The chief of the Areia Preta fire station, Kuok Pan, told reporters that a fire at Macao Water’s headquarters in Ilha Verde yesterday morning was probably caused by a malfunctioning wall-mounted electric fan.
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The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement on Sunday that it “solemnly” condemns the violence against a public bus driver at a bus stop outside Patane Market at about 11 pm on Saturday.
A professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has revealed that according to the Catholic university’s recent research, 40% of its respondents suffer from different levels of depression, adding that 10% of them said that they had had suicidal thoughts.
A local man was arrested on Thursday for defrauding his ex-colleague out of MOP 485,000 after claiming that he was able to help the victim’s mother get back HK$200,000 which she had lost in an online dating scam.
An exhibition entitled “Macao’s Mangroves: A Coastal Treasure” co-organised by the Institute of Science and Environment of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ), non-governmental organisation Clean the World and gaming operator Sands Macao, is being held on the Catholic university’s Ilha Verde campus to present the natural environment of mangroves.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng during a meeting with Fujian Governor Wang Ning suggested three approaches for future cooperation between Macao and Fujian
The Chief Executive met with officials from the provinces of Guizhou, Fujian and Jiangxi and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region during a working visit to Hainan to discuss how to foster closer ties on business, cultural affairs and also to exchange views on topics of mutual concern.
The government has completed its guidelines for the city’s community associations organising receptions and banquets.
The University Hospital run by the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) will join the government’s NAT scheme on Monday, with 500 places available per day.
A report released by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday says that officials responsible for the vetting and approval of MOP 212 million in loans to Viva Macau, a locally incorporated private airline which went belly up in 2010, “failed in their duties”.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng is greeted by Liu Cigui, secretary of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in Sanya, Hainan province, on Thursday.
SJM recently donated “Intelligent Body Temperature Screening Systems” to Stanley Ho East Asia College and to Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College at University of Macau (UM), the gaming operator said in a statement on Thursday.