Committee ‘basically finishes’ review of asset-freeze bill: lawmaker

The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee “has basically finished” its review of a government-drafted bill on the freezing of assets allegedly related to terrorism, lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who chairs the committee, said yesterday.Kwan, a vice chairwoman of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, briefed the media on yesterday’s closed-door committee meeting about the bill afterwards.Kwan said she hoped the bill can become law by the end of the current legislative session,

May 4, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to review checkpoints computer glitch: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that official bodies including her office and the Public Security Police (PSP) would review their handling of Saturday’s computer glitch in which thousands of people were stuck for hours at the city’s checkpoints.The tourism chief, who also heads the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT), was asked by reporters about the incident on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition at

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Kai Fong calls for competition law

Ilha Verde District Welfare and Mutual Help Association Vice President Chan Fong yesterday urged the government to come up with a bill to ensure competitive prices for food such as fruit, meat and vegetables.Chan also said there should be regulations in place to prevent businesspeople from reaping “exorbitant profits”, adding that businesspeople should follow their conscience when running their businesses.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of a one-day seminar about food prices at the

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Transmac says new buses will improve service

Transmac Chairman Alfred Liu Hei Wan said yesterday he believed that 25 newly purchased buses which are equipped with USB ports to charge mobile phones and computers will further improve the services provided by the city’s public bus operators.Liu made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s launching ceremony for the 25 new buses in Pac On.Talking to reporters, Liu, who heads one of the city’s three public bus service providers, said that some of the 25 buses would start operating

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Only 580 take part in May Day protests: police

Macau Youth Dynamics President Lei Kuok Keong and New Macau Association (NMA) President Scott Chiang Ming Hin said yesterday that the poor turnout of just 580 demonstrators by 10 groups for this year’s May Day protest had been “expected”.Lei and Chiang made the remarks during separate phone interviews with The Macau Post Daily.An ad hoc alliance by three of the groups – Macau Youth Dynamics, New Macau Association and ‘Our Land, Our Plan’, demonstrated about land development issues,

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Kindergarten interview subsidy may become recurrent: official

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) will consider whether its one-off subsidy for kindergartens to conduct interviews with prospective pupils this year, which amounts to 100 patacas per interview, should become one of its recurrent subsidies to schools in the future, DSEJ Deputy Director Lou Pak Sang said yesterday.Lou made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition at the Bank of China Building. According to Lou, the government will also review

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Students urge peers to ‘carry forward’ May 4th spirit

Young people should “inherit and carry forward” the spirit of the May 4th Movement, Tommy He Zhaodong, a vice-director general of the University of Macau Students’ Union (UMSU), said yesterday, adding that they should bear in mind “the lessons of history and the era”.The student leader made the remarks when addressing the opening ceremony of the group’s three-day “UMSU May 4th Youth Leadership Summit Series” activity commemorating the historic movement in 1919, at the university

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Over 900 march for animal rights

Over 900 people marched on Saturday to urge the government and the legislature to get a long-delayed animal protection bill passed as soon as possible. Animal rights protests were held in Hong Kong and Taiwan simultaneously, with Macau’s protest co-organised by the Macau Abandoned Animals Association (AAPAM).The government-initiated animal protection bill, the outline of which was passed by the legislature in October 2014, is being reviewed in detail by the Legislative Assembly’s

May 3, 2016 | BY admin

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‘Smart city’ needs mutual trust between govt & public: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-urban planner Jose Chui Sai Peng said yesterday that the government and the public must trust one another if Macau is to become a ‘smart city’.A ‘smart city’ is an urban development vision to integrate multiple information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets, according to Wikipedia. Chui, vice-chairman of the government-appointed Science and Technology Council (CCT), made the remarks on the sidelines of

April 29, 2016 | BY admin

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Fog and rain major challenge when shooting ‘Sea of Mirrors’

The fog and rain were the major challenge for Singaporean-Chinese filmmaker Thomas Lim who has been in town for the past three weeks to shoot his new film “Sea of Mirrors”.The film is a psychological thriller about a former Japanese star who needs to find her kidnapped daughter before her obsession with Macau’s thrills and limelight pushes her to the brink of madness.Shooting has wrapped up and Lim has headed back to his base in Los Angeles to start the editing. The film is expected to

April 29, 2016 | BY admin

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Edgar Degas’ bronze sculptures show artist’s fascination with movement

The display of 74 bronze sculptures of horses, ballet dancers and bathing women – all in different positions – shows just how fascinated French impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was with movement.The sculptures were never meant for public display as Degas created them to serve as models for his paintings. He had never considered his sculptures as works of art, but they have now become a significant part of his work, and the whole collection from M. T. Abraham Foundation is now on

April 29, 2016 | BY admin

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‘Singing Man’ vows to break misconceptions about autism

Local short film “Singing Man” shows how a singer uses an autistic musician to gain sympathy and popularity, and after spending time together the singer learns to respect his autistic friend and develops a ‘bromance’ as they reach for the stars.A ‘bromance’ is a close, emotionally intense but non-sexual bond between two men.The film is a Fuhong Society of Macau project to give people a better understanding of autistic people and also shows the public a more positive way to embrace

April 29, 2016 | BY admin

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Frozen assets can be used for necessities if CE agrees: bill

A government-initiated bill proposes that the chief executive be given the power to allow “designated individuals” to use “a reasonable amount” of their frozen assets to pay their “necessary expenses”, legislator-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who chairs the committee, told reporters yesterday.According to the United Nations, “designated individuals” are persons subject to financial sanctions for alleged involvement in terrorist activity.Kwan, a vice chairwoman of the Macau

April 29, 2016 | BY admin

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Group to survey women’s health & mental state

The Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) announced yesterday that it will conduct a survey next month on local women and the relationship between their health, mental state and family situation, Wong Kit Cheng, a Fu Luen vice president, said yesterday.Addressing a press conference at the group’s headquarters in San Kio district, Wong also said that since society’s demand for psychological counselling has increased, the government should set up a long-delayed

April 29, 2016 | BY admin

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