No timetable for Land Law changes: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On reaffirmed yesterday that there is no timetable for his government to propose amendments to the Land Law that took effect just several years ago.Chui’s remarks came three days after Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan told reporters that there was no timetable for the government to propose a Land Law amendment bill.Chui made the remarks when answering non-establishment lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou’s question during a three-hour

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

5th imported dengue case confirmed: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night that it has recorded the fifth imported case of dengue fever this year.According to the statement, the patient is a 48-year-old local man who lives in Kam Hoi San Building in Avenida 1º de Maio and works in a hotel’s engineering department in Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.The patient visited Phuket with his wife between July 27 and August 1. On his return he came down with a fever, muscle and joint pains so he went to the public Conde de S.

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Observatory mulls higher typhoon signal

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the No.1 stand-by signal at 5 p.m. yesterday and said in a statement that there was a “fifty-fifty” chance that the No. 3 tropical cyclone signal would be hoisted today.According to the SMG website, the tropical cyclone was located about 460 km south-south-west of Macau at 11 p.m., moving toward Hainan province.According to the statement, the weather station predicts that the wind in Macau will become slightly stronger, the showers

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Greyhounds’ kennel conditions are improving: IACM

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee member Ung Sau Hong said yesterday that the about 500 greyhounds left behind by the owners of the now-defunct Canidrome are in good health, and that the conditions of the kennel facilities are improving.Ung made the comments to reporters after the IACM arranged a media visit to the greyhounds in the kennels of the former racetrack in Fai Chi Kei yesterday.Ung told reporters that around 40 sick greyhounds are receiving treatment,

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Studio City duo wins Pastry Challenge

Studio City’s Pastry chef Ho Hoi Lon and her assistant at the contest Huang Liqin were crowned champions with their “Blossom” cake at this year’s Pastry Challenge which took place earlier this week.The Anchor Food Professionals Pastry Challenge was held at the Macau University of Science and Technology’s (MUST) The Seasons training restaurant. The annual event, held for the seventh year in Macau now, was aimed at nurturing young pastry professionals and serving as a platform for them

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Entertainment for contentment weekend: Animation-fest

Animation is without a doubt one of the most popular types of film all year round since it suits both adults and kids. A trip to the cinema will always be perfect for a weekend family activity, or even a date night, and laughter will for sure echo around the cinema.The upcoming event “World Animation Festival in Summer” offers a selection of 14 animation films with a great variety of topics and styles. Many of the 14 animation films were nominated for, or have won, important awards at

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt mulls reviving points system for HOS applicants: Chui

The government considers proposing the relaunch of the points-based system for the allocation of subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats, in its ongoing drafting of a bill amending the current HOS law, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday.Chui also said that the government expects to finish drafting the bill amending the current HOS law and then submitting it to the legislature for debate and vote by the end of this year.Chui made the remarks when answering a question by

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

2 groups petition Chui before Q&A in legislature

Two groups representing different community concern yesterday handed in their respective petitions addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On outside the Legislative Assembly in Nam Van yesterday afternoon.A group of Seac Pai Van Coloane residents handed their petition to an official of the Legislative Assembly (AL) about their concerns over the government’s plan to build two hazardous materials warehouses near the Seac Pai Van housing estate.The about a dozen petitioners handed in

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt plans to set up hazardous materials warehouses on Zone E1 in ‘medium’ term: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the government plans to build warehouses for hazardous materials on the land reclamation zone known as Zone E1 outside Pac On in Taipa “in the medium term.”Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho’s question during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle.In his question, Coutinho noted that the government’s proposed locations in Coloane’s Concordia Industrial Park for two

August 10, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

CCAC says received complaint about handling of greyhounds

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) told local media yesterday that it had received a complaint earlier in the day about the ongoing process of looking after the greyhounds left behind at the closed Canidrome and their relocation.The anti-graft body did not reveal who submitted the complaint.The CCAC confirmation came after Hong Kong’s Next Magazine yesterday published an interview with Tinna “Zoe” Tang, who quit local animal protection group Anima earlier this week.In the interview

August 9, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Police record 528 offences by cabbies in July

A total of 528 offences by taxi drivers were recorded last month, with overcharging continuing to top the list, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, 19 percent (100 cases) of the 528 cases were about cabbies refusing to pick up passengers, while 62 percent (329 cases) concerned overcharging.The statement said that the remaining 99 cases concerned other violations. It did not elaborate.Two taxis stop at a pelican crossing in Avenida do

August 9, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Filipino with 2 IDs overstays twice, tries 3rd re-entry: police

Immigration Department officers discovered that a Filipino had two files in their database with two different identities when he was going through immigration formalities at the local airport on Tuesday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chong, the suspect is a Filipino in his forties surnamed Manzano, who works as a driver. He had arrived from Manila just after midnight on Tuesday and when going through the facial

August 9, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Pedestrian run over by lorry: police

A pedestrian was run over by a lorry in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais in Areia Preta district yesterday afternoon, the police said.According to the police, the accident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. outside the headquarters of Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News, when the man was walking across a pelican crossing there.According to the police, the man was conscious when he was rescued by firemen. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment. The man sustained injuries to his calves. The

August 9, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt says won’t obey top court’s LRT depot tender ruling

The government said yesterday it will not obey a ruling by the city’s top court according to which it would need to reassess the rival quotations submitted by seven bidders in a public tender for the construction of the depot of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) last month also ordered the government to “carry out tasks in line with the ruling.”Yesterday’s statement by the government said that its decision was based on the Administrative Procedure

August 9, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0