Councillor claims vet bill ‘unrealistic’

Lok Chan Nei, a councillor of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said yesterday that some requirements about veterinary hospitals and clinics in the consultation text of the Animal Disease Prevention and Veterinarian Bill were “unrealistic”.Lok, who also heads the Women’s General Association of Macau’s Joyful Family Service Centre in Taipa, made the remarks during a meeting of the council at a community service centre run by the Civic and Municipal Affairs

March 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Fewer dealers, casino wages rise

The gaming industry’s number of full-time employees dipped by 0.8 percent year on year to 55,794 at the end of last year, of which the number of dealers (croupiers) dropped by 2.4 percent to 24,039, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.Gaming industry staff accounted for about 14 percent of the city’s labour force at the end of 2016.Macau’s labour force stood at 389,900 in the DSEC employment survey period between November last year and January. A dealer

March 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmaker urges casinos to provide flexible training

Lawmaker Song Pek Kei urged the city’s gaming operators yesterday to provide training programmes for their female casino staff with more flexible schedules.Song, who heads the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API), made the remarks on the sidelines of a forum held by her group about protecting female casino workers’ rights at the association’s headquarters in Areia Preta. The forum was held on the eve of International Women’s Day. About 100 female casino employees attended

March 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Lok Kok exterior will remain intact: IC chief

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Hio Ming said yesterday that the exterior of the long-defunct Lok Kok Restaurant, which is listed as a heritage site, will be preserved. The restaurant was once one of the city’s most popular tea houses. Its name refers to the six states during the Qin Dynasty. The remarks were made in response to a resident who allegedly witnessed construction work going on recently in the badly dilapidated building and spoke about the issue during a phone-in

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM aims for 200 firms on its online shopping platform by year-end

Local telecom operator CTM launched its online shopping platform yesterday with the aim of assisting local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to run their businesses online.The company also said it aimed to have more than 200 local companies join the platform named “Macau Good Hands” by the end of this year.The platform’s launching ceremony was held yesterday at Macau Tower.CTM Commercial Vice President Ebel Cham Pou I delivers a speech during yesterday’s launching ceremony of

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Teachers, pupils to design solar energy storage system: principal

Teachers and pupils of Pooi To Middle School Macau will design a solar energy storage system to raise pupils’ awareness of environmental protection, the school’s principal, Lei Pou Tin, said yesterday.Lei made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s energy-saving activity in which Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) staff visited the school’s campus in Nam Van to explain to the pupils how to save energy.The office launched a three-month energy-saving campaign yesterday, with 46

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt extends GDI, sets up B&R office

The operation of the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) will be extended for another two years, to June 30 2019, according to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The government announced in 2015 that the operation of the office will be extended to June 30, 2017.The office was set up in 2000 as an infrastructure “project team” for two years, which then was led by a director and a deputy director. Since then, the operation of the office has been extended

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Man kicks neighbour’s gate, attacks cops: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Sunday for kicking his female neighbour’s metal gate in a residential building as he said he was angry with her for having been noisy every night for a month, PJ spokesman Tam Weng Keong said during a special press briefing yesterday.The suspect also allegedly intended to attack his neighbour with a knife.When the victim called the police and PJ officers arrived at the scene the suspect resisted arrest, Tam said. This photo taken yesterday in

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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3 locals, 1 Vietnamese nabbed for mobile theft

Three local taxi drivers and a Vietnamese car wash worker were arrested yesterday for their involvement in a theft case by finding and keeping a passenger’s mobile phone, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said.The spokesperson said one of the taxi drivers, surnamed Wong, is in his fifties while the second, surnamed Fong, is in his thirties. The third driver, surnamed Ng, is in his fifties while the car wash staff, surnamed Bu, is a non-resident worker from Vietnam.According to the

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Population falls to 644,900

Macau’s population fell year on year by 1,900 to 644,900 at the end of last year, namely due to a decrease in the number of imported labour, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.According to the bureau’s 2016 demographic data, females accounted for 52.6 percent of the population. Seniors – those aged 65 and over – accounted for 9.8 percent of the population. The elderly population rose by 0.8 percent year on year.A total of 7,146 live births were delivered last

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Art-fest explores ‘heterotopia’

Themed “Heterotopia”, this year’s month-long art festival will present 25 programmes of dance, music and theatre exploring various possibilities of space by means of different art manifestations.Heterotopia is a concept in human geography elaborated by French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926 – 1984) to describe places and spaces that function in non-hegemonic conditions, such as when you see yourself in the mirror, according to Wikipedia.The 28th Macau Arts Festival (FAM), organised by

March 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Group wants to unify guidelines for healthcare workers

There are no unified guidelines and regulations for healthcare workers to follow in Macau, Agnes Lam Iok Fong, who chairs the Macau Civic Power (ECM) group, said yesterday, whereas Medical Affairs Committee Secretary-General Leung Pui San said the establishment of a medical malpractice evaluation committee could fill the gap.Lam and Leung made the remarks during the open-air Macau Forum, a weekly public debate programme run by government-owned broadcaster, which is held every Sunday in Areia

March 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt rejects 'irresponsible' US report

The Macau government yesterday described the Macau section of the US State Department’s 2016 Country Report on Human Rights Practices as “ignoring facts and making irresponsible comments about the Macau Special Administrative Region [MSAR], which is an internal affair of China.”The statement also said that the MSAR government “strongly rejects” the US report, adding that Macau is governed by its people and that it enjoys a high degree of autonomy, which is successfully being

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800 CCTV cameras to be installed by 2020: police

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday he expected the installation of 800 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the “fourth phase” to be completed in 2020.Ma made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a community day hosted by the Public Security Police (PSP) in Praça do Tap Seac.The event was to mark the 326th anniversary of the establishment of the police force on March 14, 1691. Unitary Police Service (SPU)

March 6, 2017 | BY admin

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