Govt plans 6-km-long Taipa-Coloane cycle track

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is planning to build a number of cycle tracks on the western waterfront of Cotai, to connect them to the existing cycle tracks on the western coast of Taipa and the one near the Lotus Flower Bridge, with the aim of forming a 6-kilometre-long cycle track from the northwest of Taipa extending to the northwest of Coloane.Two officials from the bureau briefed the media yesterday about the plan, at a waterfront recreational area outside Ocean Gardens.

May 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to publish procurement info

Local think tank Macau Synergy Association yesterday urged all public entities to publish information about their procurements of goods and services.The group addressed the issue during a press conference at the group’s office in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.Current affairs commentator Ron Lam U Tou, the group’s chairman, pointed out that some public entities already publish information about their procurements and tenders. However, according to Lam, the information is not

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Most local lawyers ‘oppose reactivating’ deal with Portuguese Bar Association

Most members of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) are opposed to the idea of reactivating an agreement between the association and its counterpart in Portugal allowing lawyers registered there to work in Macau without taking a local examination, AAM President Jorge Neto Valente said yesterday.Neto Valente made the remarks during a press conference at the association’s office in Nape about 2017 Lawyers Day.According to Neto Valente, his association had previously an agreement with its

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Trio nabbed for HK$2 million fraud: police

Two local men and a woman were arrested on Saturday for allegedly cheating a mainland man out of HK$2 million, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the male suspects, a father and son, surnamed Chan, are 53 and 26 years old. The father is unemployed while the son is a casino junket promoter. The spokesperson said the third suspect, surnamed Lam, is a 47-year-old jobless woman.The spokesperson said the victim asked the police for help on Saturday at

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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AoS contracts won’t be renewed: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that over 10 people are currently employed by the government on acquisition of services (AoS) contracts, apart from those in the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).Chan attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion by lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Veng Chai.A hard-hitting report released by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) in early March slammed the Cultural Affairs Bureau for having

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Taipa ferry pier to finally open tomorrow: govt

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) will hold an opening ceremony for the Pac On Ferry Terminal in Taipa tomorrow morning, according to a media invitation sent out on Monday.Government officials said earlier this year they expected the terminal to be finally operational by the end of this quarter.The bureau has said that once the new terminal started operating, the Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal, which is currently in use, would close for good.This photo taken in August last year shows

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Lui wants open Hengqin border, tax debate later

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Deputy Chairman Francis Lui Yiu Tung called yesterday for an open border between Macau and Hengqin Island to promote tourism in both places.Lui made the proposal as the keynote speaker of a forum at the 11th G2E Asia gaming expo which opened at the Venetian yesterday.He said that Macau visitors should be allowed to visit Hengqin without having to go through immigration controls. He said this would turn Macau into a more interesting travel destination, for

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Over 65,000 attend vocational training

A total of 65,751 people attended vocational training courses last year, a year-on-year growth of 9.6 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. The statement said that most courses recorded an increase in trainees “as residents grasped the chance to enjoy the benefits of the [government’s] Continuing Education Development Plan in 2016, which was the last year of the plan’s second phase.”According to the statement, Business and Administration courses

May 17, 2017 | BY admin

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3 cops arrested for illegal entry & exit scheme

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three police officers on Saturday on suspicion of running an illegal entry and exit scheme for mainlanders barred from Macau or overstaying in the city.PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai announced details of the case during a special press conference yesterday.The three Public Security Police (PSP) officers joined the force between 16 and 22 years ago, according to Choi.Choi identified the suspects as surnamed Wong, who is in his forties, Chong and Ho, both in their

May 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Transfer of ex-power plant plot to govt in 18 months: CEM

CEM Customer Liaison Committee Vice President Iun Iok Meng said yesterday he expected his company to transfer the plot of land, where the former CEM power station in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais is located, to the government in one and a half years’ time, adding that the demolition of the station is already underway.Iun, who is also an advisor to the CEM Executive Committee, made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a regular meeting of the utility’s Customer Liaison Committee at

May 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab female fraud gang kingpin

A 54-year-old local woman who headed a fraud gang has been arrested for cheating local and mainland victims out of about 3 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the woman, surnamed Chan, set up the all-women gang in 2010 to scam money out of both local and mainland residents by persuading them to invest in the gang’s “charity fund” for “a treasure hunt on Mount Emei”.Mount Emei, one of the

May 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab 14 illegal workers at Polytec project

A total of 14 illegal workers from the mainland who allegedly worked on the construction site of a residential project, known as “Lote T+T1”, were caught by the police yesterday, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said.“Lote” is Portuguese for “plot of land”. “Lote T+T1” is Hong-Kong based Polytec’s new residential project in Areia Preta. Its temporary land concession will expire in July.The company’s nearby Pearl Horizon residential project has been mothballed

May 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Homeless drug user nabbed for arson

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 39-year-old local man, a convicted drug-user, on suspicion of arson, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, a fire erupted outside an electrical appliance shop inside the Camões Commercial Centre in Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga at about 11 a.m. on April 3. The shop’s rear gate was blackened by smoke. No-one was injured.The spokesperson said the police found a homeless man, who is the suspect in

May 16, 2017 | BY admin

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IACM to pay 14 million patacas to staff of ex-live poultry stalls

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will provide about 14 million patacas for former live poultry vendors to use as severance payments for their employees, IACM President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday.Tavares made the remarks after a closed-door meeting with about 50 representatives of the now defunct live poultry sector at the bureau’s headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.The bureau announced late last month that the government had decided to impose a permanent ban on

May 16, 2017 | BY admin

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