Constitution is ‘mother law’, Basic Law is ‘sub-law’: Liaison Office vice-director

Chen Sixi, a vice-director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said yesterday that the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Macau Basic Law are not functioning parallel to each other but, instead, the Constitution is the “mother law” and the Basic Law is a “sub-law”.Chen urged Macau’s civil society to “accurately understand” the relationship between the nation’s Constitution and the Macau Basic Law.Chen made the remarks during

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Labour vice-chief says delivery driver jobs available through bureau

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Deputy Director Ng Wai Han said yesterday that there are currently 200 vacancies for delivery drivers that prospective employers have placed with her bureau.Ng made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of government-owned broadcaster TDM’s Macau Forum in Areia Preta Park.Ng said that during a two-day recruitment and job matching day for delivery drivers organised by her bureau on Friday and Saturday, nine residents were hired by

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Minimum wage implementation divides forum

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum were starkly divided over the possible implementation of a statutory minimum wage for all employment sectors.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) launched a 45-day public consultation last month on the proposed implementation of a statutory minimum wage for all workers. The public consultation will end on December 27.Guest

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Bahraini, Kenyan win Macau marathon

Bahrain’s Kenyan-born Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa won the women’s 2017 Galaxy Entertainment Macau International Marathon in 2:29.12 yesterday, followed by runners from Ukraine and Kenya in second and third place respectively, while Kenya’s Felix Kiptoo Kirwa won the men’s marathon in 2:10.01, followed by two fellow Kenyans in second and third places.Both winners broke local records and each won US$62,000.Kenyans won the men’s marathon in 2016, 2014 and 2013.Bahrain’s Kenyan-born runner

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Month-long light-fest kicks off

The Macau Light Festival 2017 – AMOR MACAU was unveiled at the Ruins of St. Paul last night, kicking off a string of events and festivities to fill this whole month with new elements of tourism and leisure.“Amor” means “love” in Portuguese, Spanish and other Romance languages.Themed “Wish-Making under the Stars”, the opening ceremony featured a show choreographed and performed by a local dance troupe. The opening kicked off an array of projection mapping shows and light

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Sands says water in Parisian ‘within int’l guidelines’

The water at Sands China’s hotel property The Parisian Macau in Cotai, which tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease bacteria in April that caused three people to become ill, is found to have the same bacteria again, based on recent tests by the Health Bureau (SSM).The Health Bureau said in a statement on Friday that while the hotel had changed the sterilisation system of its water system in September, the bureau had carried out tests again in October which showed that Legionella was

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Lawmaker facing trial asks supporters to ‘keep hope alive’

Non-establishment lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou yesterday asked his supporters to “keep hope alive” despite his possible suspension, insisting that he wouldn’t be disappointed even if he were suspended.Sou made the remarks during a solidarity gathering about his possible suspension from the legislature at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia – popularly known as “Three Lamps” – last night.According to judicial sources, Sou and fellow activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin stand accused of aggravated

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Govt proposes building 4 schools on dog racetrack: Tam

Addressing yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that the government was proposing to build four schools on the plot of land where the city’s greyhound racetrack is located.In July last year, the government told the racetrack operator, Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd., to vacate the property in Fai Chi Kei, a public land concession, within two years. The company’s concession to run greyhound

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18 local eateries retain Michelin stars

In the Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2018, a total of 18 restaurants in Macau have been awarded stars, while Galaxy’s Terrazza lost its single star that it had received for the 2017 edition.The Macau section of the latest edition of the dining guideline was announced at a press conference by the French tyre company at City of Dreams yesterday.The 18 local eateries in the 2018 edition comprise two restaurants with three stars, five restaurants with two stars, and 11 restaurants with one

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Tam hopes central provident fund will become mandatory

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday he hopes that a mandatory central provident fund will be implemented in Macau in the future.Tam made the remarks on the first day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.The city’s non-mandatory central provident fund will be implemented on January 1 next year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Macau to get ‘academy of medicine’: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government will establish an official institution for the training of local medical specialists in the near future.Tam made the remarks on the first day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Two years ago, the government said it would study the feasibility of establishing such an institution.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

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SJM raises 3.19 million patacas in charity auction

SJM held its annual charity auction and dinner yesterday in which the gaming operator raised a total of 3.19 million patacas from bidding on Italian white truffles, wine, a SJM Theodore Racing Team signed helmet and a night’s stay – complete with a Michelin-starred meal – at Grand Lisboa Hotel, as well as a personal donation from local businessman David Chow Kam Fai.The “SJM Michelin-starred Charity Auction and Dinner” was held at Grand Lisboa Hotel, where SJM Chairman of the Board of

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274 kg of uninspected food confiscated: govt

In a joint bust by the Macau Customs Service and the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), a total of 254 kilogrammes of meat and 20 kilogrammes of vegetables were seized, according to a joint statement yesterday.The statement said that the two government bodies took action last Friday and this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. During the operation seven eateries, two vegetable stalls and a food processing plant were found to have imported uninspected food which they were selling in the

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Art in the street: Paintings on power boxes spark energy in city

The grey and sometimes dusty and even dirty power boxes installed by local electric utility CEM in the streets have been given a facelift by local artists and illustrators, bringing vibrancy and energy to the community through art.This is part of CEM’s recent “Electricity x Culture and Creativity – Power Box Revitalisation with Art” project where 20 local artists and illustrators from the Macau Artist Society and Macau Illustrators Association are revitalising the low-voltage

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