113 nabbed in loan-sharking case: police

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

Residents can apply for the government’s subsidy to scrap scooters and other kinds of vehicles with two-stroke engines starting next Wednesday until the end of June, Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Vice Director Ip Kuong Lam said yesterday.Ip made the announcement while addressing a press conference about the plan at the bureau.  Ip said the 3,500 pataca subsidy scheme, promulgated by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday and taking effect today, aims to encourage