DSEJ asks schools to take in children with special needs

Director of the bureau’s Centre of Psycho-­pedagogical Support and Special Education, Ms Chow Pui Leng, told TDM that there are currently 29 private and 9 public schools providing integrated education.

Recession likely to reach double-digit percentage points, economist says

“Everything indicates that the gaming revenue will continue to drop sharply, at least during the first half of the year. That slump will negatively affect Macau’s GDP,” he said. According to

Gov’t intends to introduce minimum wage by 2018

The government intends to introduce a universal minimum wage for all workers, following its initial introduction for cleaning and security personnel working in property management companies. “We intend to implement the

Sound & Image Challenge expands into festival

The Sound & Image Challenge (SIC), a project launched by Creative Macau five years ago, has expanded into a film festival. Organizers announced yesterday that the event features two competitions,

Crime | Man refuses change, grabs notes from cash register

The Public Security Police (PSP) on Sunday received a report of theft from a store on the Cotai Strip claiming that a man who intended to make purchase in the

Briefs | Mist and fog to cover city until Sunday

Mist and fog will affect Macau until Sunday, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG). Due to a warm and humid maritime airstream, poor visibility on the sea surface

Chinese stocks rise to five-year high after Li’s pledge on economy

Chinese stocks gained, with the benchmark index climbing to its highest level since August 2009, after Premier Li Keqiang pledged to take action if economic growth slows too much and

Corporate bits | MdME distinguished in the “IFLR Asia Awards 2015”

MdME, the member firm of the network MLGTS Legal Circle for Macau, received the award “M&A Deal of the Year” in the “IFLR Asia Awards 2015” due to its involvement

Portugal’s public debt reaches 231.1b euros

Portugal’s public debt is expected to have increased by 6.6 billion euros in January, standing at a total of 231.1 billion euros by month’s end, the Technical Budget Support Unit

Angola | Cities of Luanda and Lobito to be linked by motorway

A new bridge over the Kwanza River along National Road 100, is set to be built this year to allow traffic to move more easily along the coast between Luanda

Study: PRC has grown to world’s 3rd-biggest arms exporter 

China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent share remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a

Ex-top military official Xu Caihou, facing bribery probe, dies 

The Chinese military’s former second-highest ranking officer, Xu Caihou, who was being investigated on suspicion of taking bribes and brokering promotions, has died in a hospital of cancer, the state

Land Rover, China Mobile criticized in CCTV show

  China’s state-run television reported that Tata Motors Ltd.’s Jaguar Land Rover hasn’t handled an alleged fault properly, car dealerships inflate repair costs and China Mobile Ltd. enables fraudsters. Jaguar Land Rover’s

Vanuatu | President: Cyclone devastation forcing nation to start anew 

Vanuatu’s president was rushing back to his country yesterday in the wake of what he dubbed a “monster” cyclone whose damage was still unknown beyond the devastation in the South

Malaysia | Police arrest daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysian police arrested the eldest daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged sedition yesterday, a move slammed by critics as a clampdown on dissent. Nurul Izzah Anwar, a lawmaker

India | Police detain 8 people for gang rape of 72-year-old nun

Indian police have detained eight people in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 72-year-old nun in the eastern state of West Bengal in the early hours of Saturday,

Brazil | Mass protests present big challenge to Rousseff 

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff faced the biggest challenge yet of her young and turbulent second term, as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to streets in more than 150 cities

Russia | Moscow was ready for Crimea nuclear standoff, Putin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put his country’s nuclear forces on alert when he annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula last year in case of intervention by the

This Day in History: 1968 Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent

The St John Ambulance Brigade said it treated 86 people for injuries. Fifty were taken to hospital including up to 25 police officers. The trouble followed a big rally in

Offbeat: South African woman celebrates 100th birthday with a skydive

Celebrating her 100th birthday with a parachute jump is not enough for South African Georgina Harwood. She plans to make her centenary even more exciting by doing a shark cage

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