Portuguese group sets up account for wildfire victims

Local Portuguese community association “Casa de Portugal em Macau” announced yesterday that it has set up a donation account at BNU for the victims of wildfires in and around the central Portuguese town of Petrogao Grande which has killed at least 62 people and injured over five dozen others.The association announced the solidarity action in a message sent to the local media.The message expressed the group’s solidarity with the residents of Pedrogao Grande and conveyed its members’

June 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt vows to announce major roadworks beforehand

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday that from now on the government would always announce details of a major roadwork project at a press conference, before it can get off the ground.Tavares spoke to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Administration Affairs.The committee yesterday asked officials, including Tavares, to brief its members on how the government intends to improve

June 20, 2017 | BY admin

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NMA gets election clearance without telling public: activist

New Macau Association (NMA) Vice-President Sulu Sou Ka Hou said yesterday that his group’s application for setting up a candidacy nominating committee has already been approved by the government, adding the grassroots activists had decided to announce the details only after everything was settled.The deadline for handing candidacy nomination signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) is late this afternoon. The direct and indirect legislative elections will

June 20, 2017 | BY admin

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7 locals hit by luxury bag scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday that a woman cheated seven locals out of about 400,000 patacas in a luxury bag scam.According to a PJ spokesperson, the suspect, a local resident surnamed Tam, is a 27-year-old clerk.The spokesperson said the victims asked the police for help early last month because they did not receive the luxury bags they had bought from Tam, or the money they should have received from Tam for the bags that she had “purchased” from some of the victims.PLEASE READ

June 20, 2017 | BY admin

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IPM to raise ratio of mainland freshmen

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) President Lei Heong Iok said yesterday that his institute would increase the ratio of freshmen from the mainland to up to 20 percent of each intake, starting from the academic year 2018/19.Lei spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the institute’s commencement ceremony on its campus in Zape.The government said early this year that the Ministry of Education in Beijing has allowed that the city’s public tertiary education institutions up to 20 percent of

June 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Group to carry out study on ‘Macau Spirit’

Local think tank Macau Development Strategy Research Centre said yesterday that it would carry out a study on local residents’ perceptions of “Macau Spirit” – a concept that has been mentioned, according to the think tank, by a number of state leaders.The think tank yesterday organised a forum with the topic of “The Implementation of the One Country, Two Systems Principle, Promoting Macau Spirit”, at Macau Tower. The think tank has organised the annual forum since 2002 about how to

June 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Worker dies in Grand Lisboa Palace accident

A male construction worker from the mainland died yesterday after falling from a height of eight to 10 metres on the construction site of Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement yesterday.In a statement yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified the victim as a 47-year-old non-resident worker surnamed Tang. The police said Tang was rushed to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre where he was pronounced dead after emergency

June 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum divided over govt plan for Chinese lessons in Putonghua

Macau Forum guests speakers and audience members yesterday had starkly different opinions about conducting Chinese lessons in Putonghua in local schools.The forum is a weekly public debate programme run by government-owned broadcaster TDM, which is held every Sunday in Areia Preta Park.Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) officials discussed Putonghua education for schoolchildren on a TDM current affairs radio phone-in programme on June 7.Guest speakers and audience members attend TDM’s

June 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature passes sex crime bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has passed a government-initiated amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code, which is slated to take effect 60 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).The bill was passed during a plenary session on Friday.The new piece of legislation includes a separate category for sexual harassment with the offence now being listed as a semi-public crime.Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng (right) presides over Friday’s plenary

June 19, 2017 | BY admin

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CAEAL & CCAC join WeChat to promote elections

The Legislative Assembly Election Affairs Committee (CAEAL) and the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) will launch their official WeChat subscription accounts today to provide residents with information about the upcoming elections, according to a statement by the committee yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.The statement said the committee and the commission created their accounts to promote clean elections and encourage residents to vote.

June 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Bodhi Spa’s pink Himalayan salt stone massage enriches therapeutic benefits

Enhance the therapeutic benefits of the traditional hot stone massage with hot pink Himalayan salt stone that is packed with 84 natural minerals that not only help relieve muscle tension, reduce stress and promote sleep, but also nourish the body and lightly exfoliate the skin all the while removing the harmful positive ions in the body to regain vitality.The pink Himalayan salt stone that the Bodhi Spa at Conrad Macao uses are from Saltability, a spa services company in the US that specialises

June 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to establish complaints mechanism for public servants

The government will establish a complaints management mechanism for public servants, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said the council had finished discussing a by-law (administrative regulation) on the mechanism.The council is the government’s top advisory body.Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng addresses yesterday’s press conference at Government Headquarters about a complaints

June 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Canton Bloom tea brewing at Cha Bei

There are many coffee places around town but there aren’t many that bill themselves as a place for tea, especially with the name “Cha Bei” that literally means “tea cup”.With floral prints and pastel colours that no girl can resist from taking pictures of, Cha Bei café at Galaxy Macau gives guests a garden environment where they can chat and relax over light lunches, afternoon tea and dinner, and what better thing to do than pairing the food with a nice cup of tea.Besides the

June 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Oud master Marcel Khalife brings Arabic music to ‘heart & mind’

The Arabic music composed by Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife on a traditional instrument called the oud that will be presented to the local audience will be great music not just to the ears but also to the heart and mind.The internationally renowned musician will be presenting his work at his “Marcel Khalife World Music Concert” tomorrow evening at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM).Khalife, 67, is known for his avant-garde musical compositions for the oud, an instrument originating from

June 16, 2017 | BY admin

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