designated about that issue,” he said.
tral News Agency.
tain and 2.8 in India, according could worsen the outbreak. hotels in the city. Nationwide, Japan reported
Kim stressed “the [countries’]
to data from Johns Hopkins Uni- People are still roaming the Gov. Yuriko Koike urged the more than 9,500 confirmed ca-
friendship forged as kindred ties will
versity. streets despite stay-at-home re- organizers to make sure not to ses, a new record, on Wednesday
be firmly carried forward generation
“While almost nothing is hel- quests, making the measures burden Tokyo’s hospitals. for a total of about 892,000, with
after generation on the road for the
ping to slow the infections, there largely ineffective at a time the She said the medical system about 15,000 deaths.
common cause,” KCNA said.
are many factors that can acce- more infectious delta strain is was under severe stress, and no- As of Wednesday, 26.3% of the
China fought alongside North Ko-
lerate them,” said Dr. Shigeru spreading, he said. “We have ne- ted that experts have projected Japanese population has been
rea against South Korea and U.S.-led
Omi, a top government medical ver seen the infections spread so cases in Tokyo could hit around fully vaccinated. The percentage
U.N. forces during the Korean War,
adviser, noting the Olympics and rapidly.” 4,500 a day by mid-August. of the elderly who are fully vac-
which ended with an armistice, not
summer vacation. “The biggest Alarmed by the surge in Japan’s vaccine minister, Taro cinated is 70%, or 24.8 million
a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Pe-
risk is the lack of a sense of crisis Tokyo, the governors of three Kono, said in an interview with people. MDT/AP
ninsula still technically at war.
Kim has vowed to upgrade his
country’s relations with China, its
economic pipeline, as he struggles to
BANGLADESH more than 12,000 refu- navigate North Korea out of what he
Floods make thousands
gees were affected by calls its “worst-ever” crisis caused by
the heavy rainfall while the pandemic, U.S.-led sanctions and
an estimated 2,500 shel- last year’s natural disasters.
homeless in Rohingya camps
ters have been damaged Earlier this week, Kim agreed to
or destroyed. More than restore cross-border communica-
5,000 refugees have tem- tion channels with rival South Korea
porarily been relocated following a 13-month hiatus, and im-
to other family member’s prove bilateral ties.
D AYS of heavy rain- the monsoon season shelters or communal
AP PHOTO
Some experts say Kim wants bet-
fall have pelted stretches over the next facilities, the agency said ter ties with the outside world in the
Rohingya refugee camps three months. in a statement. face of the economic difficulties. But
in southern Bangladesh, “The situation is fur- Refugees said they others say North Korea may just want
destroying dwellings and ther compounded by the were struggling to eat or South Korea to convince the United
sending thousands of COVID-19 pandemic. drink properly. States to make concessions when the
people to live with exten- There is currently a strict “Due to the conti- long-stalled nuclear negotiations be-
ded family or in commu- national lockdown in nuous rainfall for the last tween Pyongyang and Washington
nal shelters. response to rising cases four days, today my hou- eventually resume. MDT/AP
Just in the 24 hours to across the country,” the se is full of water,” says
AP PHOTO
Wednesday alone, more agency said. Khatija Begum, who has
than 30 centimeters of The agency said it was five children. “We are not
rain fell on the camps in saddened by the dea- even able to eat.” Begum
Cox’s Bazar district hos- ths of six people at the says she fears her chil-
ting more than 800,000 camps earlier this week, dren will drown and die
Rohingya, the U.N. refu- five in a landslide caused in their sleep.
gee agency said. That’s by the rains and a child Cyclones, heavy mon-
nearly half the avera- swept away by floodwa- soon rains, floods, land-
ge July rainfall in one ters. slides and other natural
day while more heavy Citing initial reports, hazards are an annual
downpours are expected the U.N. High Commis- difficulty in the camps.
in the next few days and sioner for Refugees said MDT/APpage 12 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo
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this day in history
expected to submit a U.S.
AP PHOTO
application in the “coming
weeks.’’
The U.K., European
Union and World Health
1973 Final deal for
Organization have already thalidomide victims
authorized use of the Astra-
Zeneca vaccine.
AstraZeneca reported
first-half revenue of $1.17
billion from deliveries of
319 million doses of the
vaccine that were supplied
directly by the company.
AstraZeneca has pledged The drugs company who marketed thalidomide have
to deliver the vaccine on a agreed to pay more than £20 million in compensation to tho-
non-profit basis as long as se born with birth defects as a result, at the end of an 11-year
the pandemic lasts. legal battle.
Despite complaints Over 400 British children whose mothers took the drug
from the EU about its vac- during pregnancy will benefit from the payout by Distillers
cine supply, the 27-nation Company, which marketed the German-manufactured drug
bloc received more doses in Britain.
The company will pay £6 million in direct claims and will also
directly from AstraZeneca
set up a £14 million trust fund to look after the children’s fu-
than any other single entity
ture.
in the first half of the year.
AstraZeneca to seek
The court hearing follows a high-profile campaign in the
The company shipped 97
media calling for more compensation for thalidomide families.
million doses to the EU,
Amid mounting pressure from politicians and the public,
while Brazil got 65 million including its own shareholders and workers, the company
and the U.K. 52 million, agreed a settlement representing about 40% of what each
US approval of Covid
AstraZeneca said. Gavi, child might have received had his or her family sued Distillers
an alliance that secures vac- individually.
cines for low-income coun- The families have undertaken to withdraw all allegations of
tries, received 49 million negligence in return.
vaccine in second half
doses, and another 57 Thalidomide became notorious in the 1960s when it was
million doses went to other prescribed to pregnant women to ease morning sickness.
countries. It was found to cause severe birth defects, and thousands of
Sub-licensees, including children across the world were born limbless or with severely
the Serum Institute of In- shortened limbs.
dia, supplied millions more More cases have come to light as a result of the publicity,
doses, pushing global de- with another 32 coming forward in the last six months alone.
DANICA KIRKA, LONDON schedule as it released se- The news on the U.S. liveries to more than 700 The deal follows a long-standing challenge to Distillers over
cond-quarter financial re- filing is being closely wat- million doses. the amount of damages it offered in its original settlement in
A
STRAZENECA sults, which showed that ched, as the timeframe has The vaccine was develo- 1968.
said yesterday the company and its sub- slipped. ped by Oxford University re- Francis Purchas QC, the lawyer representing the children,
that it intends to -licensees delivered more When AstraZeneca relea- searchers, who licensed the paid tribute to the “courageous stand” taken by parents in
than 700 million doses of disputing the amount offered by Distillers.
seek U.S. autho- sed data from its U.S. trial technology to AstraZeneca
David Mason, whose daughter Louise was born without lim-
rization for its COVID-19 the vaccine to over 170 of the vaccine on March in an effort to tap into the
bs after his wife took the thalidomide drug in early pregnancy,
vaccine in the second half countries in the first half 22, company officials said company’s global manufac-
has led the campaign for greater compensation for victims.
of this year, offering a new of this year. That includes they expected to seek au- turing and distribution ca-
Outside the court today he said, “I am happy at the result
timetable for the much-de- 80 million doses that went thorization from the Food pacity. AstraZeneca, in turn,
and the ending to this saga.”
layed application. to the COVAX initiative for and Drug Administration authorizes other companies The lawyer for Distillers, John Wilmers QC, said the lengthy
The Anglo-Swedish low- and middle-income in the first half of April. In to produce the shots around court proceedings had prevented the company from putting
drugmaker announced the countries. April, the company said it the world. MDT/AP right what he called false allegations made against them over
the years.
“My clients have always denied and continue to deny that
US defense secretary visits
either they or any of the scientists and medical men who ad-
vised them were in any way negligent,” he said.
The families will receive cheques for £5,000 within the next
Vietnam, vows support for region
few weeks as the first part of the settlement, but it may take
more than a year to assess how much each child will receive
from the £6 million lump sum and from the trust fund.
Courtesy BBC News
U .S. Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin is seeking
to bolster ties with Vietnam,
entire South China Sea “has
no basis in international
law” and “treads on the so-
nistry spokesperson Zhao
Lijian responded to Austin.
“The U.S. ignored the
Vietnam and the Phili-
ppines are among China’s
opponents in the territorial
In context
one of the Southeast Asian vereignty of states in the re- facts, deliberately smeared disputes in the South China There was further heartache for the thalidomide parents as
they had to wait several months, and in some cases years,
nations embroiled in a terri- gion.” China, interfered in China’s Sea.
before assessments of individual cases could be made and
torial rift with China, during He said the U.S. conti- internal affairs and sowed Vietnam has previously payments released.
a two-day visit starting Wed- nues to support the region’s discords among regional accused China of obstruc- In addition, a so-called “Y-list” of thalidomide victims emerged
nesday. coastal states in upholding countries with the aim of ting its gas exploration acti- - 98 children who were suspected of suffering deformities
In a speech in Singapore, their rights under inter- serving its own geopolitical vities off its southern shores. due to the drug, but who could not prove it and so were unable
to claim compensation.
his first stop in the region he national law, and remains interest,” Zhao said at a re- Austin’s visit comes as
In 2005 Distillers, now part of Diageo, agreed an extra one-off
is visiting for the first time as committed to the defense gular news briefing. “We ad- Vietnam is in the grip of a payment worth 70% of the annual payments made to chil-
a member of President Joe treaty obligations the U.S. monish the U.S. side not to coronavirus surge, with Ha- dren from the trust fund.
Biden’s Cabinet, Austin said has with Japan and the Phi- make an issue about China noi and half of the country The payment was intended to meet unforeseen costs in-
Tuesday he was committed lippines. at every turn and do more in lockdown. curred by thalidomide survivors as they became older.
There is also pressure for further compensation after thalid-
to pursuing a constructive, “Unfortunately, Beijing’s for the benefit of peace and The U.S has donated 5
omide survivors began giving birth to children suffering similar
stable relationship with Chi- unwillingness to resolve dis- stability in the region.” million doses of the Mo- physical deformities.
na, including stronger crisis putes peacefully and respect Austin is scheduled to derna vaccine, part of the Thalidomide was available in the UK from 1958 and taken off
communications with the the rule of law isn’t just oc- meet his Vietnamese coun- 80 million doses that Biden the market in late 1961.
People’s Liberation Army. curring on the water,” Austin terpart, Phan Van Giang, pledged to lower-income It is now being made available again after evidence that it could
slow down a wasting disease suffered by patients with cancer.
But he repeated that Bei- said. yesterday morning. He lea- nations around the world.
It is also licensed in the US for treating a complication of leprosy.
jing’s claim to virtually the In Beijing, Foreign Mi- ves for the Philippines today. MDT/APwww.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 13
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32- Susan of “L.A. Law”; 33- Monetary unit
of Oman; 34- Contact, e.g.; 35- Gaelic Kiang Wu Hospital 28 371 333
language of Ireland or Scotland; 36-
Colored; 38- Madly; 39- Muffin choice; 42- Commission Against
Anise-flavored liqueur; 43- Pertaining to a
reign; 45- Electric generator; 46- Outback Corruption (CCAC) 28326 300
hopper; 47- Carryalls; 48- Lots of lots; 49-
Some horses; 51- Hats; 52- If ___ be so IAM 28 387 333
bold...; 53- Mail out; 54- Cleveland’s lake;
55- Europe’s highest volcano; 58- Sound of Tourism 28 333 000
a cow; 60- Wreath of flowers;
Airport 59 888 88
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