20 projects suspended after 3 fatal accidents in 3 days

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has ordered the full or partial suspension of 20 construction projects after inspecting 74 construction sites on Saturday, according to a DSAL statement released later that day.The statement says that the bureau will conduct safety inspections on the city’s 557 construction projects starting from Saturday in response to a string of recent work accidents causing multiple deaths and injuries. Three workers died in separate work accidents in three days last

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Commentator raises GBA Internet issue

Government appointed Economic Development Council member Iu Veng Ion said yesterday he hoped that Macau’s participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area would not only focus on economic cooperation.Iu also called for a solution to the restricted Internet access in the mainland.Iu made the remarks during a forum hosted by think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence Network in a recreational area in Fai Chi Kei. The open-air forum was about how Macau can diversify

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature allows casino smoking lounges

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has finally passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill, which allows casinos to set up smoking lounges in gaming areas in line with the standards set by the government. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.The bill was passed during a plenary session on Friday.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

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8-month old girl contracts measles – 1st case in decade

An eight-month old girl has been diagnosed with measles, but has recovered and was discharged from hospital on Friday, Health Bureau (SSM) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director Lam Chong said during a press conference at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) on Saturday.According to the hospital, the baby was taken to the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science Technology (MUST) on July 8 with a fever, cough and rash, but was not admitted. Two days

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Police nab man mugging woman

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Wednesday for mugging a woman as she was on her way home in Areia Preta district on Monday, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a 30-year-old surnamed Tam.According to the spokesperson, when the victim was walking in Rua do Canal Novo in Areia Preta district on her way home shortly after 3 a.m. on Monday, the suspect suddenly snatched her handbag and ran away. The victim

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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‘Y Show’ aims to expand interpersonal networks : organiser

“Y Show”, an art graduate exhibition being held in Macau, provides a platform for local young artists to meet more people in the art industry, Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng, the exhibition’s organiser, said yesterday.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of Y Show, an exhibition at Regency Art Hotel in Taipa showcasing artwork created by art graduates, Ho, Chiu Yeng Culture Limited’s founder, said she expected more overseas design companies than previously to join a

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Eat at Azucar,pay with OCBC Wing Hang Bank to help blind see again

Global sight-saving organisation Orbis regularly hosts fund-raising events and “Darkness To Go” is one of its Macau office’s main campaigns this year that invites the whole community to take part in helping people around the world who are needlessly blind to see again.Following the success of Orbis Macau’s “Darkness To Go” campaign last year, over 60 businesses have joined the campaign this year where you only need to dine or shop at the designated retailers, and those business

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MAC team make top 10 in underwater robot challenge

The robotics team from the Macau Anglican College (MAC) finished 10th out of 39 teams from 17 countries and regions in a port security-themed underwater robot challenge organised by the Marine Advanced Technology Education Centre (MATE) in Long Beach, California.The MATE International ROV Competition took place from June 23 to 25 where teams, in the form of a company, were required to design and build a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that was able to carry out specific underwater tasks. The

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Celebrity chef Graham Elliot vows to bring casual fine dining to MGM Cotai

Dishes with all the quality and creativity of fine dining with ingredients that people are familiar with will be on the menu that Graham Elliot is helping to design for the Coast restaurant that he will be overseeing at MGM Cotai.The Chicago-based chef, who has a two Michelin-starred restaurant and has been on popular cooking shows like MasterChef, MasterChef Junior and Top Chef, was in town last week to give the media a sneak peek of some of the dishes set for the menu, which he is continuing

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Girl beaten, robbed by peers in toilet

A 15-year-old girl had her mobile phone robbed by four teenage girls after being beaten up in a toilet of a cyber café, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Tam said the victim was asked by the four girls, aged between 14 and 17, to meet them at a cyber café in Nam Van on Wednesday night. When the victim arrived, she went into the restroom with the other girls, who suddenly turned off the lights and beat her up, took her mobile and

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Lift technician dies in work accident

A non-resident male worker died yesterday after he was hit by suspension ropes that fell from the 22nd floor when he was working at the bottom of a lift shaft in a commercial building in Nape, the Secretariat for Economy and Finance (GSEF) said in a statement yesterday.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac is saddened by the repeated occurrence of fatal accidents at work, the GSEF statement said.According to a statement from the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday, the accident

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Trio busted for selling drugs: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two locals and a Hong Kong man on Wednesday on suspicion of having sold drugs in night entertainment venues for a month, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the three suspects as a 22-year-old local woman surnamed Tam, a 26-year-old Hong Kong man surnamed Lee, and a 38-year-old local man surnamed Chan.According to the spokesperson, the police received a tip-off a week ago that a local man was providing

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Firemen urge residents not to abuse ambulance services

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) announced yesterday that ambulances were sent out in 19,184 cases in the first half of the year, down 2.59 percent compared to the same period last year. However, residents were asked to refrain from calling out an ambulance for non-urgent cases.Cheong Chi Wang, a senior firefighter, announced the bureau’s statistics for the first six months during a press conference at the CB headquarters in Nam Van.The bureau said in a press conference in January that there had

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Cabbie nabbed for extorting passenger

A local taxi driver surnamed Chan who is in his twenties has been arrested for extorting money from a passenger who had left her mobile in the taxi, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the female victim and her husband, both from the mainland, reported the case on Wednesday afternoon. She told the police that they had got in a cab at Grand Lisboa Macau earlier that day hoping to go to the Venetian in Cotai,

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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