Top judge slams legal veterans’ old thoughts

Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai yesterday slammed veterans in the city’s legal profession for insisting on sticking to the old ways of thinking which he said continued to hinder the development of local society.Sam made the remarks yesterday when delivering a speech at a ceremony marking the beginning of the Judicial Year 2017/18, at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.According to the Judicial Organisation Framework Law, the judicial year in Macau starts on September 1

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Ex-prosecutor’s sentence was fair: successor

Public Prosecutor-General Ip Son Sang said yesterday that the 21-year prison sentence for his predecessor Ho Chio Meng was fair, adding that Ho’s public trial was carried out in accordance with the law which made Ho’s claim that he was “persecuted” untenable.Ip made the remarks yesterday when delivering a speech at a solemn ceremony marking the formal commencement of the Judicial Year 2017/18, at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.Ho was sentenced in July to 21 years behind bars

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Definite shortage of therapists in Macau: official

The ratio of therapists to population in Macau is “obviously” low, and even if the city’s number of speech therapists were twofold, it still wouldn’t meet the demand of children with special needs, Wong Soi Tou, director of the government’s Joint Centre for Paediatric Rehabilitation, said during a radio phone-in programme hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday.Wong gave the picture in numbers. According to Wong, there are a total of 126 registered therapists in Macau,

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato floods damage 80 Customs vehicles: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that some 80 vehicles owned by the Macau Customs Service were damaged by floodwaters during Super Typhoon Hato in August, adding that some facilities in various entities under his portfolio were also damaged during the typhoon.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a solemn ceremony marking the formal commencement of the Judicial Year 2017/18, at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.Hato that pummelled Macau

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt promotes continuing education for elderly

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Continuing Education Division Acting Director Wong Tat Choi said yesterday that the bureau would keep on promoting continuing education to senior citizens.Wong made the remarks during a press conference about the bureau’s 2017 Lifelong Learning Week, which this year will be held from October 21 to October 27.Wong pointed out that this year the bureau had organised over 100 activities to promote various continuing education aspects such as

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt promotes continuing education for elderly

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Continuing Education Division Acting Director Wong Tat Choi said yesterday that the bureau would keep on promoting continuing education to senior citizens.Wong made the remarks during a press conference about the bureau’s 2017 Lifelong Learning Week, which this year will be held from October 21 to October 27.Wong pointed out that this year the bureau had organised over 100 activities to promote various continuing education aspects such as

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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No timetable yet for bus fare hike: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government still does not have a timetable as to when a planned increase in public bus fares will be implemented.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Digital Macau Forum organised by local telecom operator CTM on the Hengqin Island campus of the University of Macau (UM).The Transport Bureau (DSAT) presented its proposal on the bus fare increase to the Traffic Consultative

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM Internet service tops 1 mainland, 2 HK ISPs: report

A report compiled by the University of Macau (UM) released yesterday shows that local telecom operator CTM provides the best Internet service compared to two Internet service providers (ISP) in Hong Kong and one in the mainland.The report was presented yesterday by Philip Chen Chun-lung, the dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau, during the Digital Macau Forum organised by CTM on the UM campus.Presenting the report “Research Report of Network Quality

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2-house museum planned near TDM: telecom chief

Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) Director Derby Lau Wai Meng said yesterday her bureau would rent out its two houses next to government-owned broadcaster TDM in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), for use as a museum.Lau made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the CTM Digital Macau Forum on the campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island.The Cultural Affairs Bureau told TDM yesterday it planned to convert the two

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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EU will be tourism forum partner next year

Pansy Ho Chiu King, vice chairperson and secretary-general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), announced yesterday that the annual forum’s regional partner next year will be the European Union.Ho, co-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, made the announcement during her speech at the closing ceremony of the two-day forum at Macau Tower.As next year’s forum features the then still 28 European member states, GTEF will be on a larger scale than this year which

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Risk of dealers developing gambling disorder set to rise: scholar

The risk of casino dealers developing a gambling disorder are set to rise and banning them from entering local casinos when off-duty would help prevent problem gambling issues from occurring, newly-appointed lawmaker and gaming industry scholar Davis Fong Ka Chio said yesterday.Fong made the comments while speaking to reporters after attending a graduation ceremony of Sands employees who completed the company’s in-house training programme on responsible gaming.Fong heads the Institute for the

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders busted for drug-trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from the mainland on Sunday for drug-trafficking, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The police also arrested three people for taking drugs on the same day, a man and a woman from the mainland, as well as a man from Taiwan, according to Lei.Lei identified the two drug-trafficking suspects as a 24-year-old surnamed Li and a 25-year-old surnamed Huang.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Tourism is a win-win situation: UNWTO chief

Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and honorary chairman of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), said yesterday the challenge for every country was to ensure that growth and sustainability, progress and preservation go hand in hand.Rifai, a former minister of tourism of the Kingdom of Jordan, made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai.“Sustainability means to elevate life on Earth to a higher level for our

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature’s speaker re-elected – but new VP

Businessman Chui Sai Cheong – the elder brother of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On – was elected vice-president of the legislature yesterday, while businessman Ho Iat Seng was re-elected president.Chui Sai Cheong, an auditor by profession, told reporters after he had been elected that he would assist the legislature’s president in carrying out his duties well, apart from helping him monitor the government’s activities.Ho and Chui Sai Cheong, both indirectly-elected lawmakers, were

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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