Committee urges govt to build utility tunnels in Zone A

The government should build utility tunnels in the Zone A reclamation area, Central District Social Services Consultative Committee Deputy Convenor Veronica Kuong Iok Kao said yesterday.According to Wikipedia, a utility tunnel is a passage built underground or above ground to carry utility lines such as electricity, water supply pipes, and sewer pipes.Kuong made the remarks before a regular closed-door meeting of the committee at the Central District Residents Service Centre, saying that

January 5, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Lawmakers agree to debate new central library location

The legislature yesterday passed a debate motion by directly-elected lawmaker Song Pek Kei, who questions whether it would be suitable to build the new central library on the site of the Old Courthouse in Praia Grande.A total of 30 lawmakers cast their votes, with 25 supporting the motion. Indirectly-elected lawmakers Chui Sai Cheong and Kou Hoi In voted against the motion, while indirectly-elected lawmaker Andrew Chan Chak Mo and directly-elected lawmakers Angela Leong On Kei and Mak Soi Sun

January 5, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Vehicle charges increased to cover costs: govt

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday that the charges for vehicle removal and the government’s other vehicle-related fees have been increased in an attempt to help cover the cost of the services which the bureau provides.Lam made the remarks during a hastily arranged press conference at Government Headquarters about a new list of vehicle-related charges which was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On last month and took effect on New Year’s Day.Lam pointed

January 5, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Police, eco-bureau pledge to strengthen co-operation

In response to several dozen noise complaints between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day which failed to trigger prompt action by the authorities, the Public Security Police (PSP) and Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) promised yesterday that they will strengthen communication and co-operation when handling such complaints in the future.The police received 55 noise complaints, including 21 about the SKY 21 restaurant bar on the rooftop of AIA Tower in Nam Van, from New Year’s Eve to

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

2 locals, Malaysian cheated in online scams: police

Two locals and a Malaysian have been cheated in three separate online scams, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson announced during a regular briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, one of the victims, a local man surnamed Chan, is 27 years old.Chan met a woman through mobile messaging app WeChat in November, according to the spokesperson. The woman told Chan that she was a masseuse. Chan then told that he wanted her to give him a massage.Before Chan met the woman on Friday as

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Lawmaker calls for protest against steep rise in vehicle fees

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho said yesterday a protest march against a steep rise in illegal parking fines and other vehicle-related charges would be held on Sunday afternoon starting in Praça do Tap Seac and ending outside Government Headquarters in Nam Van.Coutinho made the remarks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), which several dozen ATFPM members also attended.The veteran lawmaker said that his association was

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

New Year visitors dip 6 pct

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals during the two-day New Year holiday fell 6.12 percent year-on-year to 318,948, according to a statement by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.A total of 495,862 people – locals, non-residents workers and visitors – entered the city on Sunday and Monday, while the total number of departures stood at 501,331.Macau has seven border checkpoints, the Barrier Gate and Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal being the most busy ones.

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt to set up ‘WiFi Street’ in Taipa

The government is planning to launch a “WiFi Street” in Taipa Village, with the aim of promoting shopping and boosting business activities in the area, Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Deputy Director Lau Wai Meng said yesterday.The first “WiFi Street” in the city was launched in the peninsula’s northern districts, extending from the Barrier Gate Plaza to the nearby Lin Zexu Memorial Museum late October last year.The second “WiFi Street” was set up across the city centre last month,

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Beijing’s currency scrutiny sends casino stocks down

Macau casino operators can’t catch a break.Just as gambling revenue in the city is starting to recover from a two-year slump, concern is building that the central government’s increased scrutiny on capital outflows will once again curtail spending in Macau’s casinos.Galaxy Entertainment Group and Sands China tumbled more than 3 percent in intraday trading on Hong Kong’s stock market yesterday after the central government’s currency regulator announced extra requirements for

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Scholar expects up to 10 pct rise in 2017 gaming receipts

Davis Fong Ka Chio, who heads the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming at the University of Macau (UM), said yesterday he expected Macau’s gaming revenues to rise by up to 10 percent this year.Fong made the remarks in an interview with The Macau Post Daily in his office on the UM campus in Hengqin.Casino revenues fell 3.3 percent to 223.2 billion patacas last year, easing from the 34.3 percent drop recorded in 2015.The final five months of last year recorded consecutive year-on-year

January 4, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Police receive 55 New Year noise complaints

The Public Security Police (PSP) received 55 noise complaints, including 21 about SKY 21, a rooftop restaurant bar at AIA Tower in Nam Van, from New Year’s Eve to New Year’s Day, local Chinese-language media reported yesterday.The police were quoted as saying that the 21 complaints about SKY 21 were received from 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day.SKY 21 is located on the two top floors of the high-rise. The restaurant-bars’ top floor is partially open air.Tourists

January 3, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Maintain prosperity & stability: Liaison Office chief

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Wang Zhimin said in his New Year address on Sunday his office believed that the local government will plan and carry out its work in line with the central government’s overall national strategy and with the objective of maintaining the prosperity and stability of Macau, based on President Xi Jinping’s guidelines.Wang also said his office believed the local government will prioritise the city’s economic development and the improvement

January 3, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Chui vows Macau will follow Xi’s guidelines

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised in his New Year address on Saturday that Macau will follow the guidelines laid out by President Xi Jinping and fine-tune Macau’s role as “a centre and a platform” with the central government’s Belt & Road Initiative.The local government’s “centre and platform” concept refers to Macau’s role as a world tourism and leisure centre and a platform for economic and trade co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.The

January 3, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Cost of illegally parked vehicles up over 1,200 pct

A statement released by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) on Saturday announced a 400 percent to 1,233 percent hike in the cost to remove illegally parked vehicles.The removal of heavy or special vehicles which are illegally parked now costs 6,000 patacas, which is 12 times higher than it used to be. The rate for removing cars has been increased from 300 patacas to 1,500 patacas, while that of scooters and motorbikes has been raised from 120 patacas to 750 patacas and from 50 patacas to 250 patacas

January 3, 2017 | BY admin

Comment: 0