Bill proposes cap on length of ‘academic activities’ in courses

A government-drafted bill proposes that “academic activities” included as part of the degree programmes offered by local tertiary education institutions should not exceed 15 hours per week, legislator Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) 2nd Standing Committee, said yesterday.The lawmaker-cum-restaurateur spoke to the media after a closed-door committee meeting with senior officials including Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) Director Sou Chio Fai.Chan

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Group urges public entities to set up breastfeeding rooms

Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) senior member Ng Ka Teng yesterday urged the city’s public entities to set up breastfeeding rooms on their premises to provide mothers with a comfortable environment to feed their babies.Ng, a board member of Fu Luen, made the appeal during yesterday’s meeting of the government-appointed North Districts Community Services Consultative Committee at the Government Services Centre in Areia Preta.Addressing the meeting, Ng, a

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MGM China revenue drops 25 pct in Q1

MGM China’s total revenue dropped 25 percent year-on-year to HK$3.6 billion in the first quarter, narrowed from the 31 percent year-on-year decline in the previous quarter, the gaming operator said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, adjusted Ebitda fell 23 percent to HK$995 million. The company’s “business in the quarter was negatively affected by low hold in both mass table games and in-house VIP operations,” the statement said, adding that “luck-adjusted

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Govt has no plan to repossess shipyard plots: official

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susanna Wong Soi Man said yesterday the plots where Coloane’s shipyards stand are land concessions and their owners have to renew them every year, adding that since the government has no development plan for the plots as yet, it has no plan to repossess them for the time being. Wong also said that every year the bureau requests the shipyard owners to carry out necessary maintenance to ensure that the structures are safe before renewing their

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Non-gaming revenue growth target is scientific: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tak said yesterday that the target for the gaming industry’s non-gaming revenue growth in the government’s proposed Five-Year Development Plan (2016 – 2020) was based on scientific data. Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s reception celebrating the 8th anniversary of the Alliance of Common People Building Up Macau (API) at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.The government last month announced details of the plan’s

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Abseiling fireman saves potential suicide victim

An abseiling firefighter drop-kicked a 26-year-old mainlander, who had threatened to jump from a 9th floor balcony of a residential high rise, into the building’s corridor yesterday at around 2 a.m., a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman told The Macau Post Daily by phone last night. The day-long drama unfolded at Julieta Nobre da Carvalho Building, Block C, in Avenida de Artur Tamgagnini Barbosa. The man, a tourist surnamed Zhang, stood on the ledge of the corridor balcony for

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Police chief insists emergency tools are effective

Unitary Police Services (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday that the government’s interdepartmental emergency mechanisms, which were in place during the city’s border checkpoints computer glitch on Saturday, were effective.Ma made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s reception celebrating the 8th anniversary of the Alliance of Common People Building Up Macau (API) at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.The automated passenger clearance systems – also known as e-channels

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40 mainlanders owed 4 months’ wages: union

The government should help around 40 mainlanders, who worked as decorators on the deluxe residential project Star River-Windsor Arch in Taipa, claim their wages allegedly owed by their employer Victory Real Estate Development Company Limited from January to last month, Macau Construction Employees General Union President Cheong Man Fun said yesterday.The union is an affiliate of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, commonly known as Gung Luen. Cheong and legislator Ella Lei Cheng I, a

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Lawmakers slam 5-Year Plan’s lack of content

Lawmakers yesterday criticised the draft of the government’s first ever Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2020) for its perceived lack of content. A special session was held at the legislature where Policy Research Centre Director Lao Pun Lap, along with Lei Ngan Leng, who is an advisor to the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, and Ung Hoi Ian, the vice-director of the Policy Research Office, briefed legislators on the plan and gave lawmakers the opportunity to raise

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Subcontractor protests unpaid construction bill

One of the subcontractors involved in the construction of the new prison in Coloane protested outside the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday, alleging that the government had refused to pay the extra charges caused by the project’s repeated delays.According to a report by the Chinese-language radio channel of government broadcaster TDM, the subcontractor protested outside the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) on Tuesday. He told reporters that day that after failing to get in

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Police bust 2 mainlanders for shoplifting in 5 shops

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of two men from the mainland who are suspects in shoplifting cases in at least five luxury goods shops in Taipa, Cotai and the city centre, resulting in estimated losses of 187,000 patacas in total.A PJ spokesman announced the case during a special press briefing.The spokesperson said the suspects – a 54-year old surnamed Liu and a 52-year-old surnamed Wang – were arrested on Tuesday as they were about to leave the city through the

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Consumer rights bill ready this year: official

Consumer Council Executive Committee member Lewis Chan Hon Sang said yesterday a government-initiated bill on protecting consumer rights was in its final drafting stages, adding that it would be ready for the legislative process later this year.Chan also said the bill aimed to strengthen consumers’ right to access information about products and their right to ask for compensation.Chan made the remarks after taking part in a phone-in radio programme about the city’s skyrocketing food

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CityU rector supports new degree programmes

The new types of tertiary degree programmes proposed in a government-drafted bill, such as a master’s-PhD programme and a taught master’s programme, will be able to address Macau’s need to “nurture talents”, City University of Macau (CityU) Rector Zhang Shuguang told reporters yesterday. Zhang, a political scientist holding a PhD in history of international relations from Ohio University, made the remarks on the sidelines of the university’s 35th anniversary celebration and

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CityU is base for ‘nurturing high-level talent’: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the City University of Macau (CityU) was one of the city’s “important bases for nurturing high-level talent”.Chui also said the government would continue to support the private university and the city’s other tertiary education institutions.Chui made the remarks when addressing the university’s 35th anniversary celebration and it’s Honorary Degree Conferment Ceremony on the CityU campus in Taipa yesterday.Chief Executive

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