BRIEFS: Mandatory insurance for typhoons

Lawmakers passed a bill regulating repair damage procedures in case of workplace accidents and occupational diseases. Insurance for employees who are requested to report for duty during typhoons of signal

Lawmakers urge new cabinet to address region’s most pressing issues

Delivering a spoken enquiry during Friday’s Legislative Assembly plenary meeting, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang recalled that in recent years Macau’s government has failed to solve matters in timely and appropriate

Economy grows due to ‘investments in new gaming facilities’

Macau’s economy is set to grow between 4 and 5 percent this year thanks to investments in the gaming industry, although the GDP recorded negative growth in the last quarter. Speaking

Ask the Vet | How to tell if your marmoset monkey is sick

Wasting Away Marmoset monkeys are susceptible to wasting syndrome, a bodily invasion of the pancreatic worm Trichospirura leptostoma, which is transmitted through the household cockroach. For this reason, household sanitation is

International Marathon this Sunday

This year, participants of the Marathon and Half Marathon courses are required to run across the Sai Van Bridge, finishing a route that spans the Science Centre on the Macau

Estate agents signal property price drop

Home prices have plunged 50 percent since 2011, but due to a slump in gaming revenue, the mainland’s anti-graft campaign, and competition from real estate markets in Zhuhai, property agents

Nobel laureates Robert Merton and Mo Yan speak at UM

Nobel Prize recipients in economics, Robert C Merton, and literature, Mo Yan, will be giving a talk at the University of Macau this weekend. Prof Robert C Merton, who was awarded

Developer admits moving reportedly stolen God of Land statue

A local real estate developer declared that the missing God of Land statue from the Beco Central was not stolen, as indicated before by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), but

WTCC not to return to Macau next year

The championship will only visit China on September 27 at the Shanghai International Circuit. The season finale is taking place on November 22, as WTCC’s first night race at Losail,

BRIEFS: Macau airport passenger growth

Over 450,000 passengers used the Macau International Airport (MIA) in November, representing an increase of 9.5 percent year-on-year. Aircraft movements reached over 4,600 in November, representing an 11.5 increase from

CCAC report labels Cable TV, public antenna companies agreement ‘a sham’

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) 2013 Annual Report published yesterday has documented the administrative irregularities of several government departments that the Commission has investigated. It has labeled the previous agreement

Commission ‘feeble’ when handling complaints

In the forward of the CCAC Annual Report, Commissioner Fong Man Chong has said that many of the issues in government departments that were discovered by the Commission have yet

Christmas charity bazaar raises MOP62,500

MdME and Portuguese law firm to launch information guide

Local law firm MdME and Portuguese legal practice MLGTS have joined forces to launch a guide for Portuguese nationals living in or willing to move to Macau, Angola or Mozambique,

Lighting with acrobatics opens Winter in Venice carnival

Combining trampoline acrobatics, color-changing LED suits and interactive lighting, the “Infinity Bounce” trampoline performance is aimed to entrance the audience and add flair to the annual Winter in Venice carnival. “There

Labor disputes at new USJ campus construction site

Yesterday, a group of mainland- ers working at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) new campus construction site demanded their employer pay them the salary arrears totalling MOP7 million. Public

Beijing official calls on AL to monitor the administration

Li Fei, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese National People’s Congress Standing Committee, believes that Macau should legislate as soon as possible for the Legislative Assembly (AL) to monitor the income

Briefs | Gov’t pledges support for the disabled

A member of a law enforcement agency in Macau was detained on Tuesday for allegedly trafficking drugs from Zhuhai into Macau. Information from the Judiciary Police (PJ) suggested that representatives

Scholars look into ‘Macau’s crucial role’ in US-China relations

Macau has played ‘a crucial role’ in the development of bilateral relations between the U.S. and China, according to Prof Hao Yufan, dean of the University of Macau’s Faculty of

Health | City launches online HIV risk assessment test

The Health Bureau (SSM) has recently launched an online HIV risk assessment test, which allows citizens to discover whether they are among groups at risk of infection, the department said

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