Take action: Save children’s sight with Orbis

Imagine a childhood in total darkness. With World Sight Day approaching, Orbis Macau is dedicating its annual fundraising campaign this year to saving children’s eyesight and future.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated the second Thursday of every October as World Sight Day, which falls on October 13 this year. Every year to mark this day, Orbis Macau hosts a fundraising campaign, “Action for Sight”, with the aim of raising awareness of blindness and visual

September 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau opens its first dementia medical centre

Macau’s first dementia medical centre opened yesterday at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, coinciding with World Alzheimer’s Day. The government-run centre provides diagnosis, treatment and support to dementia patients.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng unveiled the plate of the centre, which is jointly run by the Health Bureau (SSM) and Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), and declared it open.Delivering a speech before the unveiling ceremony, Tam said

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Marathon route this year to cross ‘old bridge’

The route of the annual marathon, which is in its 35th year, taking place on December 4, will cross the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, commonly known as the ‘old bridge’, again after a hiatus of around two decades, it was announced yesterday.The Sports Bureau (ID) held a cheque presentation ceremony with Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) yesterday at Galaxy Macau in Cotai where the gaming operator signed up once again to be the sporting event’s title sponsor.ID President Pun Weng Kun

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Weather chief appointed for another year

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will extend the appointment of Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) Director Fong Soi Kun for another year, starting from November 1, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).The decision to extend Fong’s appointment was based on his professional experience and good management skills, according to the gazette.Fong’s decision not to hoist the No. 8 typhoon signal when Typhoon Nida was approaching the Pearl River Delta early last month was

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Activists expect govt to ban polls similar to 2014 ‘referendum’

Jason Chao Teng Hei, a member of the so-called Civil Referendum Organising Committee, slammed the government yesterday for allegedly planning to ban any polls that would be similar to the controversial “civil referendum” held by the committee in 2014.Addressing a press conference at the New Macau Association (NMA) headquarters, Chao said he had received a letter from the Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) on August 26, about a week after the announcement by his group to launch an

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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90-year-old woman dies after being hit by HGV cab

A 90-year-old woman died after being hit by a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) cab in Ilha Verde yesterday afternoon, according to a report by the the Chinese-language Macau Daily News.The report said the woman was hit when she was crossing the road opposite Santa Teresa School in Avenida do Conselheiro Borja at about 4 p.m. According to the report, the woman, who suffered a broken leg in the accident, was taken to hospital and confirmed dead at about 5:30 p.m. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Inflation further slows to 1.65 pct in August

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose a mere 1.65 percent year-on-year last month, a further decrease of 0.43 percentage points from the 2.08 percent growth in July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. The statement attributed the increase mainly to higher rentals for parking spaces and the rising cost of eating out, as well as increases in property management fees and motor car prices. According to the bureau, the price index of food

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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3 nabbed for doctoring gambling records

A local table games supervisor and two men from the mainland were arrested on Tuesday for doctoring gambling records and redeeming points for ferry tickets and gifts worth about HK$800,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular briefing yesterday. According to Chan, the local female table game supervisor, surnamed Kuok, is 42 years old. She lives with one of the two suspects from the mainland, a 34-year-old man surnamed Pan. The other male suspect,

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab trio selling and consuming hashish

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced the arrests of three locals yesterday on suspicion of selling and consuming  hashish.PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man made the announcement during a special press conference yesterday. Chan identified the three suspects as a man in his twenties surnamed Guilherme, a 20-year-old man surnamed Huertas, and a 20-year-old woman surnamed Sousa, who is studying in a night school and is Guilherme’s girlfriend.A week ago, PJ officers received a tip-off that a local

September 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt plans to turn ex-leprosarium into tourist attraction

The government plans to convert the former leper colony in Ka Ho village in Coloane into a tourist attraction, a part of which is to repair half a dozen Portuguese-style houses in the hamlet. The plan to the make the village a tourist attraction was first mooted when Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng visited the hamlet in June.A regular meeting of the government-appointed Tourism Development Committee yesterday discussed the government’s plan. After the

September 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Tam says criticism due to electioneering

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the recent wave of criticisms targeting him was due to electioneering. Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of a regular meeting of the Tourism Development Committee which he chaired. The city’s next legislative elections will be held in the autumn of next year.  PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

September 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Grand Lisboa Palace local cleaners to return to work: unionist

The contractor of the Grand Lisboa Palace construction site pledged yesterday to rehire local cleaners who complained to the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) on Monday that they had been laid off after working for just two or three days, lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I said.Lei told The Macau Post Daily in a phone interview yesterday that the contractor of the construction site, representatives of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) and representatives of the

September 21, 2016 | BY admin

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MGTO chief pledges to help flat owners affected by coach crash

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that a report on an headline-making accident in August, when a tourist coach spectacularly crashed into a residential building near the Ruins of St Paul’s, had been sent to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for follow-up investigation, and she pledged that her office would help the affected flat owners address their concerns to the relevant authorities. Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the

September 21, 2016 | BY admin

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2 fall for online scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced two online scam cases in which two people in Macau lost between them a total of 4,701 yuan after each of them followed instructions from an unknown person they met on the Internet.No one has been arrested in connection with the two scam cases.PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man announced the cases during a regular press conference. Chan identified the victim in the first case as a 30-year-old local woman.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

September 21, 2016 | BY admin

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