Govt promotes continuing education for elderly

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Continuing Education Division Acting Director Wong Tat Choi said yesterday that the bureau would keep on promoting continuing education to senior citizens.Wong made the remarks during a press conference about the bureau’s 2017 Lifelong Learning Week, which this year will be held from October 21 to October 27.Wong pointed out that this year the bureau had organised over 100 activities to promote various continuing education aspects such as

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt promotes continuing education for elderly

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Continuing Education Division Acting Director Wong Tat Choi said yesterday that the bureau would keep on promoting continuing education to senior citizens.Wong made the remarks during a press conference about the bureau’s 2017 Lifelong Learning Week, which this year will be held from October 21 to October 27.Wong pointed out that this year the bureau had organised over 100 activities to promote various continuing education aspects such as

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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No timetable yet for bus fare hike: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government still does not have a timetable as to when a planned increase in public bus fares will be implemented.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Digital Macau Forum organised by local telecom operator CTM on the Hengqin Island campus of the University of Macau (UM).The Transport Bureau (DSAT) presented its proposal on the bus fare increase to the Traffic Consultative

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM Internet service tops 1 mainland, 2 HK ISPs: report

A report compiled by the University of Macau (UM) released yesterday shows that local telecom operator CTM provides the best Internet service compared to two Internet service providers (ISP) in Hong Kong and one in the mainland.The report was presented yesterday by Philip Chen Chun-lung, the dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau, during the Digital Macau Forum organised by CTM on the UM campus.Presenting the report “Research Report of Network Quality

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2-house museum planned near TDM: telecom chief

Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) Director Derby Lau Wai Meng said yesterday her bureau would rent out its two houses next to government-owned broadcaster TDM in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), for use as a museum.Lau made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the CTM Digital Macau Forum on the campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island.The Cultural Affairs Bureau told TDM yesterday it planned to convert the two

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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EU will be tourism forum partner next year

Pansy Ho Chiu King, vice chairperson and secretary-general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), announced yesterday that the annual forum’s regional partner next year will be the European Union.Ho, co-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, made the announcement during her speech at the closing ceremony of the two-day forum at Macau Tower.As next year’s forum features the then still 28 European member states, GTEF will be on a larger scale than this year which

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Risk of dealers developing gambling disorder set to rise: scholar

The risk of casino dealers developing a gambling disorder are set to rise and banning them from entering local casinos when off-duty would help prevent problem gambling issues from occurring, newly-appointed lawmaker and gaming industry scholar Davis Fong Ka Chio said yesterday.Fong made the comments while speaking to reporters after attending a graduation ceremony of Sands employees who completed the company’s in-house training programme on responsible gaming.Fong heads the Institute for the

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders busted for drug-trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from the mainland on Sunday for drug-trafficking, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The police also arrested three people for taking drugs on the same day, a man and a woman from the mainland, as well as a man from Taiwan, according to Lei.Lei identified the two drug-trafficking suspects as a 24-year-old surnamed Li and a 25-year-old surnamed Huang.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Tourism is a win-win situation: UNWTO chief

Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and honorary chairman of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), said yesterday the challenge for every country was to ensure that growth and sustainability, progress and preservation go hand in hand.Rifai, a former minister of tourism of the Kingdom of Jordan, made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai.“Sustainability means to elevate life on Earth to a higher level for our

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature’s speaker re-elected – but new VP

Businessman Chui Sai Cheong – the elder brother of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On – was elected vice-president of the legislature yesterday, while businessman Ho Iat Seng was re-elected president.Chui Sai Cheong, an auditor by profession, told reporters after he had been elected that he would assist the legislature’s president in carrying out his duties well, apart from helping him monitor the government’s activities.Ho and Chui Sai Cheong, both indirectly-elected lawmakers, were

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau shouldn’t pursue explosive growth: Pansy Ho

Pansy Ho Chiu King, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), said yesterday that Macau shouldn’t pursue explosive tourism growth in numbers, but steady and healthy growth instead.She made the remarks during a meeting with the press on the forum’s opening day at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai.Ho, vice-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, made the remarks when she was asked by a reporter about the local government’s tourism policies

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Man robs woman after sex, uses pepper spray: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday for robbing a female compatriot of 1,000 patacas and HK$8,000 in a hotel guestroom in Zape where he had sex with the victim before attacking her with pepper spray, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 30-year-old computer technician surnamed Xue and the victim as a 30-year-old.According to Lei, the victim met Xue in the lobby of a hotel in Zape at 5 a.m. on

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Typhoon Khanun spares Macau major damage

The observatory kept the No. 8 storm warning signal hoisted for 11 hours yesterday but Severe Typhoon Khanun spared the city major damage, causing only minor flooding in some low-lying areas in the Inner Harbour area.Local residents and tourists appeared to agree that rogue cabbies overcharging passengers were the most negative aspect of yesterday’s “typhoon day”.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On personally oversaw his government’s civil protection measures to deal with the typhoon

October 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab gang of 41 loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 41 men and women from the mainland in Taipa on Friday for alleged membership of a loan-sharking gang which for a year had offered casino patrons instant gambling loans.The 36 male and six female suspects are aged between 23 and 60. The suspects told the police that their gang had been operating for a year, PJ spokesman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference on Friday.According to Yeung, PJ officers raided four flats in Kings Ville in Avenida

October 16, 2017 | BY admin

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