Employees’ confidence rises: survey

Findings of a survey released yesterday show a rise in Macau employees’ overall confidence and a slight decrease in their satisfaction last month compared to a year earlier, the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) announced yesterday.On a scale of 1 to 5, last month’s Macau employee confidence index stood at 3.16 with a 3.8 percent increase year on year, while the satisfaction index stood at 3.35 with a 0.48 percent year-on-year decrease.The annual Macau Employee Confidence

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Chinese musical on clash of culture, capital, casinos to open art fest

What happens when the Macau Cultural Centre becomes a casino? Through “Das Kapital”, award-winning Chinese playwright Nick Yu Rongjun wants to trigger a discussion with his Broadway-style musical using black humour and a sarcastic approach to Karl Marx’s masterpiece to look at when chasing dreams becomes a pursuit of money.Yu’s “Das Kapital” (“The Capital”), based on Marx’s major work of the same name published 150 years ago, will open this year’s month-long 29th Macau Arts

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Group calls for improved construction sector health & safety rules

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions yesterday urged the government to finish drafting a bill amending the city’s health and safety rules for the construction sector as soon as possible, with the aim of improving the safety of the sector which suffered several fatal accidents last year.The federation, the city’s number-one trade union, is commonly known as Gung Luen, its name in Cantonese.The federation made the appeal during a press conference at its headquarters in Rua da Ribeira do

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Vice-PM urges local govt to follow Xi’s guidelines, improve residents’ lives

Vice Premier Han Zheng yesterday urged the local government to administer Macau strictly in line with the guidelines laid out by President Xi Jinping during his visit for the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Han also said yesterday in Beijing he hoped that the local government remains committed to improving the lives of Macau people.Han is one of the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee – the nation’s top governing body,

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Blocked sewer pipe causes ‘oily dirty material’ spill: govt

A sewer pipe was blocked yesterday morning so that “oily dirty material” flowed over the road at the junction of Estrada de Adolfo Loureiro and Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday.The location where the incident occurred is near Lou Lim Ieoc Garden.According to the statement, IACM staff members, along with Macau Waste System Company (CSR) workers, finished cleaning the road and clearing the blocked drain at around 2 p.m.

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt says e-payment rising fast in city

There are over 8,000 mobile payment terminals set up in shops in Macau, Economic Services (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday, pointing out that as e-payments are rising fast in the city, the government is studying the possibility of supporting small business owners planning to install the required equipment.Tai spoke to reporters on the sidelines of attending a forum on WeChat Pay jointly organised by his bureau and e-payment provider WeChat Pay to explain to local businesses the details

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Regulator bars police body cams from temples & churches

A report by the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) states that police officers equipped with body-worn video cameras (BWVCs) are not allowed to use them in temples, churches, toilets, changing rooms and hospitals.If, the report underlines, “BWVCs are activated in such venues unwittingly, the captured footage should be deleted immediately.”The report issued at the request of the Public Security Police (PSP) is now available on the watchdog’s official website in Chinese, English and

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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HK man caught smuggling cocaine: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested early yesterday morning at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal for smuggling cocaine, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced at a special press conference yesterday.The suspect is a 26-year-old warehouse worker surnamed Cheng, according to Ho.Ho said that Cheng arrived at the ferry terminal after midnight. After passing through immigration, he was stopped by a customs officer for inspection. Cheng reacted by hurriedly taking a bag out of his pocket

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab mainland pimp in private flat

A pimp from the mainland has been caught in a private flat in Areia Preta, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a man in his forties surnamed Liu.The police recently received a tip-off from a local resident about prostitutes suspected of operating out of a flat in Rua Tres do Bairro Iao Hon, Cheong said. After the tip-off, police officers went to the flat on Saturday afternoon, where

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Father caught for beating son to ‘discipline’ him: police

A local man has been arrested for beating his son with a bamboo stick and a plastic pole, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday in Zape.According to Lei, the suspect is a 34-year-old surnamed Iong, who works as a croupier while the victim, aged eight, studies at a school in San Kio district.Lei noted that since Iong and his wife divorced in late 2014, their son has been living with his father. The divorced couple also have a younger

April 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Group says community can help schools better prepare for disasters

Schools can hold disaster exercises and drills to be better prepared for situations similar to last year’s fatal Super Typhoon Hato, but the community where each school is located could make disaster prevention and management more effective, Chinese Educators’ Association of Macau Executive Director Chan Kin Pong said yesterday.Chan was speaking to reporters after attending the “Wynn Cup – Macau Primary School Student National Education Drawing Competition” award ceremony at Wynn

April 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainland visitors rise 13 pct in Q1

Macau recorded 6.03 million mainland Chinese visitor arrivals in the first quarter, up 13.4 percent year on year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.Mainlanders were the only major visitor segment that showed two-digit growth in the first three months. Mainlanders accounted for 70.6 percent of all visitor arrivals.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Group calls for improved reading culture

Local think tank Collective Wisdom Policy Centre yesterday urged the government to promote a reading culture among residents by improving facilities in the city’s libraries and organising reading promotion activities covering different segments of the population.The think tank is affiliated to the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations, commonly known as Kai Fong.The association hosted a press conference yesterday at its office in Avenida de Horta e Costa about local residents’

April 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs staff sacked for filming in changing room

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has ordered the dismissal of a male Macau Customs Service clerk who was arrested last year for secretly filming at least eight men showering in a changing room in a tertiary education institution in Zape.The website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said yesterday the Customs Service had completed its disciplinary procedure against the clerk. Wong ordered his dismissal on April 6.The Public Security Police (PSP) announced the case during a regular press

April 24, 2018 | BY admin

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