Orbis stresses paediatric sight-saving

Orbis Macau launched its annual fundraising campaign Action for Sight yesterday at Kiang Wu Nursing College stressing the importance of paediatric sight-saving to mark today’s World Sight Day.Realising that some children may have difficulty in verbalising their discomforts, the organisation provided information on how parents and caretakers can observe their children and look out for symptoms of eye diseases. Macau Orbis Director of Development Vivian Lo Pou San said at the event it was vital

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Li wraps up visit, announces 37 support measures

Premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his three-day inspection visit to Macau yesterday morning, announcing a host of new measures to support Macau’s development and enhance relations between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs).During the trip, Li lauded the achievements the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) has made since its return to the motherland in 1999, describing it as a place that has seen the successful practice of the “one country, two systems” principle.The central

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Li reveals 18 measures to boost ties with PSCs

Premier Li Keqiang announced yesterday that China has put forward 18 new measures, including offering aid and preferential loans, to boost relations with Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) in the next three years.China will offer aid and preferential loans worth at least 4 billion yuan to PSCs in Asia and Africa, Li said. He made the announcement at the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau’s future will be even better: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday he was sure that Macau’s future will be even better. On the second day of his three-day working visit, Li visited a raft of places. In the morning, Li presided over a plaque-unveiling ceremony to mark the launch of the construction of a government complex on two plots in Nam Van, to house the facilities for the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, according to a statement from the Government

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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320 participate in 2 protests: police

Three groups staged protests and handed in petitions addressed to Premier Li Keqiang yesterday, who arrived in Macau on Monday morning for a three-day inspection visit.The Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association staged a sit-in protest yesterday morning in front of project developer Polytec’s headquarters in Areia Preta. About a dozen members participated in the protest, while the group’s president Kou Meng Pok and several other members handed in a petition to a government

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab man for stealing 17 mobile phones worth HK$100,000

Police arrested a local man on Sunday on suspicion of stealing 17 mobile phones worth HK$100,000 from the mobile phone shop where he worked, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday,The spokesperson announced the case during a regular press briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said that on June 1 the owner of the shop in the northern district reported to the police that 17 mobile phones had gone missing.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman steals HK$187,000 from hotel room

A mainland businessman had HK$187,000 stolen from his hotel room on Saturday by a woman, after spending the night with her, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press briefing, the spokesperson said the man reported the case to the police on Saturday. The victim told PJ officers that HK$187,000 in cash had gone missing from his hotel room in the city centre that morning and that he suspected that the woman had stolen the cash and then left.The

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau, Portugal ink tourism & food safety pacts

Macau and Portugal signed two agreements, one on tourism and the other on food safety, yesterday at Government Headquarters. The pacts aim to strengthen co-operation between the two governments in both fields.Portugal’s Economy Minister Manuel Cabral signed the Agreement on Co-operation in Tourism with Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng, while the Agreement on Co-operation in Monitoring and Supervising Food Activities was signed by Cabral and Secretary for

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Forum shows common values, ideals: Brazil

This week’s trade co-operation forum held in Macau will help communication between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), and bring more opportunities for those countries, the Brazilian trade minister said yesterday.He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and PSCs.Brazilian Minister of Industry, Trade and Services Marcos Pereira said Macau is a city where eastern and western cultures

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Portuguese PM values Belt & Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is helpful to strengthen the economic relationship between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said at the opening of the fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and PSCs.Costa, who came to Macau after top-level talks in Beijing and a fact-finding trip to Shanghai, said China attached great importance to partnerships with all parts of the world. The Belt and

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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China’s 18 new measures

The central government yesterday put forward 18 new measures to boost relations with Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) in the next three years. The measures were announced during the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries. The following document detailing the 18 measures was released by the conference organisers yesterday.  I. Co-operation in Production Capacity1. Promote closer industry

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Li calls for more China-EU educational co-operation

BEIJING – Premier Li Keqiang yesterday called for further co-operation in education between China and the European Union (EU) to help the economic and social development of both sides.“China and the EU have a long tradition and solid foundation in educational co-operation, which enjoys promising prospects,” Li said in a written congratulatory letter to the opening session of the China-EU Education Ministers Conference in Beijing yesterday.Co-operation in education has helped boost

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Debt risk controllable, growth goal in reach: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said in Macau yesterday that mainland China’s debt risks are generally controllable and that he’s confident it can achieve its economic goals this year with growth in a reasonable range.The economy has exceeded expectation and is looking more positive in the third quarter, though it still faces downward pressure, Li said in remarks on the sidelines of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Central govt launches 19 measures to support Macau: Li

Upon arriving in Macau yesterday morning, Premier Li Keqiang (right) is about to shake hands with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (centre) as Chui’s predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah (left) and other officials look on at the local airport. – Xinhua On the first day of a three-day working visit to Macau, Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday that the central government has recently launched 19 measures to support Macau’s development, to allow the city to maintain long-term prosperity and

October 11, 2016 | BY admin

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