Xi presents party’s central leadership, roadmap for next 5 years

BEIJING – Soon after being re-elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President Xi Jinping yesterday presented the new CPC central leadership to the press and laid down a roadmap for the next five years.Amid applause, Xi led the other six newly elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee into a brightly-lit room inside the Great Hall of the People, facing rows of journalists.Xi, 64, was

October 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Over 11,000 traffic accidents in 9 months

Public Security Police (PSP) Traffic Department Commissioner Leong Wa Chi said yesterday that 11,087 traffic accidents were recorded in the first nine months of this year, or an average of 40 accidents a day, resulting in 3,541 injuries and six deaths.Leong made the remarks during a press conference about the annual Road Safety Carnival, at the Transport Bureau (DSAT) in Estrada de D. Maria II.According to Leong, the number of accidents recorded in the first nine months of the year was about

October 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for changes to weather bureau structure

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) yesterday urged the government to amend the operation of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) and its administrative structure.The activist group made the appeal during a press conference at its office.The press conference hosted by NMA activists Scott Chiang Meng Hin and Ray Leong Ka Wai was about a hard-hitting report released last week by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) on the findings of an investigation into the observatory

October 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to launch language subsidy scheme

The government will launch a subsidy scheme with the aim of encouraging residents to take examinations for a number of language proficiency qualifications. Each applicant can get a subsidy of 1,000 patacas for each qualification if they get the required results.The plan will be jointly launched by the Talent Development Committee, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) and Macau Foundation (FM).A press conference about the scheme was held yesterday at the committee’s office in Nam

October 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui to deliver 2018 Policy Address on Nov 14

hief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will deliver his 2018 Policy Address in the legislature’s hemicycle on November 14, the Legislative Assembly (AL) announced yesterday.According to the announcement, Chui will answer lawmakers’ questions about his policy address on November 15.The government’s five policy secretaries will separately present their respective 2018 portfolio guidelines to the legislature from November 21 to December 6, according to the announcement.Customarily, the policy

October 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau to host 2nd Boao development summit next month

The 2nd Boao Forum for Asia Development Summit is to kick off in Macau early next month, the organizers said in a statement yesterday.The two-day event, starting on November 5, will be themed “Smart Cities and the Development of Asia”. It is co-organized by the Boao Forum for Asia, the Macau Youth Federation and Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST).The topics of the summit will include smart cities and the development of Asia, youth talents and the future of Asia, the central

October 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Xi Joins Mao & Deng as leaders credited in party charter

BEIJING – The ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) approved a revised charter that enshrined President Xi Jinping’s name under its guiding principles, elevating him to a status that eluded his two immediate predecessors.The revised CPC constitution approved yesterday at the end of the party’ twice-a-decade congress in Beijing listed “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” alongside the theories of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. While presidents

October 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt launches consultation on municipal body

The government is launching a one-month public consultation today on the establishment of a non-political municipal organisation in Macau.The government is proposing that board members of the municipal organisation are not elected but that they will be appointed by the chief executive instead.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) in Nape. The public consultation will end on November 23. Two public sessions will be held during the

October 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Ex-director still working at weather station: Tam

Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) and Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man, said yesterday that the weather bureau’s former director Fong Soi Kun was still working for the weather station.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a public event at the World Trade Centre Macau in Zape.Last month, the government appointed Tam to temporarily take on the function of director of the weather bureau for a one-year term.

October 25, 2017 | BY admin

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FIA trusts Macau’s organising capabilities: Pun

Pun Weng Kun, president of the Sports Bureau (ID) and coordinator of the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee, said yesterday that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) had full confidence in Macau’s capabilities of organising international motor races.Pun made the remarks during a press conference about the 64th Macau Grand Prix, at the Macau Science Centre yesterday.This year Macau will host three major events, including two FIA World Cups – the FIA Formula 3 World Cup and the

October 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Health Bureau shuts down Mayo Medical Centre

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it has ordered the 90-day closure of the Mayo Medical Centre for allegedly providing vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment without a licence.The bureau said that on Friday its officers inspected the centre, located on the 20th floor of the Fortuna Business Centre (FBC), after a resident reported to the bureau that the medical centre had been “secretly” providing IVF treatment and that “there are victims already”.The statement said

October 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab 31 loan sharks in Taipa

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 31 men and women from the mainland in Taipa yesterday for alleged membership of a loan-sharking gang which had offered casino patrons instant gambling loans during the past six months.Last week, the Judiciary Police received a tip-off about suspected loan sharks staying in a residential estate in Rua de Coimbra. At 6 a.m. yesterday, PJ officers raided two flats in the 7th block of Nova City, where 19 male and 12 female suspects, including two alleged

October 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab 7 for operating online baccarat

Seven men aged between 19 and 28 have been arrested for streaming online baccarat games after a resident told the police that a relative on the mainland had lost 3 million yuan (3.6 million patacas) from gambling on the site.Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said in a special press briefing near the crime scene yesterday evening that a resident called 993 at around noon yesterday, saying that a group of people were operating an online gambling business out of a flat in Fai Chi

October 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Record number of HIV cases in 2016: govt

AIDS Prevention and Control Commission Secretary-General Lam Chong said yesterday that last year saw the highest number of cases when 30 people were diagnosed with HIV since the first case was recorded in 1986, adding that the record number was due to the government’s promotion of HIV testing in recent years.Lam made the remarks during a press conference at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Nape about a series of activities in the run-up to World AIDS Day organised by the

October 24, 2017 | BY admin

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