Govt expects visitors to revamped GP museum to triple

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday she expected the revamped Grand Prix Museum to attract up to three times more visitors than it does currently.The office yesterday organised a media briefing about plans to revamp the museum at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape, where engineer Diamantino Torrado and architect Filipe Coutinho showed the reporters details of the renovation project.Both will oversee the project.Senna Fernandes

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Woolly wonders: Needle-felting a cute craft for all

The cakes and bread look delicious, except you can’t eat them, because if you take a closer look, they are made of wool.These soft and fluffy handicrafts are the work of Grace Wong Lai Kuan, who has been teaching children and senior citizens the needle-felting technique to make the woolly crafts because it’s simple: just poke the pieces of wool with a special needle. Wong started learning needle-felting after seeing handmade felt toys at an art fair in Taiwan some six years ago.Please

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Spending on public projects boosts competitiveness: CE

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the development of public infrastructure did help enhance the city’s competitiveness in the long term. Chui also said he was still considering whether to add the proposed renovation of the Grand Prix Museum to his policy address for next year.Chui spoke to reporters at the airport, before departing for Beijing where he was set to meet the head of the capital’s Communist Party of China (CPC), Guo Jinlong, to discuss deeper

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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7 teens caught taking drug trips to mainland in 2015: govt

A total of seven residents under the age of 18 were caught last year visiting the mainland to take drugs, compared to the eight reported cases in 2014, a senior Judiciary Police (PJ) official said yesterday.Lei Hon Nei, a deputy supervisor at the PJ Narcotics Division, spoke to reporters outside the Barrier Gate checkpoint, where the Judiciary Police arranged for members of its “Youth Guide to Fight Crime” scheme to conduct a promotion campaign with the aim of preventing young people from

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Iec Long land swap row won’t impact flat owners: Chui

The fact that the land swap involving the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory in Taipa was deemed invalid by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) last week won’t affect the property rights of flat owners of King Light Garden in Taipa and One Central Macau, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterdayChui spoke to reporters at the airport yesterday before departing for a working visit to Beijing.The King Light Garden and One Central Macau residential estates were built on sites

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmaker says his political & academic activities are separate

Government-appointed lawmaker Gabriel Tong Io Cheng said yesterday that his political activities and his academic research and teaching at the University of Macau (UM) should be seen as separate aspects of his life.  Tong, the acting dean of UM’s Faculty of Law (FLL), made the remarks outside the Legislative Assembly (AL) when asked by reporters about a Facebook page created recently by a group of students at UM’s FLL urging UM students and alumni to sign a petition titled “Depose

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Residents ‘most pessimistic’ about housing, land use and eco-protection: survey

The public consultation findings on the government’s proposed Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2020) released by the government’s think tank yesterday show that issues concerning the city’s land use, housing and environment protection are the issues that residents are most “pessimistic” about.Policy Research Office Director Lao Pun Lap, Vice Director Peter Ung Hoi Ian and U Man Fong, an advisor to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s office, presided over a press conference at

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Defendant in car-park graft case admits to bribery

One of the six defendants in a public car-park management corruption case confessed yesterday during the trial’s second hearing at the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday. Chan Chi Pio, the third defendant, broke his silence to respond to the 28 bribery charges against him. The case includes the former chief of the Transport Bureau’s (DSAT) Division of Transport Management Lou Ngai Wa and his subordinate Pun Ngai, who both stand accused of graft involving public car-park

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Police probe ‘arson’ next to ATM

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday its arson section was investigating a suspicious fire which broke out earlier in the day next to an ATM machine of a BCM branch near the Red Market.No one was injured in the incident.According to the statement, at about 10 a.m. the Judiciary Police received a report from the Public Security Police (PSP) about a suspected arson attack close to an ATM machine thus several PJ officers went to the scene to investigate.Please read the full

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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8 hurt when casino coach hits lamppost

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night that eight passengers aged one to 60 suffered minor injuries to their arms and legs in an accident involving their casino shuttle bus which hit a lamppost in Cotai yesterday.All left the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre after outpatient treatment.The statement said that the eight passengers comprised four males and four females – a local resident, six from Hong Kong and one from the mainland.This photo taken yesterday shows

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Residents’ health condition improves: govt

Sport Bureau Vice President Allen Lau Cho Un said yesterday that according to initial findings of its quinquennial Health Physical Fitness Test the state of local residents’ health has improved.The Sports Bureau and Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) arranged a tour for the government-appointed Youth Affairs Committee and Sports Council’s members to see summer activities being held at the Victoria Sports Centre in Estrada da Vitoria.Later in the day about a dozen members of the

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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7 young painters show their creativity

An exhibition displays seven local teenage artists’ 35 oil paintings, with the aim of sharing their creative ideas with viewers.The joint exhibition titled “The Colourful Oil Painting” is being held by the Education and Youth Affair Bureau (DSEJ) at Youth Art Exhibition and Performance Hall in Praça do Tap Seac.The oil paintings display various styles, including landscapes, animals, portraits, abstracts, still life and science fiction.Please read the full article in our print edition.

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Police identify 3 suspects in 71-million-pataca scam

The police have identified at least three suspects in a fraud case in which at least 82 victims lost 71.14 million patacas that they invested in a local investment company, which also paid out a total of HK$8.84 million in bounced cheques, Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong announced yesterday. Chau spoke to reporters at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape about the case which the victims started reporting to the police last week.Chau said that by Monday night 82 people,

July 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab int’l drug quartet

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of four suspects from Indonesia, the Philippines and Mali on suspicion of selling and taking drugs in Macau. A PJ spokesperson announced the case early yesterday morning near Kiang Wu Hospital after the quartet had been arrested at various locations.The spokesperson identified the suspects as an Indonesian woman surnamed Satirah, a Malian man surnamed Diallo and two Filipino men surnamed Gaino and Gacutam.Judiciary Police (PJ)

July 20, 2016 | BY admin

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