Tam pledges more breastfeeding rooms

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng pledged yesterday that the government will encourage more government entities and private companies to set up breastfeeding rooms on their premises.Tam made the remarks yesterday when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng during a plenary session of the legislature.In her interpellation, Wong pointed out that the government in recent years has been promoting the setting-up of public

March 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges CCAC to probe ‘suppression’ of free assembly

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) petitioned Commissioner Against Corruption André Cheong Weng Chon yesterday, urging his officials to investigate the police’s alleged suppression of freedom of assembly by interrupting an event by the group in Taipa last Friday.Apart from fighting graft, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) includes the function of the city’s ombudsman.A CCAC official accepted the petition on Cheong’s behalf.Speaking to reporters in the lobby of the Dynasty

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Dealers complain about ‘unreasonable’ sackings

Backed by the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, seven former dealers who claim to have been “unreasonably” dismissed, complained to the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday.The seven ex-croupiers wore facemasks and sun glasses.High-profile labour activist Cloee Chao Sao Fong, who heads the union, told reporters outside the bureau that her group had received complaints from over 20 ex-dealers about a local casino, claiming they had been forced to resign or were “unreasonably”

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Youth policies to focus on raising competitiveness: govt

The city’s youth policies will focus on raising young residents’ competitiveness and helping them cope with challenges such as Macau’s mono-economy, Un Hoi Cheng, head of the Youth Department of the Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.Un made the remarks during a press conference about a closed-door regular meeting of the Youth Affairs Committee at the bureau.The committee had commissioned Sun Yat-sen University’s Centre for Studies of Hong Kong, Macau and the Pearl River Delta

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Election board vows to control noise of campaign vehicles

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) intends to control the noise generated by campaign vehicles blaring candidates’ messages during the two-week campaign period, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said yesterday.Speaking to reporters after a meeting with officials of the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong said his committee acknowledged the level of noise produced by campaign activities had affected

March 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for resident-orientated urban renewal

New Macau Association (NMA) activists yesterday urged the government-appointed Urban Renewal Council to draft urban renewal plans and projects based on the principle of improving residents’ living conditions.NMA President Scott Chiang Meng Hin, accompanied by Vice President Sulu Sou Ka Hou, made the remarks during a press conference about urban renewal, at the group’s office in Nam Van. Chiang criticised the council for being preoccupied with details of the rehabilitation and redevelopment

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Cultural Heritage Council meeting on shipyards open to public: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that next month’s meeting of the Cultural Heritage Council to discuss the cultural heritage evaluation process for Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village and its shipyards will be open to members of the public and the media.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre after attending a ceremony in which the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards accredited the public

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Man loses HK$2 million when changing wheel

A local businessman yesterday lost HK$2 million in cash which he put on the front passenger seat of his car when he was changing his car wheel, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during yesterday’s regular briefing.Ho said the victim called the police at about 5 p.m. yesterday that he had lost a black bag with HK$2 million in it in Rua Francisco H. Fernandes in Nape.According to Ho, the victim told the police officers when they arrived at the scene that he withdrew the money

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Melco shareholders pass new name

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited announced that its shareholders approved yesterday the change of the company’s English name to Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited.According to the announcement, the shareholders, through special resolutions during yesterday’s annual general meeting in Macau, approved the name change proposed by the company.The announcement also said that the name change will take effect upon registration of the company’s new name by the Registrar of Companies in

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Sao Tome & Principe joins Sino-Lusophone forum

The tiny Atlantic two-island nation of Sao Tome and Principe has formally joined the Forum for Trade and Economic Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, the secretary-general of the permanent secretariat of the forum, Xu Yingzhen, told reporters yesterday.Xu made the announcement on the sidelines of a regular meeting of the now nine member states of the forum.In December, Sao Tome and Principe severed its “diplomatic” ties with Taipei and officially recognised Beijing

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Govt to launch heritage evaluation of ‘shipyard village’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will soon initiate a cultural heritage evaluation of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village and its traditional shipyards, IC President Leung Hio Ming announced yesterday.This means that further demolitions of shipyards in the village will be suspended for at least a year, an official source said after the announcement. Leung also said that once the evaluation process is launched, his bureau will request public works entities to suspend further demolitions of shipyards

March 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab 2 bus pickpockets

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two bus pickpockets from the mainland on Sunday, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the two suspects as a 46-year old surnamed Yang and a 39-year-old surnamed Zhong.According to Ho, the Judiciary Police received a report from a woman in January last year that her mobile phone worth 5,700 patacas had disappeared while she was travelling on a public bus.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the two hooded

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Visually impaired group meets with election officials

The Macau Visually Impaired People’s Rights Promotion Association held a meeting with officials from the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday to discuss the measures which the committee plans in order to assist visually impaired electors in the casting of their votes, a CAEAL statement said yesterday.The legislative elections will take place on September 17.CAEAL President Tong Hio Fong said earlier this month his committee was studying the possible design of

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3 locals cheated in mainland phone scam: police

Three locals were separately cheated out of a total of 140,000 yuan (about 162,000 patacas) by one of the eight phone scam gangs busted by the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Bureau earlier this month, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the locals are aged between 30 and 62. They were cheated out of 40,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan and 90,000 yuan respectively. The spokesperson said that the 15-member gang which defrauded the three victims was headed

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