Lawmakers suggest cap for condo reserve funds

Lawmaker Andrew Chan Chak Mo said yesterday that the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee had urged the government to set a cap on condominium buildings’ reserve funds to which every flat owner is expected to contribute.The committee, which is reviewing a government-initiated bill on the management of the communal areas in residential buildings, held a closed-door meeting at the Legislative Assembly (AL) with government officials yesterday. The outline of the bill was passed in October

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Group to protest for animal protection

The Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau (AAPAM) announced yesterday that it will hold a protest march on Saturday next week as part of its continued fight for the protection of animals.AAPAM Chairwoman Yoko Choi Wing Chi, Vice Chairwoman Josephine Lau Pui Chan and the group’s advisor Antonieta Manhao presided over a press conference at the association to announce the march.Choi and Lau said the protest was aimed at putting pressure on lawmakers to finished their revision of a

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Police bust 3 mainlanders for selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) on Tuesday night arrested three mainlanders for selling drugs, PJ spokesman Tam Weng Keong said during a special press briefing yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, PJ officers arrested a male and a female in Zape and Nan Van respectively, the spokesperson said, adding that the man, a 31-year-old surnamed Yang, was found in possession of 8.2 grammes of ketamine and a bogus mainland identity card, while 0.82 grammes of Ice was found on the woman, a 37-year-old surnamed

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to mandate holiday entitlement

Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association Director Kelvin Choi Kam Fu urged the government yesterday to mandate employees’ holiday entitlement in its next revision of the Labour Relations Law. Choi made the plea during a press conference at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) headquarters in Estrada Marginal do Hipodromo.Choi’s association is a Gung Luen branch.Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association Director Kelvin Choi Kam Fu speaks during a press

April 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Samoan ‘greets’ cabbie and cop with attack: police

A 37-year-old Samoan man was arrested on Monday for attacking a taxi driver and a police officer in Taipa, which he claimed was a traditional way of greeting in Samoa, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a press briefing, the spokesperson said the police received a call that a fight had broken out outside a shop in Rua de Chiu Chau in Taipa, at around 11 p.m. on Monday.The spokesperson said the victim, a 37-year-old taxi driver, told police that while he

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt plans to set up info platform on policies

Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Director Kou Peng Kuan says in a reply to a written interpellation by directly elected legislator Si Ka Lon that the government plans to set up an information platform from which the public can receive answers to their questions about the government’s policies.Si, a local Fujianese community civic leader, says in his interpellation, which he submitted to the legislature in February, that the government’s information on its policies

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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16 locals lose HK$35 million in pawn shop con: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said yesterday that 16 locals claim that they have lost about HK$35 million in a pawn shop scam.Tam announced the case during a press briefing.Tam said that between Saturday and Monday, the 16 locals individually went to the police to report the case.Please read the full article in our print edition.

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Top judge welcomes deal on prosecutors

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that its president, Sam Hou Fai, welcomed the continuation of a deal to send some public prosecutors from Portugal on secondment to Macau.Sam is the city’s top judge. Portugal’s Prosecutor-General Joana Marques Vidal along with other prosecution officials from Portugal paid a visit to the Court of Final Appeal in Nam Van yesterday.According to the statement, this was the first visit by a Portuguese prosecutor-general since

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab Vietnamese for robbing Kazakhstan dancer

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a Vietnamese man on suspicion of robbing a woman from Kazakhstan of 300 patacas.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press briefing at the PJ headquarters in Zape.The PJ spokesperson said that the 30-year-old suspect surnamed Luu works as waiter and was arrested on Monday in his flat near Praça de Ponte e Horta. Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the Vietnamese robbery suspect into a PJ pressroom yesterday.

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt decides uses of 2 repossessed plots: lawmaker

The government is planning to build an office block and a warehouse respectively on its two recently repossessed plots in Nape and Pac On, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, said yesterday.Ho spoke to the media after a closed-door committee meeting with senior officials including Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario and Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng.The

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers propose debate on taxi regulation changes

Lawmakers Mak Soi Kun and Zheng Anting have proposed a motion calling for a debate on whether the government’s proposed changes to the city’s taxi regulation would help improve the quality of the city’s taxi service and protect the “legal rights of the taxi drivers obeying the law”.The motion is to be debated and voted on during a plenary session of the legislature. The date is yet to be announced. The two lawmakers sent copies of their joint motion to the media yesterday. Both

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Parents petition bishop over rise in tuition fees

About two dozen parents of pupils studying at St Joseph Diocesan College of Macau 5 (CDSJ5) yesterday handed in a petition against the school’s rise in tuition fees and asked for a meeting with Stephen Lee Bun-sang, the recently appointed bishop of the local Roman Catholic diocese, to convey their concerns about the matter.After handing the petition to a staff member of the Episcopal Office in Largo da Se, which was addressed to Lee, some parents told the media they hoped the bishop would

April 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau and Portugal reach deal on prosecutors

Portugal’s Prosecutor-General Joana Marques Vidal said yesterday that Portugal would continue sending public prosecutors on secondment to Macau, as long as the city’s top public prosecutor requests it.Marques Vidal, along with other prosecution officials from Portugal, met local prosecution officials headed by Public Prosecutor General Ip Son Sang at the Public Prosecution Office (MP) headquarters in Nape yesterday. The meeting was closed to the media.According to local Portuguese-language

April 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt should step up support to Portuguese classes: scholar

The government’s measures to support Portuguese language classes in Macau, including an annual trip to Portugal for local students, are very important and should be further “developed and increased if possible”, Maria Fernanda Gil Pinheiro da Costa, who heads the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Portuguese, said yesterday. Fernanda Gil Costa made the remarks on the sidelines of ‘The Portuguese Language Day’ hosted by her department at the university.The Tertiary

April 19, 2016 | BY admin

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