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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Over 1,000 protest over Jinan Uni donation

A total of 17 groups protested yesterday with the aim of putting pressure on the public Macau Foundation (FM) to withdraw its controversial decision to donate 100 million yuan (123 million patacas) to Jinan University in Guangzhou.The 17 grassroots groups comprised two ad-hoc alliances. A 15-group alliance included People Power, Workers’ Self-Help Union, Love Macau, New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, Caring for Macau and Macau Gaming Industry Frontline Workers (FMG). The other alliance

May 16, 2016 | BY admin

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Police thwart violent revenge attempt

The police arrested five men on Friday for plotting a violent revenge act against an unidentified group of mainlanders, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The case was announced during a special press briefing.According to the spokesperson, a worker at a hotel in Zape spotted a suspicious bag hidden in a planter in Rua Cidade de Santarem early Thursday morning. The worker looked inside the bag, and found three knives, so they immediately contacted the Public Security Police

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Govt vows draft of vocational education regulation ready next year

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) senior official Ng Vai Hong said yesterday the bureau was preparing to amend its vocational education regulation, adding that the bureau would do its best to ensure that the draft will be ready next year.Ng, who heads the bureau’s division of vocational education, made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s opening ceremony of a 10-hour fast organised by World Vision of Macau Association in Choi Kou Middle School in Kam Hoi San district. Ng was

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Mid-term gaming report draws mixed bag of views

Attending yesterday’s forum in Areia Preta Park hosted by government broadcaster TDM, guest speakers and audience members raised starkly divergent views on the government’s first-ever report about the city’s gaming industry.About two dozen residents attended the weekly open-air forum. Yesterday’s programme focused on the mid-term gaming sector performance report released by the government last week and issues related to the gaming sector such as the role of junket operators.Macau’s

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KK and Rex win in 4th round TKOs in Clash of Champions

In the Clash of Champions at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on Saturday night in front of a capacity crowd of 3,000, Ng Kuok Kun aka The Macau Kid aka KK and The Wonder Kid Rex Tso Sing-yu from Hong Kong did not disappoint with both winning their bouts with fourth round TKO’s.KK, (8-0 4KOs), whose training was interrupted with his third year exams at the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM), got off to a shaky start as in round one he did not look his usual self in the

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Police bust drug-dealing prostitution ring

Four local suspects were arrested in Zape on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a drug-dealing and prostitution ring, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said the bust was a joint operation with their Zhuhai counterparts.According to the spokesperson, the Zhuhai police asked local police for help in their investigation into a prostitution ring in December last year. The ring, which was headed by a 34-year-old mainland

May 16, 2016 | BY admin

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