Record 25 groups to run in direct election

A record 25 groups will stand in the upcoming direct legislative election, Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. A total of 14 of the legislature’s 33 seats will be directly elected.Four years ago, the committee received applications from 22 groups to stand in the direct election, but only 20 were approved. This year’s number of direct-election lists is

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Govt orders New Era to buy bendy buses

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that the government has renewed the service provider contract for public bus operator New Era for another 13 months.The new contract requires the bus company to add articulated buses and natural gas buses to its fleet, the statement said.New Era’s current contract with the government will expire at the end of this month, the statement said.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Thai man sexually abuses local woman: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Thai man on Tuesday for sexual intercourse with a drunken local woman incapable of resistance, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.According Yeung, the suspect faces possible arraignment on a charge of sexual abuse of a person incapable of resistance.According to the Penal Code, the offender of sexual abuse of a person incapable of resistance faces a prison term of between one and eight years. If the case involves

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Macau is nation’s 4th most liveable city: report

Macau was ranked the nation’s fourth most liveable city in last year’s city competitiveness report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the research report’s principal researcher Ni Pengfei announced yesterday.Ni, head of the CASS City and Competitiveness Centre, announced the findings of the 2017 Report on Competitiveness of Chinese Cities during a press conference at the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Taipa.The report, analysing the

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Govt denies hiring mainland IPM fresh grad

The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) was not asked to employ a mainland graduate from the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) who recently told reporters that she had been hired through a “special channel”, SAFP Director Kou Peng Kuan said yesterday.Kou also said some public entities were looking for “experienced” non-local candidates with “special talents”, based on recommendation by some famous higher education institutions in the mainland.According to a report

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Group urges govt to strengthen breastfeeding promotion

Women’s General Association of Macau Vice-President Wong Kit Cheng, who is also a lawmaker, urged the government yesterday to strengthen the promotion of breastfeeding and make it easier for mothers to breastfeed in Macau.The association is generally known as Fu Luen, its Cantonese name.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a prize-giving ceremony for the Family-Friendly Employers Award given by the association to local employers, Wong said there are about 100 breastfeeding rooms in

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Macau rejects US human trafficking report

The Macau government yesterday strongly rejected the Trafficking in Persons Report 2017 released by the US State Department in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, describing the report’s claims concerning Macau as “unfounded”, “untrue” and utterly “unjust”.According to a statement by the Secretariat for Security, the US report “ignores the objective facts of the situation in Macau.” The statement also accused the US State Department of a “wrong interpretation” of the facts in

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Macau Foundation responds to ‘palace deal’ news

The public Macau Foundation (FM) said in a statement yesterday that local businessman Liu Chak Wan, one of its trustees, bought a palatial mansion in Lisbon on behalf of the foundation, but in his own name initially, before selling it to the foundation.The foundation funded by 1.6 percent of the gross receipts of the local gaming industry issued the statement in response to a report by the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM on Monday about the matter.Several

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Govt to release plan for 5th Macau-Taipa link at year-end: lawmaker

The government will release its plan for a tunnel project near the old Macau-Taipa bridge – earmarked as the fifth Macau-Taipa link – at the end of this year, Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, quoted government officials as saying yesterday.Ho briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. The members of the committee yesterday asked the officials, including Secretary for Transport and Public Works

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Man attacks cop with bottle of wine: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a local man surnamed Lok, who was later diagnosed with a mental illness, for attacking another local man and a police officer, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, a man called 999 for help at about 9:30 p.m. on Monday, saying a man had hit him with a bottle of wine in a supermarket in Rua do Canal Novo in Areia Preta.Cheong said when a PSP officer arrived at the scene, an agitated man

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Macau Foundation buys palace in Lisbon: report

The public Macau Foundation (FM) has bought a palace in Lisbon for 70 million patacas from local businessman Liu Chak Wan, who is a member of its council of trustees, the Portuguese-language channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday. According to the report citing informed sources, the deal took place early last year but was never made public. The report said that it was Liu, a member of the government’s top advisory Executive Council, who proposed the deal. This undated

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Philippine maid suspected of stealing jewellery worth HK$530,000: police

A Philippine domestic helper is suspected of having stolen jewellery worth HK$530,000 from her employer’s flat, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Yeung said the tenant of a flat in Avenida Panorâmica do Lago Nam Van reported on Monday that he had lost contact with his landlady’s domestic helper last week. He then discovered several pieces of jewellery were missing from a wardrobe drawer.According

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Govt to release Zone A public housing plans ‘soon’

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng said yesterday that his bureau will release the proposed legal development conditions for several public housing projects on Zone A “soon”.Li spoke to reporters after a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs. The committee had requested the officials, including Li and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, to brief its members on the

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BNU names winner of logo design contest

Local Portuguese lender BNU has announced Mok Seng Un as the winner of its 115th Anniversary Logo Design Competition. According to a statement by the bank, the competition was launched in April with the aim of promoting the development of the local design and creative industry. The competition received over 100 submissions, the statement said, adding that apart from the winner, three creative awards and 10 awards of merit were also granted. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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