Eatery near Horta da Mitra market gutted by fire

A fire gutted a restaurant outside the Horta da Mitra Municipal Market in the early hours of yesterday, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).The fire erupted at around 6:30 a.m. at the well-known Tai Heng Noodle Shop – located at the junction of Rua de Horta e Costa and Rua da Colina. The eatery is in a two-storey house at the junction. The fire broke out on the first floor.Alerted by a call, firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze within an hour.Firemen stand in

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Nobel laureate Diamond visits UM, gives talk on ‘good pension design’

Peter Arthur Diamond, a US economist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2010, visited the University of Macau (UM) and delivered a talk titled ‘Good Pension Design’ last week, according to a statement released by the public university yesterday. Friday’s event attracted a full-house, including UM faculty members, students, and guests.Diamond, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, discussed the purpose of a pension system, its key

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police discover Macau’s first capsule hotel

The Public Security Police (PSP) have discovered Macau’s capsule hotel in Zape, believed by the police to be the first of its kind locally, and have caught two women allegedly involved in the operation of the illegal accommodation business, the Public Security Police said on Friday.The police said in a statement said that they received a tip-off on Thursday that a residential flat in Rua de Pequim was suspected of being run as an illegal inn. Later that day, police officers went to the flat

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt mulls legislation on youngsters’ alcohol consumption: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the government was considering the possibility of drafting legislation aiming to tackle the excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks by young people. Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Macau Stadium on the sidelines of the 3rd Macau Popular Sports Games. The two-day event, which is organised by the Sports Bureau (ID) once every two years, ends today.Tam said that while it was all right for

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau church raises 5,280 patacas for Sulawesi

Local church Jesus Alive Ministry (JAM) said that it raised 5,280 patacas for the victims of last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi. According to a JAM statement, the amount was raised during a one-hour event attended by over 30 local Indonesians and others at the auditorium of the Macau Assembly of God Church in Rua de Ferreira do Amaral. The statement said that the Jesus Alive Ministry is collaborating with Jakarta-based Christian channel Pijar TV which “will visit and

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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194 receive awards for lifelong learning

A total of 194 locals received awards for their continual lifelong learning during an activity promoting this year’s Lifelong Learning Week at Zheng Guanying Public School in Toi San district yesterday.The 194 locals received the award for attending 160 hours of lifelong learning courses per year – for at least six years in a row or an accumulation of eight years.In a speech, Kong Ngai, who heads Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Department of Education, said that since the

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Financial intelligence to move to security portfolio

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak confirmed at the weekend that the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) will come under his portfolio. Wong made the statement on the sidelines of a public function on Saturday when asked by the media about the Executive Council’s announcement on the previous day that the office would be moved from the portfolio of Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac to Wong’s portfolio. Wong said the aim of the move was to ensure that the

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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HKM Office chief urges local youth to grasp GBA opportunities

Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council Director Zhang Xiaoming said at the weekend that enhancing the well-being of the people in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), particularly in terms of creating more opportunities for young people, is one of the intentions of the city cluster initiative.He also urged Macau’s young people to grasp the “plentiful” GBA opportunities and to learn from their mainland counterparts – and vice versa.Zhang made the remarks

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt convenes 1st meeting of national security commission

The government announced yesterday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has convened the first meeting of the newly-established Commission on the Defence of National Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), during which he called for improvements in the city’s legal system concerning the protection of national security.According to a statement by the commission yesterday, the meeting was held last Friday at Government Headquarters.The statement noted that the

October 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Man furtively takes photos of woman in toilet: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Wednesday for stealthily taking photos of a woman in a female’s washroom in a staff area in a casino-hotel in the city centre, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 23-year-old local man surnamed Aoieong working as a technician in the hotel’s engineering department. The victim is a non-resident worker in her twenties.On Wednesday afternoon, when the victim was in the

October 12, 2018 | BY admin

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11th imported dengue case confirmed: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it has recorded the 11th imported case of dengue fever this year.According to the statement, the patient is a 17-year-old schoolboy who studies in a school in Toi San district and lives in Rua da Mitra – a street in the Guia Hill area between the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre and Rua do Campo.The boy went to the city of Jiangmen in Guangdong province with his younger brother where they visited their relatives between

October 12, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Noetic’ explores human need for structure

The Gothenburg Opera Dance Company will make their debut in Macau with “Noetic”, a multidisciplinary contemporary piece merging fashion, design and music that explores the human need for structure.The avant-garde piece, to be presented at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on November 18, is a collaboration by the Swedish company and renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with the Belgian fashion duo Les Hommes, sculptor Antony Gormley and composer Szymon Brzóska.Cherkaoui, who is from

October 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt should educate public how to handle flood-spoilt foods: councillor

Northern District Community Service Consultative Council member Cheang Kam Hong said yesterday that the government should educate the public more about how to handle flood-spoilt foods, in order to ensure food safety.Cheang made the comments during a regular meeting of the council in Areia Preta.Cheang said that Macau’s typhoon season is due to end, and the onslaught of Super Typhoon Mangkhut last month showed that the government’s preparations and efforts on disaster prevention and

October 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt rejects ‘baseless” US Congress report

The Macau government yesterday said in a strongly worded statement yesterday that the 2018 Annual Report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) contains “groundless and baseless claims” and makes “inappropriate” comments about Macau’s internal affairs. “Macau’s internal affairs are a domestic matter for China: foreign countries have no right to interfere in China’s domestic affairs,” the statement issued in Chinese, Portuguese and English said. The three

October 12, 2018 | BY admin

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