Govt to hold Happy Family Month again

The Social Affairs Bureau (IAS) will link up with 38 community associations and local charity organisations to hold the 2017 Happy Family Month activity to promote familial harmony and reach out to families potentially in need, Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the bureau’s Family and Community Services, said yesterday.Addressing a press conference at the bureau’s Healthy Life Education Centre in Areia Preta, Tang said a string of informative and parent-child activities will be held from this week to

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Man attacked with glass bottle in botched robbery: police

A local man was attacked with a glass bottle by a man attempting to rob him of HK$1.5 million patacas in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai on Wednesday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the victim, in his fifties, received a phone call from a man on Wednesday, who asked him to exchange yuan into HK$1.5 million. The victim took the cash to a guestroom at the casino-hotel resort, where he had arranged to meet the man.The

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Police bust 3 illegal inns, nab 2 suspects

The Public Security Police (PSP) busted three illegal inns in a residential building in Zape yesterday.Two women from the mainland were suspected of running the illegal hospitality businesses in three flats where 15 “guests” were found during the operation, the Public Security Police said in a statement.According to the statement, during the operation that started yesterday morning and ended in the evening, PSP officers from the Intelligence Department checked a residential building in

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Councillor urges govt to build kitchen waste plant

The government should keep its pledge to build a kitchen waste composting plant as soon as possible, Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee Member Hoi Long Tong said yesterday.Hoi made the remarks before a regular meeting of the government-appointed Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee at the Government Service Centre in Areia Preta.The regular meeting was closed to the media.Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee member Hoi Long Tong

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Govt mulls moving Bobo to new home ‘to enjoy old age’

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is considering transferring ageing Asian black bear Bobo to Seac Pai Van Park in Coloane in order to allow him to enjoy his old age, IACM President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday.IACM Administrative Committee member Leong Kun Fong said on Monday that the physical condition of Bobo (which means “darling” in Cantonese), who is over 30 years old, was deteriorating and the enclosure in Flora Garden was no longer suitable for him, adding that

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam saddened by pupil’s suicide

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng is saddened by the suicide of a female pupil, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement urged young people to cherish their lives and to seek assistance from their family members, teachers, counsellors or others who they trust if they feel they are going through a difficult time or are feeling emotional.The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that when getting home at

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Saleswoman steals clothing worth 130,000 patacas

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a 30-year-old local saleswoman earlier this week on suspicion of stealing a number of items of men’s clothing from the shop she was working in, a PSP spokesperson said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect surnamed Lam started to work in the shop in a casino-hotel resort in Nape in February.Lam handed in her resignation on Tuesday last week which came into effect on Sunday, the spokesperson said.PLEASE READ

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt urges live poultry vendors to work with wholesaler: IACM chief

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is suggesting that live poultry vendors co-operate with the Nam Yue Supply Market to import freshly slaughtered chilled poultry for retail sales in Macau, IACM President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday, adding that, however, the possible co-operation deal would be a commercial decision in which the government had no say.Tavares made the remarks on the sidelines of a closed-door meeting with the Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) of

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31 domestic violence cases in 3 months: govt

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said yesterday that among the hundreds of cases of family incidents that were reported to the bureau during the first three months after the city’s anti-domestic violence law came into force in October last year, 31 were classified as domestic violence cases.Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the bureau’s Family and Community Services Department, spoke to the media after a closed-door meeting of the Women and Children’s Affairs Council at the Tourism Activities Centre

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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2,600 protest on May Day: police

Four groups, comprising two small trade unions, the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association and the Macau Family Reunion Federation, as well as a male duo and a lone man demonstrated on Monday – International Labour Day – afternoon.According to the Public Security Police (PSP), about 2,600 people participated in the various protest marches.Among the 2,600 protesters, about 2,000 were from the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, according to local

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Group wants vets to sit on committees

The New Macau Association (NMA) petitioned the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday, suggesting that half to two thirds of the members of a planned qualification evaluation committee and discipline supervision committee should be from the veterinary sector.The government launched a public consultation early last month on a bill regulating the city’s veterinarians and animal disease control. The public consultation document proposes that the qualification evaluation committee be

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Councillor urges govt to promote battery collection

Jiang Xuchun, a member of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, yesterday urged the government to promote the collection and recycling of old batteries.Jiang made the appeal during a regular meeting at a community service centre run by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) in Taipa.According to the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), there are over 300 collection points for old batteries in the city including 50 in public areas, over 60 in schools and

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HK drug user busted for smuggling

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has arrested a 22-year-old woman from Hong Kong for drug trafficking and drug abuse, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the woman, surnamed Leung, was entering Macau via the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal on Sunday night when she was stopped by Macau Custom Service officers as she looked “spaced out”.While searching Leung, the officers found a purse in her underwear containing 23.8

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Not enough support for non-local workers: forum

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum urged the government to provide non-local workers with stronger support, including emotional support, such as to those who are pregnant.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Yesterday’s focus of the forum was on whether the government provides non-resident workers with sufficient support and whether the government properly regulates the employment of such

May 1, 2017 | BY admin

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