Macao Water starts installing smart water meters

Macao Water said yesterday that it has launched a smart water meter scheme, adding that it has started the installation of signal transmitters for 500 water meters, including various signal receptors, in Cotai earlier this month.Seak Ka Seng, senior meter workshop officer at Macao Water, made the remarks while delivering a speech during a meeting of the utility’s Customer Liaison Group (CLG) at MGM Cotai.According to Seak, there are 250,000 water meters in Macau. He said that his company

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt open-minded on more powers for police supervision: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government was open-minded about whether the Macau Public Security Forces Discipline Supervision Committee should be granted more powers, such as investigation powers for certain cases or complaints against law enforcement officers by residents.The members of the committee are appointed by the government.Wong made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U during a plenary session of the

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TCM & New Era to merge: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government has authorised the merger of two of Macau’s three public bus operators.Rosario made the remarks during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday. He said that according to the government’s public bus agreements, the city’s bus operators can apply to merge.Consequently, according to Rosario, TCM and New Era could apply to the government to merge, noting that the request has

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Man dies in work accident: police

A male mainlander has died in a work accident in a flat in Fai Chi Kei, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the deceased as a 48-year-old decorator surnamed Feng. It did not say when the accident happened.According to the PJ statement, when Feng was demolishing an interior wall some of the bricks fell and hit him on the head.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Police bust HK man for drug trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong on Wednesday for selling drugs in Macau, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 24-year-old chef surnamed Ng.According to Ho, the police recently received a tip-off that a Hong Kong man had been hired by a drug-trafficking gang there to sell drugs in Macau. After investigating, PJ officers identified Ng as the suspect.Packets of cocaine seized

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Royal Flight Airlines launches regular flight to Moscow

Russian carrier Royal Flight Airlines yesterday launched a regular scheduled flight between Macau and Moscow, opening up new air services and providing more options to travellers.During an inaugural ceremony yesterday at the local airport, Eric Fong Hio Kin, director of the Marketing Department of Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM), noted that Royal Flight Airlines started to provide charter flight services between Macau and the Russian capital in 2016 while the average passenger

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Top officials’ Beijing training ‘very necessary’: liaison vice-chief

Chen Sixi, a vice-director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said yesterday it had been “very necessary” for Macau’s nine principal officials and the chief prosecutor to participate in last month’s special training programme in Beijing, adding that the intensive training achieved “good results”.Chen made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance for Common People

May 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt plans to upgrade its think tank to bureau level

The government plans to upgrade its Policy Research Office (GEP) to a bureau-level permanent entity, its director Lao Pun Lap said yesterday.Lao made the remarks in his reply to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-gaming executive Angela Leong On Kei during a plenary session of the legislature.In her interpellation, Leong asked whether the local government would consider establishing a specific entity for coordinating the various policies and measures by different official entities

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No complaints about sacked casino staff ‘blacklists’ since 2016: labour chief

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday that the government has not received any complaints from casino workers since 2016 concerning the alleged existence of “blacklists” of sacked casino employees created by city’s six gaming operators.Wong made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Sun Iok during a plenary session of the legislature.In his interpellation, Leong said that casino employees suspect that

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Student loses HK$85,000 in phone scam: police

A female student fell victim to a phone scam earlier this month, losing a total of HK$85,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho noted that the victim is a 22-year-old local woman, whose surnamed was not revealed.According to Ho, on Saturday morning the victim received a phone call from a Putonghua-speaking woman who claimed to be a delivery company staff member. In the phone call, the woman informed the victim that her parcel, which

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Public security is ‘stable & fine’: police chief

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun reassured the public yesterday that Macau’s public security situation is “stable and fine”.Ma made the remarks while speaking to reporters outside The Plaza Restaurant in Zape after attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API).Ma’s remarks came after the recent five-day operation to combat unlicensed money-changing and other illegal activities

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Man steals bag from napping lorry driver: police

A local man has been caught for stealing a bag from a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottle delivery lorry in Fai Chi Kei, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as Cheong, an unemployed man in his forties, who has been involved in previous theft cases.According to Wong, on Tuesday afternoon an LPG bottle delivery man parked his vehicle in Rua do General Ivens Ferraz and fell asleep in the cab. He left the

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No timetable for Cotai hospital project completion: govt

Health Bureau (SSM) Acting Director Cheang Seng Ip said yesterday that the government still does not have a timetable as to when the public hospital project in Cotai, officially known as Cotai Health Complex, will be completed, nor does it have a total budget for the project.He added that the government can only come up with a timetable for the completion of the whole project after the completion of the bidding process for the construction of the various buildings of the project.Cheang made the

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Govt consults public on new immigration rules

The government yesterday launched a one-month public consultation on the drafting of a new immigration, stay and residency bill with the aim of enabling more effective law enforcement for when immigration officers carry out their work and with the aim of tackling the various irregularities resulting from illegal immigration.The government says that the new law will clearly regulate the collection of non-locals’ biometric data at immigration counters, with the aim of combating illegal

May 9, 2018 | BY admin

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