Govt proposes changes to medical professional licensing system

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill on the qualification and licensing of the city’s medical personnel.The bill covers various kinds of medical practitioners, therapists and a range of kinds of other medical-related personnel, for both the public and private health sectors.According to Leong, the bill proposes that the new qualification and licensing system for the city’s medical professionals covers doctors, dentists,

August 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Smoking TurboJet engine forces return to Macau

The Vessel Traffic Control Centre of Macau (MVTS) received a report yesterday that 20 minutes after leaving the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal smoke was seen coming from the engine room of a TurboJet which had departed at 1:15 p.m. for the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau immediately informed the Macau Customs Service. The TurboJet was slowly escorted to the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal by

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Hundreds of protestors march to City of Dreams

Employees of gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment marched yesterday from Avenida da Nave Desportiva in Cotai to the newly opened Morpheus hotel at the City of Dreams complex in Cotai, urging the company to raise their pay and improve their working conditions and fringe benefits.Cloee Chao Sao Fong, president of the protest organiser, the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, told reporters that around 2,200 of the company’s workers took part in the demonstration. The police

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Fisherman’s Wharf inks copyright deal to support local music

Macau Fisherman’s Wharf International Investment Ltd. and the Macau Association of Composers, Authors & Publishers (MACA) signed an agreement on the copyright of musical work last week at Rocks Hotel at the company’s Fisherman’s Wharf theme park.According to a statement by the company, the aim of the agreement is to protect the copyright of music played at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf including Legend Palace Hotel, Harbourview Hotel, Rocks Hotel, Legend Palace Casino and Babylon

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5 HK suspects nabbed for taking & selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a woman and four men from Hong Kong for taking and selling drugs, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspects are aged between 21 and 34. Three were arrested early Monday when they were leaving a hotel in Cotai.The spokesperson said that the other two suspects were arrested yesterday morning, one outside a casino in Zape and another was at the Macau Outer Harbour

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Owner faces charges over deadly restaurant blast: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested the owner of the Chinese restaurant in Areia Preta where an explosion occurred last month, killing a woman and injuring six other people, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.On the evening of July 3 an explosion ripped through an eatery on the ground floor of Block 2 of Pak Lei Estate in Avenida do Hipodromo. Firemen arrived at the restaurant soon after the blast, and found five injured people outside the restaurant

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Govt vows to ‘revitalise’ Lai Chi Vun Village

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said yesterday that it has come up with a proposal for the preservation and “revitalisation” of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village where about a dozen dilapidated shipyards are located.According to the proposal, some of the shipyards would be “completely” preserved while the others would be “revitalised” based on their specific characteristics.The bureau is proposing that the shipyards earmarked for revitalisation would be subject to demolition before

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Canidrome plans to move greyhounds to ‘residential spaces’

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that it has approved a request by the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. which asked the bureau to grant it an additional 60 days before taking back the greyhounds left behind at the Fai Chi Kei racetrack, adding that it has made the decision after considering the company’s latest greyhound relocation proposal submitted yesterday to be “feasible”.In its latest proposal to relocate the greyhounds left behind at

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IPM denies ex-teacher’s malpractice, sexual misconduct claims

The public Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) yesterday categorically denied a string of allegations apparently made by David Quartermain, a former deputy director of the tertiary education institution’s MPI-Bell Centre of English.The institute sent a statement to The Macau Post Daily last night in response to the allegations by its former employee.On Saturday afternoon, The Macau Post Daily received an e-mail apparently written by Quartermain and titled “Malpractice, negligence, and sexual

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Seac Pai Van residents petition CE over hazardous materials

Representatives of Seac Pai Van residents yesterday handed a petition against the storage of hazardous materials near their homes, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, to an official outside Government Headquarters. The representatives told reporters that the petition was signed by over 7,200 residents.The petition accused the government of having failed to consult the affected residents about its plan to build two warehouses for hazardous materials in the Concordia Industrial

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Myanmar to give MSAR passport holders visa-on-arrival

The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday that it has been notified by the Consulate General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Hong Kong that the holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passports will be granted visa-on-arrival entry to the country as a tourist.According to the statement, the MSAR passport holders can apply for the visa-on-arrival at three airports in the country, namely Yangon International Airport, Mandalay International

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SJM Holdings’ net profit rises 56.8 percent in 1H

Hong Kong-listed Macau gaming operator SJM Holdings Limited said in a statement yesterday that its first-half net profit rose 56.8 percent year on year to HK$1.49 billion. Total Group net revenue increased 9.7 percent to HK$17.19 billion. Net gaming revenue rose 9.6 percent to HK$16.84 billion, accounting for 97.9 percent of the total Group net revenue between January and June. The figures refer to the unaudited consolidated interim results of the company and its subsidiaries, collectively

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Cultural Industries Fund to launch branding grants

The Cultural Industries Fund (FIC) will launch a new programme to promote the branding of local enterprises through grants, aiming to help them enter the Greater Bay Area (GBA) market, FIC Administration Council member Davina Chu Miu Lai said yesterday.Chu made the remarks at a press conference about the fund’s financial support in the first half of the year and the new programme, at the Macau Art Garden in Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues.According to Chu, the programme provides five grants

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Permanent eSports venue debuts in Macau

A new spot for video gamers opened at Studio City yesterday, marking the first permanent venue for eSports in Macau.The venue called “Macau Estadium” is a joint project of Kowloon Estadium and All-In E-Sports Limited in partnership with Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, which developed Studio City in Cotai.Macau Estadium Executive Director Roy Kwong Kwan Yin told reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony at Studio City yesterday that there was a 20 million pataca

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