Macau now better prepared for typhoons: govt

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday that Macau has improved its capabilities to respond to typhoons and carry out disaster relief measures, based on the lessons learnt from Super Typhoon Hato last year, so that it is now much better prepared for typhoons than in the past.Ma made the remarks in his opening speech during a meeting of the government’s civil protection structure – which consists of 29 government entities and private organisations – at

April 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui conveys condolences over unionist’s death

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family of local veteran unionist Pun Hon Veng who recently passed away, aged 70.According to a statement from the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM, also commonly known as Gung Luen) yesterday – to which Pun was an advisor, the latter passed away in the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre last Saturday.According to a statement from the Government Spokesperson’s Office (GPV) yesterday, Chui

April 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Youth leaders to help police fight crime

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have introduced a youth leader scheme, which is set to recruit 50 students from the city’s eight tertiary education institutions, so that they can help combat crime by being a positive influence on their peers.The Judiciary Police plan to hold workshops for the new youth leaders to understand how the police combat crime. The students will be taken on tours of the various law enforcement agencies in the city and meet other youth communities.According to the programme,

April 19, 2018 | BY admin

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China en route to national rejuvenation: scholar

PLA National Defence University Professor Jin Yinan said yesterday that the country is working on its path to achieve national rejuvenation.Jin delivered a lecture to students as a guest speaker on “China’s Confidence in its Own Path and National Rejuvenation”, at the Anthony Lau Building on the campus of the University of Macau (UM).In his opening speech, UM Vice Rector (Academic Affairs) Lionel Ni Ming-shuan said that Jin’s lecture would help young local people comprehend the history

April 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander nabbed for street robbery: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male mainlander yesterday for robbing a woman in the Inner Harbour area earlier this week, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said yesterday during a special news conference in Zape.Lei identified the suspect as a 29-year-old surnamed Hu, from Jiangxi province, who claimed to be unemployed while the victim is a local woman in her forties.According to Lei, the victim left work at about 11 p.m. on Sunday, and was walking along Rua Nova do Comércio. Suddenly, Hu

April 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt launches cargo lift installation subsidy scheme

The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) – a semi-government entity – yesterday announced details of a scheme to subsidise small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the installation of cargo lifts in their shops in the city’s low-lying areas.The subsidy scheme, which also includes technological assistance, aims to allow business owners and their staff to lift their goods off the ground quickly if flooding hits their neighbourhoods.The subsidy covers 80 percent of

April 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui vows to review officials’ disciplinary rules

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the government will “thoroughly” review possible amendments to its rules and system on disciplinary procedures for public servants.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.Coutinho heads the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM).Coutinho said that the government appeared to have imposed an excessively heavy

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Reciprocal driving-licence to benefit locals: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On stressed yesterday that the government’s plan to sign a reciprocal driving-licence recognition deal with the mainland aims to benefit local residents by making it more convenient for them to work and do business on the mainland.He also said that a reciprocal driving-licence recognition scheme between Macau and the mainland would help young local people to pursue their career prospects there.Chui made the remarks when answering questions from

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Esports finals to be held on Saturday

The joint organisers of the Grand Lisboa Hotel CESG & KOM Esports Tournament said in a statement yesterday that its finals will be held at the Macau Convention Centre opposite the airport in Taipa on Saturday.The event is title-sponsored by Grand Lisboa Hotel and jointly organised by the Macau E-Sports Federation (MESF), Mario E-sport Limited, KOM Macau and A&J event planning, according to the statement.The statement noted that it is the first local esports tournament to be held in

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Indonesian nabbed for 7 thefts: police

An Indonesian man has been arrested for seven thefts committed between February and April, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular news conference in Zape yesterday.Choi noted that the suspect, Johanes, is in his fifties, and claimed to be unemployed.According to Choi, the police received two theft reports, the first on February 15 and the other last Thursday. In the first case, a smartphone was reported stolen from an Internet café in Rua da Erva, while in

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Graffiti defaces plinth of Camões bust: IC

Graffiti has been scrawled on the plinth on which the bronze bust of Luís de Camões stands in Camões Garden, according to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau discovered the plinth had been vandalised in a recent inspection of historical relics.The graffiti in blue and red was found on the back of the plinth.This undated handout photo provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) shows the vandalised plinth on which the bronze bust

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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La Scala plot to be used for HOS units: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the government has decided to build 6,500 subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) units on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The government announced in September 2016 in its first-ever Five-Year Development Plan that it planned to build a huge public

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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All bus rides to cost 6 patacas from Saturday

The government announced yesterday that an across-the-board increase in public bus fares will take effect on Saturday.According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, all passengers paying with cash will have to pay six patacas per trip on all routes. The announcement was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.Passengers using MacauPass will have to pay three patacas on regular routes and four patacas on express routes, according to the

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt mulls unit for local national security law enforcement: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday there was a need to establish a unit specifically for the enforcement of Macau’s local national security law – the Law on the Defence of National Security.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after overseeing the swearing-in ceremony of newly-appointed Macau Public Security Forces Affairs Bureau (DSFSM) Director Kok Fong Mei, at the S. Francisco Barracks.Wong told reporters on Sunday the government would study the drafting of

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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