Reserves reach 467.2 billion patacas: official

The government’s current reserves amount to 467.2 billion patacas, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in the legislature yesterday.The legislature returned from its summer recess yesterday, when Leong gave details of a report about the government’s implementation of its budget for last year.According to Leong, the government’s revenues stood at 116.1 billion patacas last year, 45.7 billion patacas – or 28.3 percent – less than 2014.Secretary for Economy and

October 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman nabbed for inventing robbery

A woman from the mainland was caught on Tuesday for lying about being robbed by a man in Rua do Terminal Marítimo, a spokesperson for the Judiciary Police (PJ) said during a regular briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the female suspect, surnamed Mo, is a 35-year-old non-resident worker employed as a cashier in a supermarket.The spokesperson said that last Tuesday the suspect screamed and asked a police officer, who happened to pass by, for help, claiming that she had been robbed

October 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Political activist urges police to probe ‘false imprisonment’

Anti-government activist Lee Kin Yun, commonly known as “Street Fighter”, handed a petition addressed to Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak yesterday to an official outside the policy secretary’s office in Calçada dos Quarteis, urging the police to investigate his “false imprisonment” last Monday. Lee, who heads the Democratic Action Association, told the reporters yesterday that he had been prevented from leaving home by three or four men on October 10, the day Premier Li

October 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Spending on Sino-Lusophone culture week cut by 9 pct

The budget for the 8th China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Cultural Week opening next week is around 8 million patacas, about 9 percent lower than the previous year, in response to the government’s policy to cut-back on public spending, according to one of the officials preparing the annual event. The event will last from October 24 until 27. Cristina Morais, the local government-appointed deputy secretary-general of the Supporting Office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for

October 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Young people can lead civil society’s participation: HK academic

It is possible for Macau’s young people to trigger some changes in civil society, Chan Chi Wang, an academic from the University of Hong Kong, said on Sunday.Chan made the comments while speaking to reporters during a forum about the inspiration that young people could get from the results of Hong Kong’s legislative election last month, in the run-up to Macau’s legislative elections next year. The forum, organised by the local Catholic publication Observatório de Macau (“Macau

October 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Thais in Macau mourn king’s passing

Thais living in Macau offered their prayers and condolences over the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, who died on Thursday after seven decades as Thailand’s head of state, at a temporary shrine at the Association of Thais in Macau yesterday.About 50 Thais, almost all dressed in black as a sign of mourning, gathered at the association in Rua do Abreu Nunes yesterday at about 6:30 p.m., to sing and pray for the late king.Anaknong Wechsil, a domestic helper who has lived in Macau for

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Cement worker dies under pile of sand

A male non-resident worker from the mainland died yesterday after he was covered by sand in a sand silo at a cement plant in Coloane.According to a statement from the Judiciary Police (PJ), the 44-year-old worker, surnamed Yang, was checking the moving parts at the bottom of the sand silo which had jammed. While Yang was at the bottom of the silo, sand suddenly poured down burying him, at 10:15 a.m. yesterday.According to the Fire Services Bureau (CB), because there was a block at the bottom of

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Thailand’s Pavit wins Macau Open in playoff

Pavit Tangkamolprasert of Thailand won the Macau Open yesterday, prevailing over India’s Anirban Lahiri in a playoff.Pavit birdied the final hole of regulation for a 7-under-par 64 to finish tied with Lahiri (65) at 16-under 268 at the Macau Golf and Country Club in Coloane. The 27-year-old Thai then sealed the win with another birdie on the par-5 18th after Lahiri found the water hazard with his second shot and finished with a bogey.Taiwan’s Chan Shih-chang shot a 65 to finish tied

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt starts Basic Law walking route

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday launched a Macau Basic Law-themed walking route, with the aim of promoting the city’s mini-constitution.The bureau launched a number of walking routes for residents and tourists across the city in 2012, with the aim of promoting the history and culture behind the city’s streets, according to IACM’s website.Currently, there are 17 specifically themed walking tours, such as temples, parks, charitable organisations, old shops, and

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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UK consul visits ‘self-sufficient’ British community

The British Consul for Hong Kong and Macau Patrick Turner was in town on Friday night to meet British expatriates living and working in the city – including British Honorary Consul Glenn McCartney – at the Scout Association headquarters in Taipa. Those gathered were told that McCartney had been awarded the MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to the British community and British business in Macau, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.The aim of

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Group says nursing sector is shorthanded

Macau Nurses Association Vice-President Che Sio Ieng said yesterday that the city’s nursing sector is shorthanded, while a nursing graduate told The Macau Post Daily that so far the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre had not recruited any nurses this year.Che made the remarks on the sidelines of an event at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia to celebrate the group’s 30th anniversary and promote geriatric health care. Che said there are about 2,000 registered nurses in Macau, pointing

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Forum audience slams ‘slow’ economic diversification

Members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed dissatisfaction with the “slow” progress in the government’s diversification of the local economy. One member of the audience slammed the government for having ignored the development of the city’s environmental protection industry.However, two of the four guest speakers at the forum acknowledged the government’s effort in diversifying the city’s economy in recent years, one of whom said that the inability of the

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Mainland tourists seek local experiences: expert

Mainland tourists are looking for local experiences beyond the usual tourist trail in Macau, China Tourism Academy (CTA) President Dai Bin said during a panel discussion of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) yesterday.Aside from visiting the Ruins of St Paul’s and other popular tourist attractions, Dai said that tourists were looking for additional travel information through online tourism applications or websites such as Mafengwo.com which provide tips and recommendations about

October 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Group wants maggots to tackle Macau’s kitchen waste

The government should process kitchen waste by using maggots to turn it into animal feed, the Ilha Verde District Welfare and Mutual Help Association suggested yesterday. Addressing a press conference on the matter, Chan Cheok Sam, a member of the association, said he learnt how to breed the larvae of the oriental latrine fly in Beijing in 2003. Chan said the larvae could be used to produce animal food.According to Wikipedia, Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental

October 14, 2016 | BY admin

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