Govt collects 126 opinions on city’s GBA participation

The government has collected 126 opinions from residents on Macau’s participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the Policy Research Office (GEP) said in a statement yesterday.The local government was collecting residents’ opinions on how Macau should participate in the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), from June 13 until Wednesday.In a press conference on June 13, the government said that the two-week opinion collection period aimed to

June 30, 2017 | BY admin

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KYC installed in 680 ATMs

The Know Your Customer (KYC) security feature had been installed in 680 local ATMs by Monday, according to a statement by the Secretariat for Economy and Finance yesterday.According to Wikipedia, KYC is a process of a business identifying and verifying the identity of clients. It also refers to the banking and anti-money laundering regulations which govern these activities.The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced early last month that all local ATMs must install KYC in order to protect

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Eating healthy and colourfully at Cha Bei

Cha Bei café in Galaxy Macau is now presenting a light and fresh dinner set where guests can mix and match from a selection of food to create a healthy and colourful dinner.The new dinner menu “Colours of Summer” allows diners to choose any six savoury options from a selection of appetisers and salads, fish and meat, vegetables, grains and comforts, and comes with a colourful platter of three desserts.There are a total of 22 dishes on the menu to choose from, all are healthy yet delectable

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Naam Thai restaurant now offers culinary class

Ever wondered why the Thai green chicken curry tastes so good in Naam Thai restaurant at Grand Lapa hotel?Here’s a chance to find out as the restaurant’s head chef will be holding cooking classes this summer where participants will learn to cook a three course Thai meal.This “Cook & Taste” series will see the charismatic Thai chef Pairoj Kaoropwongchai share his very own cooking tips and recipes with participants.Chef Pairoj Kaoropwongchai in a culinary class for the media last

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Soler twin Giulio shows personal side through his paintings

To many, Giulio Acconci is the singer Julio from rock band Soler formed with his twin brother Dino. But not many know that Giulio can paint, neither did the musician himself until now.Giulio, 45, was actually trained as a graphic designer before his music career with Dino took off when they debuted in 2005 as Soler and broke into the Hong Kong music scene, making them one of the best-known bands from Macau.Born in Macau to Italian father Oseo Acconci and a Myanmarese mother, Giulio was brought

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3 ill after eating seafood at restaurant

Three people suffered from a stomach bug, diarrhea, fever and vomiting two days after having dinner at The Black Sheep restaurant in Areia Preta on Wednesday last week, a statement from the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Food Safety Centre said in a statement this week.The statement said that the centre received the report of suspected gastroenteritis on Tuesday.According to the statement, a group of seven people dined at the restaurant last Wednesday and had salmon, spot (sweet)

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Over 60 pct of youths don’t want to buy a flat: survey

Over 60 percent of local youths have no intention of buying a flat because it’s unaffordable, according to survey findings released by the local Sin Meng Charity Association in a press conference yesterday.The group, headed by lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi, commissioned the Macau Polling Research Association to conduct a survey about local youths’ demand for purchasing property and their opinions about the issue.The survey was conducted from May 22 to June 8, collecting 1,004 valid responses

June 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Record 25 groups to run in direct election

A record 25 groups will stand in the upcoming direct legislative election, Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. A total of 14 of the legislature’s 33 seats will be directly elected.Four years ago, the committee received applications from 22 groups to stand in the direct election, but only 20 were approved. This year’s number of direct-election lists is

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Govt orders New Era to buy bendy buses

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that the government has renewed the service provider contract for public bus operator New Era for another 13 months.The new contract requires the bus company to add articulated buses and natural gas buses to its fleet, the statement said.New Era’s current contract with the government will expire at the end of this month, the statement said.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Thai man sexually abuses local woman: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Thai man on Tuesday for sexual intercourse with a drunken local woman incapable of resistance, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.According Yeung, the suspect faces possible arraignment on a charge of sexual abuse of a person incapable of resistance.According to the Penal Code, the offender of sexual abuse of a person incapable of resistance faces a prison term of between one and eight years. If the case involves

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Macau is nation’s 4th most liveable city: report

Macau was ranked the nation’s fourth most liveable city in last year’s city competitiveness report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the research report’s principal researcher Ni Pengfei announced yesterday.Ni, head of the CASS City and Competitiveness Centre, announced the findings of the 2017 Report on Competitiveness of Chinese Cities during a press conference at the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Taipa.The report, analysing the

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Govt denies hiring mainland IPM fresh grad

The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) was not asked to employ a mainland graduate from the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) who recently told reporters that she had been hired through a “special channel”, SAFP Director Kou Peng Kuan said yesterday.Kou also said some public entities were looking for “experienced” non-local candidates with “special talents”, based on recommendation by some famous higher education institutions in the mainland.According to a report

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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

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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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