Taipei prosecutor charges Macau student for killing cat

The Taipei District Public Prosecutors Office has charged a male student from Macau, who allegedly killed a stray cat in Taipei’s Da’an district in December last year, for violating Taiwan’s Animal Protection Act, according to a report by the semi-official Central News Agency (CNA) yesterday.According to the news report, the office completed its investigation into the case yesterday. The chemical engineering major at the National Taiwan University (NTU), surnamed Chan, was taken by

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau is a good gateway to China: Russian airline

Macau is a good gateway to China for Russian airlines, Dmitriy Arkhipov, a vice-president of Royal Flight, a Russian charter airline based in Abakan, said yesterday. Abakan, which has some 173,000 inhabitants, is the capital city of the Russian Federation’s Republic of Khakassia in the southwestern part of Siberia near Mongolia. Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony for the airline’s Macau-Moscow route at the local airport, Arkhipov said that

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Gaming industry says proxy betting ban’s impact ‘minimal’

Gaming and junket operators said yesterday that the government’s recent ban on phone or proxy betting had only had a minor impact on gaming revenue but urged the government to let tourists know about it so as to prevent conflicts at the gaming tables.The comments were made on the sidelines of the three-day G2E Asia gaming expo that kicked off at the Venetian yesterday. The expo, which has drawn 180 exhibitors, will wrap up tomorrow.SJM Executive Director Angela Leong On Kei told reporters the

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Expo shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise

Robot roulette dealers, animated playing cards and a gaming table that shakes its own dice were on show at the Venetian in Cotai yesterday as experts forecast a two-year casino revenue downturn could be coming to an end.The atmosphere was buoyant as around 200 exhibitors showcased their products at the Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) – from miniature horse-racing tables to colourful craps machines sporting giant golden dragon sculptures.Casino revenues in Macau continued to fall in April,

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Fire hydrants to be installed in landfill: eco-chief

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) will install fire hydrants in a landfill in Taipa soon to reduce the risk of fires spreading quickly, DSPA Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said yesterday.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s opening ceremony of an exhibition held at the Macau Communications Museum. Tam was one of the guests at the ceremony.The landfill close to the airport has had a number of fires recently. The latest one occurred on Saturday.Environmental Protection

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Telecom chief says more TV choices in ‘2 or 3 years’

Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) Acting Director Tam Van Iu said yesterday the government may need two or three years to complete a regulation for so-called Triple Play service licences, adding that once the licences are issued locals will have more viewing choices.Tam made the remarks when asked by reporters about when Macau will have more pay-TV operatorsYesterday was World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and the bureau organised a seminar on how the so-called

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Group calls for free health care for local elderly in Guangdong

The local government should talk to its Guangdong counterpart about enabling local residents aged 65 or over to enjoy the free health care they have in Macau in the province’s public hospitals and health centres, Chan Pou Sam, a standing vice-president of the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society, said yesterday.Chan made the announcement during a press conference about the government’s first 5-year development plan, which is still being drafted, at the society’s headquarters in Zape. He said

May 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Local students in Taiwan petition against Jinan Uni donation

A number of locals studying in Taiwan submitted a petition to an official at Macau’s representative office in Taipei yesterday, urging the Macau Foundation (FM) to withdraw its controversial decision to donate 100 million yuan (123 million patacas) to Jinan University in Guangzhou.They also called for the resignation of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.Leong Ka Wai, the initiator of the petition, sent the letter and a statement to several media outlets yesterday.This handout photo

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Family reunion activists to petition in HK today

Several representatives of the Macau Family Reunion Federation will submit a petition to the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong this afternoon, Lei Iok Lan, president of the federation, said yesterday, adding that the petition is addressed to National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Zhang Dejiang, who will start his three-day visit to Hong Kong today. (More on p. 5) Lei talked to The Macau Post Daily in a tent they put up during the day

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Lawmaker asks about fate of consumer rights bill

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang has asked the government to give the public an explanation as to why its bill on protecting consumer rights has not been submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) as scheduled.The veteran lawmaker also says she worries that lawmakers may not be able to finish debating and reviewing the bill within the current 4-year term of the legislature which will end on August 15 next year.Kwan raises the bill in a written interpellation submitted to the legislature

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Groups start month-long ‘Promise to Home’ campaign

Local groups Hou Kong Junior Chamber and the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) are co-hosting a month-long “Promise to Home” campaign to urge local families to spend more with family members.Representatives of the groups including Jethro Pun Sio Nam, who chairs Hou Kong Junior Chamber, and Fu Luen Vice President Un Sio Leng co-hosted a press conference at the chamber to announce details of a series of events and activities which began on Sunday and will go

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Lawmaker calls for measures to tackle income gap

Grassroots lawmaker Ho Ion Sang has urged the government to come up with measures to reduce the impact of the increasing inequality of residents’ income.Ho, one of 14 vice-chairmen of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong), makes the appeal in a written interpellation submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday. A copy was sent to the media.Ho, who is senior staff member of the local branch of the Bank of China (BOC), says in the

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Voter registration deadline should be extended: legislator

The voter registration deadline for the next direct and indirect legislative elections, which are slated to take place in September 2017, should be extended from December 31 this year to around three months prior to the yet-to-be-announced election day, legislator-cum-unionist José Pereira Coutinho said yesterday.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily in a telephone interview, Coutinho said he believed that more residents, especially young people, would register to vote if the time gap is shortened,

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Education bureau to set up WeChat notification system

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement yesterday that it will set up a WeChat account so that it will be able to provide parents with up-to-date notifications.The statement was made in a reply to lawmaker Ella Lei Ching I’s interpellation in March, in which she asked the government about its plans to prevent a notification mishap that occurred earlier that month. In March, government-broadcaster TDM mistakenly announced on its Chinese language TV channel a

May 17, 2016 | BY admin

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