Over 100 Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers don’t benefit from ‘home swap’ scheme: lawmaker

About a dozen Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers yesterday voiced their concern that they are not eli- gible to purchase a unit in the gov- ernment’s “home swap” housing project to be built on the plot where the ill-fated residential project is located, as they did not register for property ownership for the units they purchased.They urged the government to come up with a solution so that they will also be eligible to buy a “home swap” flat.The Pearl Horizon pre-sale buy- ers made the

June 28, 2019 | BY admin

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DCH Logistics Centre opens in Hengqin’s Guangdong-Macau industrial park

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah attended yesterday the opening ceremony of the Dah Chong Hong Logistics Centre in Hengqin.According to a statement by the Hong Kong-listed conglom- erate also known as DCH, the lo- gistics centre is the first officially approved project of the Guang- dong-Macau Cooperation Indus- trial Park.The statement said that with its years of experience in Hong Kong, Macau and on the main- land, the centre would “enrich the

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The 13 owner sells 24 Rolls-Royce Phantoms

Hong Kong-listed South Shore Holdings Limited, which owns the troubled The 13 hotel in Coloane, announced yesterday that it sold 24 of its 30 Rolls-Royce Phantom lim- ousines for HK$24 million to a “Ms Cai Yanping”.The deal was inked on Wednesday.The limousines were sold by Ocean Wonder Investments Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the subsidiary of South Shore Holdings.The company announced the deal in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.According to the statement, the two

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FM commissioner urges local citizens to co-build ‘consular protection great wall’

Foreign Ministry Commissioner in Macau Shen Beili said yesterday that with the implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” prin- ciple and the development of Ma- cau’s economy, there are more and more Macau citizens going abroad for studying, travelling, doing busi- ness and visiting relatives, adding that protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the Macau citizens abroad is the FM commissioner of- fice’s important duty.Shen made the remarks in a speech at a press

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Govt announces emission standards for power plants, oil depots

The Executive Council an- nounced yesterday that the gov- ernment has drafted two by-laws on the emission standards for power plants and for oil depots in the city respectively.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Gov- ernment Headquarters yesterday.Government-drafted by-laws, officially known as administra- tive regulations, do not require the legislature’s approval.Currently, there are no official standards

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CEM introduces power supply arrangements during typhoons

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) predicts that four to six tropical cyclones will occur within 800 ki- lometres of Macau this year and might reach strong typhoon level, power utility CEM engineer Gabri- el Chan U Fai said yesterday, add- ing that the company has improved various power facilities and power supply arrangements with the aim of getting well-prepared for the ap- proaching typhoon season.According to an SMG state- ment, Macau’s typhoon season usually runs from

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Only 38 pct of locals willing to work in GBA’s 9 mainland cities

The findings of a survey carried out by the public University of Ma- cau (UM) released yesterday show that 37.9 percent of local residents aged at least 15 are willing to work or live in the nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), while only 23 percent were willing to work or live in Hong Kong.The survey was conducted be- tween December 17 and 30 last year via telephone. A total of 557 local residents aged at least 15 completed the survey.The survey was

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2 fishing boats in Inner Harbour damaged by fire, no injuries

A fishing vessel anchored outside Pier 5B in the Inner Harbour near Barra was on fire yesterday afternoon, and the fire quickly spread to another fishing vessel anchored next to it, according to a joint statement by the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) and the Macau Customs Service yesterday.No one was injured in the incident. The smoky blaze was jointly put out by vessels of the mainland and local marine authorities and local firefighters, according to the statement.The statement pointed out

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Buddhists give out free vegetarian lunches

Yu Hua Zhai, a Buddhist non-profit organisation from Hangzhou, has come to Macau to serve a free vegetarian lunch to anyone who wants one this week.According to a statement provided by the organisation, Yu Hua Zhai was started in 2011 as a religious non-profit group which opens restaurants to provide free vegetarian food for the general public.Yu Hua Zhai opened its first local restaurant, on the 11th floor of Nam Fong Industrial Building in Areia Preta district, on Monday. Yu Hua Zhai’s

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Man robs shop owner’s valuables at knife point: police

A female shop owner was robbed by a man in her fashion boutique in Rua da Restauração on Tuesday afternoon, threatening her with a 30-cm-long knife, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday in Zape.According to Ho, the male suspect is a “Chinese national” who spoke Cantonese when he was committing the crime. The victim’s personal information was not released.Ho did not reveal whether other people were in the shop during the

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11 HIV cases diagnosed in Jan-May: govt

A total of 11 new HIV cases were diagnosed in the first five months of the year, the Committee for the Fight Against AIDS has announced.The committee, which is headed by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng, held its first meeting this year.A statement issued by the Health Bureau after Tuesday’s meeting points out that the 11 new HIV cases comprise 10 males and a female. While six of the infections were attributed to heterosexual contact, five were attributed to

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Culture officials vow to protect Ilha Verde Hill

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said yesterday that it has told the company which owns the Ilha Verde Hill plot to carry out its statutory duty to repair the hill and a former convent there.The bureau also said that if the company fails to do so, the bureau would carry out the repairs itself and order the owner to bear the cost.The bureau convened a press conference to brief the media about its measures to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage-listed Ilha Verde Hill which includes a

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IAM picks 18 lucky draw winners for Taipa Flea Market stalls

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) yesterday hosted its 2nd lucky draw for stall applicants this year, picking 18 winners for Taipa Flea Market stalls.The draw was held at the IAM Inspection and Health Department Hall at Fortune Tower in Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga.IAM Administrative Committee member Ung Sau Hong told reporters during the event that the bureau put 23 general goods stalls in this year’s 2nd ballot draw, adding that it had received 64 applications, one of which was

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Gang hires 13- & 17-year-old HK boys to sell drugs in Macau: police

Two boys from Hong Kong – a 13-year-old schoolboy and a 17-year-old school dropout – were hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The two boys were caught on Monday afternoon outside a hotel in the city centre. They told the police that they had been hired by the gang for a “salary” of HK$1,500 per day each, Lai said.The 17-year-old boy surnamed Pang told the police that he is unemployed,

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