IAM to enhance public access to food safety information

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) is updating their website and app to keep the public better informed regarding food safety information. The bureau stated that the update would have new features, including training materials and mock tests, as well as push notifications. The website update will enable automatic adjustment to different device types. The updated app, on the other hand, makes continual education on food safety more accessible. Push notifications will also become available, should users opt-in. The app is available in four languages and supports the two most popular operating systems.

CTM offers free Wi-Fi to support social services

Telecom company CTM has announced an investment to enhance social services in the form of an initiative with the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) to provide free-of-charge Wi-Fi services at nine IAS frontline units and 55 private social service centers, such as the Macau Deaf Association, the YMCA, the Obra das Mães and Caritas Macau centers. Each device can log onto the Wi-Fi network for 60 continuous minutes every day. The company said it was one of the many actions it had taken to transform Macau into a smart city. Prior to this, CTM had built Wi-Fi networks at public locations and on some passenger vessels running within the Pearl River Delta.