Govt to consult public on new vocational education rules

The government plans to launch a public consultation on possible amendments to a by-law on vocational education by the end of the year, Wong Kin Mou, who heads the Research and Educational Resources Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.Wong made the remarks during a press conference about a regular meeting of the Non-Tertiary Education Committee. The closed-door meeting was held at the bureau.Yesterday’s meeting discussed, among other things, a research

July 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to amend special education regulation

The government expects to amend its special education regulation by the end of this year, Chow Pui Leng, who heads the Psycho-Paedagogical Support and Special Education Centre run by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.Chao made the remarks during a press conference about a regular meeting of the Non-Tertiary Education Committee. The closed-door meeting was held at the bureau.The regulation is a by-law which does not need to be approved by the Legislative Assembly

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Govt to launch warning mechanism this year: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday she expected the government’s long-planned travel warning mechanism finally to be set up this year.Senna Fernandes, who also heads the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT), made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the “Art at Shipyard – Creative Fair” on the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) campus in Zape.While there is currently no such mechanism in place locally, the

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DSAMA mechanic found dead in shipyard: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that a Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) mechanic was believed to have hanged himself in a pump room at the Government Shipyard in Fai Chi Kei.The statement said the mechanic was a 53-year-old local man surnamed Ieong.According to the statement, Ieong was found hanging from a sprinkler system pipe by a fellow DSAMA official who was inspecting the area at around 5 p.m., so he called the police.Please read the full article in our print

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Govt unable to reveal budget for Cotai hospital: official

The chief-of-cabinet of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, Ip Peng Kin, said yesterday the government could neither say what the budget for the construction of the Cotai hospital complex will be, nor the time it will take to complete the project, since the designs were still being worked on.Ip made the remarks on the sidelines of the ‘Art at Shipyard – Creative Fair’ Macau Polytechnic Institute campus in Zape. Ip was a guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the event

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Land Law analysis takes time: legislator

Speaking about the draft of an “interpretative law” on the  Land Law, which was submitted last week to the Legislative Assembly (AL), legislator-cum-urban planner Jose Chui Sai Peng said yesterday that the legislature’s advisors should be given enough time to analyse the bill. Jose made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Science and Technology Week 2016, hosted by the government’s Science and Technology Council at Fisherman’s Wharf.The bill, which

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Fire chief expects regulations on personal-storage facilities

In the light of the fatal fire in a personal-storage facility in an industrial building in Hong Kong last month, Fire Services Bureau (CB) Commissioner Leong Iok Sam said yesterday his bureau hoped that such facilities in Macau will be regulated and licenced in the future. Leong said he was unable to say when the regulation will be introduced. Currently, personal-storage facilities in Macau are completely unregulated and unlicenced. Leong talked to reporters after an Executive Council

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Group collects residents’ opinions on Chui & his 5 policy secretaries’ work

Grassroots Macau People Power Vice Chairman Cheong Weng Fat said yesterday his group’s members and volunteers were carrying out a survey aimed at understanding what the public thinks about the performance of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his five policy secretaries.Cheong made the remarks during an outdoor press briefing in Barrier Gate Square.The activist said that earlier this month his fellow members started to collect residents’ opinions by asking them to complete a

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Philippine artist presents ‘voice on paper’

Philippine artist Oscar Balajadia Jr, who lives in Macau, is holding an exhibition about the art of paper cutting at the Rui Cunha Foundation gallery.The “Voice on Paper” exhibition comprises several dozen paper cuts on display in the ground-floor gallery in Avenida da Praia Grande.According to an introductory message, the artist has been living in the city for eight years where he’s teaching English and English literature.Please read the full article in our print edition.

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Man invents crime to get police to probe mainland case

A non-resident worker attempted to trick the local police on Monday into looking into his case in the mainland by fabricating a crime story, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press briefing, the spokesperson said the suspect told police on Monday that he had his phone stolen while he was at a cyber café in the northern district on June 15.According to the spokesperson, the suspect told police that he didn’t call the police immediately after the

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Compensation only last resort: Nam Van chief

Concerning the 13 plots leased by the government to subsidiaries of Nam Van Development Company, veteran lawyer Jorge Neto Valente, who heads the firm, said yesterday that asking for compensation would only be a last resort if the government decided to repossess the plots upon expiration of their 25-year provisional concessions at the end of the month for having been left undeveloped. During a forum on the Land Law, hosted by the company at the World Trade Centre Macau in Nape, Neto

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227 fined for smoking in casinos in Jan-June

A total of 227 tickets were issued for smoking in casinos’ non-smoking areas between January and June, according to figures released by the Health Bureau (SSM) in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau issued 3,423 tickets for lighting up in prohibited areas in the city during the first six months of the year. It added that violators were mainly found in Internet cafés, parks, outdoor resting areas and amusement arcades, and 2,783 individuals were fined.According to the

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Live poultry sales may resume tomorrow: govt

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that the supply of live poultry from the mainland will resume today. Retail sales of live poultry may be resumed tomorrow – provided that all the birds are found to be in perfect health. The government had stopped the sale of live poultry after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at Iao Hon Municipal Market late last month.About 9,000 chickens and pigeons at the city’s  only

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Govt to study public housing demand

Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos says that his bureau will carry out a survey on the demand for public housing flats, adding that the bureau will complete a report on the matter. Ernesto dos Santos says in a reply to a written interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng that the government is currently amending regulations on social housing flats, adding that it will consider the possibility of accepting applications for social housing units on a regular

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