Owner given until Friday to present solution to greyhounds’ fate

The owners of the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. have been told by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) to submit a revised proposal on the fate of its about 600 greyhounds, government-owned broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau has reported.According to a Radio Macau report on Friday, the government rejected earlier that day the company’s request to extend its deadline to vacate the racetrack premises in Fai Chi Kei district by another year. The racetrack has been ordered by the

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Temporary housing proposal for Pearl Horizon ‘most feasible’: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan has said that the government’s proposed temporary housing project is the most feasible way to solve the long-standing Pearl Horizon development row.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Government Headquarters on Friday on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of an agreement between Macau and Nigeria on the transfer of sentenced persons.The government announced last month that it will repossess the plot of land where

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau greyhounds' fate remains unclear

A scooter rider stands in front of the main entrance to the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd greyhound racetrack last night. According to TDM-Radio Macau, the racetrack company handed its proposal on the relocation of the greyhounds to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday, on the last day of a deadline given by the bureau. According to the Radio Macau report, the company chaired by legislator-cum-gaming executive Angela Leong On Kei and IACM official met about the fate of

June 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Man chopped for refusing drink with roommate: police

A male mainlander has been arrested for attacking a roommate with a cleaver in a residential building in Taipa on Thursday night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape on Friday.According to Lei, the suspect is a 22-year-old non-resident worker surnamed Qi while the victim is Qi’s roommate, who is also a non-resident worker and in his twenties. Lei said that both live in a flat on one of the upper floors in Hoi Van

June 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, Zhuhai vow to promote GBA development: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that Macau will further strengthen its partnership with Zhuhai to jointly strengthen the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Leong made the remarks during the “Zhuhai-Macau 2018 Cooperation Meeting” in Zhuhai yesterday.Leong and Zhuhai Mayor Yao Yisheng agreed that with the forthcoming launch of the development plan

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Grand Lapa has football fever with FIFA tea set

Forget just having a pint or two, and some nuts to nibble on when watching the World Cup, the Vasco Bar & Lounge at Grand Lapa will have a FIFA afternoon tea set with a ‘smashable’ golden football, crepes and many more snacks to munch on during the live coverage and replays throughout the afternoons and evenings.The first match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will kick off on June 14 and the finals will be on July 15. During this period, Vasco Bar & Lounge will show live coverage of the

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Ají, serving Nikkei cuisine of ‘taste’ & ‘chilli pepper’

Since its opening four months ago, Ají has been the topic of conversations amongst friends, and food aficionados in particular.Some expected it to be a Japanese restaurant but were unexpectedly surprised to find that it is not entirely Japanese when they saw and tasted the food. Some thought it was a fancy Peruvian restaurant. So to set the record straight, Ají is a Nikkei restaurant, the first of its kind in Macau.Nikkei cuisine is, as described by Mitsuharu Tsumura, Peruvian cuisine with

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Chagall in Macau: Artist’s world in colours from southern France

The eventful life of artist Marc Chagall, a Jew who was born in Belarus in 1887 and moved to France in 1910, is brought to life in an exhibition displaying about 100 of his creations from the 1950s to the 1970s that are accentuated with light and colours inspired by the south of France.These works, ranging from paintings to gouaches, lithographs to costumes and tapestries, form the “Marc Chagall, Light And Colour In Southern France” exhibition, which opens today at the Macau Museum of Art

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman nabbed for stealing chips: police

A woman from the mainland was arrested on Wednesday for stealing chips worth HK$260,000 from a man she met in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Leng, the suspect is a 30-year-old surnamed Ouyang, who claimed to be unemployed, and the victim is a male mainlander in his forties who works in the real estate sector.Leng said that on May 12, the victim came to Macau and stayed in a

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to regulate sweeteners

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that its members have completed their discussion of a by-law on the standards for the use of sweeteners in food.The council is the government’s top advisory body.Government-drafted by-laws, officially known as administrative regulations, do not require the legislature’s approval.Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee member Ung Sau Hong (right) speaks during yesterday’s press conference about the

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Another guide launched to assist residents & tourists

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday launched a new mobile website named “EasyGo”, available in traditional and simplified Chinese characters, English and Portuguese, aiming to assist local residents and tourists by providing information on municipal and other facilities.During a press conference at the bureau’s headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro yesterday, IACM Administration committee member Isabel Celeste Jorge said that the website was part of the

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Body found at Cheoc Van Beach: police

The body of a local man was found at Cheoc Van Beach yesterday morning, after he had gone there to collect oysters the previous day, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ).The statement identified the deceased as a 55-year-old surnamed Tam.The statement said that on Wednesday afternoon Tam went to Cheoc Van (“Bamboo Bay” in Chinese) waterfront to harvest oysters. On that evening Tam’s family realised that he still hadn’t returned home, so they went to look for him.PLEASE

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau extends local pupil tuition fee allowances to all Guangdong cities

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government will extend its annual scheme for tuition fee allowances for local pupils studying in Guangdong to all 21 cities in the province starting from the academic year 2017/18.The 21 cities comprise 19 prefecture-level cities and two sub-provincial cities – its provincial capital Guangzhou and Shenzhen.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass 2 finance leasing bills

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s finance leasing.The legislature also passed the outline of a bill on tax benefits encouraging the establishment of finance leasing business.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac introduced the outlines of the two bills, which aim to promote the development of the city’s finance leasing sector, during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle

June 1, 2018 | BY admin

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