Govt sets up website for scholarship & student loan applications

The government has set up a website for students so that they can check out information on scholarships and student loans provided by various government entities, as well as apply for a number of scholarships or student loans at the same time, the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) said in a statement yesterday.The website of the “Service Platform for Scholarships, Student Loans and Financial Support Awarded by Government Entities” is on https://www.bolsas.gov.mo.The website contains

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Chinese Ethnic Culture Week to begin next week

The 8th Chinese Ethnic Culture Week is scheduled to take place from Friday next week to May 5, Ho Ka Lon, a deputy-director of the Association for the Promotion of Chinese Ethnic Unity, said yesterday.The group announced details of the culture week during a press conference on Macau Cable TV’s premises in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.According to Ho, 90 youths from 30 ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland will visit Macau to participate in the culture

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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3 girls cheated in concert ticket scam: police

Three local girls have been cheated out of HK$6,720 (6,900 patacas) after failing to receive concert tickets they purchased online, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the victims are surnamed Lok, Cheong and Leong, aged 18, 17 and 16 respectively.Two of the victims are high-school pupils, while Lok is a local university student.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Possible CTM fine depends on its report: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday the government would decide whether or not to fine CTM after analysing its detailed report about the partial failure of its Internet service on Tuesday night.About 30,000 customers were affected by the about four-hour-long incident, according to CTM. The company’s top management members “sincerely” apologised for it on Wednesday at a press conference, where they assumed “total” responsibility for the

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM ‘sorry’ for Internet failure due to software flaw

Telecom operator CTM yesterday “sincerely” apologised for the partial failure of its Internet service that affected about 30,000 customers on Tuesday night.The company also said that the incident was caused by a “software defect” in its system and that it would “completely” rectify the glitch to ensure the problem does not happen in the future.The company held a special press conference yesterday to brief the media about the incident that affected Internet users for several hours on

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman robs money changer using pepper spray

A 31-year-old woman from Zhejiang province was arrested on Tuesday for robbing a 41-year-old man of HK$343,500 and 7,000 yuan in cash, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a special press conference.According to the spokesperson, the victim surnamed Cai works as a money changer, exchanging yuan into HK dollars for gamblers in local casinos.The spokesperson said Cai received a phone call from a woman who wanted to exchange yuan to the value of HK$400,000 on the evening of

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Election monitor urges govt to regulate subsidised entities

Self-declared election monitor Jason Chao Teng Hei, the former vice-president of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA), said yesterday that his new platform, “Project Just Macau”, has received three election-related complaints, and he urged the government to set up clear guidelines on regulating entities which allegedly use their public subsidies to “solicit political affiliation” from their staff members.Project Just Macau is a website created by Chao and started operating early

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt raises polling stations by 6 to 36, prefers stairless venues

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) will set up 36 polling stations for the upcoming direct legislative elections, six more than four years ago, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said yesterday, adding that the number of locations for election campaign hoardings will be increased from 80 to 115.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. While 14 lawmakers will be directly elected by popular vote, 12 legislators will be

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Group petitions against housing project near incinerator

An ad-hoc land use concern group yesterday submitted a petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, urging the government not to build a public housing estate on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport and the city’s solid waste incineration plant because any area near such a plant was not suitable for human habitation.The group said that residents living close to this kind of facilities were facing a higher risk of developing cancer.Chui

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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No construction permit for old tea house: govt

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng confirmed yesterday that his bureau has not issued a construction permit for the former Lok Kok tea house building, which is listed as a heritage site.Li made the remarks after attending a closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council at the Transport Bureau.Local urban planner Rhino Lam Iek Chit told reporters on Monday he suspected that the government had allowed the demolition of a major part of the building’s outer

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Drunk public servant sets fire to his flat: police

A public servant got drunk and set fire to his flat early Sunday morning, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I said yesterday.According to the Chong, the suspect, surnamed Ieong, is a local male in his forties.Chong said Ieong called the police at about 1 a.m. to tell them that he had set fire to his flat in Rua da Aleluia. When the police officers arrived the entrance of the residential building, Ieong, reeking of alcohol, told the officers: “I set my flat ablaze!”Public

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for using fake casino chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 53-year-old mainlander surnamed Chen on Saturday for gambling with dozens of fake HK$1,000 casino chips, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Yeung, the police received a report on January 8 from a casino in Cotai that one of the casino cashiers in the cage discovered a bogus HK$1,000 chip when changing money into casino chips for customers.After a thorough check of the chips in the cage, a total of 53

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Air quality slightly worsens: govt survey

Macau’s air quality slightly worsened last year: fewer days when air quality was “good” were recorded at a number of monitoring stations across the city last year, while more days when air quality was “moderate” were recorded, compared to 2015, according to official data released by the Statistics and Census Service Bureau (DSEC) yesterday.According to the Environmental Statistics 2016 data, for the “roadside” monitoring station in Rua do Campo as well as the monitoring station in

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for lower bar for non-local therapists

Macau Special Olympics chief Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said yesterday that as there is an overall shortage of therapists for people with disabilities in Macau, the government should lower the bar for hiring non-local therapists.Siu made the remarks during a press conference about the group’s upcoming events in celebration of its 30th anniversary this year. The press conference took place at the group’s office in Areia Preta.According to Siu, the equipment for Macau’s disability evaluation system

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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