Govt to regulate max levels of heavy metals in food

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that its members have completed their discussion of a by-law on the maximum levels of heavy metals allowed to be contained in foodstuff.The council chaired by the chief executive is the government’s top advisory body. It has 12 members.Government-drafted by-laws, officially known as administrative regulations, do not require the legislature’s approval.Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng shows the media a list of maximum

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Waiter cheats girlfriend’s family out of 1.48 million patacas: police

A local man has been arrested for cheating his girlfriend and her family members out of 1.48 million patacas in a money exchange scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 34-year-old surnamed Iau who is a part-time waiter. Iau has twice been convicted for breach of trust, for which he served time from December 2011 to December 2013, and from September 2014 to March 2017. The four victims include

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Locals’ jobless rate remains at 2.4 pct

Local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.4 percent in the May-July survey period compared to the previous period (April-June), the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. Macau’s general unemployment rate – comprising local residents and non-resident workers – stood unchanged at 1.8 percent. The city’s total labour force amounted to 392,600 in the May-July period, when the labour force participation rate stood at 71.1 percent. Total

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Library official to face disciplinary action: govt

Public Library Management Department Chief Ophelia Tang Mei Lin will be subject to disciplinary proceedings in the wake of a hard-hitting report by the Commission of Audit in May which revealed serious negligence in the cataloguing and conservation of books as well as the spending of millions of patacas on the indiscriminate purchasing of books. Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian announced the disciplinary proceedings on the sidelines of a public function

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Typhoon memories impact our daily life: scholar

As typhoon memories have an impact on every aspect of local residents’ daily lives, historical narratives about past typhoons should be collected and preserved as a part of Macau’s history, Oral History Association of Macau President Lam Fat Iam said yesterday.Lam, who also heads the public Macau Polytechnic Institute’s (IPM) Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies, made the remarks in an interview on the sidelines of a certificate-awarding ceremony of the association, at the Institute

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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GDP growth slows to 6 pct in Q2

Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter of this year slowed to 6 percent year-on-year in real terms, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The DSEC statement pointed out that GDP growth in the second quarter was lower than the 9.2 percent rise in the previous quarter due to a smaller increase in exports of services and a notable decline in investment.External demand maintained growth, pushing up exports of services by 13 percent

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Police impose crowd control yesterday

The Public Security Police (PSP) implemented crowd control measures for an hour in the city centre in response to the huge number of tourists yesterday afternoon.The crowd control measures started at 5:10 p.m. and ended at 6:10 p.m. The measures were implemented in Rua de S. Paulo, where pedestrians were only allowed to walk towards the Ruins of St Paul’s, but when leaving the landmark, they had to use other streets such as Calçada do Amparo, Rua de Nossa Senhora do Amparo and Rua de Dom

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Car parks in low-lying areas must be closed when No. 8 signal is up: police chief

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun, who attended yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker, said that public car parks in the city’s low-lying areas must be closed whenever the No. 8 typhoon signal is hoisted.The weekly debate programme is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in its studio at the Macau Forum in Zape every Sunday.Following the first anniversary last Thursday of deadly Super Typhoon Hato, yesterday’s focus of the forum was on whether the

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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New border clearing mode at delta bridge undergoes tests: police chief

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday that the system for the new mode of border clearing to be used at the border checkpoint at the Zhuhai-Macau side of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge is being tested “repeatedly” by immigration officers of these two cities to ensure that it will run smoothly when the delta bridge comes into use.Ma made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of yesterday’s Macau Forum, the weekly debate

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK link opening also good for Macau: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that next month’s opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link will also benefit the development of Macau.Senna Fernandes made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Anim’Arte Nam Van on the sidelines of an event promoting the city’s tourism.The Hong Kong government announced last week that the Hong Kong section of the express rail link will come

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Only govt can stop Macau’s plastic pollution: eco-activist

As the plastic waste generated by the city has reached a “worrying” situation, the government is “the only one” that can stop Macau’s residents from generating massive plastic waste on a daily basis, eco-activist Annie Lao said yesterday.Lao, who did not wish to be identified by her full Chinese name, made the remarks during a phone interview with The Macau Post Daily yesterday.Lao, a 28-year-old local resident and writer, is one of the five organisers who started an online petition

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Artists make a ‘zine’ about Inner Harbour

Some people try to make a scene to get their point across, and a group of local artists, by making a ‘zine’, is starting a conversation among the Inner Harbour community, helping neighbours there get their voices heard.The word ‘zine’ derives from magazine, and describes a small-circulation self-made ‘publication’ of texts, sketches and images that can cover any topic.Chan Si Kei and Cora Si Wun Cheng are the curators of the “Inner Harbour Zine” exhibition currently taking place

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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S Korean visitors drop 19.8 pct in July

Visitor arrivals from South Korea, Macau’s number-one foreign visitor segment, fell 19.8 percent year on year to 59,500 last month, accounting for 2.0 percent of all visitor arrivals, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. The number of South Korean visitors in the first seven months dropped 4.8 percent to 483,400. Last month’s total number of visitor arrivals rose 4.0 percent to 3.03 million. Overnight visitors accounted for 53.9 percent of all visitors

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Sales assistant steals diamond ring to repay gambling debts: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a sales assistant on Wednesday for stealing a 2-carat diamond ring from a jewellery shop, where she worked, and selling it to a pawnshop so that she could repay her gambling debts, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press briefing in Zape yesterday.According to the PJ spokesperson, the suspect is a local 32-year-old resident who had been arrested before for stealing gaming chips worth HK$100,000 from a casino where she worked.Although she is waiting for

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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