The exclusion of the right comes as a defiant riposte to a UN rights committee and the US State Department, both of which lambasted Macao’s inadequate labour laws earlier this year.
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The announcement was timed to coincide with World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April and promises to widen local treatment options.
The ending of the mask mandate has seen a steep rise in local flu cases, with 60 percent more people than usual turning up at hospitals seeking treatment.
A world beating number of research papers from the University of Macau were accepted at a top electronics conference this year.
Industrial action over pay and conditions threatened to affect legations worldwide, including in Macao, but protests have been staved off following a breakthrough in talks.
The Teachers’ Professional Development Centre at the University of Saint Joseph looks set to transform teacher training in the territory.
The government’s consideration of a trial subsidy scheme comes as Macao grapples with an ageing population and its lowest birth rate since 1985.
A satellite event of this year’s United Nations World Data Forum is scheduled for April at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.
When fully operational, the Islands Healthcare Complex will increase the number of available hospital beds in Macao by nearly 50 percent.