SSM sorry for ‘slack’ mosquito prevention work

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday apologised for a number of passers-by slipping over outside the Barrier Gate border checkpoint due to oil spilt during its mosquito prevention and control work.The bureau said in a statement yesterday that its staff carried out regular mosquito prevention and control work at the plaza outside the Barrier Gate border checkpoint on Monday afternoon.The statement said that some of the workers did not follow the guidelines when they sprayed the larvicidal oil into

July 12, 2017 | BY admin

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No decision yet whether to keep sub-concession system: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the government has not yet decided whether it will keep the current system of gaming sub-concessions.The policy secretary overseeing the gaming industry pledged that the government will “seriously” study the views expressed by civil society concerning the upcoming gaming concession bidding process.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a committee meeting in the legislative

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Final review of budget framework bill this week: committee

The government’s budget framework bill will be resubmitted to a plenum of the legislature for its final article-by-article vote, after a final meeting of the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee’s this week to review the draft law, Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who heads the committee, said yesterday.Chan, an indirectly-elected lawmaker and restaurateur by profession, briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. Government officials, including Secretary for Economy and

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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All 25 groups submit political platforms, final lists of candidates: elex committee

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has received the political platforms and final lists of candidates of 25 groups for the direct election and six groups for the indirect election, according to a statement by the government-appointed committee yesterday.Yesterday was the deadline for handing the political platforms and final lists of candidates to the committee.All the direct and indirect election groups submitted their required paperwork one by one between June 20 and

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Leong says won’t seek NPC re-election

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming election for local deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC).Leong made the remarks when speaking to reporters after submitting an application to register as a member of an electoral council that will elect twelve local deputies to the 13th NPC later this year.The submission of registration applications began yesterday at an office temporarily set up by the

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Eat, shop, learn: Help Orbis let blind see again

The local office of global sight-saving organisation Orbis has launched its annual fund-raising campaign and the easiest way for the general public to help those who are needlessly blind to see again is to eat, shop and learn from 60 local businesses.Following the success of last year’s “Darkness To Go” campaign, Orbis Macau has expanded the scope of this year’s “Darkness To Go” campaign with about 60 participating local merchants each offering selected items or services of which

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge Polytec to act on lawmakers’ proposals ASAP

Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers yesterday petitioned Polytec, the developer of their ill-fated residential project, urging the company to act on the proposals submitted by nine lawmakers to the government and solve the dispute as soon as possible.The project has been mothballed since the government decided in late 2015 to axe the troubled project’s temporary land concession that had expired. The government has repeatedly said that the issue must be solved in strict adherence with the Land Law.

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Group wants Young Entrepreneur Scheme to include GBA

The government should allow applicants of its Young Entrepreneurs Aid Scheme to start their start-ups in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, not just in Macau, Marble Mak Ka Pou, vice-president of the Macau Wisdom Convergence think tank, said yesterday.Mak made the appeal on the sidelines of a forum hosted by the think tank in Fai Chi Kei where he was a guest speaker. About a dozen members of the public attended the open-air forum which was about how to encourage young people to

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Illegal taxi cases rise 236 pct in H1: police

A total of 976 cases of passenger transport services provided by unlicensed taxis were recorded during the first six months of the year, a 236.6 percent year-on-year, the Public Security Police (PSP) has announced.During the same period of last year, 290 such cases were reported, according to a PSP statement on Friday.The statement said that 850 out of the 976 cases involved mobile apps, a fivefold increase over the 170 cases reported during the first six months of last year.This undated

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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4 more groups submit political platforms, final lists of candidates

A total of four groups, headed by lawmakers Wong Kit Cheng and Mak Soi Kun, former Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) inspector Nelson Kot Man Kam and Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President Kou Meng Pok submitted their respective groups’ final lists of candidates and political platforms to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) on Friday for the upcoming direct legislative election by popular vote.The direct and indirect legislative

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum calls for e-sports development

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for the development of the electronic sports sector in Macau as it is an emerging industry in neighbouring regions and countries.However, some guest speakers and members of the audience warned that many local teenagers are addicted to video games.The weekly debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Guest speakers and audience members attend TDM’s Macau Forum in Areia

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Union urges govt to tackle illegal drivers

Activists of the Macau Drivers Will Win Rights Union yesterday urged the government to tackle the issue of non-local residents working illegally as drivers and reduce the number of non-local workers in the city.The union voiced their position during a press conference at the office of lawmakers Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San in Iao Hon district.Ng and Au are seeking re-election in the September direct legislative election. However, both were conspicuous by their absence from the press

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Kawase is director-in-focus in local documentary film fest

Internationally acclaimed and a Cannes favourite, Japanese director Noami Kawase will be the “Director-in-Focus” for this year’s international documentary film festival where she will be in town on Sunday to share her experience with local film buffs.The 2nd Macao International Documentary Film Festival (MOIDF), jointly organised by Cinematheque.Passion and Comuna de Han-Ian, will start rolling tomorrow at the cinema near Saint Paul’s Ruins. It will wrap up on July 30.Themed “Image of

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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7 groups submit final lists of candidates, political platforms

Grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) Vice-President Sulu Sou Ka Hou, lawmakers Jose Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai, Macau Civic Power (ECM) Chairwoman Agnes Lam Iok Fong, labour rights activist Lee Sio Kuan and lawyer Hong Weng Kuan submitted their respective groups’ final lists of candidates and political platforms yesterday to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) for the upcoming direct legislative election by popular vote.Two groups headed by indirectly

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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