Wife of city’s 1st human bird flu victim tests negative: govt

The 57-year-old wife of the city’s first avian influenza virus (AIV) victim tested negative for the H7N9 strain, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The victim, a 58-year-old poultry stall owner at the Nan Yue Supply Market, tested positive for the virus on Tuesday after handling infected chickens that morning.SSM officials contacted the man in the afternoon at his home in Ilha Verde after discovering the H7N9 strain in silkie chicken samples at the market earlier on

December 15, 2016 | BY admin

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130 PSP officers being probed for loafing

Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong confirmed yesterday that 130 PSP officers are being investigated for having left their posts without permission while they were on duty during Chinese New Year this year.Lam revealed the ongoing investigations when asked by the media about the cases during a regular press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters yesterday. The Public Security Police also released a statement about the issue yesterday.Lam said 19 officers were

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Ex-chief prosecutor denies fraud about 10 women’s travel expenses – also denies heading criminal org

Standing accused of renting office space using public funds for the operation of a criminal organisation, former ex-chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng insisted yesterday that he was not “close” to the landlord of the units – a man with whom Ho spent time in a sauna parlour.Ho made the remarks in his defence on the third day of his trial by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday.The trial is being conducted by a three-judge panel comprising TUI President Sam Hou Fai, TUI judge Song Man Lei

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7 illegal workers nabbed in cigarette factory

Seven men from the mainland were arrested yesterday for working illegally in a cigarette factory in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday at a regular press conference.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers received a tip-off about the illegal workers and searched the factory premises in Kin Ip Industrial Building. Seven men, aged about 40 to 50, who did not have valid work permits, commonly known as blue cards, were discovered working

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Councillors urge govt to create more specific strategic development plan

About a dozen members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Committee urged the government yesterday to come up with a more specific strategic development plan for Macau covering the 2016-2030 period.Mi Jian, principal consultant of the government’s Policy Research Office (GEP), who attended the meeting held by the committee at the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), briefed the members on the strategic development plan for Macau from this year to 2030.The meeting, which

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Live poultry sales suspended over bird flu: govt

The government announced last night that all sales of live poultry in the city will be temporarily stopped with immediate effect after discovering the H7 strain of the avian influenza virus (AIV) in silkie chicken samples at the Nam Yue Supply Market yesterday afternoon.Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares made the announcement during a press conference at the bureau’s headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. Health Bureau (SSM) officials also attended

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City’s first human AIV infection confirmed: govt

A poultry stall owner, a 58-year-old local man, tested positive for the H7 strain of the avian influenza virus (AIV) late last night and has to remain in the isolation ward of the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ).Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion announced the city’s first confirmed case of human AIV during a special press conference at the hospital early this morning.The man was tested twice for the virus last night – and both results were positive. Health

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Ex-secretary, veteran educator top honours list

Former anti-corruption chief and policy secretary for social affairs and culture Cheong U and veteran educator Lei Pui Lam top this year’s honours list, the government announced yesterday.According to the announcement, U and Lei were awarded the Decoration of Honour – Gold Lotus, Macau’s second highest decoration. The highest decoration – Grand Lotus – was not awarded this time.U is retired. Lei is one of Macau’s 12 deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing. He

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Burglar enters flat with keys left outside: police

A burglar opened the doors of a flat in Fai Chi Kei early yesterday morning with the keys which the flat owner had left in the basket of a bicycle parked outside the flat, resulting in a loss of 6,500 patacas, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said.PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular briefing that the female victim, who lives with her husband in the flat in Rua do Comandante João Belo, usually parks her bicycle in the corridor outside her flat with her door keys in the basket.According to

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USJ to offer 2-year associate degree programmes

The private University of Saint Joseph (USJ) will offer four two-year associate degree programmes from the next academic year to meet local demand, USJ Rector Peter Stilwell announced yesterday during a press conference on the Roman-Catholic university’s campus in Nape.Addressing the press conference, Stilwell said the associate degree programmes are Architectural Technology, Media Production, Portuguese-Chinese Translation, and Product Design.“Associate degrees are something new to

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Young people don’t get enough sleep: survey

A survey released yesterday shows that young locals do not get enough sleep – 6.95 hours per day on average. Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau, which carried out the survey, said that young people in the city have to get more sleep.The survey, called Macau Youth Indicators, has been commissioned by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) and carried out every two years since 2008 by SKH Macau.The Anglican Church is known as Sheng Kung Hui in Hong Kong and Macau.Bonnie Chang Mei Fan, who heads

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Fewer local youth take drugs in mainland: govt

According to the Macau government’s central registration system for drug users, the youth segment only takes up 4.8 percent of the city’s 374 registered drug users in the first half of this year, down by nearly half over the same period last year.Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Drug Abuse Prevention Division Head Tang Yuk Wa quoted the figures when briefing reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Narcotics Control Committee at the Education and Youth Affairs

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Argentinean director’s ‘The Winter’ wins film-fest

Argentinean director Emiliano Torres’s Spanish-language “The Winter” won the best film award at the 1st International Film Festival & Awards • Macao (IFFAM) yesterday.The awards ceremony, which was held at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM), marked the end of the six-day film-fest, which was co-organised by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Macau Films & Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA).According to a statement from the festival’s organising

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Wynn inks procurement deals with about 200 SMEs

Wynn currently has procurement contracts with about 200 local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Linda Chen, the gaming operator’s executive director, said yesterday.Chen made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the launching ceremony of mobile app “ChoicePro”, which serves as a platform to connect local SMEs and large enterprises and provides the latest procurement information to further promote business opportunities for local SMEs. The app was developed by a

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