Thousands protest over traffic woes

Thousands of residents took part in a protest organised by the grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) on Saturday against the government’s perceived failure to provide residents with sufficient numbers of parking spaces.The demonstrators also expressed their discontent with apparently tougher law enforcement to fine those illegally parking their vehicles, considering that the city’s parking spaces for cars and motorcycles are utterly insufficient to meet public demand.A

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi urges local unis to gain more S&T feats: liaison office chief

President Xi Jinping says in a letter in reply to two local higher education institutions he hopes that Macau’s tertiary education institutions will nurture more talents who love the country and Macau and create more scientific and technological (S&T) achievements.Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong read out Xi’s letter during a seminar attended by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and representatives from local tertiary institutions on

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Taiwan mulls more flexibility for Macau people’s passports

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official Carol Duh Chia-fen, who heads the council’s Department of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, said yesterday that the government-appointed council is currently in talks with the island’s immigration department to give Macau residents the choice whether to use their Portuguese or Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passports to enter Taiwan.MSAR passports of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are issued by the Macau government on behalf

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Man spotted behaving indecently with schoolgirls: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that they were recently informed through the School Safety Network that a parent had seen a man trying to make indecent contact with schoolgirls in the city centre.According to the statement, the man was frequently spotted wandering around Rua do Campo trying to touch schoolgirls’ bodies or engaging in obscene acts.The statement said that so far the police had not directly received any complaints about the issue, but urged possible

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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No timetable for relaunching traffic law consultation: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government does not know when it will relaunch its recently-halted public consultation on the drafting of a Road Traffic Law amendment bill.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, which is reviewing, article-by-article, a government-initiated bill on the city’s taxi sector.The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Morpheus, city’s ‘new icon’, opens today

Gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment will officially open the doors of its US$1.1 billion Morpheus hotel resort, Phase 3 of City of Dreams, this evening.Morpheus is the Hellenic deity of dreams.In a statement, the company headed by Lawrence Ho Yau Lung described its latest property as the city’s “new icon”.This undated handout photo released by Melco Resorts & Entertainment yesterday shows the 5-star Morpheus hotel’s Sky Pool, which is located 130 metres above ground.

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Foreign Ministry spokesman briefs local officials

Well-known Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang briefed local government officials yesterday on his work and the central government’s approach towards diplomacy and international relations. According to a statement released by the Macau Government Spokesperson’s Office, Lu’s briefing took place at the invitation of the office, which is headed by Victor Chan Chi Ping, who has been director of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) since the establishment of the Macau Special

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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HK man busted with cocaine: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested on Wednesday for selling and taking drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 45-year-old surnamed Fong, who claimed to be unemployed.Chan said that the Judiciary Police received a tip-off a week ago that a Hong Kong drug gang had hired a man in the neighbouring city to sell drugs in Macau. Police officers later identified Fong as

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Beckham’s visit ‘spread positive energy’: Chan

UK football star David Beckham’s participation in April in a local charity event and the posting of his selfies “aroused a lot of public interest and spread positive energy to [civil] society,” Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday. Chan made the remarks in a speech at a reception hosted by the British Consulate-General to celebrate the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. UK Consul-General Andrew Heyn represented the 92-year-old British sovereign

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers worry taxi bill may lead to ‘monopoly’

Lawmaker-cum-lawyer Vong Hin Fai, who heads the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, said yesterday that some of the committee members were worried that the government’s proposal that only companies should be allowed to bid for taxi licences in its taxi sector bill could ultimately lead to a “monopoly” in the taxi sector.Vong briefed the media after a closed-door meeting of his committee which is reviewing a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s taxi sector, the outline of

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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‘No way’ to extend period to use dog racetrack: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday there was no possibility “at this moment” of allowing the embattled Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. the operator of the city’s greyhound racetrack, to use the Fai Chi Kei property for an additional period of time, for the company to finally vacate the plot of land late next month.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Anima vows to continue fight for greyhounds

Albano Martins and Anima have been fighting to save the greyhounds at Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. for a very long time and in 2011 joined forces with international animal rescue organisations to tell the world what was happening to the dogs that were unlucky enough to be shipped to Macau from Australia and Ireland to race here.The company has been given until July 20 to remove the dogs from the racetrack and cease operations. The Civic and Municipal Bureau (IACM) had given the company,

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Schoolboy, 17, loses 68,000 patacas in credit-for-sex scam: police

A 17-year-old local pupil fell victim to a credit-for-sex scam earlier this month, losing a total of 68,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a news conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.Chan said that the victim, who attends a high school in the northern area, befriended a female online in May. She later told the victim through a social messaging application that she was offering sex services for 800 pataca gift cards. The two negotiated and then

June 14, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Not easy’ to get all dogs adopted: racetrack operator

The operator of the city’s greyhound racetrack – Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. – said on its website yesterday that “it is not an easy task” to find new “suitable” homes for the about 600 greyhounds or to arrange for them to be adopted.The company said that during the past several weeks it has handed the city’s various animal protection organisations over 1,000 application forms for greyhound adoptions, adding that it has so far only received back one application form. The

June 14, 2018 | BY admin

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