Group warns about e-cigarettes’ health impact

Johnny Au Ka Fai, president of the Smoking Abstention and Good Health Association, said yesterday he hoped that residents will pay more attention to the impact of e-cigarettes on their health.According to Wikipedia, an e-cigarette is a handheld electronic device that vaporises a flavoured liquid, which the user inhales. The fluid in the e-cigarette, called e-liquid, is usually made of nicotine and other chemical substances. The health risks of electronic cigarettes are uncertain, according to

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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S&T fund grants 133 million patacas in 2015

The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) granted over 133 million patacas for 314 projects last year.FDCT President Federico Ma Chi Ngai announced the figure yesterday during a press conference to summarise the fund’s activities during the past year, at the FDCT office in Zape.The fund was set up by the government in 2004 to provide funding for local scientific and technological research projects, as well as popular science projects carried out by local schools and tertiary

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ExCo finishes discussing medical malpractice by-laws

The Executive Council (ExCo) has finished discussing three by-laws (administrative regulations) on medical liability insurance, the establishment of a medical malpractice evaluation committee, and a mediation centre required by the Medical Malpractice Law, the top advisory body’s spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday.The legislature passed a medical malpractice bill submitted by the government on August 12 last year. The law will take effect on February 26.Addressing a press conference at

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Groups reschedule slow drive to tomorrow

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Veng Chai, a vice president of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), said yesterday that a slow-drive protest against the government’s “brutal” hike in vehicle-related fees will be staged tomorrow afternoon.Leong announced the protest during a press conference at the ATFPM office in Zape. The slow drive was initially scheduled to take place last Saturday, but was postponed due to disagreement about the route between the organisers and the Public

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Book art: the start of a new chapter

Wonder what to do with the pile of old textbooks that you don’t need anymore? Or that phonebook that’s been sitting on the shelf? Or what about that old paperback that’s falling apart? Instead of throwing them out, why not upcycle those used books and turn them into your own piece of art?Leong Fei In, who graduated with a master’s degree in Visual Arts: Book Arts in London, will be introducing the idea of book art to people taking part in the “Book + Art Creation Experience”

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Tam insists on new Central Library location

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he believed that the site of the Old Courthouse in Nam Van is the most suitable location for the city’s new Central Library.Tam attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion by directly-elected lawmaker Song Pek Kei.The legislature passed Song’s debate motion last month, which questions whether it would be suitable to convert the Old Courthouse into the new Central Library.

February 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman throws acid over boyfriend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a 45-year-old local woman for splashing acid drain cleaner over a 30-year-old mainlander who was reportedly her boyfriend.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters.The spokesperson said the couple had been quarrelling over relationship problems since the birth of their child late last year. The woman told the police she felt abandoned as the man refused to fulfil his paternal

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Govt not pressured over smoking lounges: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the government had not been pressured by the gaming operators into allowing them to set up smoking lounges in all gaming areas.The policy secretary also said the government had not made a final decision on the matter, urging the six gaming operators to comment on the required standards for smoking lounges announced by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday morning.Tam made the remarks yesterday evening while speaking

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Over 2,600 bank cards found in illegal inn

The police found 2,633 UnionPay cards on Monday in a flat which was operated as an illegal inn in a residential building in Avenida Sir Anders Ljungstedt, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.The spokesperson said the police, acting on a tip-off, arrived at the flat on Monday morning and found seven men and two women inside. One of the men, a mainlander surnamed Chen, admitted to having sublet the flat to visitors at a rate of HK$450 per

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Mid-year start of Seac Pai Van plant project: Macao Water

Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng said yesterday that construction of the Seac Pai Van water treatment plant was slated to start in the middle of this year, adding that the facility was slated to be operational in 2019.Kuan made the remarks while speaking to reporters prior to the water supply company’s Spring Festival media luncheon at Galaxy’s JW Mariott Hotel in Cotai.Kuan said that the Seac Pai Van plant would raise Macau’s water supply from the current 390,000 cubic

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IMF raises Macau 2017 GDP growth forecast to 2.8 pct

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its forecast about Macau’s 2017 GDP growth rate for this year to 2.8 percent from its previous forecast of 0.2 percent, after concluding the 2016 Article IV Consultation with the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement yesterday.The financial regulator said in the statement that the fund based in Washington, DC, commended Macau’s “strong” financial system, and “remarkable”

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Legend Palace to get 15 more gaming tables: Leong

The Legend Palace Hotel will be granted 15 additional gaming tables for its mass-market area and 91 additional slot machines, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s Forum on Macau Integrated Tourism & Leisure Enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility” held by the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) at Wynn Macau. Leong said the government had finished evaluating the hotel’s application for

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Chui appoints new culture chief

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has appointed Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leung Hio Ming as the bureau’s president for a two-year term, effective from tomorrow, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).Leung is to succeed Guilherme Ung Vai Meng who will retire tomorrow.The bureau has two vice-presidents, with the other being Chan Peng Fai.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Election committee to meet govt entities

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee will have meetings with various government entities to discuss their working plans during the direct and indirect Legislative Assembly (AL) elections and their two-week campaign period, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said yesterday.The elections are slated to be held in September.Speaking to reporters after the committee’s second meeting, at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong said the committee would meet the

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