Youth Career Expo offers 4,000 vacancies: organisers

About 70 enterprises and institutions will participate in an upcoming Youth Career Expo and provide 4,000 job vacancies for young people, Macau New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA) Vice Secretary General Ng Chon Kit said yesterdayNg’s association, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) co-hosted a press conference about their Youth Career Expo at the DSAL’s Occupational Safety and Health Council Training Centre in Rua de Francisco

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Int’l Youth Dance Festival takes place at Nam Van

Ten groups of dancers from different countries and regions gathered at Nam Van Lake yesterday to perform at the International Youth Dance Festival 2019.The six-day dance-fest named “Marvellous Dance for Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Macau’s Return to the Motherland”, organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), will end tomorrow.According to a statement provided by the DSEJ, the aim of the festival is to add charm and cultural diversity to the city and create an

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland tourist kicks daughter in street: police

A female tourist from the mainland is being investigated by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for allegedly kicking her daughter in the street yesterday.PJ officers will investigate further, and no action has been taken against the mother for now, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect is about 40 years old, while the victim is a three-year-old. Both are mainlanders visiting Macau, according to Chan.This anonymous video grab from Facebook shows as female

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Southampton beat Guangzhou R&F 4:0 in Taipa

The invitational tournament football match organised by the Macau Sports Bureau (ID) resulted in English Premier League team Southampton F.C. beating Chinese Super League outfit Guangzhou R&F F.C. 4:0 at the Olympic Stadium in Taipa last night.Co-organised by the bureau and the Macau Football Association (MFA), the match was held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, according to the Sports Bureau website..The match drew a crowd of over 9,000 fans,

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes to allow police to gain access to cloud servers outside Macau

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill amending the existing cybercrime law, which proposes that the local police will be allowed to gain access to information stored by criminal suspects on cloud servers outside Macau, after obtaining permission from local judges.The amendment bill also proposes a new crime category of operating fake base stations. The bill proposes that offenders face a prison term of up to three years.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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95 pct of CE Election Committee members back Ho

Former Legislative Assembly (AL) president Ho Iat Seng’s election as Macau’s third chief executive next month is a fait accompli, considering that he has secured the backing of 94.5 percent of the 400 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee.This also means that he will be the only candidate, as a rival candidate would require at least 66 nominations, or 16.5 percent, from the members of the election committee.Ho told reporters yesterday that he had just submitted 378 nominations

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Cholera bacteria detected at Cheoc Van Beach

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday that water samples taken from the sea at Coloane’s Cheoc Van Beach have been found to contain the Vibrio cholerae bacterium which causes cholera.According to the statement, the DSAMA has received a report from the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) that test results from the water samples proved positive for Vibrio cholerae – which causes the acute diarrhoeal disease.The statement said that the Marine and Water Bureau has

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau-HK ferries resume service after suspension over HK riots

Ferry services between Macau and Shun Tak Centre in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island resumed service at around 6:15 a.m. yesterday, after they had been suspended at around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday due to rioting in Sheung Wan by anti-government demonstrators that night.The Macau Post Daily reported the suspension on its front page yesterday.A staff member of one of the ferry operators told The Macau Post Daily last night he believed that it was the first time ever that the ferry service between the

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Suicides fall 9.4 pct in 1H

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that Macau recorded 29 cases of death by suicide during the first six months, a 9.4 percent year-on-year decrease.According to a previous SSM statement, 32 suicides were recorded in the first half of last year.In the second quarter, 14 suicides were recorded, all of whom were local residents, comprising eight males and six females.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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HK man hides cocaine in false ceiling in hotel: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Hong Kong man on Sunday for taking and selling cocaine in Macau, which he had hidden in the false ceiling of his guestroom in a local hotel, according PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday in Zape.According to Chan, the 32-year-old suspect is surnamed Yu. He told the police that he works as a porter. He visited Macau with his 32-year-old girlfriend who is surnamed Chan. Both are from Hong Kong. She told the police she

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to subsidise poor seniors & disabled people buying mobile phones

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said in a statement yesterday that it has launched a scheme providing a subsidy of up to 1,500 patacas for senior citizens and people with disabilities who are receiving the bureau’s monthly subsidies for “impoverished” individuals or households to buy mobile phones.The subsidy scheme aims to make it easier for “impoverished senior citizens and people with disabilities to obtain information”, the statement said.However, those eligible for the scheme

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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8,000 join Non-mandatory Central Provident Fund: govt

As of yesterday, 186 employers and 8,000 employees had joined the Non-mandatory Central Provident Fund, according to Iong Kong Io, president of the Social Security Fund (FSS).Iong revealed the figures on the sidelines of an award ceremony for employers who joined the fund at the Macau Science Centre in Nape yesterday.The fund was implemented on January 1 last year. The legislature passed a government-initiated bill on the fund in May 2017. Only residents are entitled to join the fund.Iong Kong

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Local nabbed for groping woman’s breasts twice in lift: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Saturday for allegedly groping a woman’s breasts twice in a lift of a residential building in Ilha Verde district, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Wong, the suspect surnamed Hong is in his thirties. He told the police that he is unemployed. The victim is a local woman in her thirties. Her personal information was not released.The incident happened at about 11 p.m. on Friday when

July 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau suspends ferry service to HK over riots in Sheung Wan

Ferry services from Macau to Hong Kong were suspended from 11:30 p.m. yesterday, as the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement that Hong Kong’s ferry terminal in Sheung Wan was “unsuitable” for people to use.Chaos erupted in Sheung Wan last night when anti-government rioters clashed with police.According to the DSAMA statement, since the ferry terminal in Sheung Wan was “temporarily not suitable for locals and tourists to use”, passenger ferry services from the Outer

July 22, 2019 | BY admin

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