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Some Hong Kong journalists and academics have described the outcome of Sunday’s post-typhoon election as an “unprecedented” victory for Macau’s so-called “pro-democracy” forces. Unprecedented? According to their comments, the “pro-democracy” forces garnered five of the 14 directly-elected seats. Five? Well, let’s check the facts, based on primary-school level arithmetic: Four groups widely seen as representing “pro-democracy” forces won a total of four seats on Sunday –

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the local government will need to carry out a large number of measures with the aim of constantly improving Macau’s ability to tackle typhoons and other major natural disasters.Chui made the remarks during a specially-convened meeting yesterday summarising the government’s measures in preparation for Super Typhoon Mangkhut and its disaster prevention and mitigation tasks.Chui convened a special meeting yesterday for representatives of