Taipa street to go one-way for 45 days due to walkway project

Estrada Governador Nobre de Carvalho in Taipa will become a one-way street starting tomorrow morning for 45 days as the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) will build a covered walkway there, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Coordination Division chief Mok Soi Tou said yesterday during a press conference.The press conference was jointly held by the two bureaus at the DSAT building.Loi Seong San, a senior DSSOPT official, said that his bureau would build the covered walkway on the Big Taipa

July 20, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt surplus reaches 30 billion patacas in June

The government’s current budget surplus reached 30.52 billion patacas at the end of June, a year-on-year increase of 50.8 percent, the Finance Services Bureau (DSF) announced yesterday. According to the announcement, the government’s revenue amounted to 64.37 billion patacas in the first half of the year, when its expenditure stood at 33.85 billion patacas. Direct gaming tax payments rose 18.1 percent to 55.89 billion patacas, accounting for 86.8 percent of the government’s total

July 20, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

IACM ‘condemns’ Canidrome for planning to abandon dogs

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night that it “condemns” the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. for “shirking” its responsibility to house its greyhounds after it had received a letter from the company in the evening proposing the “reversion” of the dogs to the government after the official closure of the racetrack tonight.The letter was forwarded by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau

July 20, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Mainland police bust 2 prostitution gangs operating in Macau

According to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday, police in Baishan city, Jilin province, recently arrested over 20 suspects from two gangs that regularly sent sex workers to Macau. Baishan lies some 2,500 kilometres north-east of Macau. According to TDM, after 3 months of investigation, Baishan police discovered that, as a ruse, the gang members dated potential sex workers from Baishan and its surrounding areas. According to the report, the men falsely promised the

July 20, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Adopted greyhounds get vet’s undivided attention

The greyhounds that have been adopted from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. are slowly coming to terms with a life of freedom but there are still hurdles to overcome, one of which includes a trip to the vet for a check-up.Yesterday MPD Weekender spoke to Green Cross Vet Hospital vet Henrique Galvao at his practice in Taipa about the greyhounds that he has seen in his clinic since the racktrack operator put them up for adoption on three occasions at the end of last month and the beginning

July 20, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Kindergarten fined for mishandling alleged sexual abuse

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) has found a kindergarten involved in an alleged sexual abuse case earlier this year had mishandled the incident and also had failed to respond to the case in line with DSEJ regulations, the bureau announced in a statement yesterday.The statement didn’t identify the kindergarten. However, after the news of the alleged sexual abuse was broken by local media in May, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng confirmed that the

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Fire Services to inspect more eateries

In response to a deadly gas explosion in a restaurant earlier this month, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) will carry out more inspections of local eateries, Cheong Chi Wang, a senior officer of the bureau said yesterday.Cheong made the remarks during a press conference announcing the fire statistics for the first half of this year, at the CB headquarters in Nam Van.On July 3, there was an explosion in a Fujianese restaurant in Areia Preta district that killed a woman and injured six other

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Councillors divided over preservation of old residential high-rise

Members of the Urban Planning Council (CPU) were divided yesterday on the possible preservation of a 60-year-old residential high-rise in the city centre – or its possible demolition.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the government-appointed council, held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT) Building, included a discussion about the proposed legal development conditions for the plot on which the residential building is situated.The 12-storey Rainha D. Leonor Edifice is located at the corner of

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Helping young people get on property ladder is next step: JLL

With a stable economy, housing prices would have a stable rise of within 10 percent for the whole year, which is “very healthy” and the next step for the government is to help young couples get on the property ladder as a way to solve the under supply problem, as forecast by the local branch of US-based real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).The Macau branch yesterday held a press conference at its Finance and IT Centre office in Nam Van on its mid-year review of the local

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Police launch shortcut to app fighting rogue cabbies

According to a statement by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday, the police have been paying close attention to violations by local taxi drivers and, in addition to the ongoing clampdown on rogue cabbies, the police have added a shortcut for reporting alleged violations by cabbies on its ePolice app’s homepage.The statement pointed out that, with this shortcut, callers can directly call the PSP Traffic Department on 2837 4214, pointing out that this would save callers having to look

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

1 local, 6 HK suspects nabbed for taking & selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested one local male and six Hong Kong male and female suspects yesterday for the alleged selling and taking of drugs, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspects are aged between 27 and 47.The spokesperson said that the seven suspects had their own division of labour, such as smuggling drugs into Macau, collecting money from selling the drugs, and recruiting new drug

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt vows to look after ‘left-behind’ greyhounds

The government announced yesterday that it has contingency plans for the greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. in the case that the dogs are left behind at the racetrack in Fai Chi Kei after its official closure tomorrow night.However, the government reaffirmed that Yat Yuen must fulfil its “statutory” duties by properly taking care of the racing dogs after the racetrack closes for good.The government said that it will consider the option of temporarily keeping the

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Education officials probe pupils’ #MeToo claims

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Acting Director Leong Wai Kei revealed yesterday that her bureau has contacted the legal guardian of a schoolgirl who recently claimed on Facebook that she had been sexually harassed by a teacher.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a school graduation ceremony in Areia Preta.Last Wednesday, a Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College (CSKPHC) secondary school pupil anonymously published a #MeToo post on the “New CSKPHC Secrets Page” Facebook group

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt pledges no greyhounds will be homeless: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan reassured the public yesterday that the government will ensure that no greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. will be rendered homeless.Chan also said that the government will host a press conference today about how it plans to handle the racing dogs’ fate.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL).Secretary for Administration and Justice

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

Comment: 0