Pupils should learn Cantonese & Putonghua: govt

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Deputy Director Leong Lai said yesterday it was beneficial for schoolchildren to learn Putonghua.However, she also stressed that Putonghua and Cantonese are both important in local schools’ Chinese education.Leong made the remarks after a regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Non-Tertiary Education Committee at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape.Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Deputy Director Leong Lai speaks to

June 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to allow lower primary school pupils to repeat

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Acting Deputy Director Wong I Lin said yesterday the bureau was planning to allow P1 to P4 pupils to repeat a year, contrary to the bureau’s consultation text last year.Leong made the remarks during a press conference after a closed-door regular meeting of the Non-tertiary Education Committee at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT).The government launched a public consultation at the end of last year about establishing a system of evaluating pupils’

June 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau’s base rate rises to 1.5 pct after Fed move

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement that it raised its base rate of the discount window yesterday by 25 basis points to 1.5 percent.It is the fourth time for Macau’s quasi-central bank has raised the policy rate since December 2015.As the pataca is linked to the Hong Kong dollar, the movements of policy rates in Hong Kong and Macau should be basically consistent in order to maintain the effective operation of the linked exchange rate system between the two cities, the

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Police bust HK man for selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong yesterday on suspicion of selling drugs to patrons of night entertainment venues and casinos in Macau, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the police also arrested the suspect’s girlfriend, who is also from Hong Kong, as she knew that her boyfriend was selling drugs.Choi identified the male suspect as a 22-year-old surnamed Man and the female suspect as a 23-year-old surnamed

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Fu Luen submits candidacy nomination signatures

Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng, a vice-president of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen), submitted 500 registered voters’ signatures endorsing her group’s election campaign bid to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Wong’s list is called Alliance for a Happy Home. Wong is a nurse by profession.This photo provided by a member of the Women’s General

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Sands China to teach staff about ‘B&R’ Initiative

Sands China is teaching its staff members about the national Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative in its “Professionalism Training for Gaming Practitioners” programme this year, the US gaming company said yesterday.Sands China launched the programme last year, jointly organised by the gaming operator, the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) and Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL)The gaming company yesterday held a graduation ceremony for staff members who took part in the

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Clinic closed for storing illegal & expired medicine

A medical centre has been forced to temporarily close on suspicion of storing illegally imported and expired medicines, according to a statement of the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday.Ai Wei Fu Medical Centre in Si Toi Commercial Building was one of the seven private clinics which were suspected of having provided in vitro fertilisation (IVF) services without a licence. The bureau raided the seven clinics last Monday.SSM Pharmaceutical Affairs Department officials confirmed in the statement that

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Local jewellery brand makes pearls shine like diamonds

Pearls or diamonds? It can be a tough choice when you want the lustre of a pearl yet want the sparkle of a diamond at the same time.While there is jewellery that sets pearls and diamonds side by side, sometimes the rock may outshine the iridescence of the pearls. But what if there is a pearl that has a lustre shining as bright as a diamond?This is exactly what the pearls at CHioFo do: the pearls are sculpted with a diamond cutting, giving more angles to reflect the pearl’s lustre. This

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Man stabs wife with scissors over gambling row

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Tuesday for stabbing his wife with a pair of scissors, requiring the victim to undergo emergency surgery, as he was angry that she had gambled away HK$70,000, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a 45-year-old driver surnamed Zhou and his wife as a 44-year-old housewife. The couple have been married for seven years.According to Choi, Zhou, his wife and their

June 15, 2017 | BY admin

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Record No. of lists vie for seats in legislature

The number of groups who have submitted nomination signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) already exceeds the number of lists who ran in the last direct election, official data showed yesterday.CAEAL President Tong Hio Fong underlined yesterday that 21 groups have already submitted nomination signatures to stand in the upcoming direct legislative elections. Fourteen seats will be directly elected by popular vote.Four years ago, the committee received 22

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2 men nabbed for selling iPhones

Two men surnamed Deng from the mainland have been arrested by Macau Customs Service and Public Security Police (PSP) officers for selling fake iPhones, according to a statement by the Macau Customs Service yesterday.A local resident reported to the Public Security Police on Thursday last week that a man had sold him two counterfeit iphones for HK$1,000 each in Patane district the previous day, the statement says.The case was then transferred to the Customs Service for investigation.This undated

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Lawmaker wants hiring of more young bus drivers

Directly-elected lawmaker Mak Soi Kun yesterday urged the city’s three public bus operators to attract more young local people to work as bus drivers, as the average age of their bus drivers has been rising, which he said was not good for the safety of public bus operations.The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society yesterday held a meeting for residents to express their opinions about the city’s bus services. About 80 people attended the meeting at the association’s service centre in Rua da

June 15, 2017 | BY admin

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Group suggests schools & sport facilities for dog track

Local think tank Choi In Tong Sam yesterday suggested the government should build schools and sport facilities on the plot of land in Fai Chi Kei leased by Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. which is slated to be vacated next year.The think tank’s members elaborated on their suggestions for the possible uses of the plot during a special press conference at the group’s office in Rua das Lorchas.The company has been operating greyhound races on the plot for over half a century, but has been

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Man cheats 50 in job referral scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 56-year-old local man surnamed Kou for cheating 50 workers from the mainland out of 120,000 yuan in a job referral scam, a PJ spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, a man and a woman who are job agents in the mainland reported to the police on May 31 that Kou had cheated them.The duo told the police that Kou claimed that he was undertaking a big construction project in Macau and needed to hire a large number of non-local workers. He

June 15, 2017 | BY admin

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