Govt launches consultation on labour law changes

The government launches a 45-day public consultation today on proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Law, which proposes three to five days paid paternity leave and 14 unpaid days in addition to the current 56 days paid maternity leave in the private sector.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) in Areia Preta district. Four public sessions will be held up to November 8.The current Labour Relations Law, which took effect in

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police to probe charcoal-burning suicide in car

A 36-year-old local man surnamed Tam was found dead in his car yesterday after committing suicide by burning charcoal inside the vehicle, Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The car was parked in Rotunda da Aeronáutica – near the Grand Lisboa Palace project and Wynn Palace resort in Cotai – when the corpse was discovered, according to the statement.According to the statement, a construction worker working nearby saw the car parked there at 8 a.m. At 1:40 p.m., the worker

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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New liaison chief vows to grasp ‘public sentiment’ quickly

Newly-appointed Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong has vowed that he will familiarise himself with Macau’s “public sentiment’ as quickly as possible, according to a statement from the office on Friday.The State Council announced Zheng’s appointment on Friday, replacing Wang Zhimin as Beijing’s top official in Macau.Zheng, 58, was a vice minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC),

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Governments have to bear ‘2Rs’: HK think tank chief

Governments have to be responsive and responsible, known as the “2Rs” of governance, Hong Kong’s One Country Two Systems Research Institute Executive Director Cheung Chi-kong said yesterday, adding that residents just want government officials to be capable of governing instead of wanting them to step down when they have made a mistake.Speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Macau Civil Servants Federation (MCSF) about the development of

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Some noteworthy remarks about Coutinho

Like Prince Gautama Buddha, an ascetic and sage, and on whose teachings Buddhism was founded, local lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho also comes from the Kshatriyas, or the Warrior Class. Traditionally, Kshatriyas constituted the ruling and military elite in India. Their role was to protect society by fighting in war time and governing in peace time.Pereira Coutinho’s parents, the late police chief Basilio Cancio Coutinho and his wife Maria Ida Lourdina Julieta Pereira

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato causes drop in visitors in August

Killer Typhoon Hato caused visitor arrivals to fall 0.6 percent year-on-year and 1.8 percent month-to-month to 2.86 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.A DSEC statement on Friday attributed the decline to the “catastrophic typhoon” that hit Macau on August 23. It took the city several weeks to recover from the disaster, which killed 10 people.Same-day visitors decreased 6.2 percent year on year to 1.31 million, while overnight visitors rose 4.8 percent

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police probe 2nd Grand Lisboa Palace’s fire this year

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday they have launched an investigation into a suspicious fire at SJM’s Grand Lisboa Palace construction site on Saturday night. This is the second time a suspicious fire has broken out at the site this year. The first blaze was in March.A number of labour disputes and work-related accidents also happened at the site in the past.According to the statement, 88 construction workers were evacuated while one of the workers and a firefighter were slightly

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Group suggests indirect service for kids’ developmental problems

The Macau Special Education Study Association (MSESA) suggested yesterday that the government provide an indirect service for children with developmental problems as a way of tackling Macau’s current shortage of human resources in early intervention.The association made the suggestion during a press conference at the Sheng Kung Hui Taipa Youth and Family Integrated Service Centre.Commenting on a recent case concerning a dispute between a doctor and the parents of a child with developmental

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato is reminder for need for diversification: economic chief

Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday that last month’s Hato disaster has made Macau’s civil society “fully” realise the “complexity of the reality”, adding that the government would think “deeply” about how to diversify the local economy in order to consolidate the city’s industrial structure.Tai also said that economic diversification would enhance Macau’s competitiveness and its resilience to uncertainties.Tai made the remarks in a speech

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab II and ‘snakehead’ gang

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and Macau Customs Service caught a “snakehead” gang smuggling illegal immigrants into the city early yesterday morning, leading to the arrests of three suspected gang members and an illegal immigrant from the mainland, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson.In colloquial Cantonese, human traffickers are known as “snakeheads”.The spokesperson said the three suspects and the illegal immigrant were arrested at the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal. One of

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Barrier Gate bus terminal ‘will never be ideal’: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday he does not believe that the bus terminal at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint will become a comfortable station after its renovation to improve its ventilation and other facilities, because of the rising number of bus passengers and the fact that its size will remain unchanged.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the opening ceremony of an exhibition at the Carmo Post Office in

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam most suitable official for weather chief: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday he believes that Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man is the most suitable official to be appointed director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) for a one-year term while remaining in his existing post.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the opening ceremony of an exhibition at the Carmo Post Office in Taipa. The exhibition celebrates the

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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New lawmaker vows trade union bill

Leong Sun Iok, one of the incoming legislature’s three directly-elected newcomers, said yesterday that he would try his best to create an atmosphere for a rational discussion of a trade union bill in the legislature and enhance residents’ awareness of the importance of a trade union law.Leong was the second-ranked candidate of electoral group Union for Development (UPD) in Sunday’s direct legislative election.The Union for Development is the electoral vehicle of the influential Macau

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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BNU vows to join B&R Initiative

Local Portuguese lender BNU said this week that it was “ideally placed” to promote bilateral trade and investment between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) in line with the central government’s Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative.Paulo Macedo, CEO of Lisbon-based Caixa Geral de Depositos (CGD), made the remarks in a speech addressing BNU’s 115th anniversary reception at Galaxy Macau’s JW Marriott Macau hotel in Cotai.BNU is wholly owned by CGD.Macedo pointed out that CGD

September 22, 2017 | BY admin

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