Experts call for regular breast cancer checkups

Breast cancer is the most common cancer suffered by female patients in Macau, Kuok Cheong U, deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM) who heads the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, said at Macau Tower yesterday.Kuok made the remarks during his opening speech for an one-day event to raise public awareness of breast cancer, pointing out that the number of breast cancer patients has been rising continuously in recent years.The founder of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, Polly

November 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Building near lighthouse to remain at current height: official

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) was very concerned about the preservation of cultural heritage, including the height limit near the Guia Lighthouse.Tam made the remarks when asked by reporters about an unfinished building near the Guia Lighthouse. The policy secretary spokes to the media on the sidelines of a medical seminar at the Venetian in Cotai.  The construction of the building was halted in 2008

November 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau to host circus festival on Saturday

A one-day show of the 3rd China International Circus Festival will be held at Macau Forum in Zape on Saturday, Ip Peng Kin, chief-of-cabinet of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, announced last week. According to Ip, 3,000 free tickets have been reserved for pupils, students and the elderly, while 1,000 will be given to residents, adding that each resident can get no more than two tickets. He said the tickets would be handed out on a “first-come-first-serve” basis. Ip

November 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers want govt to clarify election bill

In a meeting of the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee yesterday, lawmakers questioned some of the proposed amendments to the Legislative Assembly Election Law, according to lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the committee.Chan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting, which no government officials attended, in the legislative chamber. Customarily, the meetings of the legislature’s standing committees are held behind closed doors. Usually, the committee

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt bans hairy crabs from 2 mainland farms Staff Reporter

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) has banned the sale and import of hairy crabs from two aquaculture farms in the mainland, after two hairy crab samples were found to be contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals in Hong Kong.Hairy crab is known as ‘da zha xie’ in Putonghua.The Centre for Food Safety in Hong Kong announced on Tuesday that two of five hairy crab samples it tested were found to contain excessive levels of dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls. Both

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman loses over 110,000 patacas in online scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced an online scam yesterday in which a woman, who had sent nude photos of herself to a man whom she met on a mobile messaging app, was cheated out of 99,300 yuan (117,280 patacas).A PJ spokeswoman said the victim was not a local resident. She did not elaborate.According to the spokeswoman, the victim, who is about 50 years old, had been keeping in contact with the suspect since August on an instant messaging (IM) app. The suspect told the victim that he was

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Man arrested for pickpocketing on 3 buses

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Tuesday on suspicion of at least three cases of pickpocketing on buses since the middle of last month.PJ spokeswoman Lei Hong Nei announced the case in a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 43-year-old construction worker surnamed Huang.It was not until Tuesday when the third victim caught the suspect red-handed stealing her wallet while on a bus that Huang was arrested, according to Lei.Judiciary

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Dealers’ sacking ‘unreasonable’: union

Four former croupiers, backed by the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, told the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday that they had been “unreasonably” fired by their company.The union also handed in a petition addressed to DSAL Director Wong Chi Hong at the bureau in Areia Preta yesterday. A DSAL official received the petition on Wong’s behalf. Three of the ex-dealers, who worked at Casino Kam Pek Paradise, told reporters that they were “falsely” accused of violating

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Melco Crown income rises 220 pct in Q3

Melco Crown Entertainment said in a statement yesterday that its operating income for the third quarter was US$108.9 million, up 220 percent year-on-year.The company’s net revenue between July and September rose 22 percent year-on-year to US$1.15 billion, according to the statement.The increase in net revenue was primarily attributable to the net revenue generated by Studio City in Cotai, which started operations in October last year, and the increase in casino revenues at City of Dreams

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Mental health outreach team has 89 cases since July

The Health Bureau’s (SSM) first Community Psychiatric Service Team has dealt with 89 cases since its formation in July, among which 11 were forced hospitalisations, according to Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee Deputy Convenor Ho Chong Chun.Ho briefed reporters after the closed-door meeting at the Areia Preta District Government Service Centre. Ho Chi Veng, chief of the Psychiatry Department of the Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, was invited to elaborate on the

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Beijing Kitchen spicing things up

For those who like it hot, Beijing Kitchen has some “outrageously hot” food for diners to push their taste buds to the limit.Grand Hyatt’s Beijing Kitchen is currently serving a season’s special spicy food menu that features regional specialities from Chengdu, Chongqing and Wuhan where diners can choose the level of spiciness – mild to medium to outrageously hot – when they order their dish.These dishes include poached beef ripe and eel, poached shrimp skewer or deep fried

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Love, hope and faith: music from the kitchen

As people are getting busier these days, it’s probably only during dinnertime that the family can get together to eat and talk about how good or how bad their day has been.It’s during this time while preparing meals in the kitchen that brings local singer-songwriter Gilbert Humphrey, aka Beto, and his family into harmony, literally. “Me and my family always do worship at home, simple worship, acoustic, just us singing with a guitar,” Beto told MPD Weekender recently. “It’s kind

November 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Chui vows govt will learn from LRT Taipa experience

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday the government would learn its lesson from the setbacks in the construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Taipa for the still unscheduled LRT project on the peninsula.The Taipa section of the LRT, the construction of which started in 2011, has been hit by a string of technical, scheduling and budgeting issues.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the airport before departing for a working visit to Beijing, when asked

November 3, 2016 | BY admin

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SJM revenue falls 11 pct in 3rd quarter

SJM Holdings’ gaming revenue fell 11.1 percent year-on-year to HK$9.99 billion in the third quarter, the gaming company said in a statement on Tuesday.In the first nine months, gaming revenue dropped 17.8 percent year-on-year to HK$30.87 billion.Adjusted Ebitda decreased 8.4 percent to HK$810 million in the third quarter. In the first three quarters, adjusted Ebitda fell 22.3 percent to HK$2.44 billion.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 3, 2016 | BY admin

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