Union calls for decrease in imported construction workers

Members of the Macau House Painters Union and lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I reaffirmed their demand yesterday that local construction workers be given employment priority and urged the government to reduce the number of imported construction workers.They made the remarks during a meeting at the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday. Lei accompanied the union members to the meeting.DSAL Director Wong Chi Hong and other officials attended at the meeting to discuss the issue with

November 10, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt staff to work flexitime during Grand Prix: official

Just like the last year, Macau’s over 30,000 public servants can work flexitime during the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) next week, Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee Co-ordinator Pun Weng Kun, who is also the president of the Sports Bureau (ID), said yesterday.Pun made the announcement on the sidelines of a blessing ceremony for the smooth running of the races, at the Grand Prix complex in front of the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal.The 63rd Macau Grand Prix, for which this year’s Formula 3 race

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Woman loses US$1,200 in scam with ‘British’ man

A local woman lost US$1,200 (9,600 patacas) late last month after she met a purported “British” man online, and deposited the money into an account number a woman from a purported courier company had given her, according to the Judiciary Police (PJ).The victim deposited the money, as she believed what the purported courier company had told her – an item set to be delivered to her had been seized and the money was needed to reclaim it. The victim believed the item was a birthday gift the

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Tertiary education bill omits taught degree programmes

The revised version of the government’s bill on the city’s tertiary education sector no longer requires institutions of higher learning to specify in their graduation certificates whether a student has obtained a taught degree or a research degree at master’s or doctoral level, the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee President Andrew Chan Chak Mo said yesterday.In the initial version of the bill, the government proposed that graduation certificates issued by tertiary

November 9, 2016 | BY admin

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Tam vows to help more schools get their own campus

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday the government was striving to help more schools to get their own campus. Tam made the remarks at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape where he attended a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dr Sun Yat-sen. Some schools still do not have their own campus, teaching their pupils on the lower floors of high-rise buildings.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng speaks

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Lawrence Ho becomes Melco Crown’s COO

Melco Crown Entertainment said in a statement yesterday that its chief operating officer (COO), Ted Chan Ying-tat, “has resigned for personal reasons”. According to Melco Crown Entertainment’s website, Chan was appointed to the post in February 2012, after which he oversaw all of the company’s business units. He had served as president of Altira Macau since November 2008 and the company’s co-chief operating officer since September 2010. Previously, he worked for First Shanghai

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Culture fund chief vows more support for film & music

Cultural Industries Fund (FIC) President Leong Heng Teng said yesterday the fund would strengthen its support for projects related to fashion design, music, films and performance art, considering that the number of these projects account for a major part of the projects backed by the fund. Leong made the remarks at a press conference about the fund’s work from 2014 to this year. The briefing was held at the fund’s office on Nape. An FIC statement said 43 per cent of the approved

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Govt’s 1st standardised recruitment tender attracts over 21,000 applicants

The application period for the government’s first standardised recruitment tender ended yesterday with 21,368 applicants wanting to take the civil service admission exam, according to a statement from the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP).Around half of the applicants used an online application platform to join the recruitment drive. The standardised recruitment tender was launched after the enactment of the Recruitment, Selection and Training of Civil Servants Law in

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Macau hosts Dr Sun’s 150th birth anniversary ceremony

Various sectors of the local community hosted a ceremony yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dr Sun Yat-sen. Dr Sun, also known as Sun Zhongshan or Sun Wen, is widely seen as the founder of modern China. He was born in Guangdong’s then Hsiang-shan county near Macau on November 12, 1866. The county was renamed Zhongshan in honour of Dr Sun after his death in 1925. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On gave a speech at the

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6 dealers claim casino violated their privacy

Six former SJM dealers, backed by the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, each handed a letter of complaint to the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) yesterday. The sextet claim that the gaming operator posted their personal information and why they had been dismissed on information boards in 18 casinos run by the company, after having been “unreasonably” sacked. The ex-dealers claim that the company’s action had made it difficult for them to find jobs in Macau. A

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First local organ transplant successful: govt

A kidney transplant from a living donor was performed successfully at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) on Sunday, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion announced yesterday during a special press conference at the hospital accompanied by other medical staff members. The surgery, carried out by CHCSJ surgeons under the guidance of their more experienced counterparts from the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, was the first organ

November 8, 2016 | BY admin

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Business reps storm out of council meeting

In a regular meeting of the Standing Council on Social Concerted Action yesterday, two representatives from the business sector expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the government decided that the ratio that employees and employers pay into the Social Security Fund (FSS) for their monthly dues will remain unchanged at 1:2, and then stormed out of the meeting shortly after it had began.Customarily, the council’s meetings are held behind closed doors.According to council’s website,

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Medical lab technologist heads loansharking gang: police

Two locals, including a male medical laboratory technologist who works in a private hospital, and nine mainlanders were arrested for their alleged involvement in a casino loansharking gang, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the 42-year-old laboratory technologist, surnamed Chio, is suspected to be one of the kingpins of the gang.The spokesperson said two of the 11 suspects are women, and the 11 suspects are aged

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Parking meter rates to be hiked: councillor

The city’s parking meter rates will be increased by up to a maximum of 12 patacas per hour as soon as the Official Gazette (BO) publishes the rate adjustment, Traffic Consultative Council member Kou Kun Pang told reporters yesterday.Kou made the remarks after a closed-door council meeting at the Transport Bureau (DSAT). He said the rate adjustment aimed to boost parking turnover in busier districts and to narrow the price gap between on-street parking and public car parks, so as to reduce the

November 8, 2016 | BY admin

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