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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‘Pink Inspired Charity Lunch’ raises 91,000 patacas

The International Ladies Club of Macau held a charity lunch in the Loulan Ballroom at Conrad Macao Cotai Central yesterday in support of the Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s Pink Revolution for breast cancer awareness month, which ends on October 31 and raised 91,000 patacas.This is the third year running that The International Ladies Club of Macau (ILCM) has hosted the charity lunch and the fifth year that Conrad has been a diamond sponsor. Several hundred women, a dozen or so men too, gathered to

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Scooter rider in coma after crash with bus

A local scooter rider was in a coma after colliding with a bus in Taipa yesterday afternoon, and was being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson Lei Tak Fai told The Macau Post Daily by phone yesterday.According to Lei, the local male scooter rider is 59 years old while the local male bus driver is in his fifties.Lei said that according to information gathered at the scene, the scooter rider

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Students call for food waste recycling promotion

Representatives from several local student associations yesterday called for increased public awareness on the recycling of food waste, at a local forum.The forum on food waste recycling was hosted by the Macau General Association of Chinese Students (AECM) and held on the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) campus. Speakers were representatives from student associations of the public Macau Polytechnic Institute, private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and private City

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Aboard a hospital that flies to save sight

About 2,000 donors and entity representatives visited the latest high-tech Orbis Flying Eye Hospital at the airport earlier this month, with many photos shared on social media, raising interest among those who didn’t get the chance to tour the special aeroplane.This third generation Flying Eye Hospital was in town for a six-day tour from last Friday to Wednesday for guided tours which enabled members of the public to learn more about Orbis’ sight saving missions around the world while

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Cloudy Bay seafood platter to start the weekend at St Regis

After a long week of hard work, what’s better than to treat yourself to free flowing white wine for two hours as you indulge in a seafood platter?The Manor restaurant at St Regis in Cotai has currently rolled out a Cloudy Bay seafood platter promotion that is available on Fridays from 6 p.m. which is perfect to kick start the weekend, or enjoy on Saturday any time from midday until 6 p.m., which is a great choice for a relaxed light lunch or an afternoon tea when you don’t feel like cakes

October 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Top judge warns more gaming crimes extend beyond casinos

Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai yesterday warned that a rising number of gaming-related crimes appeared to extend beyond casinos, pointing out that there have been several cases in which gamblers died while they were being held against their will by loan sharks.Sam made the remarks yesterday when delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Judicial Year 2016/17, at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape.According to the Judicial Organisation Framework Law, the judicial year

October 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Activists question need for joint admission exam

New Macau Association (NMA) activists urged the government yesterday to clear up concerns about its controversial joint university admission examination scheduled to be implemented next year. The joint exam replaces the separate entrance exams of four local tertiary education institutions, namely the public University of Macau (UM), Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT), Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM,) and the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST).Addressing a press

October 20, 2016 | BY admin

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