CTM aims for 200 firms on its online shopping platform by year-end

Local telecom operator CTM launched its online shopping platform yesterday with the aim of assisting local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to run their businesses online.The company also said it aimed to have more than 200 local companies join the platform named “Macau Good Hands” by the end of this year.The platform’s launching ceremony was held yesterday at Macau Tower.CTM Commercial Vice President Ebel Cham Pou I delivers a speech during yesterday’s launching ceremony of

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Teachers, pupils to design solar energy storage system: principal

Teachers and pupils of Pooi To Middle School Macau will design a solar energy storage system to raise pupils’ awareness of environmental protection, the school’s principal, Lei Pou Tin, said yesterday.Lei made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s energy-saving activity in which Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) staff visited the school’s campus in Nam Van to explain to the pupils how to save energy.The office launched a three-month energy-saving campaign yesterday, with 46

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt extends GDI, sets up B&R office

The operation of the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) will be extended for another two years, to June 30 2019, according to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The government announced in 2015 that the operation of the office will be extended to June 30, 2017.The office was set up in 2000 as an infrastructure “project team” for two years, which then was led by a director and a deputy director. Since then, the operation of the office has been extended

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Man kicks neighbour’s gate, attacks cops: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Sunday for kicking his female neighbour’s metal gate in a residential building as he said he was angry with her for having been noisy every night for a month, PJ spokesman Tam Weng Keong said during a special press briefing yesterday.The suspect also allegedly intended to attack his neighbour with a knife.When the victim called the police and PJ officers arrived at the scene the suspect resisted arrest, Tam said. This photo taken yesterday in

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3 locals, 1 Vietnamese nabbed for mobile theft

Three local taxi drivers and a Vietnamese car wash worker were arrested yesterday for their involvement in a theft case by finding and keeping a passenger’s mobile phone, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said.The spokesperson said one of the taxi drivers, surnamed Wong, is in his fifties while the second, surnamed Fong, is in his thirties. The third driver, surnamed Ng, is in his fifties while the car wash staff, surnamed Bu, is a non-resident worker from Vietnam.According to the

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Population falls to 644,900

Macau’s population fell year on year by 1,900 to 644,900 at the end of last year, namely due to a decrease in the number of imported labour, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.According to the bureau’s 2016 demographic data, females accounted for 52.6 percent of the population. Seniors – those aged 65 and over – accounted for 9.8 percent of the population. The elderly population rose by 0.8 percent year on year.A total of 7,146 live births were delivered last

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Art-fest explores ‘heterotopia’

Themed “Heterotopia”, this year’s month-long art festival will present 25 programmes of dance, music and theatre exploring various possibilities of space by means of different art manifestations.Heterotopia is a concept in human geography elaborated by French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926 – 1984) to describe places and spaces that function in non-hegemonic conditions, such as when you see yourself in the mirror, according to Wikipedia.The 28th Macau Arts Festival (FAM), organised by

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Group wants to unify guidelines for healthcare workers

There are no unified guidelines and regulations for healthcare workers to follow in Macau, Agnes Lam Iok Fong, who chairs the Macau Civic Power (ECM) group, said yesterday, whereas Medical Affairs Committee Secretary-General Leung Pui San said the establishment of a medical malpractice evaluation committee could fill the gap.Lam and Leung made the remarks during the open-air Macau Forum, a weekly public debate programme run by government-owned broadcaster, which is held every Sunday in Areia

March 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt rejects 'irresponsible' US report

The Macau government yesterday described the Macau section of the US State Department’s 2016 Country Report on Human Rights Practices as “ignoring facts and making irresponsible comments about the Macau Special Administrative Region [MSAR], which is an internal affair of China.”The statement also said that the MSAR government “strongly rejects” the US report, adding that Macau is governed by its people and that it enjoys a high degree of autonomy, which is successfully being

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800 CCTV cameras to be installed by 2020: police

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday he expected the installation of 800 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the “fourth phase” to be completed in 2020.Ma made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a community day hosted by the Public Security Police (PSP) in Praça do Tap Seac.The event was to mark the 326th anniversary of the establishment of the police force on March 14, 1691. Unitary Police Service (SPU)

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40 Tourist Police officers start to assist visitors

The Tourist Police unit run by the Public Security Police (PSP) was officially established yesterday, with its 30 officers being deployed across the peninsula’s city centre while 10 members are on duty in Taipa and Cotai, the Public Security Police said in a statement last week.According to the statement, the Tourist Police unit has been in operation, as a pilot scheme, in the city since April 2015, with the aim of providing better assistance to visitors in the city’s top tourist spots.

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Patients referred elsewhere only when needed: Kuok

Health Bureau (SSM) Deputy Director Kuok Cheong U said yesterday that patients would not be referred to hospitals elsewhere unless it’s absolutely necessary.The bureau was questioned by reporters last week about a local cancer survivor who had been transferred to Hong Kong for treatment, but was recently transferred back to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) for follow-up treatment.Kuok, who heads the public hospital, said the patient was transferred back to Macau as the

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Locals unaware of need to protect their hearing: survey

The findings of a survey conducted by the Healthy Macau Association show that local residents are unaware of the importance of protecting their hearing, with only 24 percent of the survey’s respondents having undergone hearing tests.The findings of the survey were announced yesterday during a press conference co-hosted by the association’s Director General Virginia Kong Wai Sum and Deputy Director General Gloria Sio Un Teng, at the association’s office in the city centre.The survey was

March 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Michelin chef does magic show with molecular cuisine

Many say that molecular gastronomy is dead, but it was very much alive complete with the magic tricks that Michelin-starred chef Chow Ngan Ping performed with each dish, surprising his guests with every bite, turning a two-hour long meal into an artistic gastronomic show.Originally from Hong Kong, Chow learnt molecular gastronomy in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong before moving to Japan in 2013 where he got the opportunity to work at the Tapas Molecular Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, where

March 3, 2017 | BY admin

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