Govt proposes crematorium at Taipa Sa Kong cemetery

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) has confirmed that it is proposing the Taipa Sa Kong Municipal Cemetery as the location for the construction of Macau’s first crematorium.In a statement on Friday, the bureau said that since last year it has been studying the feasibility of building a crematorium at any of the city’s public cemeteries, adding that it now considers the Sa Kong graveyard as the most suitable location for the future crematorium after taking various factors into

June 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt vows to improve vocational education’s recognition

An official from the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), who attended yesterday’s Macau Forum, pledged that the government will improve the professionalism and recognition of the city’s vocational education sector.The government launched a 40-day public consultation early this month about its proposed changes to the current rules on the city’s vocational education system with the aim of enabling vocational education pupils to be more competitive in the job market. The consultation

June 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Visitors rise 5.2 pct in May

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals in May rose 5.2 percent year on year to 2.7 million year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.The daily average of visitor arrivals last month stood at 87,250. Overnight visitors accounted for 53.6 percent of all visitor arrivals in May. Overnight visitors’ average length of stay remained unchanged as 2.2 days. Some 56.9 percent of all visitors arrived by land, 33.2 percent by sea and 9.9 percent by air.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

June 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt holds first BRI Family Fun Day

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) yesterday held its first Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Family Fun Day, in Iao Hon Market Garden.In a speech, Kong Ngai, who heads the bureau’s Department of Education, said that the nation has been promoting the Belt and Road Initiative in recent years, adding that the initiative aims to promote five major goals – policy coordination, facilitating connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and establishing new bonds between people.

June 25, 2018 | BY admin

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7 locals lose 1.26 million patacas in phone scams: police

Seven local residents have fallen victim to telephone scams and lost over 1.26 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the seven victims comprise six women and one man, aged between 18 and 24, including three university students and a high-school pupil.Leng said that since last month the seven victims had received various phone calls from people claiming to be delivery company staff members as well as

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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3 shops busted for illegally selling medicines

Officers of the Macau Customs Service, in conjunction with inspectors of the Health Bureau (SSM), have seized over 500 illegally imported pharmaceutical products from three shops selling cosmetic and beauty products, according to a joint statement by the two government entities yesterday.According to the statement, the customs officers and health inspectors jointly inspected cosmetic and beauty product shops in the peninsula’s northern district on Tuesday.During the joint operation, they

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Reducing parking spaces in streets to widen pavements: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that as there was an urgent need to widen excessively narrow pavements in some areas in the city, the government has cancelled or reduced the number of parking spaces close to such pavements.Rosario insisted that it was not the case that government has reduced the number of parking spaces in the streets just for the sake of doing so.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Inflation accelerates to 2.97 pct in May

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.97 percent year on year last month, a slight acceleration from the 2.88 percent growth in April, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. The statement attributed last month’s increment to the higher cost of eating out, higher home rentals and higher parking meter rates, as well rising prices of petrol and women’s clothing and footwear. The price indices of clothing & footwear, transport, and health

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Jobless HK teen sells drugs in Macau: police

A male teenager from Hong Kong was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for trafficking drugs in San Kio district early yesterday morning, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Leng, the suspect is a 17-year-old surnamed Yim who told the police that he was unemployed and had been recruited by a Hong Kong drug gang.Police had recently received a tip-off that Yim would soon enter Macau to sell drugs here and put him under

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Infectious disease centre project to start in Q1 2019: govt

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that it expects construction of an infectious disease centre next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.According to the statement, construction of the infectious disease centre will be carried out in two phases – the foundations and the main structure.The future infectious disease centre is officially known as Public Health Building – which is the

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Beautiful Bay’ Penghu – just over an hour away

A certified member of “The most beautiful bays in the world” club, Penghu archipelago in the Taiwan Strait is the result of constant moving magma below the tectonic plates some 17.4 million years ago.The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club was founded in France in 1996 and has since expanded to cover bays in roughly 25 countries, including Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, Yeosu Bay in South Korea and Bodrum in Turkey.With a 320-kilometre coastline and boasting a landscape of basalt columns,

June 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to turn ex-leprosarium into youth arts education hub

Culture Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that the government will convert the former leprosarium in Ka Ho in Coloane into an arts education and training hub for young people, apart from being a tourist attraction.Leong also said that among the six dilapidated Portuguese-style houses in the area, her bureau has completed the restoration of the five smaller ones, adding that her bureau will start to restore the larger one after coming up with a plan backed by

June 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Taipa & Coloane underground gas pipes ready this year: Nam Kwong

Nam Kwong Natural Gas Company Limited expects to finish the laying of underground natural gas pipes in Taipa and Coloane this year, and provide natural gas to all users in the area, the company’s Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer Zhong Jianxin said yesterday.Zhong made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar about natural gas development in Macau, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Concerning the laying of the underground pipes on the peninsula, Zhong said the process was

June 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Anima vows to fight to the finishing line for greyhounds

Local animal protection group Anima President Albano Martins said yesterday there is just one month left to get the about 650 greyhounds out of the kennels owned by Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd when the racetrack closes down for good on July 21. During a press conference at the China Construction Commercial Building in Rua do Campo, Martins said that since Saturday Anima had managed to get seven dogs out of the racetrack kennels and into Anima’s care.Martins went on to say, “We

June 21, 2018 | BY admin

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