Veteran lawmaker leaves group’s board

Political activists Scott Chiang Meng Hin, Jason Chao Teng Hei and Sulu Sou Ka Hou were re-elected as the president and vice-presidents of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) yesterday, respectively.Veteran lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong, a founding member of the association, for the first time is no longer a board member.Talking to The Macau Post Daily last night after the election, Chiang, who was re-elected, said that Ng did not stand.This photo taken early this year shows Scott

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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BNU grants 450,000 patacas to IFT fund

Local Portuguese lender BNU has granted 450,000 patacas to the government-owned Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) as a student scholarship fund.According to a BNU statement, the bank’s CEO Pedro Cardoso presented the grant in the form of a cheque to IFT President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan last week.The grant is based on the BNU IFT Mastercard, an affinity card for IFT staff, students and alumni. For each retail transaction settled with the credit card, a certain percentage is transferred to the

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Police dogs to get new home in Coloane

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday that a new headquarters with three floors for police dogs and four floors for administrative staff will be built in Coloane.Due to the increase in the numbers of police dogs and administrative staff, the Public Security Police’s (PSP) current facilities for their canine unit are no longer adequate, according to the statement.  The building will be built on a piece of repossessed land that was

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt lacks ‘guts’ for mandatory provident fund: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I criticised the government yesterday for not having the determination to implement a mandatory provident fund system even though it has repeatedly claimed its ultimate goal is to have such a fund in place.Lei, vice president of Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), made the criticism during an open-air forum in Iao Hon, held by local think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence, about the government’s bill on a non-mandatory provident

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Performers shine at int’l dance-fest

Hundreds of dancers from 17 countries and regions participated in a vibrant parade to kick off the International Youth Dance Festival 2016 at the St Paul’s Ruins yesterday. The opening ceremony took place at the landmark where 10 local dance groups and 17 dance groups from places like Australia, Greece, and Lithuania performed. They then paraded along Rua da Palha, Rua de S. Domingos ending at the Sao Domingos Church. Later in the evening, an outdoor performance titled “Youth Dance for

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Group picks up beach rubbish

About a dozen residents joined an activity organised by Greenfriends Macau yesterday to pick up rubbish on the beach near Tam Kong Temple in Coloane.Talking to The Macau Post Daily during the activity, Alex Ng Chi Kuan who heads the group, said it aimed to promote the message that residents need to work together for the protection of the city’s coastal environment.The clean-up began at about 4 p.m. and ended at 6 p.m. The participants, wearing gloves, picked up pieces of rubbish with tongs

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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School must report on pupil’s ‘plagiarism’: official

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Director Leong Lai said yesterday she had asked a local school to submit a report about its pupil found to have plagiarised the artwork of a Hong Kong cartoonist which had won the pupil an award in a national comics competition.Leong also said she hoped the school will submit the report as soon as possible.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the International Youth Dance Festival. Leong was an officiating guest at the

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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2 years for dog racetrack to move ‘suitable’: official

Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday the government decided that the current location of the city’s greyhound racetrack must be vacated within two years because it provides the operator with enough time to prepare for the change, adding that the government had also taking public opinion into consideration.Macau’s top gaming inspector made the remarks as a guest speaker at Macau Forum, an open-air debate hosted by government-owned

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Dog racetrack needs to move within 2 years: govt

The government announced yesterday that the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. will have to shut down its greyhound racetrack within two years, and the operator will need to find another location if it wants to continue dog racing.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac announced the decision when speaking to reporters at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) where he attended a press conference hosted by the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) about a six-month-long campaign to

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab arsonist out to ‘punish’ ex-wife

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a 32-year-old man for allegedly setting fire to the flat where his ex-wife is living in the Seac Pai Van public housing estate in Coloane, apparently to punish her for arguing with his current girlfriend.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press conference. According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Lou, went to his former wife’s flat on Tuesday night. During the visit the couple got into a heated

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Capital, Macau vow to start co-op programme

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Communist Party of China (CPC) Beijing Municipal Committee Secretary Guo Jinlong agreed during a working meeting in the capital yesterday to start a co-operation programme between the two cities this year, including Beijing being the partner city of this year’s 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF).The media was only allowed in for a photo call prior to the meeting, which was held at Beijing Hotel.Guo used the heavy rain on Wednesday

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to open more breastfeeding rooms to public: Tam

Responding to lawmakers’ questions during yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’ hemicycle on what the government would do to further promote breastfeeding, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that by the end of the year mothers could breastfeed their babies in 60 breastfeeding rooms located in government bureaus and on the premises of other public entities.  Several lawmakers yesterday criticised the government for not providing enough places

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Police bust HK drug smuggler

Judiciary Police (PJ) officers early yesterday arrested a 29-year-old unemployed man from Hong Kong on suspicion of smuggling drugs into Macau to sell them here. A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press briefing at the PJ headquarters.The suspect surnamed Chan was arrested in a Zape casino early yesterday morning, the spokesperson said. Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the suspected HK drug-trafficking suspect from the PJ headquarters in Zape to a van

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers slam infectious disease centre project

During yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle several lawmakers criticised the government’s infectious disease centre project near the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre on Guia Hill. Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng and several senior officials including Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion attended the two-day Q&A session which ends today.Lawmaker-cum-civic leader Song Pek Kei criticised the government’s

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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