At least 10 fined for smoking at bus stops

The government fined at least 10 people for smoking at bus stops on Monday and yesterday since the toughened version of the anti-smoking law took effect on New Year’s Day, according to the Health Bureau (SSM).The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill during a plenary session in July last year.The new version of the law bans smoking within a 10-metre-area of all bus stops and taxi ranks.Passengers get onto a bus at a bus

January 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt collects over 2,400 opinions on minimum wage implementation: labour chief

The government has gathered more than 2,400 opinions from civil society during its recently-finished public consultation on the proposed implementation of a statutory minimum wage for all employment sectors, Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of the SJM “Occupational Safety and Health Charter” at Grand Lisboa Hotel. The charter is an industry-wide commitment to

January 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman dies ‘falling’ from Big Taipa Hill

A woman is believed to have fallen to her death from Big Taipa Hill near Estrada Governador Nobre Carvalho yesterday morning, according to a statement by Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong.According to the statement, the incident was heard by staff members of power utility CEM, who were working at the company’s godown at the foot of the hill. At about 9:15 a.m. they heard a noise like an object falling, and immediately rushed to the scene.Having discovered that there was a person

January 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to build skyway in Taipa this year

The government aims to start the construction of a skyway along a major avenue in the city centre of Taipa this year, the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the 700-metre skyway will be built along Avenida de Guimarães. It will start from the station of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) outside Macau Stadium, continue over Rotunda do Estádio and along the avenue before ending at Rotunda Dr. Sun Yat Sen.According to the

January 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi in New Year speech vows resolute reform in 2018

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday vowed that the nation will resolutely carry out reform this year.“We will take the opportunity of celebrating the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up in 2018 to further carry out reform, as reform and opening-up is the path we must take to make progress in contemporary China and to realize the Chinese dream,” Xi said.He cited a Chinese adage, saying that the Chinese people would “cut paths through mountains, and build bridges across

January 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum agrees with mandatory real-name registration for SIM cards

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum agreed with the government’s proposed mandatory implementation of real-name registration for the provision of telecom services, including the purchase of pre-paid SIM cards.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The government launched a 45-day public consultation last month on a bill on cyber security which proposes the mandatory implementation of

January 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander nabbed for attempting to rob money-changer: police

The police arrested a man from the mainland on Friday for attempting to rob a money-changer in a guest room of a Cotai casino resort hotel, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.The target was a man from the mainland surnamed Chen, who engages in currency exchange via instant messaging (IM) application WeChat, according to Choi. The suspect is a 28-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Li.Choi said that Li,

January 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander drives straight through Cotai-Hengqin checkpoint, enters restricted airport area

The police stopped yesterday morning a man from the mainland in the restricted area of the local airport, who had earlier driven to the city from the mainland via the Lotus Flower Bridge checkpoint without going through immigration and customs procedures, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Lei, around 8:30 a.m. yesterday the police and the customs received information from the mainland’s Public Security Bureau (PSB)

January 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt suspends sale of oysters from French farm

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Food Safety Centre said yesterday that the import and sale of raw oysters from the Huitres Geay farm in France have been suspended, after three food-poisoning cases involving the consumption of its oysters at three restaurants in Hong Kong were reported on Friday.According to the statement, “for the sake of prudence”, the bureau decided to order the local food sector to suspend the sale of such oysters, urging the public not to consume the

January 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui urges unremitting efforts to boost city’s development

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday called on Macau people for their unremitting efforts to transform their love for the city into a driving force for the development of a more prosperous city.In his New Year message, Chui said the government would continue to perform its duties in a diligent and courageous way, and would make its best effort to successfully face any challenges that might arise in 2018.In the new year, the government would spare no effort to propel the city’s

January 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt finds ‘no abnormalities’ in air quality tests around MAC

Initial test results of the air quality around the Macau Anglican College (MAC) in Taipa show that the air in the area is “up to standard with no abnormalities”, a statement from the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said yesterday, after receiving complaints about the removal of asbestos roof sheeting from a building nearby.Due to the concern, the private school has suspended classes for two days since yesterday.The bureau said in the statement that it commissioned a specialist entity

December 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for productivity assessment system for disabled

Hetzer Siu Yu Hong, director of the Macau Special Olympics (MSO), yesterday urged the government to set up a productivity assessment system for employees with disabilities, in order for them to be paid a “reasonable” wage.Siu made the remarks at MGM Macau on the sidelines of a prize-giving MSO ceremony for winners of an annual vocational skills contest, when he was asked by a reporter about the proposed implementation of a statutory minimum wage that possibly would exclude employees with

December 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt must carry out promised measures to restore popularity: commentator

The government must carry out its long-promised measures in the final two years of the term of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On if it wants to restore its popularity, Ron Lam U Tou, who heads local think tank Macau Synergy, said earlier this week.Chui’s second and constitutionally final 5-year consecutive term will end on December 20, 2019.Lam, a current affairs commentator, made the remarks on Wednesday in an interview with The Macau Post Daily at his group’s office in the city

December 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt proposes job agencies bill

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill regulating the city’s employment agencies.The bill proposes that employment agencies are barred from providing services to non-residents staying in Macau such as tourists.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, had completed its discussion of the bill, which aims to tackle job agencies’ irregular

December 29, 2017 | BY admin

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