CCAC slams public works, cultural affairs officials for failing to protect Ilha Verde

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) slammed in a statement yesterday the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) for having failed to strictly comply with the Urban Planning Law when it approved private development projects in Ilha Verde district.The anti-graft body also criticised the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) for its failure to fulfil its statutory duty to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage-listed Ilha Verde Hill which includes a former convent and

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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1/5 of CE Election Committee members are newbies

About one-fifth of the 400 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee are newcomers, according to the committee’s name list published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The committee will elect Macau’s next chief executive on August 25. Observers widely expect outgoing Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng to be elected by a large majority of the committee, which consists of 344 elected members, while the remainder are ex-officio members.The 400-member committee

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Hello Kitty returns to see all her fans

Hello Kitty is returning to Macau in Cotai next month to meet all her fans.Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) hosted a press conference yesterday at Broadway Macau about the new Hello Kitty exhibition.This year is the 45th birthday of Hello Kitty. To celebrate this anniversary, GEG has invited Hello Kitty to Broadway to meet everyone with a “kawaii” (“cute” in Japanese) exhibition named “Hello Kitty Hello Again” from July 17 until September 1.A girl poses with the Hello Kitty

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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40 properties linked to ex-public works chief seized by prosecutors: report

The Public Prosecution Office (MP) has impounded 40 properties owned by or linked to former Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) director Jaime Carion, his wife and a daughter, the Portuguese-language channel of government-owned TDM has reported.According to the Friday report, which did not say how Rádio Macau obtained the information, most of the properties are not held in Carion’s name.The report points out that the properties include flats, parking spaces and shops in the

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Group urges drug abusers to seek help ASAP

A local group is urging drug abuser to seek help as soon as possible.Erick Cheung Lik Hang, coordinator of the Association of Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau’s (ARTM) Treatment Centre, encouraged drug abusers yesterday to seek help at the earliest opportunity.Cheung made the appeal at the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019 event organised by Be Cool Project, an ARTM initiative. The one-day event was held in Iao Hon Market Garden in Areia Preta.Indonesian

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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70 Macau-Taiwan flights cancelled due to EVA Air strike

A total of 70 flights operated by EVA Air between Macau and Taiwan have been cancelled as the airline’s flight attendants are on strike, which began on Thursday afternoon after negotiations with the management collapsed.Xinhua reported yesterday that the airline said that more than 640 flights between yesterday and Friday have been cancelled due to the ongoing strike, affecting over 100,000 passengers.EVA Air (where EVA stands for Evergreen Airways) is the second largest Taiwanese airline.

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation slows to 2.69 pct in May

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.69 percent last month, slowing down by a 0.08 percentage point from the 2.77 growth recorded in April, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.A DSEC statement on Friday attributed last month’s inflationary pressure mainly to the higher cost of eating out, higher housing rents and rising prices of cars, gasoline and fruit.The price indices of education and transport grew notably by 5.90 percent and 4.88 percent respectively

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Cultural Affairs Bureau fines plagiarist staff member

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian revealed yesterday that her bureau has fined a design staff member in her bureau for the plagiarism discovered in April when he or she used reference materials lifted from the Internet when designing the poster of the Cantonese opera “The Soul of Macau”.Mok added her bureau has paid 20,000 patacas to purchase the ownership rights to the copyrighted image from the original designer.Mok made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Visitors rise by 1/4 in May, daily average of 109,575

Macau’s visitor arrivals rose by 25.6 percent year-on-year to 3.39 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement on Friday, overnight visitors increased by 10.3 percent to 1.59 million, while same-day visitors surged by 43.3 percent to 1.79 million.As the share of same-day visitors increased by 6.5 percentage points year-on-year to 53 percent, visitors’ average length of stay shortened by 0.1 day to 1.2 days, the statement

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Xi, Kim agree to jointly create bright future of bilateral ties

PYONGYANG – The top leaders of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed yesterday to work together to create a bright future of inter-party and inter-state relations at a new starting point in history.The agreement was reached in talks between Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and state president, and Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of

June 21, 2019 | BY admin

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‘4.48 Psychosis’: Suicide play puts cast in state of depression

The harrowing “4.48 Psychosis”, considered late British playwright Sarah Kane’s suicide note, will this weekend be presented by a Polish avant-garde theatre troupe, whose director admits that the poignant text has put him and the cast in a state of depression.Director Grzegors Jarzyna’s interpretation of Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis”, with actress Magdalena Cielecka playing Kane the protagonist, will be staged tonight and tomorrow night at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM). The 60-minute

June 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt collects views on eco-assessment for Zone A-Zone B tunnel project

The government started to collect opinions and suggestions from the public yesterday on the report of the ongoing environmental assessment of an undersea tunnel project between the land reclamation areas known as Zone A and Zone B, the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the local government has commissioned the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Science to carry out the environmental

June 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Public welcome to visit Ho’s CE campaign office: campaign chief

Members of the public are welcome to visit Ho Iat Seng’s chief executive campaign office, the official representative of his election campaign, Iau Teng Pio, told reporters during a media tour of the premises yesterday.Iau also told the media that the monthly expenditure on the office is about 230,000 patacas, of which 110,000 patacas is for rent and utilities, while remainder covers the salaries of eight employees.Iau made the remarks in the conference room of the office, located on the 6th

June 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter rider crashes into dump truck

A male scooter rider was seriously injured after crashing his vehicle into the back of a dump truck parked at the roadside of a roundabout in Cotai yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.According to the police, the crash happened at around midday in Rotunda Marginal – a roundabout on the western shore of Cotai underneath the Lotus Flower Bridge which connects Cotai and Zhuhai’s Hengqin Island.Firemen and paramedics rushed to the scene. The 20-year-old local rider, who suffered

June 21, 2019 | BY admin

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