6-year-old boy diagnosed with severe flu: govt

A 6-year-old local boy has been diagnosed with severe influenza, a Health Bureau (SSM) statement said yesterday.The statement said the boy showed symptoms of the potentially fatal disease on Friday, such as fever, sore throat and cough. He was admitted to the private Kiang Wu Hospital on Saturday.According to the statement, the boy’s condition worsened yesterday. It said the boy had been transferred to the intensive care unit, adding his pharyngeal specimen tested positive for the influenza A

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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GDP grows 10.3 pct in Q1

Macau’s gross domestic product grew 10.3 percent year on year in real terms in the first quarter of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.A DSEC statement attributed the return to double-digit growth to the “improving exports of services and investments, as well as a relatively lower base of comparison in the first quarter of last year.”External demand continued to expand, pushing up exports of services by 13.4 percent, in which exports of gaming services

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Group upbeat about local IT sector prospects

Macau Computer Society (MCS) Director General Michael Chan Weng Kin said yesterday he was “very optimistic” about the development of the local information technology (IT) sector as the government plans to develop Macau into a smart city.Chan made the remarks yesterday during a press conference about his group’s annual IT competition “Macau IT Innovation Awards”. The press conference was held on the premises of the Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) in Macau Square.Chan

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Govt, PLA to hold first student camp

The local government and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison will jointly organise a summer camp for local university students for the first time, the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the summer camp will be held from July 16 to 24 at the garrison’s Taipa barracks.The statement said that some activities will not be held in Macau during the nine-day event. The statement did not say where the activities will be

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Croupier nabbed for stealing chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 55-year-old dealer for embezzling HK$61,000 worth of casino chips, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect, a local man surnamed Lau, was found by casino surveillance staff to have slipped a casino chip worth HK$10,000 up his sleeve when he was on duty on Sunday, according to the spokesperson.After checking CCTV recordings, the staff found that Lau stole a chip worth HK$1,000 earlier that day. The staff immediately

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Casino staff nabbed for owning banned arms

A Malaysian man surnamed Cheah, who works as a technical manager for a local casino, has been arrested for carrying and owning three daggers, three kukris, a flick knife, an air rifle and four replica grenades, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.Local Customs officers found the weapons in Cheah’s luggage as he was about to enter the city through the airport on Saturday.The 43-year-old man told the police that the weapons were for his

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Uncle injures 6-year-old girl with knife

The police arrested a 20-year-old man for causing head injuries to his 6-year-old niece with a vegetable knife during a quarrel yesterday afternoon, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said early this morning.According to the spokesperson, the girl was at her grandmother’s flat in Avenida do Conselheiro Borja yesterday afternoon when she quarrelled with her uncle, who then took a vegetable knife from the kitchen and slashed at the girl, injuring her on the top of her head, cutting the

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum slams poor coordination of roadworks

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum slammed the government for causing major disruptions to the public as it has failed to coordinate roadwork projects by different government entities and public utilities for many years.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.A hard-hitting report released by the Commission of Audit (CA) last week slammed the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau for failing to

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up B&R scholarship

The Macau Foundation (FM) has launched a Belt and Road (B&R) scholarship for residents to study for degree courses in a number of countries along the B&R Initiative, the public institution said in a statement yesterday.The application period starts today and will end on June 12, and the results will be announced in late July, the statement said.According to the statement, the scholarship scheme is planned to run for five years with a total of 150 scholarships. A total of 30 scholarships

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Health chief urges caution over ‘breast milk stimulation’ services

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday the government was aware of the fact that some residents were wrongly calling themselves medical professionals who can help mothers stimulate the production of breast milk. He said that they are not licensed and that they would be fined if found to have provided any medical services.Lei made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a breastfeeding promotion event organised by the Macau Breastfeeding Association, at the

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming union takes 1st step to join elections

Unionist Cloee Chao Sao Fong, leading the recently-formed Front Line of Casino Workers group, submitted a list of registered voters’ signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) on Friday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Chao is also the high-profile president of the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union.Front Line of Casino Workers representative Cloee Chao Sao Fong (centre) poses with fellow members of her group

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Hac Sa bus route change causes traffic jam: group

New Macau Association (NMA) activists collected over 500 signatures in Coloane Village yesterday, petitioning the government to revoke the recent changes to public bus route 25 - its terminus has been changed from Hac Sa Beach to Coloane Village.The group set up a booth at the Coloane Village bus terminus from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to NMA board member Paul Chan Wai Chi.Speaking to reporters at the scene, Chan said the change in route 25’s terminus had caused traffic jams at the

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislative intent reigns supreme: committee

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) said yesterday that in the case of any discrepancies between the Chinese and Portuguese versions of a piece of legislation it is lawmakers’ original legislative intent that reigns supreme.The government-appointed committee also said that in such cases it was not a matter of which of Macau’s two official languages was to be accorded prevalence over the other.Moreover, the committee pointed out that Decree-Law No. 101/99/M gives

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Kai Fong suggests ‘village of schools’ on dog track

Panellists at a forum held by the office of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (Kai Fong) for the northern district urged the government yesterday to build sports, recreational facilities and a “village of schools” on the plot of land currently leased by Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. for its controversial greyhound races.The government announced in July last year that the company will have to shut down the racetrack within two years. However, the government has also

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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