Man nabbed for cheating couple out of HK$400,000

Lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee, said yesterday that there is no clear definition of illegal gambling in the government-initiated bill that proposes to raise the penalties for certain illicit gambling activities.Addressing a press briefing after yesterday’s closed-door meeting reviewing the government’s illegal gambling bill for the first time, Chan quoted some committee members as asking the government to explain

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário promised yesterday that the total cost of three ongoing Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects, namely the Taipa-Barra section, Seac Pai Van section and Macau-Hengqin section, will not exceed 12.5 billion patacas.The policy secretary made the remarks when responding to oral interpellations by several lawmakers, who raised concerns about the costs of the LRT system, during a plenary session in the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) hemicycle