Orbis marks World Sight Day with bungy jump

About a dozen people walked around 233 metres up on the outside of Macau Tower and bungy jumped from there yesterday as part of Orbis Macau’s campaign to mark World Sight Day.Bungy is an alternative spelling of bungee.World Sight Day was on October 12 this year and due to the fact that the No. 8 storm signal was hoisted for Severe Typhoon Khanun last Sunday, the event had to be rescheduled to take place yesterday.The global sight-saving organisation runs an “Action for Sight” campaign

October 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Probe shows ex-weather chief issued typhoon signals from home

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) says in a report released yesterday that the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), when forecasting typhoons and hoisting typhoon warning signals, simply relied on the personal judgement and decisions of its former director Fong Soi Kun – who resigned the day after Super Typhoon Hato hit Macau in late August, killing 10, injuring 244 and causing damage estimated by the government to be over 11 billion patacas.The report says there was no

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt proposes licensing of social workers

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill on the mandatory accreditation and licensing of social workers, with the aim of improving the quality of the services provided by social workers and reinforcing their professional image.The bill will be submitted in due course to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for debate and vot.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders nabbed for theft

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press conference yesterday the arrests of two mainlanders involved in two thefts on Wednesday.According to a PJ spokesperson, the two suspects are a 38-year-old driver surnamed Huang and a 31-year-old businessman surnamed Zhang.The spokesperson said that on August 20 the police received a report from a man from the mainland that his money had been stolen while he was shopping in a hotel mall in Cotai earlier that day. After investigating the

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Social housing applicants must be aged at least 23: govt

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill on social rental housing – according to which residents can apply for social housing units any time, unlike now where residents can only submit their application when the government launches a new round of applications for social housing units.According to Leong, the bill also proposes that an applicant needs to be at least 23 years old, as opposed to the current minimum age requirement of

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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More high school graduates to enrol on mainland: govt

During a post–meeting briefing at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) yesterday, Kong Chi Meng, head of the Pre–School and Elementary Education Division of the bureau, said that more high school graduates in Macau enrolled in mainland colleges in the 2016/17 academic year.Kong said the rate of enrolment in local and non-local colleges – including universities – by Macau high school graduates increased from 84.4 percent in the 2007/08 academic year to 95.6 percent in the

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Exhibitors eye B&R opportunities at MIF

Over 1,000 enterprises from about 50 countries and regions are showing their products and services at the 22nd Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), hoping to network and get into partnerships with those along the “Belt and Road” (B&R), an initiative of the central government to promote global economic development by connecting Asia, Europe and Africa , according to a statement by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM), the annual fair’s organiser.The fair

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Lush going ‘naked’ this winter

There’s only 64 days to go to Christmas and Lush has prepared its new Christmas range, with every packaged product offering a naked alternative.While both contain the same mix of innovation and ingredients, 80 percent of the range is “Naked”, which is a little better for the planet too.The new Christmas collection includes a “Christmas Sweater”, “Sherbet Dip”, and “Thundersnow” bath bombs, as well as a “Snow Fairy” jelly bomb where you will “watch as clouds of skin

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Where have all the street name signs gone?

Walking around the streets of the city on a daily basis, the dearth of street name signs has become increasingly noticeable, building numbers too for that matter. Where have they gone?Typically street name signs are placed on all corners of buildings at road junctions so that those walking up a street and arriving at a junction can see the name of street they are on and the name of the streets or street that cross the junction.The street name signs in Macau are particularly beautiful, white

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Ambrose So opens calligraphy exhibition in Lisbon

Macau Millennium College (MMC) Chancellor Ambrose So Shu Fai, who is also the chief executive officer of gaming operator SJM, opened his solo calligraphy exhibition in Lisbon last week.The exhibition, “A Cultural Janus: Macau’s Complexity on Calligraphic Parade”, was held at the invitation of Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau (CCCM) and Instituto Internacional de Macau (IIM).Besides promoting the traditional art of Chinese calligraphy, the exhibition aims to foster a deeper

October 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Party creates Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era

BEIJING – The Chinese Communists mainly represented by Xi Jinping have created Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, leading party officials said yesterday.“The thought is the biggest highlight of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a historic contribution to the party’s development,” said Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), said when joining a panel discussion

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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‘One country, two systems’ best guarantee for HK, Macau prosperity: Xi

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping said yesterday the policy of “one country, two systems” has proved to be the best institutional guarantee for the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau after their return to the motherland in 1997 and 1999 respectively.The policy is the best solution to the questions of Hong Kong and Macau, Xi said while delivering a report at the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing.The

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Xi urges stronger stand against ‘grim’ challenges

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party of China (CPC) to take a stronger role in society and economic development to better address the nation’s “grim” challenges as he opened a twice-a-decade national congress of the party.Speaking in the massive Great Hall of the People near Tiananmen Square, Xi laid out his vision of a ruling party that serves as the vanguard for everything from defending national security to providing moral guidance to

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Top judge slams legal veterans’ old thoughts

Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai yesterday slammed veterans in the city’s legal profession for insisting on sticking to the old ways of thinking which he said continued to hinder the development of local society.Sam made the remarks yesterday when delivering a speech at a ceremony marking the beginning of the Judicial Year 2017/18, at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.According to the Judicial Organisation Framework Law, the judicial year in Macau starts on September 1

October 19, 2017 | BY admin

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