Health chief urges caution over ‘breast milk stimulation’ services

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday the government was aware of the fact that some residents were wrongly calling themselves medical professionals who can help mothers stimulate the production of breast milk. He said that they are not licensed and that they would be fined if found to have provided any medical services.Lei made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a breastfeeding promotion event organised by the Macau Breastfeeding Association, at the

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming union takes 1st step to join elections

Unionist Cloee Chao Sao Fong, leading the recently-formed Front Line of Casino Workers group, submitted a list of registered voters’ signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) on Friday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Chao is also the high-profile president of the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union.Front Line of Casino Workers representative Cloee Chao Sao Fong (centre) poses with fellow members of her group

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Hac Sa bus route change causes traffic jam: group

New Macau Association (NMA) activists collected over 500 signatures in Coloane Village yesterday, petitioning the government to revoke the recent changes to public bus route 25 - its terminus has been changed from Hac Sa Beach to Coloane Village.The group set up a booth at the Coloane Village bus terminus from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to NMA board member Paul Chan Wai Chi.Speaking to reporters at the scene, Chan said the change in route 25’s terminus had caused traffic jams at the

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislative intent reigns supreme: committee

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) said yesterday that in the case of any discrepancies between the Chinese and Portuguese versions of a piece of legislation it is lawmakers’ original legislative intent that reigns supreme.The government-appointed committee also said that in such cases it was not a matter of which of Macau’s two official languages was to be accorded prevalence over the other.Moreover, the committee pointed out that Decree-Law No. 101/99/M gives

May 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Kai Fong suggests ‘village of schools’ on dog track

Panellists at a forum held by the office of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (Kai Fong) for the northern district urged the government yesterday to build sports, recreational facilities and a “village of schools” on the plot of land currently leased by Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. for its controversial greyhound races.The government announced in July last year that the company will have to shut down the racetrack within two years. However, the government has also

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Activist submits candidacy nomination signatures

Veteran political activist Lee Kin Yun, commonly known as “Street Fighter”, who heads the Macau Democratic Action Association, submitted a list of registered voters’ signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative election will take place on September 17.Speaking to reporters yesterday at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Lee said he would head the list, which has five candidates, adding that the

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Local Portuguese shoplifts sushi & lasagne: police

A local man of Portuguese descent has been arrested for shoplifting sushi and lasagne from a supermarket, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the 39-year-old unemployed man surnamed Gonçalves was seen by a supermarket staff member on Wednesday taking two boxes of sushi and a packet of lasagne, and leaving the supermarket without paying for the items.The value of the three items was about 80 patacas.PLEASE READ THE

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Transport chief backs taxi fare hike

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday the bureau agreed to raise the city’s taxi fares, proposing the flagfall be increased and the distance for incremental charges be shortened.Lam made the remarks when briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting with the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council at the bureau.In February, representatives of several taxi groups submitted a joint application for a taxi fare hike to the bureau, proposing the flagfall be raised

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Residents with disabilities can only receive 1 subsidy: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that residents with disabilities who are receiving the government’s Temporary Measure of Income Subsidy are not entitled to receive the government’s disability pension or provisional disability subsidy.According to Leong, disabled residents can only receive one kind of subsidy from the government.Leong made the remarks yesterday when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng during a

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Chan vows to review Election Law, draft bills more carefully

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday the government would review the Legislative Assembly Election Law, with the aim of checking whether there are discrepancies between the Portuguese and Chinese versions of the law.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a plenary session of the legislature.Activists of the New Macau Association (NMA) told reporters on Sunday that, according to the Legislative Election Law, each voter can sign

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Mongolian nabbed for shopping with stolen credit cards

A 33-year-old man from the Republic of Mongolia has been arrested for stealing credit cards and making 250,000 patacas worth of purchases with them, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the police received separate reports from a Swiss woman and a local man saying their wallets had been stolen, one in a Cotai hotel and the other near the Ruins of St Paul’s, in December 2015.A total of

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Enjoy Yunnan dishes at Beijing Kitchen, win a stay at Grand Hyatt Lijiang

It’s a culinary experience that will literally take diners to Yunnan.Grant Hyatt Macau is launching “The Taste of Yunnan” at its Beijing Kitchen restaurant where guests ordering from the special menu of Yunnan dishes will have a chance to win a two-night stay at Grand Hyatt in Yunnan province.The two-night stay is for two people (breakfast included), in the “Grand” suite that has a balcony overlooking the beautiful landscape of Lijiang where the stunning Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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From tradition to training, dragon boat festival unites communities

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the several Chinese traditions that have grown into a major sports event bringing together different sectors of local communities and people from around the world.To most in the West, the festival is a team-paddling sport. The event, in fact, is originated from an age-old Chinese tradition known as “Tuen Ng Jit” in Cantonese or “Duanwu Jie” in Putonghua.“Tuen Ng Jit” is a day to commemorate patriotic poet and minister Qu Yuan (340-270 BC) who

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau film ‘Roulette City’ gets mainland distribution

Filmed in Macau, “Roulette City”, written and directed by Singaporean Thomas Lim, will be distributed on pay-per-view streaming in mainland China from June 8.The distribution will be made through “Being Pictures”, an online movie distribution and production company based in the mainland.“Being Pictures” has also redesigned the film’s poster for its mainland release. The film gets a new Chinese title, which literally means “Roulette City: God of Gamblers” and the original

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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