New media boost youngsters’ election knowledge: scholar

Although young people may be viewed as being politically apathetic, they actually have a better understanding of the legislative elections nowadays than in the past, partly due to the rise of the new media, Ken Chan Chi Fong, vice-president of the Macau Development Strategy Research Centre, said yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Chan, an associate professor at the Centre of Continuing Education and Special Projects of the Macau Polytechnic

August 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt inks smart city deal with Alibaba

The local government has signed a framework agreement with Alibaba Group to develop Macau into a smart city, by using Alibaba’s big data processing capabilities to enhance the quality of the city’s public services.Witnessed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma Yun, the “Framework Agreement of Strategic Cooperation on Smart City Development” was signed on Friday at Government Headquarters by Chui’s Chief-of-Cabinet O Lam and Alibaba Cloud

August 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Local dengue cases rise to 3: govt

The government said yesterday that the number of locally-infected dengue fever cases has risen to three, pointing out that the three patients are from the same building.The government also said it did not exclude the possibility of dozens of locally-contracted dengue fever cases in the next few weeks.A press conference about the three locally-infected dengue fever cases and the possibility of a further rise in the number of cases was held yesterday at the headquarters of the Civic and Municipal

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Coloane village houses cannot be rebuilt: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the new Land Law does not allow the continuation of a plan – which the government launched a few years ago – to rebuild village houses involved in the long-running controversy over traditional land deeds in Coloane.Rosario made the remarks yesterday when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang during a plenary session of the legislature.In her interpellation, Kwan pointed out

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Maid steals 42,000 patacas from employer: police

A 27-year-old live-in Filipina domestic helper, surnamed Panganiban, has been arrested for stealing cash and jewellery worth 42,000 patacas from her employer, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said a local woman told the police on Wednesday that a quantity of cash and jewellery in her bedside table was missing. The woman suspected Panganiban, whom she had fired on Sunday, of the theft.According to the spokesperson, the woman

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Draw decides 27 electoral group numbers on ballot papers

A draw was held yesterday to assign each of the upcoming direct legislative election’s 25 candidate groups and two groups running in the indirect election of the professional sector a number on the ballot papers.The draw was held at the Public Administration Building.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.The numbers of those running in the direct election are as follows: candidate group No. 1 is New Ideals of Macau, led by activist Carl Ching Lok

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt plans 4 phases for La Scala public housing: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the construction of a huge public housing project on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport will be carried out in four phases.Rosario made the remarks yesterday when replying to oral interpellations by several lawmakers during a plenary session of the legislature.The government announced last year that it plans to build the huge public housing project providing 8,000 units on

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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JA Avenue to hold singing contest

One-stop beauty mall JA Avenue located at SJM’s Jai Alai complex will be holding a singing contest where the winner will get a musician contract worth 65,000 patacas.A press conference about the “Jai Alai Sidewalk Café Singing Contest” was held at Jai Alai in Zape yesterday where SJM Managing Director Angela Leong On Kei said she hoped that the contest could provide a platform for young people to showcase their musical talent and realise their dream of becoming a musician.“What’s

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Police punish 127 officers for loafing

A total of 127 Public Security Police (PSP) officers have been punished for having left their posts without permission while they were on duty during Chinese New Year last year, the Secretariat for Security said on its website yesterday.According to the website, a number of PSP officers were discovered to have left their posts while they were on duty in police stations over a period of five days during Chinese New Year early last year. Consequently, disciplinary proceedings against the officers

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Boxing House hosts ‘Original Intention’ card

There is a lot of activity for Macau’s fight enthusiasts’ tomorrow night, if boxing is your sport of choice: Macao Boxing House is holding its “Original Intention” fight night with five of the gym’s amateur boxers facing up against other amateurs from Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan.Tomorrow night’s nine-bout card is one of the regular competitions that Macao Boxing House puts on with the aim of promoting boxing in the city. Macao Boxing House also organises White Collar Fight

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau-Cagayan maiden flight to mark new airport opening

The maiden flight between Macau and Cagayan in the Philippines’s Luzon Island will take off soon when the Cagayan North International Airport (CNIA) opens later this month, it was announced recently.The announcement was made by Pai Hao Investment Immigration Consultant Managing Director Lei Tak Kin during a press conference held at Dom Pedro V Theatre.Lei said the maiden round-trip flight will be sponsored by his company and Fortune Luck Travel Agency, with the support from Party Beach

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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EduWise & Coca-Cola join Orbis campaign

EduWise and Coca-Cola are among the roughly 60 local businesses that are participating in Orbis Macau’s “Darkness To Go” fundraising campaign where they will donate part of their proceeds to the global non-government and non-profit-making organisation to help restore the sight of those who are needlessly blind.Local education centre EduWise said in a recent statement that it is joining the campaign this year to raise awareness among the young people who are taking summer courses there, in

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt needs to study residents’ happiness: Chui

Tony WongChief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday the government would need to study the reasons why local residents don’t appear to be as happy as one could expect them to be, abearing in mind that the city has enjoyed rapid economic development during the past decade.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-civic leader Si Ka Lon’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.In his question, Si said that local residents’ happiness did not

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Elex chief warns candidates against pre-campaigning

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday that the candidates running in the upcoming legislative elections are not allowed to talk in public about their political platforms before the official campaign period starts next month, adding that, however, they can openly discuss other issues, such as social affairs.The direct and indirect legislative election will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from September

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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