Chui describes Tam as ‘good colleague’

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng was a hard-working official, praising him as a “good colleague”.Chui spoke to reporters at the airport before departing for a working visit to Beijing.When asked by a TDM reporter how he evaluated the work performance of Tam, who lately has come under considerable criticism by some segments of the population, particularly after his controversial decision to redevelop the

August 16, 2016 | BY admin

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Water bills to rise in November

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday that higher water tariffs will be in effect from November 1.The bureau said in the statement that more than 90 percent of domestic water users will need to pay less than 4.5 patacas more per cubic metre of water while about 60 percent of non-domestic water users are expected to pay less than seven patacas more per cubic metre of water.Non-domestic water users are classified in two groups – one refers to sectors such as the

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Group launches online vote for ‘nicknames’ of panda twins

Macau Concealers, an social media outlet under the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA), said yesterday that it will launch an online voting process for residents to choose “nicknames” for Macau’s first-ever locally born panda cubs. Jason Chao Teng Hei, the group’s vice president who heads Macau Concealers, said in a press conference at the association’s office yesterday that online voting on the proposed nicknames will be carried out on September 1-7. Chao, NMA President

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CE ‘confident’ enough repossessed plots to repay ‘land debt’

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday his government was “confident” that the total area of the plots of undeveloped land that it is to repossess is sufficient to compensate developers to whom it owes land-lease rights – the government’s so-called “land debt”. Chui spoke to reporters at the airport, before departing for Beijing where he is set to discuss the government’s first-ever Five-Year Development Plan with senior officials of the central

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Wynn to move 250 gaming tables from Nape to Cotai

Wynn Macau announced yesterday that it has got permission from the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) to transfer 250 gaming tables from its casino-hotel complex in Nape to Wynn Palace in Cotai. The US gaming company headed by Steve Wynn made the announcement in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. According to the statement, the company said it planned to transfer about 250 tables from Wynn Macau in Nape to Wynn Palace in Cotai, “bringing total table games at

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JCI urges SMEs to reduce emissions

The Junior Chamber International Macau (JCI Macau) will host a forum urging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to reduce carbon and non-carbon emissions, the group’s president said yesterday in a press conference at the group’s office in Rua da Santa Clara. JCI Macau will hold the 2016 CSR International Forum – Business Opportunity with the Trend of Emission Reduction, at the Macau Science Centre on Saturday.  Fanny Gabriella Chan Iok Fan, the group’s vice-president for

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Driver nabbed for U-turn on bridge while high on Ice: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday a local driver admitted to police that he had done a U-turn in the middle of Friendship Bridge and headed in the wrong direction on Sunday after taking methamphetamine, popularly known as Ice.According to the statement, the suspect was transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for further questioning yesterday.According to the statement, at about 3:54 a.m. on Sunday the PSP received a report that a white car was being driven

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Mainland woman, 71, caught for VIP room scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrest of a 71-year-old woman from the mainland on suspicion of cheating a 52-year-old businessman from the mainland out of four million yuan by persuading him to invest in a casino VIP room which she claimed she was running.A PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday that the suspect, surnamed Yan, met the victim last year in the mainland. She told the victim, surnamed Yao, that she was running a VIP room in a casino in

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Group urges lawmakers to pass property management bill asap

In order to prevent the “sudden exit” of property management agencies from residential condominium buildings, a senior member of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Association yesterday urged lawmakers yesterday to pass a bill on regulating property management companies as soon as possible.Cheng Son Meng made the appeal on the sidelines of a crime-prevention event organised by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in Areia Preta Park.Cheng chairs the association’s Building Works Committee.Kai

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Lawmaker calls for ‘flexible’ solution to ‘land debt’ row

The government should consider giving developers “flexibility” to set the floor area ratio for future building projects when compensating developers whom it owes land-lease rights, lawmaker-cum-urban planner Jose Chui Sai Peng said yesterday.Chui made the comments yesterday on the sidelines of the annual Macau Youth Summit jointly organised by 10 local youth associations at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On admitted last month in the legislature that the

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Police nab ‘Ubxx driver’ for driving under influence

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that it has transferred a case to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) involving a local man working as a “Ubxx” driver suspected of drink-driving. According to the statement, the suspect surnamed Iau, who is in his thirties, was arrested during an action combating illegal passenger services in Cotai on Saturday afternoon. The PSP statement “there was a strong indication” that the man was charging for passenger

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Group strengthens protection measures for boot camp kids

Macau Flying Eagle Association Director-General Kent Yuen Seng Kam said yesterday his group had come up with more protection measures for children who participate in boot camps provided by the group, after one of the group’s male tutors was accused of sexually assaulting six schoolboys who took part in a military training camp last November.Yuen made the remarks on the sidelines of a ceremony held at the group’s training site in Coloane for children who recently finished a 7-day summer

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Chan clarifies ‘foreign’ lawmakers rule in bill

Asked by reporters on Friday whether local residents who are – hypothetically – lawmakers in Taiwan or Hong Kong could also run in local elections, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said, “Yes, they can” – due to the fact that neither are foreign jurisdictions but integral parts of China.Chan made the comments when speaking to reporters at the legislature where she attended a meeting of the 2nd Standing Committee which is reviewing a government-drafted

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Group holds vigil urging officials’ accountability

The Love Macau Association held a candle-light vigil yesterday in the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, urging the government to hold its officials accountable for their deeds, such as in the recent land swap and typhoon signal rows.The event started at 7:30 p.m. and ended at 9 p.m. The members of the association distributed candles to passers-by to join the vigil. However, there were very few who passed by that sat down with the group. During the one-and-a-half-hour vigil, about two dozen

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