A Chinese mobile phone user browses the website of Boeing on his computer in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 13 March 2019. [Photo/IC] MACAO -- The Civil Aviation Authority of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has decided to temporarily suspend the flight applications of Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft by any airlines, the authority said in a press release on Wednesday. Currently, aircraft registered in Macao do not include the Boeing 737 MAX model. Nor are there any operations of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft by any airlines in Macao International Airport, it said. The authority has always taken a strict manner in ensuring that the operations in Macao's air transport market are safe and would lift the suspension only when the safety concerns of Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft are cleared, it added. The suspension came following the fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX 8 passenger jet on Sunday. The plane bound for Nairobi, Kenya crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board. It was the second deadly crash for a Boeing 737 MAX 8 model in less than five months. The first one occurred in October last year when an aircraft of the same model operated by Indonesia's Lion Air plunged into the water off western Indonesia minutes after taking off, killing 189 people. A number of countries and regions in Asia-Pacific have grounded the aircraft amid safety concerns. custom silicon wristbandsrubber wristbandsrainbow rubber braceletsrubber braceletspersonalized heart bracelet
File Photo: Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Sunday said the mainland will continue to enhance solidarity with Taiwan compatriots and follow a path of peaceful development of cross-Straits relations. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks when asked to comment on the local elections in Taiwan over the weekend. We have noticed the results of the elections, said Ma, adding that the results reflected the strong will of the public in Taiwan in sharing the benefits of the peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait, and desires to improve the island's economy and people's wellbeing. We will continue to uphold the 1992 Consensus, and to resolutely oppose separatist elements advocating 'Taiwan independence' and their activities, said Ma. With a correct understanding on the nature of the cross-Straits relations and the nature of exchanges between cities across the Strait, more counties and cities in Taiwan are welcomed to participated in such exchanges and cooperation, said Ma. The failure of the so-called referendum on a name-changing motion for Taiwan to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics showed that putting Taiwanese athletes' interests at stake is against people's will, Ma said. Ma said the attempts of Taiwan independence are doomed to fail.
