Unaccompanied child walks out of kindergarten

A K1 pupil attending The Affiliated Primary School and Kindergarten of Kao Yip Middle School walked out of the kindergarten in Rua do Monte alone last Thursday, before being taken back to the kindergarten by a “kind-hearted resident”, the school acknowledged in a statement on its website on Friday.The statement admitted that due to negligence by the kindergarten’s staff members, the unaccompanied pupil walked out of the building at the end of classes last Thursday afternoon, when the lone

October 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Health Bureau confirms 3 local dengue cases

The Health Bureau (SSM) has confirmed 3 locally contracted cases of dengue fever. The two latest confirmed patients are the 31-year-old son and six-year-old nephew of the first victim of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes, an SSM statement pointed out. Following the three cases, the bureau has launched a mosquito eradication and dengue awareness campaign for residents in Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva, Rua do Campo and Travessa dos Anjos, where the three patients live, work or go to

October 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab gang of 9 thieves

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have nabbed eight male and a female member of a mainland gang of thieves who stole valuables worth 450,000 patacas, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference on Friday.According to Leng, the suspects are aged between 21 and 55, and are all from Jiangxi province.Leng said that the Judiciary Police received a report from a casino on August 17 that a woman’s handbag had been stolen – losing valuables of 180,000 patacas. During the investigation,

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Jollibee plans 5 more eateries in Macau

The Philippines’ Jollibee Foods Corporation will open its second local Jollibee fast food chain outlet next year as part of its plans to open five more eateries in Macau in the next five years, Denis Flores, the company’s president and head of International Business, said on Friday.Flores made the comments when speaking to reporters after attending the grand opening of the city’s first Jollibee eatery, which has been in business since June.Flores announced that the company plans to open

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Only certain bus routes should return to Barrier Gate bus terminal: forum

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum agreed with the government’s proposal that not all the 24 public bus routes – that used the underground bus terminal at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint before it was severely damaged by floodwaters during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Hato on August 23 last year – should return there once it is fully operational again.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park

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Govt gets 404 casino smoking lounge applications

The Health Bureau (SSM) said last week that up to Friday it had received applications from 27 casinos – among the city’s 47 casinos – for the setting-up of 404 smoking lounges in their gaming areas in line with the new official standards.The city’s six gaming operators are SJM, Wynn, Galaxy, Venetian, MGM and Melco.The bureau said in a statement last Friday that among the 404 smoking lounges awaiting approval, it had approved 12 smoking lounges from three casinos – the Ponte 16 casino

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Nursery kids evacuated during fire in flat upstairs

A fire gutted a residential unit on the first floor in Ha Van district at around midday yesterday, which forced a day nursery below the flat on the ground floor of the building to evacuate 41 children and 16 staff members, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Ha Van is the Chinese name for the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood in the Inner Harbour area near Barra.The day nursery, which also occupies the mezzanine floor, is one of the five day nurseries run by Macau Tung Sin Tong Charitable

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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250 cabbies join ride-hailing app

About 250 common taxis have joined a mobile ride-hailing app launched by the Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Help Association.Prospective passengers can call a taxi that has joined the app that is within a three-kilometre radius of the location where they are at that time.Tony Kuok Leong Son, the group’s president, made the announcement during a press conference at his association’s office near Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Help Association President Tony

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Watch & diamond exports rise in Jan-Aug

Macau’s watch and diamond exports jumped last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. In August, watch exports leapt 145 percent to 109 million patacas year on year, while exports of diamonds and diamond jewellery jumped 191 percent to 42 million patacas. Exports of watches rose 27.9 percent to 898 million patacas in the first eight months, but diamond and diamond jewellery exports fell 10.8 percent to 440 million patacas in the same period.PLEASE READ THE

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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CTM hopes govt can grant 5G licences next year

Telecom operator CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday his company hopes the government will be able to start granting 5G licences next year so that his company could start the city’s 5G network service in 2020 in line with neighbouring regions.Poon made the remarks during a press conference held at the Macau Science Centre in Nape about the progress of testing its 5G network, which began this month.According to Poon, the download speed using a 5G network would be 100 times faster than

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Conrad rolls out ‘pink’ dishes for breast cancer awareness

Conrad is continuing its breast cancer awareness campaign this year, with dishes at its restaurants and tea set at lobby lounge going pink where possible for the campaign.There will be pink version of the Conrad bear and duck available too.The hotel is also teaming up with the International Ladies Club of Macau to host a Pink charity lunch on October 11 to raise money for Hong Kong Cancer Fund. The lunch costs 480 patacas per person, of which 100 patacas would go to the cancer fund in Hong

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Lush offers customers trade in mooncake tins for mask

British cosmetics retailer Lush will start a mooncake tin recycling campaign where people taking five mooncake tins to their shops would get a fresh face mask for free.This campaign, which applies to their stores in Macau and Hong Kong, is effective from October 1 to 10. The mooncakes tins can be any size as long as they have been cleaned.According to Lush’s statement, the campaign is to reduce waste, and lessen the pressure on the landfills.The statement said that the mooncake tins collected

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MFM to have their first big gig next month

Local group MFM formed in 2014 and next month will be having their first major concert, “Rule of Three”, at the Venetian Theatre in Cotai.MFM consists of the trio Adriano Jorge, aka AJ, Josie Ho Chi Cheng and Hyper Lo Ka-hou, and earlier this week Ho and Jorge sat down with MPD Weekender at the Venetian to explain how their journey began, just four short years ago.MPD Weekender asked Ho and Jorge what MFM stood for and they said that they were going to appear on a Hong Kong television show

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Sand barge catches fire

A sand barge caught fire when it was travelling about two nautical miles (3.7 kilometres) east of the Taipa Ferry Terminal yesterday morning, according to a joint statement by the Macau Customs Service and the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA).The DSAMA Vessel Traffic Control Centre received a distress signal from the crew of the sand barge shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday that a fire had broken out in the cabin when the vessel was travelling from Shenzhen to Wanzai harbour in the neighbouring city

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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