Group urges govt to strengthen breastfeeding promotion

Women’s General Association of Macau Vice-President Wong Kit Cheng, who is also a lawmaker, urged the government yesterday to strengthen the promotion of breastfeeding and make it easier for mothers to breastfeed in Macau.The association is generally known as Fu Luen, its Cantonese name.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a prize-giving ceremony for the Family-Friendly Employers Award given by the association to local employers, Wong said there are about 100 breastfeeding rooms in

June 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau rejects US human trafficking report

The Macau government yesterday strongly rejected the Trafficking in Persons Report 2017 released by the US State Department in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, describing the report’s claims concerning Macau as “unfounded”, “untrue” and utterly “unjust”.According to a statement by the Secretariat for Security, the US report “ignores the objective facts of the situation in Macau.” The statement also accused the US State Department of a “wrong interpretation” of the facts in

June 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau Foundation responds to ‘palace deal’ news

The public Macau Foundation (FM) said in a statement yesterday that local businessman Liu Chak Wan, one of its trustees, bought a palatial mansion in Lisbon on behalf of the foundation, but in his own name initially, before selling it to the foundation.The foundation funded by 1.6 percent of the gross receipts of the local gaming industry issued the statement in response to a report by the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM on Monday about the matter.Several

June 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to release plan for 5th Macau-Taipa link at year-end: lawmaker

The government will release its plan for a tunnel project near the old Macau-Taipa bridge – earmarked as the fifth Macau-Taipa link – at the end of this year, Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, quoted government officials as saying yesterday.Ho briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. The members of the committee yesterday asked the officials, including Secretary for Transport and Public Works

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Man attacks cop with bottle of wine: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a local man surnamed Lok, who was later diagnosed with a mental illness, for attacking another local man and a police officer, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, a man called 999 for help at about 9:30 p.m. on Monday, saying a man had hit him with a bottle of wine in a supermarket in Rua do Canal Novo in Areia Preta.Cheong said when a PSP officer arrived at the scene, an agitated man

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau Foundation buys palace in Lisbon: report

The public Macau Foundation (FM) has bought a palace in Lisbon for 70 million patacas from local businessman Liu Chak Wan, who is a member of its council of trustees, the Portuguese-language channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday. According to the report citing informed sources, the deal took place early last year but was never made public. The report said that it was Liu, a member of the government’s top advisory Executive Council, who proposed the deal. This undated

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Philippine maid suspected of stealing jewellery worth HK$530,000: police

A Philippine domestic helper is suspected of having stolen jewellery worth HK$530,000 from her employer’s flat, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Yeung said the tenant of a flat in Avenida Panorâmica do Lago Nam Van reported on Monday that he had lost contact with his landlady’s domestic helper last week. He then discovered several pieces of jewellery were missing from a wardrobe drawer.According

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to release Zone A public housing plans ‘soon’

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng said yesterday that his bureau will release the proposed legal development conditions for several public housing projects on Zone A “soon”.Li spoke to reporters after a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs. The committee had requested the officials, including Li and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, to brief its members on the

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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BNU names winner of logo design contest

Local Portuguese lender BNU has announced Mok Seng Un as the winner of its 115th Anniversary Logo Design Competition. According to a statement by the bank, the competition was launched in April with the aim of promoting the development of the local design and creative industry. The competition received over 100 submissions, the statement said, adding that apart from the winner, three creative awards and 10 awards of merit were also granted. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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SMEs issue discount cards for residents

The Federal General Commercial Association of Macau Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises has started to issue discount cards for residents, Fong Kin Fu, president of the association, said yesterday.Speaking to reporters at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia on the sidelines of the launching ceremony of the discount cards, Fong said the group had so far linked up with over 150 SMEs to offer various discounts and rewards for holders of the cards.According to the group’s WeChat account, the cards offer

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Seac Pai Van social service building open by year-end: govt

A purpose-built social service building in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate will be operational by the end of the year, the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture said in a statement yesterday.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng yesterday inspected the recently completed Social Service Building in Avenida de Vale das Borboletas at the bottom of Coloane Hill, according to the statement.The building includes a service centre for senior citizens, a home

June 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Edmund Ho urges local youth to remember state leaders’ hopes

Former chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah, who is now a vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has urged young local people to remember the hopes raised by three state leaders for the city’s young people, as well as to link their personal careers to the development of the nation and Macau, the Macau Foundation (FM) said in a statement yesterday. Ho made the remarks in a speech on Sunday during the graduation ceremony

June 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Group queries hiring of non-local public servants

New Macau Association (NMA) activists handed in a petition to the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) yesterday calling for higher transparency in recruiting non-local public servants.An official received the group’s petition in front of the SAFP headquarters in Rua do Campo.According to a report by Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News last Tuesday, a non-local student surnamed Li, who recently completed a Chinese-Portuguese/Portuguese-Chinese Translation and

June 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt vows to publish barrier-free facility guidelines

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Vice President Hon Wai said yesterday the government expected to publish in September its official guidelines on the setting-up of barrier-free facilities, mainly to assist the disabled, in the city’s buildings.Hon made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the bureau’s Healthy Life Education Centre in Areia Preta district where he attended a children’s picture book launch.The book, jointly published by the bureau and Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau, aims to

June 27, 2017 | BY admin

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