Group urges timetable for full casino smoking ban

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) noted in a statement yesterday that the school-leaving rate of secondary and primary schools decreased from 6.7 percent and 2.3 percent in the 2007/2008 academic year to 1.8 percent and 1.1 percent in the 2020/2021 school year respectively, while the dropout rate fell from 0.43 percent in the 2007/2008 academic year to 0.07 percent in the 2020/2021 school year.In recent years, the statement said, the bureau has continued to conduct its

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government aimed to start the legislative process of amending a decades-old decree-law regulating the government’s procurement of goods and services in the third quarter of next year.Leong spoke to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs.Government officials, including Leong and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario,