Preservation is everybody’s job: Heritage chief

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Cultural Heritage Department Chief Leong Wai Man said yesterday the responsibility of heritage preservation should not fall only on the government’s shoulders, but be shared by every resident in the city.Leong made the remarks when addressing yesterday’s Macau Forum as a panellist. The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The forum discussed the draft decisions released by the UNESCO World Heritage

June 12, 2017 | BY admin

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B&R to ensure bright development for Macau: ex-FM Li

The nation’s former foreign minister Li Zhaoxing said yesterday that the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative was paving the way for an even brighter development for Macau, urging the city to seize the opportunity provided by its strongly supportive motherland.Li, the honorary president of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and president of the China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA), made the remarks during yesterday’s opening ceremony of the International

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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4 groups submit candidacy nomination signatures

A total of four groups, two of which will be headed by grassroots lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San respectively, submitted the registered voters’ signatures they have collected to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday.The third group’s representative, Chan Chon Pat, chairman of the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API), and the fourth group’s representative Tong Noi Tong, director of lawmakers Chan Meng Kam, Si Ka Lon and Song Pek

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Vice-chief to head privacy office from July: govt

The deputy director of the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP), Yang Chongwei, will be appointed director of the office effective from July 1, as Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has accepted the resignation of Vasco Fong Man Chong effective the same day, the Government Spokesperson’s Office said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that Fong had submitted its resignation “for personal reasons”.Fong was appointed as the privacy office’s director in December 2014 on

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau Pass introduces mobile payment

Macau Pass, a local electronic payment service provider, introduced mobile payment technology yesterday during a launching ceremony at a Royal Supermarket in Areia Preta.The company launched the mobile app “MacauPay” which generates QR codes to be scanned with a point of sale (POS) machine or other devices by the cashier.Users have to confirm their identity when creating a MacauPay account including scanning their identity card.Kou Ming (right), vice head of the Economic Department of the

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Views divided on e-payments in wet markets: survey

A survey’s findings show that 55.68 percent of customers back the introduction of electronic payments in local wet markets, while 55.57 percent of market vendors disagree with the idea, Macau Market Vendors Union board member O Cheng Wong said yesterday.O announced the findings of the survey, jointly conducted by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), local think tank Choi In Tong Sam and O’s union, during a press conference at the union’s office in the city

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau, Zhuhai police bust drug-smuggling gang

Local police and their Zhuhai counterparts have jointly busted a drug-smuggling gang based in Zhuhai and arrested five gang members from the mainland and Hong Kong, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Chan said that a total of 301 kilogrammes of Ice (methamphetamine) were seized in Zhuhai with a street value of 10 million yuan.According to Chan, the drug-smuggling case was the biggest ever on record in Zhuhai. The five suspects were

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Kyoto tea expert opens pop-up store in Galaxy Macau

Nakamura Tokichi Honten, a family business that has been cultivating tea in Kyoto for 164 years, has recently opened a pop-up store at Galaxy Macau to introduce visitors from different parts of the world to the traditions of Japanese tea.Nakamura Tokichi founded the company in 1854. When each generation takes over the business, the new leader of the company customarily changes his name, and currently Nakamura Tokichi VI (denoting the sixth generation), whose childhood name is Toji, oversees the

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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3 men nabbed for seriously assaulting man

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three local men on Tuesday and Wednesday on suspicion of attacking a local man in a restaurant in April, which required the victim to undergo brain surgery, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a special press conference yesterday.The victim has since been discharged from the hospital, according to Chan.Chan identified the three suspects as a 24-year-old surnamed Un, a 25-year-old surnamed On and a 26-year-old surnamed Cheong. The victim is a 27-year-old

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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MTel did not request 10 Gbps connection: CTM

CTM Network Services Vice President Declan Leong Pui Hong said yesterday that MTel had requested 100 Mbps Internet peering connectivity between the two telecom providers.His remarks came after MTel complained to the media last week that CTM had failed to meet its request for 10 Gbps capacity.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of the launch of CTM’s WiFi service in about 50 retail outlets in Taipa Village.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Na Tcha – a mischievous child god & protector

The Feast of Na Tcha is not a public holiday but there are three days of activities in Macau that commemorate the deity’s appearance in the city to protect locals from a deadly plague around 1840.Na Tcha, whose formal Taoist name is the “Marshal of the Central Altar” and was given the title “Third Lotus Prince” when he became a deity, is also a character from the 16th century Chinese classic novel “Fengshen Yanyi” (“The Investiture of the Gods”). Na Tcha in Putonghua is

June 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Culture chief vows to heed UNESCO suggestions

Cultural Bureau (IC) President Leung Hio Ming said yesterday his bureau was attaching great importance to the draft decisions released last week by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which expressed concern about some local heritage sites’ state of preservation.Leung made the remarks during a hastily organised press conference at the bureau yesterday afternoon.Having analysed a report on the state of conservation of the Macau Historic Centre submitted by the Beijing-based State

June 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Over 210 counsellors in 76 schools: govt

Counsellors from the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) are stationed in 76 of the city’s 77 schools, Chow Pui Leng, who heads bureau’s Psycho-Pedagogical Support and Special Education Centre, said yesterday.Chow did not say which school does not have a counsellor from the bureau.Most of the city’s schools are privately owned.Chow Pui Leng, who heads the Psycho-Pedagogical Support and Special Education Centre of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), speaks during a press

June 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Election committee says 14 sign more than 1 nomination form

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has so far discovered 14 registered voters who have signed more than one election candidature nomination form among the eight applications received, CAEAL President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday.Each nomination form must be signed by a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 500 registered voters. According to the law, each registered voter can only sign one nomination form.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on

June 8, 2017 | BY admin

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