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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
Macau is a good gateway to China for Russian airlines, Dmitriy Arkhipov, a vice-president of Royal Flight, a Russian charter airline based in Abakan, said on Tuesday. Abakan, which has some 173,000 inhabitants, is the capital city of the Russian Federation’s Republic of Khakassia in the southwestern part of Siberia. Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the […]
Portuguese Consul-General Vitor Sereno proposed to hold a ‘Month of Portugal’ in Macau in June, coinciding with Portugal’s national day on June 10. Sereno made the proposal during a press conference at the consulate about a dozen events to celebrate Portugal’s national day next month. The diplomat, who is simultaneously accredited in Hong Kong, said he would convey the […]
Macau’s population had risen to 649,100 at the end of the first quarter, an increase of 2,300 inhabitants quarter-to-quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Based on Macau’s land area of 30.4 square kilometres, the special administrative region’s population density per sq km stood at 21,352, reportedly the highest in the world. […]
The government-appointed Urban Planning Committee voted on the legal conditions proposed by the Lands, Transport and Public Works Bureau (DSSOPT) for the possible development of a plot next to the city’s Muslim cemetery. Twenty of the 26 members of the committee who cast their votes supported the conditions while six voted against. With the support […]
Macau’s first five-year draft plan says the Island Hospital will only be ready after 2019, at least three years behind schedule. Last December, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam went to the Legislative Assembly and pledged to have the city’s second public hospital ready by 2019. A few months later, the government has […]
A main supporting pillar of an endangered shipyard in Coloane has collapsed on Monday morning. Authorities cordoned off the area and the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture visited the site and listened to the residents’ complaints, stressing the government’s commitment to revitalize the area. However villagers demand immediate action and call for a sit-down […]