Motherland always backs Macau, boosts confidence: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On says that the motherland is Macau’s strongest supporter, which backs the region in the implementation and practice of the “One Country, Two Systems,” “Macau people governing Macau” and Macau’s high degree of autonomy, and in strictly abiding by the nation’s constitution and the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).NEVER CEASE NURTURING PATRIOTISMChui, born in Macau in 1957, is about to end his second term, wrapping-up his

December 6, 2019 | BY admin

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IAM adopts runaway ox from abattoir

A brown ox was caught by a group of about 30 people yesterday morning after it escaped through chain link fences surrounding the Macau Slaughterhouse and was wandering around Ilha Verde district yesterday, Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Maria da Fonseca Tavares said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Tavares, the escape was reported by members of the public at around 11 a.m. saying that a cow was on the loose in Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde.Slaughterhouse

December 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Fireman suspended for running illegal sports betting

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) has decided to suspend a fireman who was arrested in 2015 for allegedly running an illegal sports betting business after the Public Prosecution Office (MP) shelved the case earlier this year, as the bureau considered that from the viewpoint of disciplinary responsibility, the fireman had “obviously violated the principle of uprightness” that security forces personnel are supposed adhere to, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) announced on its website

December 5, 2019 | BY admin

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9.8 billion pataca Cotai hospital to be ready only after 2023: Lei

The government’s budget for its public hospital project in Cotai, officially known as Cotai Health Complex, has already reached at least 9.8 billion patacas – although the mammoth sum does not include the construction of two still unscheduled buildings in the complex, as well as the cost of buying and installing the medical equipment following the completion of the whole project, Ella Lei Cheng I, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, has

December 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt pays 535 million for relocation of chopper depot from Coloane to Zone E2

Briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting yesterday, lawmaker Mak Soi Kun, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, said that the members of the committee had doubts as to why the government needed to pay a private company “so much” – 535 million patacas – for the relocation of its helicopter depot.Mak said that the officials attending yesterday’s meeting did not elaborate on the matter. The members of the committee asked the officials to

December 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Name our Runaway Ox

For a bit of fun in the run-up to the festive season The Macau Post Daily thought it would be entertaining to name yesterday’s lucky escapee from the slaughterhouse.The brown bovine made a dash for freedom yesterday morning from the abattoir and while he was quickly recaptured, Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Tavares announced during a special press conference yesterday afternoon that Nam Kwong Group Co. Ltd., which had imported the runaway from the mainland, expressed its

December 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui opens Athlete Training Centre today

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will officiate at the opening ceremony of the Athlete Training Centre in Cotai this morning, Macau Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said during a media tour of the brand-new facility yesterday.The centre is located in Rua de Ténis near the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai.According to Pun, the total gross floor area of the centre is 59,000 square metres. The first-phase of the project cost 1.63 billion patacas. It consists of three main areas

December 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Li: Macau Basic Law ‘matches nation’s fundamental interests’

Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), pointed out yesterday that as the Macau Basic Law was formulated in accordance with the nation’s Constitution it matches the country’s “fundamental interests” and Macau’s “actual situation”.Li described the Macau Basic Law as a “good law” that has passed the “test of

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Li urges HK to follow Macau’s lead

HONG KONG- State leader Li Zhanshu has praised Macau for fully implementing the Basic Law since its return to the motherland 20 years ago, adding that it’s time for Hong Kong to follow Macau’s lead by grasping the “spirit of the central government.”Li Zhanshu, the chairman of Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), was speaking at a forum in Beijing on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the taking effect of the Macau Basic Law on December 20, 1999.The

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Basic Law fundamental for Macau’s prosperity, stability: experts

BEIJING – Experts and scholars from the Chinese mainland and Macau yesterday afternoon commended the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) as the fundamental legal guarantee for Macau’s long-term prosperity and stability.They made the remarks at a seminar marking the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the Basic Law held in the nation’s capital by the Committee for the Basic Law of the MSAR under the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Businessman steals wallet from local in Cotai food court

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a businessman from the mainland on Sunday for stealing a wallet – which contained HK$17,000 in cash – from a local man in a food court in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai on the previous day, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lam identified the suspect as a 39-year-old surnamed Hu who told the police that he is a businessman. The police found the victim’s wallet on the suspect when he was arrested.The victim

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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People carrier ends up on car’s bonnet in crash

A car and a seven-seater people carrier collided near the junction of Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida and Avenida do Coronel Mesquita yesterday afternoon, in which the people carrier ended up on the bonnet of the car, according to the Public Security Police (PSP).No one was injured in the action movie-like accident.Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida runs from Rua do Campo to Avenida do Coronel Mesquita – at the junction where yesterday’s crash happened. Avenida do Coronel

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Dealer damages 11 scooter seats: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) nabbed a local man on Monday for damaging the seats of 11 scooters after he had an argument with someone as he could not park his scooter, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the 46-year-old suspect surnamed Cheong told the police that he works a casino dealer.Lam said the incident happened in Rua de João de Araújo near the Red Market on the October 1 National Day.This undated handout photo provided by the

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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PISA 2018 ranks Macau world’s 3rd in 3 core subjects

The global results of the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) study were released yesterday – and among the 79 participating countries and regions, Macau ranks third in all three literacy assessments, comprising reading, mathematics and science.The findings were announced yesterday during a press conference at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) by its director, Lou Pak Sang, and Professor Cheung Kwok Cheung, director of the

December 4, 2019 | BY admin

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