IT enhances economic diversification: expert

Information technology (IT) can help the city develop a diversified economy, Macau Computer Chambers Director Au Ka Fai said yesterday during a forum held by think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence Network at Flower City Garden in Taipa.Being one of the guest speakers at the forum titled “Economic Diversification”, Au said Macau could take advantage of its prosperous gaming industry and establish itself as a base for developing gaming machines. He said the city had the potential to thrive

November 28, 2016 | BY admin

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Forum backs govt’s pupils’ assessment plan

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum supported the government’s plan requiring the city’s schools to assess their pupils’ performance by using a diverse range of tools, as opposed to the current situation in which local schools are primarily using written tests and exams to evaluate their pupils.Currently, there are no specific rules stipulating the ways local schools have to assess their pupils – meaning that the schools are allowed to implement their

November 28, 2016 | BY admin

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Nude online chat extortion rises 61 pct: Wong

Reported extortion cases related to online nude chat rooms rose 61.5 percent in the first nine months year-on-year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday.Wong revealed the figure during a press conference about the city’s crime figures in the first three quarters at the Secretariat for Security (GSS) in the S. Francisco Barracks. According to the press conference, the number of reported online nude chat extortions rose from 26 cases in the first nine months of last year to

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Mongolian nabbed for pickpocketing on buses

An 18-year-old Mongolian man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of five cases of pickpocketing on buses since last month, a spokesperson for the Judiciary Police (PJ) said during a special briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said the suspect, surnamed Munkhtuya, told the police that he was a student.According to the spokesperson, a woman called the police on Wednesday, saying that she noticed the suspect, who was standing next to her on a bus, stealing from her handbag. Judiciary

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Diversification will help boost job choices: Leong

Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that a more diversified economy would help young local people enjoy better career choices.Leong made the remarks when answering a question by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-businessman Chan Meng Kam, on the first of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Leong and several other senior officials of his portfolio attended

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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IPM to offer city’s first speech-language therapy degree

The Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) announced at a press conference yesterday that it will offer Macau’s first four-year bachelor’s degree programme in speech and language therapy from the next academic year.Addressing the press conference on the IPM campus in Zape, IPM President Lei Heong Iok said the programme, with a department formed by IPM academics and their counterparts from Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU) in Taichung, would provide an opportunity for local students to study

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Candidates must sign allegiance declaration: govt

Candidates running for a seat in the Legislative Assembly (AL) must sign a statement declaring their agreement with the Macau Basic Law and their allegiance to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), apart from not being in any way unqualified to stand for election, according to the latest draft of the Legislative Assembly Election Law amendment bill submitted by the government yesterday.The legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee President Andrew Chan Chak Mo told reporters about the

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Over 60 pct of residents oppose non-local drivers: Leong

More than 60 percent of residents are against the hiring of non-resident commercial vehicle drivers, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday in the legislature.Leong made the remarks when answering a question by indirectly-elected lawmaker-cum-businessman Kou Hoi In, on the first of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.In yesterday’s plenary session, Kou claimed that the government’s policies had been favouring the

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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kpny opens in Galaxy – first stand-alone shop in Greater China

Known for its craftsmanship of exotic leather handbags and accessories, kpny, an extension of luxury crocodile leather goods brand Kwanpen from Singapore, has opened a stand-alone shop in Galaxy, the first in Greater China.Registered in New York in 2002, kpny was launched by one of the Kwan brothers – Kwanpen East Asia CEO Kwan Mun Wah. While the initials kp seems to stand for Kwanpen, in fact, during a media presentation on Tuesday, it was revealed that kp stands for “Kelly” and

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Musician invites audience to a ‘Picnic in the Cemetery’

Wouldn’t it be fun to have a picnic in a cemetery? But Njo Kong Kie’s idea of “Picnic in the Cemetery” is a concert of original music he composed in a special theatrical setting, audience seating and visual effects that doesn’t just bring music to the ears but is an experience for the senses.Despite the title, Njo told MPD Weekender recently that the concert has nothing to do with a picnic in the cemetery. It was just a name he gave to an album featuring a trove of music he

November 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt won’t amend Land Law without consensus: Chan

Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said the government would not propose any amendments to the Land Law without first reaching a consensus in civil society on the matter. Chan made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-businessman Zheng Anting’s question, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about her portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year..Chan and several other senior

November 24, 2016 | BY admin

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CityU launches arts education research centre

The private City University of Macau (CityU) launched its Arts Education Research Centre on its Taipa campus yesterday with artist Sun Jiangtao appointed as the centre’s founding director.CityU Rector Zhang Shu Guang said in his opening speech that the centre aimed to provide an academic platform for arts education and research not only for students and staff of the university but also anyone who is interested in the arts. According to Sun, the university is planning to provide general

November 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Chan vows to listen to consultative bodies’ views

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the government will always listen to the opinions of the nearly four dozen government-appointed consultative bodies, adding that they are useful for the government’s decision-making process. Chan made the remarks when answering questions from several lawmakers, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about her portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Several lawmakers asked the government whether it

November 24, 2016 | BY admin

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3-legged race to help disabled: Lions Clubs

Lions Clubs International’s branches in Macau announced yesterday that they will hold their first three-legged charity race aiming to help people with disabilities. The event will be held the Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ Workers Stadium near the Barrier Gate checkpoint on January 8. Addressing a press conference at a youth activities centre in Avenida de Marciano Baptista, William Koi Wai Kong, who heads the Lions Clubs International District 303, said it will be the first

November 24, 2016 | BY admin

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