Domestic violence bill only covers those ‘under same roof’

Group urges broader definition of victimMacau Domestic Violence Legislation Coalition spokeswoman Cecilia Ho Wing Yin urged the government yesterday to broaden its definition of victims of domestic violence, as according to the current version of a government-initiated bill, only those living under the same roof are protected.The coalition comprises 14 local social work and community groups.The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held a closed-door meeting with the coalition at the

March 23, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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CTM makes 1.1 billion pataca profit last year

Local telecom operator CTM made 1.154 billion patacas in profit last year from its mobile, Internet and business solutions services, the company’s CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday.Poon made the remarks during a media lunch at Galaxy’s Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cotai. Last year’s profit was up 3.8 percent from the 1.112 billion patacas profit in 2014.   CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei addresses yesterday’s media lunch at Galaxy’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Cotai.  Photo:

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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91-year-old sexually assaults disabled woman: police

Suspect gives victim 5 patacas in hush money  A 91-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled woman, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Kai Sang said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press conference, Lei said the suspect is a male resident surnamed Tam, who put his hand into the victim’s trousers when they were in a lift in a residential building in Areia Preta, where both of them live, on Friday. “She didn’t resist because she

March 22, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Fisherman’s Wharf to get immigration checkpoint

According to the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has given the green light to the setting-up of an immigration checkpoint at the yacht pier at Fisherman’s Wharf.According to the executive order, the checkpoint will, however, operate only when needed, and it will only be used by those who travelled by yacht to enter and exit the city.The order will take effect on April 1. 

March 22, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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‘Yellow cow’ caught with 138 ferry tickets

The Public Security Police (PSP) caught a 63-year-old local man red-handed while he was trying to sell “yellow cow” ferry tickets to passers-by at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal on Friday night, a PSP spokesperson said yesterday.“Yellow cow” is Chinese slang for a ticket tout.The statement said the police found 138 ferry tickets for economy seats from Macau to Hong Kong on the suspect, an unemployed man surnamed Lei.According to the suspect, he bought the tickets from gamblers in a

March 22, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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IFT promotes Irish culture with food & whiskey

This photo taken during yesterday’s media food tasting event shows a typical spiced beef, carrot and stout casserole for the Irish Food and Whiskey Week at the IFT Education Restaurant. James Fox, a lecturer of Culinary Arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology (left), and Master of Wine from Ireland Martin Moran pose during a media food tasting event at the IFT Educational Restaurant yesterday. – Photo: Monica LeongFood is probably the best way to bring people together and learn

March 22, 2016 | BY Monica Leong

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FSS pension goes up 3 pct in July: govt

Social Security Fund (FSS) President Iong Kong Io said yesterday the government planned to increase its pension for the elderly by three percent in July, as well as other subsidies and gratuities. Iong made the remarks after a closed-door meeting of the government appointed Social Affairs Co-ordination Standing Committee (CPCS) at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Iong said that with the minimum subsistence index increasing from 3,920

March 22, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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Lawmakers urge govt to speed up budget hotel bids

The government should speed up its processing of the 27 applications to run budget hotels in Macau, legislator Chan Meng Kam, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Administration Affairs, said yesterday.The committee met yesterday to follow up on the government’s current review of the law on illegal accommodation. Briefing reporters afterwards, Chan quoted officials attending the meeting as saying that the 27 applications involved over 1,700 hotel rooms. Concerning

March 22, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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Police to be trained to handle domestic violence: official

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) will provide around 1,200 police officers with two training courses, each three weeks long, on how to handle domestic violence, IAS Vice-President Au Chi Keung said yesterday.Au made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar at the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) in Zape. He added that the training would take place before the government-drafted bill on the prevention of domestic violence becomes law.According to Au, similar training will be given to social

March 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Scholar urges firms to support social services

Businesses in Hong Kong and Macau should give more support to social service organisations, Ernest Chui Wing-tak, an associate professor of social work at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), said yesterday.Chui made the remarks on the sidelines of a social work seminar at the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) in Zape.“If possible, it would be better if social service organisations become financially independent. However, I also think governments are responsible for providing social

March 17, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Culture chief urges to be ‘practical’ about Estoril fate

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said yesterday he hoped that regarding the fate of Hotel Estoril residents will put the past behind them, as that would be more practical than to rake the coals over the same subject.Ung made the suggestion when talking to reporters after a phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Tou, government broadcaster TDM’s Chinese-language radio station. IC Cultural Heritage Department Chief Leong Wai Man accompanied Ung to the station.Early

March 17, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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Parents meet school over rise in tuition fees

Over 40 parents of pupils of St Joseph Diocesan College of Macau 5 (CDSJ5) met the school’s management including its principal Kuok Wa Pong at the school in Toi San yesterday for a meeting about the school’s recently announced rise in tuition fees.The parents urged the school to give them more information about the planned fee hike, consider each family’s financial situation and let them know how the school plans to spend the extra income. According to government broadcaster TDM last

March 16, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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‘You can’t have both the fish and the bear’s paw’: principal

This photo taken yesterday shows the over century-old building that is facing demolition as Instituto Salesiano looks to expand.    Photo: Leong Lok Ian Instituto Salesiano Principal Jacob Yu Fu-keung speaks to reporters during a press conference on the school premises yesterday. ‘You can’t have both the fish and the bear’s paw’: principalBut Instituto Salesiano vows to preserve what it canInstituto Salesiano Principal Jacob Yu Fu-keung said yesterday that the

March 16, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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Council rejects Hotel Estoril’s cultural revaluation

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng (centre) speaks to reporters at the Tourist Activities Centre (CAT) yesterday, as IC Cultural Heritage Department Chief Leong Wai Man(left) and Cultural Heritage Council member Carlos Marreiros look on.  Photo: Leong Lok IanThe government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council voted yesterday against the initiation of a cultural revaluation procedure for Hotel Estoril. The council met at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in

March 16, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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