Including disabled in minimum wage would reduce their job opportunities: Ho

During a visit to the Pou Lei Centre of the Fuhong Society of Macau yesterday, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng told reporters that including employees with disabilities in the city’s future minimum wage system would reduce their employment opportunities.The Pou Lei Centre in Areia Preta district, established in 2003, provides occupational rehabilitation and employment support services for people with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities aged at least 16. The services include work

August 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho calls for more big events during low tourist seasons to divert visitor flows

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that the current government’s practice of organising big events during the city’s peak tourist seasons has put further pressure on the city’s tourism carrying capacity.Ho attended a Q&A session with members representing the industrial, commercial and financial sector – known as the first sector – on the Chief Executive Election Committee. The 400-member committee has 120 members from the first sector. Yesterday’s session at

August 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Police question 7 over banned assembly in main square

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement that seven people – six males and a female – were taken in for questioning at a police station last night for acting suspiciously in the city’s main square, Largo do Senado.According to the statement, the septet comprised four locals, two mainlanders and a Hong Kong resident.The statement also said that the police had deployed “additional” forces in Largo do Senado last night to maintain public order.People, most of them in white

August 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho pledges to spend public money ‘wisely’

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that his future government will spend public money “wisely” with the aim of ensuring that public expenditure is always on the right track.Ho, 62, made the remarks during a Q&A session with residents –a public meeting hosted by his campaign office – at the headquarters of the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) in Zape.Yesterday’s session was the second and last public meeting. The first session was held on Saturday at the same

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Residential property price rises 9.7 pct in Q2

The average price per square metre of usable area of existing residential units rose 9.7 percent quarter-to-quarter to 105,575 patacas in the second quarter, on account of an increase of 13.7 percentage points in the proportion of higher-priced new residential buildings built within five years, which reached 27.8 percent of the total, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement on Friday, the average price per square metre of pre-sale residential units

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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HK man in wheelchair smuggles 208 mobiles & 95 chipsets: customs

The Macau Customs Service (AM) said in a statement yesterday that a man in a wheelchair from Hong Kong was found smuggling 208 mobile phones and 95 mobile phone chipsets at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Barrier Gate checkpoint when he was entering Macau.According to the statement, the Macau Customs Service was tipped off by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department on Friday that a man using a modified electric wheelchair as his cover would try to smuggle old mobile phones and phone components

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Restaurant’s cake contaminated with Salmonella: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) Department of Food Safety said in a statement on Friday that a mango mousse cake sample from the Sky 21 restaurant at AIA Tower was found to have been contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.The department has reported the case to the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the statement said, adding that there were no immediate reports of any Salmonella infections among the restaurant’s patrons.The statement said that the

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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UM instructor focuses on ‘dark history’ of relations between humans & animals

Che Hio Ieong, a senior instructor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau (UM), has recently published a book titled ‘Discipline and Desire – The Dark History of the Relationship between Human Beings and Animals’, according to a UM statement last week.In the Chinese-language book, Che discusses various aspects of the relationship between human and animals from a historical perspective, the statement says.According to the statement, the book covers various topics

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Health Bureau warns against skin cream

Based on information received from Hong Kong’s Health Department, Macau’s Health Bureau (SSM) has warned the public against buying and using a skin cream sold under the Chinese trade name “Baizhifang”.According to an SSM statement yesterday, the composition of the cream includes a substance known as “betamethasone dipropionate”, a corticosteroid whose inadequate or excessive use can result in skin problems and cause side effects such as hypertension, adrenal insufficiency, facial

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders hurt by falling glass shards

A man and a woman from the mainland were hit by glass shards suspected to have fallen from a building in Rua do Dr. Pedro José Lobo in Nam Van yesterday afternoon.According to the Fire Services Bureau (CB), the two mainlanders, a 54-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman, sustained cuts to their arms and legs caused by broken glass falling from a building in the area.The two passers-by were conscious when they were taken to the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre for treatment.

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho proposes higher embankment for both Inner Harbour & Wanzai

During a visit to Ha Van district on Friday, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng told reporters that raising the height of the embankment for both the waterfront of Macau’s Inner Harbour area and the waterfront of Wanzai in Zhuhai would be one of the solutions to the long-standing issue of severe flooding in the low-lying area along Macau’s western coastline.Ho said that the solution would require talks between the local government and the Zhuhai government, before a consensus by both

August 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho suggests setting up ‘angel fund’ to support startups

As many local startups are facing a lack of funds, there is a need for an “angel fund” in Macau to provide new companies with capital for their initial investment in order to help them produce and sell their products and services, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng told reporters yesterday.The term “angel fund” refers to a money pool created by individuals, companies or other entities for investing in business startups.According to Wikipedia, an angel investor is an affluent

August 16, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Down-to-earth’ is the secret to longstanding Macanese cuisine

People always assume that Macau is the Las Vegas of the East and everything including Macau’s local cuisine should be sparkling, glamorous and extravagant but Sónia Palmer, who runs her 103-year-old mother’s long-established authentic Macanese restaurant, says that Macanese cuisine’s main characteristic is its “down-to-earth” flavours and features.Macanese cuisine is unique to Macau, consisting of a blend of Cantonese, Portuguese, Malay and Indian cuisines. It is considered one of

August 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Local police disallow assembly against alleged HK police violence

The Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday they have decided not to allow an assembly planned for next Monday in Largo do Senado – a “standing in silence” gathering against alleged police violence in Hong Kong, adding that the police have made the decision in line with the local Assembly and Demonstration Law, as the planned assembly “aimed to express support for the ongoing illegal acts by violent protestors” in the neighbouring special administrative region.PSP spokesman Wong

August 16, 2019 | BY admin

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