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Government mulls 10-year-plan for higher education

Government mulls 10-year-plan for higher education

The government plans to draft a 10-year development plan for the higher education sector after its tertiary education bill is passed by the legislature, Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) Director Sou Chio Fai said on Wednesday. The higher education chief made the remarks when addressing the founding ceremony of the Macau Tertiary Education Development and […]
Hundreds join candlelight vigil over Tiananmen crackdown in Macau

Hundreds join candlelight vigil over Tiananmen crackdown in Macau

Hundreds joined on Saturday the annual candle light vigil to commemorate those who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. Three decades on and the bloody events continue to divide opinions, in Macau and beyond. Once more, hundreds joined a candle-light vigil in Macau to honour those killed on June, 4th 1989 when Chinese […]
About 70 march in Macau to celebrate domestic violence law

About 70 march in Macau to celebrate domestic violence law

About 70 residents took part in a celebratory march on Sunday to express their gratitude for the long-awaited passage of a government-drafted bill on preventing and combating domestic violence. The Good Shepherd Centre, organiser of the event, began the walk from Vasco da Gama Garden at around 3 p.m., heading towards Government Headquarters, where the group […]
Hotel Estoril revamp project restructured

Hotel Estoril revamp project restructured

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam announced on 3 June that the government had decided to open up public tender allowing local architects to present proposals for the Hotel Estoril revamp project which was originally awarded to Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Tam admitted his decision was politically driven: “There are good architects […]
St Augustine’s Church, Macau, closed after outbuilding’s roof collapse

St Augustine’s Church, Macau, closed after outbuilding’s roof collapse

The wood ceiling and roof tiles of a second-floor room of an outbuilding of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed St Augustine’s Church collapsed Sunday afternoon, and the historic site has been closed due to safety concerns, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement. No-one was injured in the accident, the statement said, adding that […]
Smoking lounges in Macau breach WHO convention

Smoking lounges in Macau breach WHO convention

The Macau Association of Health Policy said in a statement that setting up smoking lounges in indoor public places or workplaces was a violation of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The association made the statement in response to what lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the legislature’s 2nd […]
Authorities of Macau fence off Coloane shipyards

Authorities of Macau fence off Coloane shipyards

The government has fenced off 11 endangered shipyards in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun village amid concerns over the upcoming typhoon season. One of the shipyard owners says he’s shocked as the government had not informed them in advanced. Wong Seng Ip also calls on the authority to approach them more proactively to discuss the future […]
Scholar praises Macau for training Chinese language teachers

Scholar praises Macau for training Chinese language teachers

Speaking about the Macau Polytechnic Institute’s (IPM) new bachelor’s programme in International Chinese Language Education, Lu Jianming, a professor at Peking University’s (PKU) Department of Chinese Language and Literature, said on Tuesday the course was an example of the local government’s efforts in promoting Chinese language education. The professor spoke to reporters after giving a […]
Macau has only about 20 speech therapists

Macau has only about 20 speech therapists

There are only 20 or so speech therapists working in Macau, Yan Kam Sum, the vice-president of the Macau Association of Speech Therapists (MAST), said on Sunday, pointing out that his sector is facing an acute labour shortage. The therapist made the remarks on the sidelines of the association’s Speech-Language Therapy Promotion Day in Taipa. […]
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