CE says cash handout set to continue: group

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday the government was not likely to cease its cash handout scheme next year, Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) President Chiang Chong Sek told reporters after meeting Chui at Government Headquarters yesterday. Pointing out that Macau has a fiscal surplus, Chui told Chiang that “it will be okay to continue the [cash handout] scheme next year”, according to the report.Moreover, Chiang said Chui also stressed

October 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt should lead urban renewal process: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, who chairs the Urban Renewal Council, said yesterday that the government should lead the urban renewal process, whether by putting one of the current bureaus in charge, by establishing a new bureau, or by setting up a government-owned company.Rosario made the remarks yesterday after the Urban Renewal Council’s fifth meeting.The closed-door meeting was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT). The government-appointed council is tasked

October 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Any passenger transport service must be licensed: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario yesterday reaffirmed that any passenger transport service must be licensed to operate in the city.Rosario made the remarks yesterday when replying to an oral interpellation by grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San during a plenary session of the legislature.In his interpellation, Au criticised the government for its “rigid” approach to the city’s passenger transport services as, he said, it was not willing to legalise new types of

October 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt should take initiative to protect heritage: Hangzhou official

The local government should take the initiative to protect cultural heritage sites by carrying out crowd management measures and promoting new tourist routes, World Cultural Heritage of the Hangzhou West Lake Monitoring and Management Centre Director Yang Xiaoru said yesterday.Yang made the remarks on the sidelines of a one-day seminar hosted by the Macau Heritage Ambassadors Association (MHAA), about Hangzhou’s experience in protecting West Lake.West Lake (Xi Hu in Putonghua) is a freshwater

October 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Weather chief admits wrong typhoon forecast

Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) Director Fong Soi Kun admitted on Friday that the wind speed on that day in Macau was weaker than forecast, when the No.8 signal was hoisted for Typhoon Haima.Fong made the comments when speaking to the Chinese-language TV channel and radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM on Friday.Macau’s top weather forecaster told TDM’s Portuguese-language TV channel on Friday that his bureau’s forecast was “not very perfect”, admitting that

October 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Forum disagrees with axing LRT peninsula plan

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum urged the government to go ahead with its plan to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system on the peninsula, in the wake of three lawmakers’ suggestion last week to cancel the plan for the LRT construction on the peninsula.Three out of the four guest speakers said that an LRT system would be fundamental to improving the city’s traffic in the long term. They also said that the LRT project on the peninsula should not be

October 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Over 50 deals inked at fair hit by No. 8 typhoon signal

Over 50 co-operation agreements were signed during the two-day 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) announced on Saturday, the event’s last day. The annual fair is hosted by the government-run institute. About 380 business-matching sessions took place during the fair, 110 of which were scheduled through the event’s Online Business Matching Service Platform, according to an IPIM statement. Held at

October 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Healthcare sector is promising: professionals

Healthcare professionals said yesterday that healthcare workers have good job prospects, while a nursing student said she was preparing to face vigorous competition in the sector. Steven Cheong Chi Hong, who chairs the Macau New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA), said on the sidelines of a one-day forum held at the private Kiang Wu Hospital that as Macau has a shortage of healthcare workers, job prospects in the sector are good. Cheong, who is a doctor, made the remarks on the

October 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges Ilha Verde development

Local think tank Collective Wisdom Policy Centre yesterday urged the government to amend its development plan for Ilha Verde to meet the residents’ needs in the district.The think tank is affiliated to the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations, commonly known as Kai Fong.The think tank held a forum yesterday to discuss the urban development of Ilha Verde as well as the preservation of Ilha Verde Hill.Lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, who heads the Collective Wisdom Policy Centre, poses during

October 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt will always stick to Urban Planning Law: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On insisted yesterday that the government will always adhere to the Urban Planning Law. He made the remarks in the wake of the government controversially having released the proposed legal development conditions for the eastern part of a land reclamation area off Nape known as Zone B.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) at the Venetian in

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Typhoon blows away Oktoberfest

MGM Macau is axing its Oktoberfest that was slated to run until Sunday because of Typhoon Haima.MGM Macau announced on its social media page that “all activities of Oktoberfest Macau at MGM, which were scheduled until October 23, are cancelled from today [yesterday] onwards due to the approaching Typhoon Haima.”A spokesperson for the gaming operator told The Macau Post Daily yesterday that for public safety, the Oktoberfest tent and electric installations had to be dismantled before the

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Chui says he’s recovering well

Understanding citizens’ concern about his health, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told reporters yesterday before the opening ceremony of the 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) that he was recovering well after consulting a doctor.Chui said he wore thin clothes last Monday, when Premier Li Keqiang arrived for an inspection tour, pointing out that the wind was blowing hard. “[The wind was so strong that it] caused me to catch a cold. And I had a backache,”

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Sino-Luso-themed MIF offers young people new opportunities: project managers

Young people taking part in the Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) said yesterday they are upbeat about opportunities that the event is offering this year, especially as it puts the spotlight on Macau’s role as a business-service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs).Having struck their first deal at MIF last year providing on-site translation services to an exhibitor and then successfully helped a company from Zhoushan city in Zhejiang province and

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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No.8 storm signal possible today: official

Macau’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the No.3 Strong Wind Signal at 11 p.m. yesterday. The bureau will consider hoisting a higher signal today, according to the SMG website.The present signal might be replaced by the No. 8 signal “owning to the situation” this morning, the website said. The No. 3 signal was hoisted as Severe Typhoon Haima was 430 kilometres south-east of Macau at 11 p.m. The storm was heading north-west at about 25 kilometres per hour, moving

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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