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The Macau Federation of Trade Unions yesterday urged the government to finish drafting a by-law regulating the practice of subcontracting in the construction sector as soon as possible, with the aim of helping solve labour disputes affecting workers hired by subcontractors.The federation, the city’s number-one trade union organisation, is commonly known as Gung Luen, its name in Cantonese. Indirectly-elected lawmaker Ella Lei Cheng I, a vice-president of the federation, made the appeal

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast on its website yesterday that Tropical Cyclone Koinu will come within 800 km of Macau this morning.Koinu will cross southern Taiwan and then move into the South China Sea and make landfall on the coast of Guangdong, the forecast said.The forecast said Koinu is moving more slowly than expected.Affected by the downdraft outside Koinu, the weather will still be very hot today and tomorrow, and the maximum temperature will reach 33oC or