Li eyes more co-operation with Guinea Bissau

Premier Li Keqiang met Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Baciro Dja in Macau yesterday, saying China is willing to enhance practical co-operation with the west African country.China and Guinea Bissau have always respected each other and treated each other on an equal footing, Li told Dja, who is in Macau for the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries this morning.“China respects the choice

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China, Cape Verde to carry out third-party cooperation in marine economy

Premier Li Keqiang and his Cape Verdean counterpart Ulisses Correia e Silva agreed yesterday to press ahead with third-party co-operation in various fields, in particular marine economy.China is ready to advance co-operation with Cape Verde in the fields of marine economy, communications, tourism, education and safe city, while working together to co-operate with third parties, Li said at a meeting at the Macau Dome with Correia e Silva.Both leaders are in Macau to attend the opening ceremony

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Commerce Minister Gao stresses forum’s prospects

Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said yesterday that the Forum for Trade and Economic Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries had achieved “remarkable” results and that co-operation would be taken to a new level as the forum heads into its 14th year.Gao made the remarks in a speech at the welcome dinner last night at the Macau Dome for the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, which

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Foreign Minister Wang visits Sao Lazaro

Foreign Minister Wang Yi was spotted in Sao Lazaro district yesterday with Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng who showed him some of the exhibitions in the area.Wang is in the city as part of a delegation, headed by Premier Li Keqiang, to attend the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, which will be held today. With a small entourage, Wang and Ung visited cultural art spaces

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Macau firm to buy media stake in Portugal

A firm headed by local businessman Kevin Ho King Lun will invest 17.5 million euros (156 million patacas) in Lisbon-based Global Media Group, turning it in to the Portuguese company’s main shareholder, Portuguese media reported yesterday.According to the reports, Ho’s KNJ Investment Ltd will control 30 percent of Global Media Group. A provisional deal will be signed by the two sides tomorrow on the sidelines of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade

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Senior & disability subsidies to be paid this week

The government will pay out its subsidies for disabled people and senior citizens tomorrow and on Thursday respectively.The subsidies are paid once a year.Eligible candidates of the regular disability subsidy will receive 8,000 patacas, while those qualifying for the special disability subsidy will receive 16,000 patacas. There are around 9,800 residents eligible for the disability subsidy, involving 110 million patacas in total.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Govt rejects ‘irresponsible’ US remarks

The Macau government has “categorically” rejected the “irresponsible remarks” and “unfounded accusations” about Macau in the latest report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC).The report was released by the CECC in Washington late last week. The government also said in its response on Friday that “no foreign country has the right to interfere in [Macau’s] internal affairs”, pointing out that Macau is an integral part of China. PLEASE READ THE

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Union slams govt over range of issues

People Power Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat and several fellow members of his union handed a petition to the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Zape yesterday afternoon, addressed to Premier Li Keqiang who arrived in Macau in the morning.A representative of the liaison office received the petition at the office’s entrance.The activists gave copies of their petition to the media.People Power Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat shows a page of his union’s petition addressed to Premier

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Nearly 40 pct of women show symptoms of depression: survey

A study on local women’s physical and mental health conditions released yesterday shows that around 40 percent of the respondents displayed symptoms of depression or were affected by poor physical health Targeting local women from the age of 18, the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) conducted the study from April to June, and announced the results yesterday during a press conference at the group’s headquarters in San Kio district.The study was conducted

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Action for Sight: Some eye care tips for your kids

“Action for Sight” is an annual fundraising campaign by Orbis to mark World Sight Day and to raise awareness of blindness and visual impairment with a different theme each year.Headquartered in New York, Orbis is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation that fights blindness around the world.This year’s World Sight Day falls on October 13 and Orbis’s local office has chosen this year’s “Action for Sight” theme as raising awareness of the importance children’s eyesight

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‘Kino’ a festival celebrating German films

“Kino Film Festival”, an annual event in Hong Kong for some years, is making its debut in Macau tomorrow, bringing two weekends of German films ranging from classics, new wave to original shorts on to the silver screen at Cinematheque – Passion. The festival is presented by the local Association Audio-Visual CUT and Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, and the films will be showcased at the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) newly-opened cinema located near St Paul’s Ruins.“Kino” means

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Lusofonia Festival to start on Oct 21

The Lusofonia Festival will kick off on October 21 at the Taipa-Houses Museum area, with a budget of three million patacas.The annual festival is co-organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) and Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM).A press conference about the three-day event was held yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau in Praça do Tap Seac.Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice-President Leung Hio Ming addresses yesterday’s press conference

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Eco-bureau installs collection box for old batteries

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that a collection box for old batteries has been set up on its premises in Estrada de D. Maria II, for residents to dispose of old batteries other than at Macau’s only hazardous waste disposal facility in Pac On in Taipa. The address of the building is 11-11D Estrada de D. Maria,  Macau Post Office Building.  Hitherto, residents could only dispose of their old batteries at the city’s only hazardous waste

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Banning off-duty dealers from casinos ‘good for them’: So

Banning off-duty dealers (croupiers) from gambling in local casinos would be good for their physical and mental wellbeing, SJM CEO Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday.So made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the gaming operator’s National Day cocktail reception with its staff held at Macau Tower.“It [the proposed ban] is actually a good thing, we do not wish that they gamble,” So said in response to the government’s initiative to study whether to ban dealers

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