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2 groups call for 90-day paid maternity leave
Two associations yesterday separately called for statutory 90 days paid maternity leave in the private sector, in the government’s possible amendments to the current labour law, to ensure the better protection for new mothers.The New Macau Association (NMA) and the Association of Building a Good Home Together each held a press conference yesterday to express their views on the matter.The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) launched a 45-day public consultation in late September on proposed
November 9, 2017
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MGM China revenue grows 5 pct in Q3
MGM China said in a statement yesterday that its total revenue rose 5 percent to HK$3.68 billion in the third quarter from the previous quarter.According to the statement, adjusted Ebitda grew 3 percent quarter-on-quarter to HK$1.05 billion. Adjusted Ebitda margin stood at 28.5 percent in the third quarter.The statement pointed out that MGM China recorded “sequential improvement in all gaming segments, with approximately 80 percent of profit contributed by the main floor”. PLEASE READ THE
November 9, 2017 | BY admin
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Residential property price index rises 1.3 pct in Q3
The overall residential property price index in the third quarter rose by 1.3 percent quarter-to-quarter, which marked the sixth consecutive quarter of growth, and yet showed a slowdown from the 3.7 percent increase in the previous quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The indices for the peninsula and Taipa/Coloane rose by 1.3 percent and 1.1 percent respectively.The index for existing residential units grew by 1.6 percent quarter-to-quarter, with the
November 9, 2017 | BY admin
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Lawmakers pass social housing bill – applicants must be at least 23 years old
A plenary session of the legislature yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on social rental housing – according to which residents can apply for social housing units any time, unlike now where they can only submit their application when the government launches a new round of applications for units.The bill proposes that an applicant needs to be a permanent resident aged at least 23, as opposed to the current minimum age requirement of 18.The government’s public housing
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Govt grants 487 million patacas to Hato-hit SMEs
According to data provided by the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) yesterday, the government has granted 487 million patacas to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by Super Typhoon Hato, Cristina Ho Hoi Leng, deputy convener of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said.The government announced that each affected business could claim up to 50,000-patacas after the killer typhoon hit the city on August 23, killing 10 people, injuring 244 and causing massive
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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2 mainlanders attack man with bottles: police
Two men from the mainland were arrested for allegedly attacking a drunken man with broken glass bottles, who had supposedly put his arm around the waist of one of their female friends at a nightclub in Cotai on Saturday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said yesterday morning during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Ho, the victim is a 27-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Zhou. Ho said that on Saturday evening Zhou went to the nightclub with
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Lawmakers pass 4 debate motions
The legislature yesterday passed four debate motions separately proposed by three directly-elected lawmakers – Ella Lei Cheng I, Ng Kuok Cheong and Sulu Sou Ka Hou.The passage of each of the debate motions yesterday means that the legislature will request government officials to attend the plenary sessions when the public debates between the officials and lawmakers take place.In her debate motion, Lei questions whether the government is taking into account whether its proposal to increase
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Lawmakers pass tax benefits bill for employers of disabled
The legislature yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on tax benefits for those employing disabled people.The bill proposes a special tax reduction for those hiring disabled residents, with the aim of encouraging the employment of people with disabilities.According to the bill, employers are eligible for a reduced tax bill for each disabled resident they employ as long as the employees hold a Disability Assessment Registration Card issued by the Social Welfare Bureau
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Reserves top half a trillion patacas: Leong
The government’s current reserves amount to 505.2 billion patacas, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in the legislature yesterday.During a plenary session yesterday, Leong revealed details of a report about the government’s implementation of last year’s budget.According to Leong, the government’s revenues stood at 110.5 billion patacas last year, 5.6 billion patacas – or 4.8 percent – less than 2015.The government’s expenditure rose 2.3 percent – or 1.9
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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‘Angel of the Lepers’ dies, aged 102
Father Gaetano Nicosia, widely known as Macau’s “Angel of the Lepers” died in Hong Kong on Monday, aged 102, members of the Salesian community confirmed to The Macau Post Daily yesterday.According to previous local media reports, Fr Nicosia was born in Sicily in 1915. He arrived as a Roman-Catholic missionary in mainland China in 1935 and moved to Macau in 1963 when he began to look after a leprosarium in Ka Ho in Coloane. He founded the Roman-Catholic D. Luis Versiglia School in Ka Ho in
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Health Bureau condemns attack on 4 anti-smoking inspectors
The Health Bureau (SSM) “vehemently condemned” a violent verbal and physical attack by a smoker on four anti-smoking inspectors yesterday.According to an SSM statement, the inspectors required hospital treatment after the attack.The incident happened in the so-called “Friends of the Areia Preta Triangular Garden” area during a routine inspection when the inspectors told a person to stop smoking in the public park. After refusing to hand his ID card to the inspectors, the assailant
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Banco Well Link holds opening ceremony
Macau’s newest lender, Banco Well Link, held its formal inauguration ceremony on its Bank of China Building premises yesterday, announcing that it plans to start retail counter services “in due course”.Zhang Shengman, the bank’s board chairman, made the announcement on the sidelines of the ceremony.The bank, whose Chinese name means “setting up a bridge”, replaced Portugal’s Novo Banco Asia.Zhang told reporters that while Macau is a “small” city it is also a “bridge”
November 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Govt vows to help ‘typical old shops’: DSE chief
Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday that his bureau would assist small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing and supporting their “typical old shops” to rebrand.Tai made the remarks in his opening speech during a founding ceremony at the government-run Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in China Civil Plaza in Alameda Dr Carlos d’Assumpçáo.At the event, the bureau launched the “Typical Old Shops Support Group” in conjunction with the
November 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Lawmakers pass social workers licensing bill
The legislature yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on the mandatory accreditation and licensing of social workers, with the aim of improving the quality of the services provided by social workers and reinforcing their professional image.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.According to Tam, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) commissioned a study
November 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Ex-info bureau to house youth start-ups, Tourist Police: Leong
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the former premises of the Government Information Bureau (GCS) will be used as a venue for youth start-ups as well as an office for the Tourist Police unit.The five-storey building next to Sao Domingos Church in the city centre has been mostly empty for 11 years since the info bureau moved to its current premises in China Plaza.The government said late last year that it planned to use the
November 7, 2017 | BY admin
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