Choose life: Microfilm adapts true story of local teen

Being brought up by a drug addict mother and an alcoholic father, life has never been easy for Hedy Kou Cheng, but she never got dragged down because she chose to live through it.Kou’s story has been adapted into a 26-minute microfilm, “Choices of Life”, where Kou, now 20, relives her childhood with her drug-taking mother and her drunken father. The film had a silver-screen premiere at UA Galaxy Cinema on Saturday and earlier this week, it kicked off its school tour with a showing at her

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Group submits by-law draft on urban renewal firm

One of the Urban Renewal Council’s three working groups yesterday submitted its draft of a by-law on the government’s setting-up of the “Macau Urban Renewal Company Limited” to the council.The company will lead the city’s urban renewal projects, according to the group’s coordinator Paulino do Lago Comandante, a lawyer by profession.The draft was prepared by the council’s second group.A closed-door meeting of the council, chaired by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt lets Internet service providers set up outdoor WiFi hotspots

The government is now allowing Internet service providers (ISP) to set up their own WiFi hotspots in outdoor areas on the condition that they set aside capacity for the government to provide free WiFi to the public, Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) Director Derby Lau Wai Meng said yesterday.Lau made the comments while speaking to reporters after CTM’s launch ceremony of the WiFi service in Largo do Senado where the public can enjoy 60 minutes of free WiFi.According to Lau, the

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Activist presents findings of his election observation

Jason Chao Teng Hei, grassroots New Macau Association’s (NMA) former vice-president who quit the group in March, yesterday held a press conference about the findings of his observation of Sunday’s legislative elections based on the information collected by his website, “Project Just Macau”.Chao said he hoped his findings would arouse society’s attention, namely concerning possible amendments to the Legislative Assembly Election Law in the future.Project Just Macau, the brainchild of

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt appoints post-Hato weather chief

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that it was Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario who suggested that Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man be appointed director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) for a one-year term while remaining in his existing post.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Galaxy Macau’s JW Marriott Hotel Macau in Cotai where he attended a reception celebrating the 115th

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Survey shows dissatisfaction with govt efficiency, transparency

Neither civil servants nor other residents are satisfied with the government’s efficiency in responding to grassroots’ demands and its level of transparency, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the Macau Civil Servants Federation (MCSF) released yesterday.Addressing a press conference about the findings of the survey at the federation’s office in Rua de Abreu Nunes, its president, Pang Kung Hou, said the survey aimed to explore the different attitudes of civil servants and

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Group wants election recount over deposit issue

Carl Ching Lok Suen, the first-ranked candidate of the New Ideals of Macau electoral group, No.1 on Sunday’s ballot, said yesterday he wants to file an appeal to the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) about the election outcome and is asking for a recount of the votes garnered by the Progress Promotion Union (UPP), No. 2 on the ballot, and his group’s votes.Ho Ion Sang, a vice-president of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (Kai Fong), heads the UPP.While Ching’s group failed

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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How to win an election in Macau

Although there has been widespread reporting about the growing influence of social media such as Facebook and Twitter, it appears that traditional media – TV, radio and newspapers – have more likely captured the attention of voters in the run-up to Sunday’s direct and indirect legislative elections than social media.When asked what grabbed their attention during the election campaign, voters told me that TV programmes had a major impact on their thinking as to whom to give their precious

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Filipinos exchange fake chips for real ones: police

Four Filipinos have been arrested for exchanging fake HK$10,000 gaming chips for genuine ones in a casino in Taipa on Sunday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Obecoza, is 35 years old, while the second suspect, surnamed Nanangan, is aged 33. The spokesperson said the third and fourth suspects are brothers surnamed Nazareno, aged 27 and 29.The spokesperson said the quartet know each other and are non-resident workers

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Trio face charges for 2 deaths at construction site

Three suspects facing charges for two deaths at a construction site in June were transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said in a press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape.The trio allegedly gave the approval for an unauthorised pile load test at the site, which caused the deaths of two construction workers and injured two others.The incident happened on June 12 at the construction site of the new facilities for the Public

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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National Diving Team’s Olympic gold medallists to visit next week

Olympic gold medallists from the National Diving Team will be visiting Macau on Tuesday and Wednesday where they will be demonstrating their diving skills at the Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre, the Sports Bureau (ID) announced yesterday.ID Vice President Lau Cho Un said during a press conference at the bureau that the athletes include Chen Ruolin and Shi Tingmao who both won gold at the Rio Olympics last year.Local Sports and Olympic Committee President Ma Iao Hang said at the press conference

September 21, 2017 | BY admin

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2 cheated in Peninsula mooncake scam: police

Two local women have separately reported to the police they suspect that they are victims of the notorious Peninsula mooncake scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said in a press conference at the PJ Headquarters in Zape yesterday.One of the victims purchased the mooncakes on August 20 via the online social platform WeChat. The seller claimed that the mooncakes were from The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel, according to Choi.The victim, whose surname was withheld by the police, is a

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to help low-lying area shops install cargo lifts: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government would assist businesses in the city’s low-lying areas in the installation cargo lifts in their shops so that they can lift their goods off the ground quickly if flooding hits their neighbourhoods.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after overseeing the swearing-in ceremonies of newly-appointed Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Chan Sau San and newly-appointed Financial Intelligence

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato insurance claims reach 2.9 billion patacas: new monetary chief

Newly-appointed Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Benjamin Chan Sau San said yesterday the latest figures showed that the insurance claims filed in the wake of Super Typhoon Hato have reached 2.9 billion patacas.Hato hit Macau hard on August 23, resulting in severe flooding.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony, at the Secretariat for Economy and Finance in the Bank of China (BOC) Building in Nam Van.Chan said that until last Monday the local

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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