Govt mulls 10-year-plan for higher education: official

The government plans to draft a 10-year development plan for the higher education sector after its tertiary education bill is passed by the legislature, Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) Director Sou Chio Fai said yesterday. The higher education chief made the remarks when addressing the founding ceremony of the Macau Tertiary Education Development and Promotion Association at the Macau Science Centre.According to Sou, the government will start drawing up the plan when the bill,

June 9, 2016 | BY admin

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Police bust 2 drug-dealing cases, nab 10 illegal workers

The police busted two drug-dealing cases on Tuesday, one involving a 20-year-old drug dealer and another involving a gang of four, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said that after arresting the 20-year-old suspect surnamed Hong on Tuesday, the police found 40.3 grammes of cocaine in his flat in Rotunda de Carlos da Maia, worth an estimated street value of 120,000 patacas.The suspect told police he had received the drugs from

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Bill proposes uniform recruitment process for govt jobs

Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Director Kou Peng Kuan said yesterday the bureau planned to regularly carry out a uniform recruitment assessments for residents who want to apply for a job in the public sector, adding that the applicants will be only allowed to apply to take part in professional knowledge assessments by bureaus and similar entities after they pass the initial test.Kou made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters.Kou and Leong

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Police arrest man pretending to be cop

A 31-year-old local man was arrested on Tuesday after he “apprehended” a woman for distributing calling cards for a massage parlour, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, after receiving a call for assistance at around noon on Tuesday, police officers arrived at the scene, near a footbridge in Avenida do Doutor Rodrigo Rodrigues, to find the suspect holding the woman on the ground.The spokesperson said that

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6,000 potted lotus flowers to beautify city next week

The Civic and Municipal Bureau (IACM) announced yesterday that some 6,000 potted lotus flowers of a 100 different kinds will be displayed in 13 parks, 17 squares and main streets to make the city more attractive.IACM senior officials including executive committee member Leong Kun Fong yesterday jointly presided over a press conference to announce a raft of activities for the celebration of the city’s 16th Lotus Flower FestivalAccording to the press conference, the annual festival will start

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Govt to listen to public about tougher penalties for Ponzi schemes: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the government will listen to the public on whether to toughen the punishment for Ponzi scheme instigators.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening session of the Tai Hu World Cultural Forum at the Venetian in Cotai. Three local men were arrested last month for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme which they started in 2014 involving at least HK$66 million and at least 50 victims.Secretary for Economy and

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Developer slams govt for ‘not comprehending’ Xi’s remarks

As far as its handling of the city’s so-called idle plots of land is concerned, the government has failed to comprehend the remarks President Xi Jinping made during his inspection visit to Macau in 2014, developer Ung Choi Kun, who heads the Association of Property Agents and Realty Developers of Macau, said yesterday.Ung also said that the Land Law should be amended as soon as possible.Ung, a former lawmaker, made the remarks when addressing a reception celebrating the association’s 22nd

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Bosses & staff each to pay 5 pct of wages into central provident fund: bill

The government’s top advisory Executive Council (ExCo) announced yesterday that it has completed its discussion of a government-drafted bill on the city’s long-planned non-mandatory central provident fund system.The bill proposes that the city’s employers and employees each pay at least five percent of the basic wages into a provident fund account in the name of the employee.ExCo spokesman Leong Heng Teng made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters.Social

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Exhibition shows USJ design students’ take on ‘commute’

Students from the Faculty of Creative Industries at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) majoring in design are holding a graduate exhibition aimed at exploring their interpretation of a common global phenomenon  – “commute”.The “Commute – Design Graduate Exhibition” of creations by 13 graduate students is on display at Ponte 9 Creative Platform in the Inner Harbour area.The students were asked to develop the theme “commute”: an individual design journey, according to a

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Exhibition shows Bucket King’s magical journey

An exhibition for a children’s book of illustrations is being held on the first and third floors of Fantasia 10.The exhibition, named after the locally produced book, is titled “The Magical Journey of the Bucket King” and will run until June 19. It has been jointly organised by Case Station Advertising & Planning Co. Ltd, the Sao Lazaro Parish Creative Industries Promotion Association, and the Fantasia 10 gallery. Please read the full article in our print edition.

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Police bust 21-year-old flasher

A 21-year-old local man was arrested on Monday for exposing himself to two teenage girls in the city centre last week, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press briefing yesterday. According to the spokesperson, the two victims went to the police with their parents on Friday, telling the police that on Thursday, as they were heading home from the school in the city centre where they study, the suspect exposed himself to them.The spokesperson said the two girls

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Customs bust 10 IIs incl 17-year-old ‘snakehead’

Customs officials busted three illegal immigration cases yesterday, in which 10 illegal immigrants (IIs) including four suspected “snakeheads” were arrested, according to a statement from the Macau Customs Service yesterday.The IIs and the “snakeheads” are all from the mainland.One of the four male “snakeheads” is a 17-year-old boy, according to the statement.This photo released by Customs Services yesterday shows the 10 IIs – including four suspected “snakeheads” taken into

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Coloane shipyards’ fate still to be decided: official

The government has yet to make a decision on whether it will preserve or demolish the several long-abandoned shipyards in Coloane’s Lei Chi Vun Village, Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng said yesterday. Li was asked by reporters about the shipyards after attending a lecture by Liu Jiayi, the central government’s auditor-general, at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai. The DSSOPT chief said his bureau would “definitely” assess the

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Residents petition CE over flats in Zhuhai

Several residents handed a petition to the government yesterday, asking for help in solving their dispute with the developer of the flats they bought in Zhuhai. Along with lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho, the residents handed the petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, to an official outside Government Headquarters.Speaking to reporters, Mak Chang Keong, a representative of the local buyers, said that when they bought their residential units in Hills Beyond

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