Kai Fong urges govt to increase accessible facilities

Local group Kai Fong urged the government to increase the number of accessible facilities during a Neighbourhood Forum yesterday, aiming to make life more convenient for the disabled and also to encourage residents to use public transport or to walk in order to promote “green commuting”.The forum was hosted by the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau (UGAMM), commonly known as “Kai Fong”, at its Horta e Costa Office yesterday. It was attended by three guest speakers from

April 2, 2019 | BY admin

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1st batch of 5,400 doses of MMR vaccines ready from tomorrow: health chief

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday that the first batch of 5,400 doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines that his bureau has ordered will arrive in Macau tonight.Lei made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of yesterday’s inauguration ceremony of the Ka Ho Rehabilitation Hospital in Coloane.The bureau said in a statement last Wednesday that it had placed an emergency order of 15,000 doses of MMR vaccines and that the first batch of 5,400

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2 tourists enter restricted areas at airport without permission: police

Two female tourists were arrested on Friday and Saturday respectively as they entered different restricted areas of the local airport without permission, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect in the first incident, surnamed Im, is from South Korea. The suspect in second incident, surnamed Li, is from the mainland. Both are in their forties.On Friday morning, Im was stopped by the police at the

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6 mainlanders lose over HK$2 million in booking scam: police

A local woman was arrested for cheating six mainlanders out of over HK$2 million in a hotel room and air ticket booking scam that she started in June last year.The suspect told the six victims separately that she was able to book hotel rooms in Macau and air tickets to Japan for much less than the market prices at that time, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the suspect surnamed Wong is 42 years old. She told the

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Measles situation under control: Health Bureau

Health Bureau (SSM) Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Director Lam Chong attending yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker said his bureau has provisionally concluded that Macau’s measles situation is under control.The weekly debate programme is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM at its Macau Forum studio in Zape every Sunday.Yesterday’s focus of the forum was on Macau’s measles situation.Macau has recorded 26 measles cases so far this year, according to an SSM

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman hospitalised with CO poisoning

A 48-year-old local woman was hospitalised after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in her flat yesterday, and is in a stable condition after emergency treatment, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.The bureau said that it received a report from the woman’s mother at around 2:30 p.m. that her daughter began to feel unwell when taken a shower in their flat on the 19th floor of Block 4 of the Jardim Cidade residential estate – known as New City Garden in Chinese – in Toi San

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourist from Macau dies in Grand Canyon fall

LOS ANGELES – A tourist from Macau died last week in a fall while visiting the Grand Canyon West in Arizona, a spokesman for the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles has confirmed.The consulate contacted US police and confirmed the death of the Macau resident, the spokesman said.“The Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles expressed deep regret over the death of the tourist and will provide necessary assistance in the aftermath,” he told Xinhua.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui to attend legislature’s Q&A session

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will attend a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly on April 18 to answer lawmakers’ questions on government policy and social issues, according to a statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office.The Q&A session will start at 3 p.m. and be broadcast live on the television and radio channels of government-owned broadcaster TDM.Members of the public also have the option of watching the proceedings online via the website of the Macau Special

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Construction material imports fall 42 pct in Jan-Feb

Macau’s imports of construction materials fell by 41.7 percent to 203 million patacas year-on-year in the first two months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement last week, mobile phone imports dropped by 29.4 percent to 1.06 billion patacas in January-February, when gold jewellery imports fell by 11.6 percent to 1.2 billion patacas.However, imports of watches rose by 6.5 percent to 1.1 billion patacas and imports of garments and

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Airport operator’s 2018 profit rises 18 pct

The local airport operator has reported a profit of 532 million patacas before preferred dividends last year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent.A preferred dividend is a dividend that is accrued and paid on a company’s preferred shares.According to a Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) statement, the operator’s net profit after tax reached 435 million patacas last year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Hotel guests rise 5.3 pct in Jan-Feb

Macau’s 117 hotels and guesthouses recorded 2.33 million guests in the first two months of the year, an increase of 5.3 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement on Friday, the average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouses rose by 1.8 percentage points to 92.4 percent in the two-month period which included the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday.Guests’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.5 percent night compared with

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Delta mega-bridge among ‘New 8 Scenic Spots’

Penha Hill, Two Lakes and One Tower, Largo do Senado (Senate Square), Long Chao Kok, Coloane Fishing Village, Travessa da Paixão, Rua da Felicidade, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge got the most votes in an online ballot for “Macau New Eight Scenic Spots”, a campaign organised by the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association (CCEA).The association said on its public voting website that the new eight scenic spots would mark the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland and

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Eco-fair focuses on building ecological civilisation

Acting Chief Executive Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that Macau as one of the core cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), apart from promoting the adequate diversification of its economy, ecological civilisation construction was the “only way” to achieve sustainable development.Chan made the remarks while delivering her welcoming speech during yesterday’s opening ceremony of the three-day 12th Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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American football coach Macau’s latest measles patient

An American football assistant coach is Macau’s latest patient to have been infected with measles, pushing the total number of measles cases to 26 so far this year, a Health Bureau (SSM) statement yesterday said yesterday.According to the statement, the Ecuador-born 28-year-old male coach is a Macau resident who had visited a room on the first floor of the private Kiang Wu Hospital on March 6 where he had contact with one of the previous measles patients.The statement said that the coach felt

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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