World wushu masters to gather in Macau: Tam

The government is inviting wushu masters from all over the world to join Macau’s four-day Wushu Grand Gathering in August, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng told reporters yesterday.‘Wushu’ is Putonghua for martial arts.The policy secretary made the remarks after chairing a plenary meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Industries Council at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT). Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng talks to

April 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Councillor calls for cultural zone at old power station

Certain facilities at power utility CEM’s former power station in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, which is earmarked for demolition, should be set aside as a “cultural and creative zone”, Ieng Weng Fat, a member of the government-appointed Cultural Industries Council, said yesterday. Ieng, who holds a PhD in history from Jinan University in Guangdong, made the appeal during a meeting of the council at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT). Secretary for Transport and Public Works

April 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges prosecutors to probe one-way permits

Activists from the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) yesterday urged the Public Prosecution Office (MP) to investigate whether any locals obtained their so-called one-way permits illegally. NMA President Scott Chiang Meng Hin and Vice President Jason Chao Teng Hei yesterday handed in their petition to an official of the Public Prosecution Office outside its headquarters in Nape.The activists urged the office to start an investigation into the matter. New Macau Association (NMA)

April 22, 2016 | BY admin

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200 mainlanders cheated in job referral scam: police

The police arrested a man on Wednesday for running a job referral scam last year, in which he cheated about 200 mainlanders out of 720,000 yuan, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a special press briefing, the spokesperson said the owner of a job agency in Jiangmen reported the case to the police last Friday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect told the owner in the latter half of last year that the construction site where he was working was looking to

April 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt prepares to destroy 150 kilos of ivory

Lawmakers pass bill on CITES The government is preparing to destroy 150 kilos of confiscated ivory, Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday. Tai made the remarks during a plenary session in the Legislative Assembly (AL).Asked by lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho, Tai said his bureau had transferred 748 kg of confiscated ivory to the Finance Services Bureau (DSF). He did not give time span for the transfer. Of the total amount, around 350 kg

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Council okays school’s redevelopment

Members oppose high-rise next to mosqueMost of the opinions raised during yesterday’s meeting of the government-appointed Urban Planning Committee agreed with the legal conditions proposed by the Lands, Transport and Public Works Bureau (DSSOPT) for the redevelopment of a plot of land on which the Instituto Salesiano school campus stands, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday.Under the proposed legal conditions, the school will not be legally bound to

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers agree to debate disease centre

The legislature approved yesterday three motions to hold a plenary debate on whether the Health Bureau’s (SSM) infectious disease centre should be built next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) as planned.The motions were passed by all lawmakers present, except Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng, who did not vote, as is customary. One of the motions was jointly proposed by lawmakers Si Ka Lon and Song Pek Kei while the remaining two were proposed by

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt looks to June for HOS flat picks

Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Santos said yesterday his bureau was looking to allow those qualified for a homeownership (HOS) scheme flat to pick their future home in June.Santos made the remarks after a closed-door committee meeting at the legislature.The government reopened the application for HOS flats in 2013, when applicants were chosen via a lucky draw system. Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Santos speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting at the legislature

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers suggest cap for condo reserve funds

Lawmaker Andrew Chan Chak Mo said yesterday that the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee had urged the government to set a cap on condominium buildings’ reserve funds to which every flat owner is expected to contribute.The committee, which is reviewing a government-initiated bill on the management of the communal areas in residential buildings, held a closed-door meeting at the Legislative Assembly (AL) with government officials yesterday. The outline of the bill was passed in October

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Group to protest for animal protection

The Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau (AAPAM) announced yesterday that it will hold a protest march on Saturday next week as part of its continued fight for the protection of animals.AAPAM Chairwoman Yoko Choi Wing Chi, Vice Chairwoman Josephine Lau Pui Chan and the group’s advisor Antonieta Manhao presided over a press conference at the association to announce the march.Choi and Lau said the protest was aimed at putting pressure on lawmakers to finished their revision of a

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Police bust 3 mainlanders for selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) on Tuesday night arrested three mainlanders for selling drugs, PJ spokesman Tam Weng Keong said during a special press briefing yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, PJ officers arrested a male and a female in Zape and Nan Van respectively, the spokesperson said, adding that the man, a 31-year-old surnamed Yang, was found in possession of 8.2 grammes of ketamine and a bogus mainland identity card, while 0.82 grammes of Ice was found on the woman, a 37-year-old surnamed

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to mandate holiday entitlement

Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association Director Kelvin Choi Kam Fu urged the government yesterday to mandate employees’ holiday entitlement in its next revision of the Labour Relations Law. Choi made the plea during a press conference at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) headquarters in Estrada Marginal do Hipodromo.Choi’s association is a Gung Luen branch.Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association Director Kelvin Choi Kam Fu speaks during a press

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Samoan ‘greets’ cabbie and cop with attack: police

A 37-year-old Samoan man was arrested on Monday for attacking a taxi driver and a police officer in Taipa, which he claimed was a traditional way of greeting in Samoa, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a press briefing, the spokesperson said the police received a call that a fight had broken out outside a shop in Rua de Chiu Chau in Taipa, at around 11 p.m. on Monday.The spokesperson said the victim, a 37-year-old taxi driver, told police that while he

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt plans to set up info platform on policies

Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Director Kou Peng Kuan says in a reply to a written interpellation by directly elected legislator Si Ka Lon that the government plans to set up an information platform from which the public can receive answers to their questions about the government’s policies.Si, a local Fujianese community civic leader, says in his interpellation, which he submitted to the legislature in February, that the government’s information on its policies

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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