The Macau government’s Food Safety Co-ordination Group urged residents in a statement Monday not to consume certain batches of Cow & Gate baby formula products that are being recalled by the UK dairy products company because they may contain a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause botulism. The company said that it was recalling batches […]
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Starting out as a group on Facebook about a year ago to give peer support to mothers and promote breastfeeding, the Macau Breastfeeding Association was officially set up Sunday with the aim to have a law enacted to protect mothers wishing to breastfeed in public places. Any law would have to be passed by the […]
Macau’s number of licensed motor vehicles rose five percent year-on-year to 220,591 at the end of June, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Wednesday. Scooters and other types of motorcycles accounted for 53 percent of the total number of motor vehicles. The number of new registrations of motor vehicles increased eight percent to 8,994 […]
A local concern group for the rights of the disabled – Macau Special Olympics – Monday slammed the government for its perceived failure to assist the city’s disabled in integrating into society as many disabled residents were still unable to use most public facilities. Siu Yu Hong, a social worker who heads the group, made […]
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers have caught another drug swallower from Tanzania on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine via Macau into the mainland, this time swallowing 1.091 kg of the drug with an estimated street price of roughly HK$900,000. In a press conference held at the PJ headquarters on Saturday, a PJ spokesperson said that […]
Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino boxer, is ready to be back since taking a year off from boxing. “My desire to return to the ring and win is stronger than ever.” Pacquiao told Xinhua after a press conference in Macau Saturday. As the only boxer who has won world titles in eight different weight divisions, Pacquiao […]
The Macau Customs Service said in a statement Thursday that they seized 78 tiger fangs weighing 1.7 kg and 69 tiger claws weighing 190 grammes disguised as egg rolls on Wednesday. According to the statement cited by The Macau Post Daily, the fangs and claws were discovered in the luggage of a mainland man in […]
The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said Wednesday that the government will spend about 80 million patacas on improving the facilities of the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and extending the area, with the aim of providing local residents and visitors a better environment Ip Wa Hong, who heads the bureau’s Harbour Management Department, made the […]
Macau received 14.1 million visitor arrivals in the first six months of the year, a year-on-year growth of 4.2 percent on the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. Mainlanders accounted for 62.9 percent and Hongkongers made up 23.7 percent of all visitors respectively. Most mainland visitors came from […]