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First-ever ‘made in Macau’ pandas born
For the first time a giant panda has given birth in Macau – and it was double happiness yesterday as not just one cub but twins were born – and both were even locally conceived.The “lovely giant panda twins” were born to eight-year-old Sam Sam and her mate Hoi Hoi, who is seven years old, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night. The bureau said both the mother and the elder cub, which weighs 135 grammes, were doing fine, adding that, however,
June 27, 2016
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Group warns of drug risk during summer holidays
Macau Health Association Vice Chairman Denis Vong Hou Piu said yesterday that as children may more easily come into contact with drugs during their summer holidays, parents should spend more time with their children, particularly during the holiday period.Vong made the remarks on the sidelines of an anti-drug activity in a sitting-out area in Lok Yeong Garden in Fai Chi Kei. Vong, an auditor by profession, was one of the guests officiating at the event.The Macau Health Promotion Association
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Lawmaker urges govt to release public housing plan for La Scala plots
Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San has urged the government to release as soon as possible its public housing plan for the five plots of land where the aborted La Scala residential project is located.The legislator says in a written interpellation submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday that the five plots should be big enough for at least 11,000 public housing flats.A copy of the interpellation was sent to the media.This photo taken last week shows the area where the graft-tainted La
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Donations steady despite economic slowdown: Orbis
Local donations for Orbis’ global sight-saving mission have remained steady even though Macau is going through an economic slowdown, Orbis Macau’s Director of Development Vivian Lo Pou San said at the weekend. Lo made the comment while speaking to reporters on Saturday during the opening of the local Orbis branch’s ‘Darkness To Go’ month-long campaign at Joy’s Salon in Nape.According to Lo, the local branch raised about 17 million patacas last year and looking at this year’s
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Wushu gathering to cost 10-20 million patacas: Tam
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he estimated the budget for the city’s  Wushu Grand Gathering to range between 10 million and 20 million patacas, adding that the exact figure will be announced by the Sports Bureau (ID) in the near future.  ‘Wushu’ is Putonghua for martial arts.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony for the Healthy Life Education Centre in Areia Preta.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Govt forecasts Brexit impact will be ‘limited’
The impact of Great Britain’s referendum to leave the European Union (EU) will have a “relatively limited” impact on Macau, a statement by the office of Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac predicts. According to the statement issued on Friday, Leong held a meeting with the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) on Friday to assess Brexit’s impact on the local economy. The statement points out that the British pound accounts for merely 0.35 percent of the AMCM
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Group urges govt to set up TCM hospital on Hengqin
The government should co-operate with companies to build a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) teaching hospital on Hengqin Island for Macau’s TCM students and doctors, Paulo do Lago Comandante, who heads the Macau Chinese Pharmacy and Medicine Association, said yesterday.Comandante, a TCM physician and member of the government-appointed Medical Affairs Council, spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar about osteoporosis, at the Health Bureau (SSM) headquarters on Guia Hill.“Hengqin
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Forum urges govt to ask for more proof on Taishan plant safety
During yesterday’s Macau Forum, guest speakers urged the local government to ask its Guangdong counterpart to provide more proof about the safety of the under-construction Taishan Nuclear Power Plant.Also attending the forum, Iu Chong Hin, an official from the Public Security Co-ordination Office, said that Macau’s then Portuguese administration had made contingency plans in 1995 for any nuclear accident which may happen in Guangdong, soon after the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant started
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Exhibition shares artist’s childhood memories
An exhibition, featuring over 20 plastic figurines, aims to show a local artist’s childhood memories of ‘tokusatsu’.The ‘Ah Ou’ exhibition is organised by the Hyper Comics Society in 10 Fantasia gallery.The association was set up in 1992 with the main goal of promoting the development and research of comics.Please read the full article in our print edition.
June 27, 2016 | BY admin
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Govt mulls blanket ban on e-cigarettes: health chief
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday the government may consider a blanket ban on e-cigarettes if there is sufficient evidence proving their health risk.Lei made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening session of two-day 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape. The annual conference draws experts and government officials from relevant fields in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to discuss a different topic every year,
June 24, 2016 | BY admin
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Local cheats mainland woman out of 3 million yuan: police
The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a local man on suspicion of cheating his female friend from the mainland out of about 3 million yuan (3.65 million patacas) by claiming that he would use her money to invest in a VIP room in one of the city’s casinos.A PJ spokesperson revealed details of the case during a regular press briefing. The 56-year-old local suspect surnamed Lei was arrested on Tuesday by Public Security Police (PSP) officers at Barrier Gate checkpoint, the
June 24, 2016 | BY admin
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Govt to scrap Transport Infrastructure Office: lawmaker
The government will establish a company to replace the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) next year, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, told reporters yesterday, adding that the firm will be fully owned by the government. The office, which is responsible for the construction and operation of the troubled Light Rapid Transit System (LRT) project, is a government body under the portfolio of Secretary for
June 24, 2016 | BY admin
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Groups urge govt to create lifelong-learning society
Three continuing education groups urged the government yesterday to come up with concrete policies for the creation of a lifelong-learning society, saying that the government could achieve the goal by establishing ‘learning communities’ in the city.The East Asia Forum for Adult Education, Macau Association for Continuing Education and Macau Society of Continuing Education co-hosted a press conference about their views and suggestions in response to the government’s first-ever Five-Year
June 24, 2016 | BY admin
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Woman busted for smuggling fresh chicken: customs
The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that while patrolling the northern district yesterday morning, customs officials arrested a local woman who was found to be carrying eight freshly slaughtered chickens.The case came hard on the heels of the government’s announcement of a temporary ban on the sale of live poultry locally after inspectors discovered the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at Iao Hon Municipal Market on Wednesday.According to the statement,
June 24, 2016 | BY admin
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Medics must have mandatory liability insurance: bill
The government proposes in the final version of its bill on medical malpractice that all medical professionals will have to be covered by liability insurance, Cheang Chi Keong, who heads the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, said yesterday.Cheang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials at the Legislative Assembly (AL).Addressing the press briefing, Cheang pointed out that the bill was first presented to the legislature at the start of this legislative term
June 24, 2016 | BY admin
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