Sin Fong to be demolished soon: public works chief

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng said yesterday that he expected the long-delayed demolition of the ill-fated Sin Fong Garden residential high-rise to get off the ground “in the next few days”.Li made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of yesterday’s press conference about a public consultation on the drafting of a bill on the government’s temporary housing plan. The press conference took place on the premises of the

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt should toughen penalties for delayed roadworks: group

The government should toughen its penalties for contractors who sign public roadwork contracts but do not finish the projects on time, Ho Weng Hong, a senior member of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Association (commonly known as Kai Fong) said yesterday.Ho, who is also a member of the government’s Central District Community Service Consultative Council, made the suggestion on the sidelines of a forum which discussed the causes of the city’s often delayed roadworks and the

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman says man she met on dating app raped her

A 42-year-old single woman has told the police she was raped by a mainlander she had met on a dating app in June, the Judiciary Police said in a regular press conference yesterday in Zape.The accused, a 44-year-old mainlander, has denied the allegation, the police said.According to the police, the two met through a dating app in June and after texting for 10 days decided to meet.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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3 lawmakers want to know why 2 legal advisors’ contracts weren’t renewed

Three non-establishment lawmakers – Ng Kuok Cheong, Sulu Sou Ka Hou and Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho – are asking Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng why the employment contracts of two legal advisors were recently not renewed.The trio announced their request in a joint statement released to the media, claiming that they were “shocked” by the nonrenewal of the two contracts. The statement described the two legal advisors’ imminent departure as a “great loss” to the

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Air quality to only improve at weekend: observatory

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said yesterday that it expected Macau’s air quality to improve only at the end of this week.The weather station said yesterday morning that the concentration of PM 2.5 particles had recorded a “significant increase” at all its air quality monitoring stations.The observatory said that it expected a light breeze to continue until the end of this week, during which the city’s air quality was forecast to remain “poor” occasionally. The

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Croupier ‘conspired’ with 2 friends at baccarat table

A croupier and his two friends conspired to cheat at baccarat in a casino in Cotai where they made away with HK$220,000, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday.A PJ spokesperson said in a regular press briefing yesterday that the casino reported the case to the police on July 20 when the trio allegedly plotted to cheat on the baccarat table when one of them was on duty as croupier there.According to the police, the croupier would peek to see the values of the cards when he changed the

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Jolie Cola, Canidrome’s oldest greyhound, dies

Albano Martins, president of Anima - Society for the Protection of Animals in Macau, posted on the animal welfare group’s Facebook page last night that Jolie Cola, the oldest greyhound at the now defunct Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome died of natural causes early yesterday morning.According to Anima’s Facebook page, for the last few days three Australian volunteer vets, one from Australia and two from Hong Kong, all greyhound specialists, had been assessing the health of the canines left behind

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt consults public on temporary housing and ‘home swap’ bill

The government launches a one-month public consultation today on the drafting of a bill regulating its temporary housing scheme and its “home swap” scheme – for residents affected by the future urban renewal process.The government’s proposal for this piece of legislation also aims to tackle the long-running Pearl Horizon row. When the government announced in May its proposed solution to the Pearl Horizon incident – the construction of a temporary housing project on the ill-fated

August 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Man arrested for robbing pregnant woman: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man early yesterday morning for robbing a pregnant woman on the previous night in Zape, threatening her with a pair scissors, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man announced during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the suspect is a 28-year-old Vietnamese surnamed Ho, who works for a cleaning company, while the victim is a 27-year-old local housewife, who is nine-months pregnant.Chan said that on Sunday at 11p.m. the victim was shopping alone in a

August 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt grants youth centre design deal for ex-Hotel Estoril

The government announced yesterday that it has decided to grant a local architecture firm a contract for the design of its new youth recreational and activities centre in Praça do Tap Seac, which includes the demolition of the dilapidated Hotel Estoril and its adjacent Estoril Swimming Pool. According to the draft design announced yesterday, the famous mosaic on the hotel’s façade will, however, be kept intact.The government hosted a press conference yesterday about its decision, in which

August 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Extra resurfacing of Guia Circuit to start tomorrow

The resurfacing of the Guia Circuit prior to November’s Macau Grand Prix, will take place tomorrow, with extra resurfacing to be carried out compared to last time, Diamantino Augusto Torrado, coordinator of the Macau Grand Prix Committee (MGPC) Infrastructure Subcommittee, said during a press conference yesterday at the Grand Prix Building in Avenida da Amizade.The press conference was held along with several other government bodies including the Transport Bureau (DSAT) and Sports Bureau (ID)

August 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Scooter rider injured in crash with casino bus

A female scooter rider was seriously injured in a crash with a casino shuttle bus on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge yesterday morning, the police said.The accident occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. yesterday in the direction from Taipa towards the peninsula. According to the police, the victim is a 27-year-old local woman. She was found lying on the ground near the rear of the casino shuttle bus after the accident.Paramedics rushed to the scene and took the woman to the public Conde de Sao

August 21, 2018 | BY admin

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CE grants construction time exemption to ensure new checkpoint project’s schedule

The government has allowed the construction of the new Macau-Zhuhai border checkpoint project at Ilha Verde to be carried out from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, by issuing an exemption to the statutory restrictions on the period allowed for construction work to be carried out, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The executive order was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On earlier this month.The order said the exemption was granted to ensure

August 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposes LRT operation bill

The Executive Council has announced that the government has drafted a bill regulating the future operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, which proposes that anyone violating the rules listed in this future new LRT law will face a fine of up to 10,000 patacas.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.The government has repeatedly reaffirmed that the LRT Taipa section is

August 20, 2018 | BY admin

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