IC establishes partnership with HK company

In order to expand the sales channels of its publications beyond Macau’s borders, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), has established a partnership with publishing company Sup Publishing Logistics (HK). Through the publisher’s webpage, the IC’s publications can be distributed and sold to readers in Hong Kong and abroad. Sup Publishing Logistics (HK) Limited is a subsidiary of Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Limited, which has business relations with over 400 publishing houses and close to 1,000 bookstores in Hong Kong and around the world. As Hong Kong’s biggest online publishing house, its vast sales network includes business links to convenience store chains, online bookstores and department store chains.

Nine new HIV infections recorded in 1st half-year

Macau has recorded nine new cases of HIV infection in the first six months of this year. All of the patients are local residents. According to the Fight Against AIDS Committee, sexual contact still remains the main cause of AIDS transmission in the territory. At the Committee’s plenary meeting last Friday, the Health Bureau also promoted safe sex among different groups, including adolescents and sex workers. The bureau has focused work plans on routinizing HIV detection in local medical institutions, holding community forums on AIDS and surveying adolescents’ recognition, attitudes and behavior toward the disease.