6 sick after eating take-away from Pizza Hut in Taipa

Six people came down with suspected gastroenteritis on Thursday after eating take-away food from Pizza Hut in Taipa, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Food Safety Centre said in a statement on Saturday.The statement said that a group of seven people ordered take-away from Pizza Hut in Taipa and six of them got diarrhoea after eating the food.The statement said that based on the Health Bureau’s (SSM) examination, the incident was most likely caused by food bacteria.PLEASE READ THE

June 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Industrial buildings unsuited for commercial activities: architect

A local architect said at an open-air debate yesterday that it was not suitable for commercial activities and industrial activities to run side by side in an industrial building because the combination would pose a high safety risk.The Macau Forum weekly debate programme is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Yesterday’s focus of the forum was on the government’s industrial building revitalisation policies – how to make good use of the city’s many

June 26, 2017 | BY admin

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8 ‘unlicensed’ eateries closed at COD: tourism chief

A total of 13 restaurants operated without licences for three years at the Soho space of City of Dreams (COD) in Cotai, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday, adding her office has ordered eight of them to close.Senna Fernandes said the predicament was due to facility changes in two of the company’s hotels.Soho is an indoor food street at City of Dream. It opened in 2014. City of Dreams is owned by Melco Resorts & Entertainment.This

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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No timetable for analysing lawmakers’ proposed changes to Land Law: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday her office did not have a timetable for when it would finish analysing a Land Law amendment bill proposed by lawmakers Leonel Alves and Zheng Anting.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony of newly-appointed Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Vice President Lo Chi Kin, at the IACM headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.Chan said that her office had recently received the

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Wushu Masters Challenge to return in August

The city’s second Wushu Masters Challenge, slated to take place on August 10-13, will spotlight major wushu competitions and training courses, the Sports Bureau (ID) and Wushu General Association of Macau (WGAM) said yesterday.According to the two organisers, which co-hosted a press conference at Macau Tower yesterday, the event will mainly focus on dragon and lion dances, as well as the two wushu disciplines of taolu and sanda.While ‘wushu’ is Putonghua for martial arts, ‘taolu’

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Incineration plant expansion to finish in 2021: govt

The third-phase expansion project of the solid waste incineration plant in Taipa is expected to be completed in 2021, Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said yesterday.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s prize-giving ceremony of the 2016 Macau Green Hotel Awards. He told reporters that the preliminary design of the expansion had already been finished, adding the government was calling for bids for the environmental impact assessment.According

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Cops nab trio for swapping massage parlour patron’s money for fakes

The police in the mainland have arrested three men for swapping banknotes of customers at a foot massage parlour for bogus ones, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The spokesperson said one of the suspects, surnamed Han, 33, ran the parlour while the second and third suspect, surnamed Xiang and Ceng, both 27, worked at the massage parlour.According to the spokesperson, 11 people – five locals, three non-resident workers and three from Hong Kong – were found using

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Labour sector elects 2 candidates

Educator-cum-unionist Lam Lon Wai and unionist Lei Chan U were elected yesterday to represent the labour sector in the upcoming indirect legislative election on September 17.The Federation of Macau Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), gathering sub-unions and “friendly groups”, organised an internal election yesterday at its headquarters in Patane, which elected the two candidates.Workers’ Children High School Vice Principal Lam Long Wai, also a vice president of Gung Luen,

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Narrow streets give impression of repetitive roadworks: new IACM vice-chief

Newly-appointed Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Vice President Lo Chi Kin said yesterday that many streets in Macau are narrow – and this was one of the reasons that residents felt that disruptions caused by roadworks were particularly severe.Lo made the remarks while speaking to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony at the IACM headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.Lo headed the bureau’s Public Roads and Sewerage Department from 2010 until March when he was appointed

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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New IACM vice-chief suitable for new post: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that newly-appointed Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Vice President Lo Chi Kin is fully suited to join the bureau’s top brass.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after Lo’s swearing-in ceremony at the IACM headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.The bureau’s Administrative Committee consists of a president, two vice-presidents and five members.Newly-appointed Civic and Municipal Affairs

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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In ‘Moderation’, local scriptwriter gives it a ‘Go’

Two true stories – a game of Go and a protest – set 80 years apart are interwoven in local scriptwriter Miki To Weng Kei’s latest theatre piece “Moderation” that will kick off the BOK Festival, a locally organised event dedicated to alternative theatre.“Go”, or “weiqi” in Chinese that literally means “encircling game”, is an abstract strategy board game where two players each aim to use stones to form territories by surrounding vacant areas of the board. According to

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Yamazato presents Masumi sake pairing menu

Japanese fine-dining restaurant Yamazato is collaborating with the Miyasaka Brewing Company to present a “Masumi Sake Pairing” menu available now until July 23.Masumi sake was founded in 1662 near Lake Suwa in the centre of the Japanese Alps in Nagano prefecture. Masumi sake is brewed in the exotic place known as Shinshu Suwa where it is surrounded by the Yatsugatake “Eight Peaks” Range. With the crystal clear air and pure water in the region, its long winter period provides the purest

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Exhibition to bring Hello Kitty and friends to town

Hello Kitty and her friends will feature in the “Our Sanrio Times” exhibition that will take place from July 28 to September 3 at Studio City.Fans will see 100 of the 400 characters designed by Japanese company Sanrio in the exhibition which is jointly organised by Macexpo and Sanrio Hong Kong.Macexpo managing director Lo Tak Chong said during a press conference yesterday at Studio City that he expects the exhibition to attract 40,000 visits as it will be during the summer holidays when

June 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui hopes for new round of HOS applications before end of his term

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he hoped that the government will be able to launch a new round of applications for subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats during his term which ends in December 2019.Chui spoke to reporters at the airport before departing for a two-day working visit to Shanghai, for talks with the municipal government with the aim of further strengthening ties of co-operation between the two cities.The government’s public housing programme comprises

June 22, 2017 | BY admin

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