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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. […]
Royal Flight commences bi-weekly Macau-Moscow charter flights

Royal Flight commences bi-weekly Macau-Moscow charter flights

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 in Macau proposes ‘Month of Portugal’

Portuguese Consul in Macau proposes ‘Month of Portugal’

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 records the highest population density per sq km

Macau records the highest population density per sq km

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. […]
Macau committee backs high-rise building next to Muslim cemetery

Macau committee backs high-rise building next to Muslim cemetery

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 […]
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