Serious Wow! WAF? Macau Meteorological Director Resigned over Typhoon Hato, & Cow?

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澳门气象局长冯瑞权辞职 特首：将台风伤害减到最低
2017-08-24 20:17

中新网8月24日电 据澳门电台网站消息，澳门特区政府行政长官崔世安今日表示，已批准澳门特区政府气象局局长冯瑞 权辞职。

8月23日，今年第13号台风“天鸽”正面袭击澳门，最大阵风达17级。图为街上树木被连根拔起 。 中新社记者 龙土有 摄

台风“天鸽”已造成澳门8人死亡。澳门特区政府卫生局今日介绍，截至今日下午5时，台风“天鸽 ”袭澳期间的 伤者中，尚有19人留医，其中1人头颅外伤需入住镜湖医院深切治疗部，情况一般，其余伤者情况 稳定。在天鸽 袭澳期间，共有244伤者到山顶医院和镜湖医院。

崔世安表示，尽管此次台风事前有所预测有所准备，仍有做得不足之处，他代表政府向广大居民表达 歉意。

崔世安表示，澳门特区政府正全力工作，尽快回复城市秩序，将伤害减到最低，现时供水供电交通等 已接近基本恢 复，特区政府会全力跟进善后，并推出针对性援助措施，包括澳门基金会和工商业发展基金发放紧急 援助，稍后会 公布安排。崔世安又称，会检视现行机制、信息发布及安全教育等。返回搜狐，查看更多





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Macau observatory chief resigns as government slammed for response to deadly typhoon

City’s chief executive, Fernando Chui Sai-on, apologises to residents and offers condolences to victims’ families
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 24 August, 2017, 7:57pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 24 August, 2017, 7:57pm

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Macau’s weather forecasting chief has resigned amid growing criticism against the government’s poor response to the deadly typhoon on Wednesday, where eight people were killed and more than 200 injured in the city.

The city’s chief executive, Fernando Chui Sai-on, apologised and announced the resignation of Fong Soi-kun, director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, at a press conference on Thursday evening, where top officials gave details of the support measures for affected residents.

Chui expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the storm.
In Hato’s aftermath, Hongkongers pick up the pieces, one rubbish bag at a time

“Typhoon Hato is the strongest storm in 53 years and has caused massive damage,” he said.

“What is more distressing is that eight residents are dead, and more than 200 residents were injured. Once again, on behalf of the Macau Special Administrative Region government, I offer my deepest condolences to the victims and their families.

[A vehicle damaged by Typhoon Hato in Macau. Photo: Reuters]

“These days we have faced a very big challenge ... the destruction is catastrophic ... In the face of the disaster, we have to recognise that what has been done was not enough. And there is room to improve. I apologise sincerely on behalf of the government.”

The eight deaths in Macau, including the two men whose bodies were found in the Classic Bay car park, Rua da Ribeira, took the regional death toll to 12, including four killed in Guangdong province. There were no fatalities in Hong Kong.

Macau also struggled with a massive power failure for nearly 24 hours, but Chui said the supply was almost fully restored by Thursday evening.

Hato has left a trail of destruction, with streets filled with massive piles of rubbish, dead fish, furniture, torn down billboards and scaffolding, as several uprooted trees and shuttered windows still lay on the streets on Thursday evening.

In Patane, the area where two people died in a car park, the Post saw relatives performing a passage ritual, and neighbours complained about the lack of warning from the government.

“We lost two neighbours. They used to come to my shop ... We are very upset with the government,” said Chrystal Chan, 40, a grocery shop owner. “They should have warned us before this happened, so we could have prepared,” she said.

[Firefighters carry out an investigation at a building in Macau at Typhoon Hato brought. Photo: Edward Wong]

Chan said the two dead were trying to fix the building’s car park water gate when they were caught by torrential water. “They wanted to make sure everything was OK and they were caught by surprise,” she said.

Recalling the scene on Wednesday, Chan said: “the water was very fast and strong. It was just like a tsunami.”

Today’s situation has shown little improvement. “Now we have no water, no electricity, no internet ... it’s like this for over 24 hours,” she said. “The government just said sorry and [gave] no explanation.”

Chan said she has lost between 1 and 2 million patacas due to the typhoon.

Another resident also criticised the inefficiency of the government. “The residents of Macau are frustrated and powerless in the face of such a tragedy,” said IT engineer Gilberto Camacho, 39.

“Now the main problem we are facing is a lack of both running water and drinking water. I don’t have water at home and there is no bottled water in the supermarket, the Macanese man said.

The Post saw more than a dozen people queuing up to get access to a firefighter’s water hydrant.



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Honour in Macau. Singapore how ? KBW got sincerely apologise n resign ?
Typhoon natural disaster, not much control.
MRT, human can control situation.
KBW very thick-skin, can take $$n sleep at night boh chup !