Hato-hit Patane Library reopens tomorrow

The Patane Library whose facilities were severely damaged by floodwaters during the Super Typhoon Hato onslaught will reopen tomorrow, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.Patane is the Portuguese name for the district known in Chinese as Sa Lei Tau.The library is located in Rua da Ribeira do Patane, near the “Water Market”.The statement said that the equipment in the library, including its electricity supply and air-conditioning system, was severely damaged in the

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Angela Leong says arson attack set to delay Grand Lisboa Palace opening

SJM Executive Director Angela Leong On Kei said yesterday that Saturday’s suspected arson attack at the Grand Lisboa Palace construction site in Cotai was set to delay the opening of the integrated resort.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the launch event of Australian aromatherapy brand Canvas at JA Avenue, a one-stop beauty mall located in the yet-to-open Jai Alai hotel complex just a footbridge away from the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal.Asked if the two

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt announces smoking lounge standards

The government announced the officially required standards for casino smoking lounges in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The legislature passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill during a plenary session in July. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.The amendments state that smoking lounges with the officially required standards will have to be set up within a year of the law coming into force. The current smoking lounges and

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman cheated out of HK$1.75 million in online scam: police

A local woman has been cheated out of about HK$1.75 million in an online scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said yesterday.According to Chan, the victim, who is about 30 years old, works in a casino VIP room.Chan said the victim reported the case to the police on Friday, saying that she had met a man, claiming to live in the US, on messaging app WeChat in late-2015.According to Chan, the suspect told the victim in November 2016 that he needed some yuan to ease a cash-flow

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Local management skills improve from last year: survey

The findings of a survey carried out by the Macau Management Association (MMA) released yesterday show that management staff skills in local companies have improved this year.A press conference about the survey’s findings was held yesterday on the MMA premises in Zape.The survey was carried out from March to July, when the association collected 401 valid questionnaires from management personnel working in local companies.The survey is titled Macau Enterprises Management Ability

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt launches consultation on labour law changes

The government launches a 45-day public consultation today on proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Law, which proposes three to five days paid paternity leave and 14 unpaid days in addition to the current 56 days paid maternity leave in the private sector.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) in Areia Preta district. Four public sessions will be held up to November 8.The current Labour Relations Law, which took effect in

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police to probe charcoal-burning suicide in car

A 36-year-old local man surnamed Tam was found dead in his car yesterday after committing suicide by burning charcoal inside the vehicle, Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The car was parked in Rotunda da Aeronáutica – near the Grand Lisboa Palace project and Wynn Palace resort in Cotai – when the corpse was discovered, according to the statement.According to the statement, a construction worker working nearby saw the car parked there at 8 a.m. At 1:40 p.m., the worker

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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New liaison chief vows to grasp ‘public sentiment’ quickly

Newly-appointed Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong has vowed that he will familiarise himself with Macau’s “public sentiment’ as quickly as possible, according to a statement from the office on Friday.The State Council announced Zheng’s appointment on Friday, replacing Wang Zhimin as Beijing’s top official in Macau.Zheng, 58, was a vice minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC),

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Governments have to bear ‘2Rs’: HK think tank chief

Governments have to be responsive and responsible, known as the “2Rs” of governance, Hong Kong’s One Country Two Systems Research Institute Executive Director Cheung Chi-kong said yesterday, adding that residents just want government officials to be capable of governing instead of wanting them to step down when they have made a mistake.Speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Macau Civil Servants Federation (MCSF) about the development of

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Some noteworthy remarks about Coutinho

Like Prince Gautama Buddha, an ascetic and sage, and on whose teachings Buddhism was founded, local lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho also comes from the Kshatriyas, or the Warrior Class. Traditionally, Kshatriyas constituted the ruling and military elite in India. Their role was to protect society by fighting in war time and governing in peace time.Pereira Coutinho’s parents, the late police chief Basilio Cancio Coutinho and his wife Maria Ida Lourdina Julieta Pereira

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato causes drop in visitors in August

Killer Typhoon Hato caused visitor arrivals to fall 0.6 percent year-on-year and 1.8 percent month-to-month to 2.86 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.A DSEC statement on Friday attributed the decline to the “catastrophic typhoon” that hit Macau on August 23. It took the city several weeks to recover from the disaster, which killed 10 people.Same-day visitors decreased 6.2 percent year on year to 1.31 million, while overnight visitors rose 4.8 percent

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police probe 2nd Grand Lisboa Palace’s fire this year

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday they have launched an investigation into a suspicious fire at SJM’s Grand Lisboa Palace construction site on Saturday night. This is the second time a suspicious fire has broken out at the site this year. The first blaze was in March.A number of labour disputes and work-related accidents also happened at the site in the past.According to the statement, 88 construction workers were evacuated while one of the workers and a firefighter were slightly

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Group suggests indirect service for kids’ developmental problems

The Macau Special Education Study Association (MSESA) suggested yesterday that the government provide an indirect service for children with developmental problems as a way of tackling Macau’s current shortage of human resources in early intervention.The association made the suggestion during a press conference at the Sheng Kung Hui Taipa Youth and Family Integrated Service Centre.Commenting on a recent case concerning a dispute between a doctor and the parents of a child with developmental

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato is reminder for need for diversification: economic chief

Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday that last month’s Hato disaster has made Macau’s civil society “fully” realise the “complexity of the reality”, adding that the government would think “deeply” about how to diversify the local economy in order to consolidate the city’s industrial structure.Tai also said that economic diversification would enhance Macau’s competitiveness and its resilience to uncertainties.Tai made the remarks in a speech

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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