Polytex vows to sue govt after Pearl Horizon ruling

Polytec Asset Holdings Limited said yesterday it was of the view that its Macau-registered affiliate Polytex Import and Export Company Ltd. “has strong legal grounds and arguments to seek compensation” from the Macau government “for losses and damages” concerning its mothballed Pearl Horizon property project.Polytec made the announcement in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.The statement came one day after Macau’s Court of Final Appeal (TUI) had turned down an appeal by

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Youths play key role in GBA development: forum

Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Vice President Pang Chuan said yesterday that Macau’s young people were the beneficiaries of, as well as the main dynamics for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).Pang, a professor in management studies, made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the one-day “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Youth Forum” on the campus of the private university in Taipa.The forum was hosted

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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200 bus trips on delta bridge a day: govt

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said yesterday it expects there will be more than 200 bus trips per day between the border checkpoints of the three jurisdictions for the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge – colloquially known as delta bridge – when it comes into operation.The mega-bridge is widely expected to open to traffic later this year. Its opening date is yet to be decided and officially announced by the central government.Concerning cross-border coach services between Macau and Hong

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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CEM works on upgrading facilities against natural disasters

CEM is working with the Beijing-based National Committee for Disaster Reduction, the local Office for the Development of the Energy Sector (GDSE) and other local government bodies to develop various improvement measures to cope with possible power outages caused by severe weather events in the future, CEM Generation Department Senior Manager Edmond Etchri said yesterday.Etchri made the remarks during a lunch with the media at Clube Militar.Last August, Super Typhoon Hato battered the city

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Ko Samet – sun, sea, sand & scuba getaway

Located in the Gulf of Thailand, Ko Samet (or Koh Samed) is one of the eastern islands off the coast of Rayong province. The island is roughly a three-hour drive from Bangkok followed by a short ferry ride, making it a popular weekend getaway for those living in the Thai capital looking for a breath of fresh air, a chill time on silky white sand beaches and a dive into the clear sea with tropical coral reefs.Ko Samet was the first island to start the “Upcycling the Oceans, Thailand”

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Celebrity chef Eric Teo brings Singapore flair to town

Singapore’s celebrity chef Eric Teo is bringing some of his classic hometown flavours to Macau, with each dish seasoned with creativity and style for patrons at Vida Rica Restaurant at the local Mandarin Oriental hotel.Teo is currently in town to serve an exclusive seven-course menu at the restaurant today and tomorrow.Guests get to taste the best of Singaporean cuisine from the special meal, or as Teo said, “You don’t need to go to Singapore, I bring Singapore to you.”Singapore’s

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Local gamers tap into esports world

Local interest in esports is growing, with the setting-up of an esports federation, casino companies hosting esports events, and now there’s a team representing Macau on the international esports stage.It might be hard to believe but video gaming is a big thing and the esports industry is becoming a billion-dollar business.Newzoo, which provides market intelligence on global games, esports and mobile markets, estimates that global revenues for the esports industry will hit US$1.1 billion next

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Body found floating near Outer Harbour pier: police

A male body was found floating yesterday evening in the sea near the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday. The statement said that the Customs Service received a report from a ferry passenger at around 6 p.m., who had seen the body floating off shore at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. Later Customs Service officers arrived to pull the corpse out of the water.According to the statement, the deceased was a 31-year-old local man surnamed

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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4 caught in cocaine bust: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two local men and two men from Hong Kong in a cocaine bust yesterday, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to the spokesperson, the two suspects from Hong Kong are surnamed Chan and Lau, aged 19 and 22 respectively, both claiming to be unemployed. The two locals are a 39-year-old surnamed Tou, who works in public relations, and a 44-year-old surnamed Lei, who is a salesman.The spokesperson

May 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposes temporary housing on Pearl Horizon site

The government announced yesterday that it will repossess the plot of land where the mothballed Pearl Horizon residential project is located – based on a ruling by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) which turned down the project developer’s appeal against the government’s cancellation of the site’s provisional land concession.The government also said in the announcement that it planned to develop a temporary housing project on the site with some of the temporary housing project’s units

May 24, 2018 | BY admin

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The St. Regis Zhuhai to open in September

The sky-scraper in Zhuhai’s Wanzai, which can be clearly seen from Sai Van and Sai Van Bridge in Macau, especially when it is illuminated with a rainbow of colours in the evening, is the location of St Regis Zhuhai that is set to open in mid-September.A media lunch with St Regis Zhuhai representatives yesterday took place at the local Ritz-Carlton hotel, which belongs to Marriot International that now owns Starwood hotel group which operates the St Regis brand.The St. Regis Hotel & Office

May 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmaker calls for more psychotherapy internships

Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng, a vice-president of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen), urged the government yesterday to offer more psychotherapy internships.Wong made the appeal during a press conference presenting a summary of the activities of the association’s psychotherapy centre services last year.The press conference was held at the centre in Rua da Barca.Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng, a vice-president of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly

May 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Auditor slams ‘chaotic’ management of public libraries

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has failed to properly carry out processing tasks for its purchased books – such as their registration in its library catalogue system, sorting and cataloguing – so that a large number of books are still not on the bookshelves in its libraries for residents to use despite being purchased many years ago, the Commission of Audit (CA) said in a hard-hitting report yesterday.The report described the bureau’s library management as “chaotic”.The commission

May 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to draft various urban renewal-related bills: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that while the government will not draft a framework bill on the city’s urban renewal, it will, however, draft separate bills for different matters concerning the city’s urban renewal process.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council at the Transport Bureau (DSAT) Building yesterday.Earlier this month, Rosario told lawmakers during a plenary session

May 24, 2018 | BY admin

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