Mainland worker dies in hotel fall

A female worker from the mainland died after falling for around seven metres, from the fifth floor to the platform level, on the construction site of the five-star Morpheus hotel in Cotai yesterday, according to media report.The Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a report about the accident at around 5 p.m. After arriving, the emergency services found that the 32-year-old victim was neither breathing nor did she have a heartbeat. She was transferred to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Threefold childbirth fee hike for non-resident domestic helpers: Tam’s office

The government plans to triple the childbirth fees for non-resident domestic helpers, while other non-resident workers’ birthing fees will be raised ninefold, or by 800 percent, as previously announced, according to a spokesperson for the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture yesterday.The spokesperson told The Macau Post Daily on the phone yesterday that the government plans to raise the childbirth fees ninefold for the other non-resident workers as previously proposed.According to a

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Deception again and again

Recently, the Falun Gong sect claimed on The Epoch Times website that the number of people joining the Tuidang Movement, which urges Chinese to quit the Communist Party of China and its affiliated Chinese Youth League and Chinese Young Pioneers, now reaches over 300 million, and plans to hold parades of celebration in HK and other places in the near future. We have to ask; however, how is it possible that 300 million people have been persuaded to withdraw from the party and its affiliated

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum slams govt for failing to draft lift bill

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum accused the government of “sluggishness” in drafting a bill regulating the city’s lift operations.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The focus of yesterday’s forum was on the city’s lift operations safety in response to a lift accident in a residential building early this month in which a 12-year-old boy fractured his right thigh after getting

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Female ‘snakehead’, 3 IIs caught by Customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have busted an illegal immigration case involving a people smuggler and three of her clients.In the early hours of Saturday morning, officers of the Customs Service patrolling the city’s coastal areas spotted a suspicious motorised sampan near Sai Van Bridge. The Customs Service launch set off in pursuit of the boat.The statement said that the launch managed to intercept the sampan near a land reclamation area known as

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 2 people smugglers from mainland

A man and a woman from the mainland were arrested on Friday for human trafficking, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters on Saturday.Chan identified the two suspects as a 30-year-old woman surnamed Lian, and a 26-year-old man surnamed Zhou, with both claiming to be unemployed.Chan said that on March 4 the police in Cotai caught a 17-year-old prostitute from Jilin province. After questioning, she told the police that she had

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt says ‘black substance’ on beaches was fuel

The government said on Friday that the “black substance” recently found on the cities’ two beaches consisted of fuel, according to laboratory tests by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM).The announcement was made in a joint statement by the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) and the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA).Earlier official statements merely confirmed that a “black substance” had been found on both beaches but did not elaborate on their chemical composition.This

March 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Delta bridge paves foundation for B&R Initiative: chief engineer

The chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Su Quanke, said yesterday in Beijing that the completion of the mega-bridge project paves the foundation for the development of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).Su made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday morning prior to the closing meeting of the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Su, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, said

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Driver-related bus accidents rise 31 pct: transport chief

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) recorded in the first two months 88 bus accidents for which the bus driver or their company was responsible, compared to 67 in the same period last year, the bureau’s director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday, a year-on-year increase of 31 percent.Lam spoke to reporters after a meeting of the Traffic Consultative Council at the bureau.According to Lam, the total number of bus accidents slightly increased from the 142 recorded in January and February last year to

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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7 fund management firms join central provident fund: govt

Social Security Fund (FSS) President Iong Kong Io said yesterday that seven fund management companies have joined the city’s non-mandatory central provident fund system.Iong made the remarks in a speech during a ceremony to mark the participation of the seven companies in the fund, at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape.The city’s non-mandatory central provident fund was implemented on January 1. The legislature passed the government-initiated bill on the non-mandatory central

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Programme to focus on elderly mental health

The Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) will hold a programme next month for senior citizens to design and organise community events with the aim of raising public awareness of senior citizens’ mental health.The association held a press conference about the annual programme – named “Golden Age Programme” – yesterday at its headquarters in Toi San district. Kong Wai Iong, who heads the group’s Social Service Committee, hosted the

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police arrest drug cousins

A man from Hong Kong and a man from the mainland were arrested yesterday for drug trafficking, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a special press conference in the PJ headquarters in Zape.The spokesperson identified the suspects, who are cousins, as a 30-year-old driver from Hong Kong, surnamed Wong, and a 37-year-old waiter from the mainland, surnamed Liao.The spokesperson said that the police last week received a tip-off about two men selling drugs in Fai Chi Kei

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Group slams ‘empty’ Historic Centre of Macau consultation

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) yesterday criticised the government for failing to propose any details – such as officially-required height limits and morphology for buildings in different areas – in the public consultation document for its ongoing public consultation on the drafting of a Historic Centre of Macau protection and management plan.The association made the criticism during a press conference at its office in the Inner Harbour area.The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC)

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Migrant workers’ childbirth fees to be raised threefold, not ninefold: activists

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chong Veng told migrant worker representatives yesterday that the government will triple the childbirth fees for non-resident workers and not, as previously proposed by the Health Bureau (SSM); increase the fees by 800 percent, or ninefold, for them.Two migrant labour activists revealed the government’s climb-down on the controversial hike after meeting Tam at his office.According to the activists, Yasa Wariyanti and Benedicta Palcon, the

March 16, 2018 | BY admin

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