Bureau says old tea house walls ‘caved in’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it had never received an application from the owner of the former Lok Kok tea house building in the city centre to be given permission to demolish its outer walls, since the Cultural Heritage Protection Law came into force in March 2014.A spokesperson for the bureau told The Macau Post Daily on the phone yesterday that the condition of the heritage-protected building’s exterior had worsened over the years so that some parts

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Officials brief ‘interested public’ on legislative elections

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) and Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) jointly held a briefing yesterday for members of the public with a special interest in the upcoming poll, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Participants in the briefing had to register in advance.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. According to a statement by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday evening, over 210 people attended

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Local man in coma after beating by 4 Vietnamese: police

A local 21-year-old man was allegedly beaten into a coma by four Vietnamese men, one of who is the husband of his Vietnamese female colleague whom he was accompanying home early Thursday morning, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson Yeung Sau Chan said yesterday.Yeung announced the case during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters.According to Yeung, the victim was taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) and treated in the intensive care unit for a cerebral

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Govt sets up 67 parking spaces for HGVs at Concordia Industrial Park

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that it has set up 67 parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) at the Concordia Industrial Park in Coloane, which are available from today.The statement said that it will cost five patacas per hour to park from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and each parking space can be used for five consecutive hours. Drivers can use the parking spaces free of charge from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day, the statement said.According to the statement, 61 of

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt fails to protect old tea house: urban planner

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has failed to ensure that a property that is listed as a heritage site – Lok Kok Restaurant in the city centre – is protected, and a major part of the building’s outer walls has already been demolished, local urban planner Rhino Lam Iek Chit said yesterday.Lam, a member of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council, made the remarks during a group interview yesterday outside the former tea house, at the corner of Rua de Cinco de Outubro and Avenida de

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab WeChat gambling racket

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested seven mainlanders for their alleged involvement in an illegal WeChat gambling operation on Wednesday, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference last week.According to the spokesperson, the seven male suspects, aged between 28 and 40, from Zhejiang province solicited gamblers to place bets at local casinos’ VIP tables via WeChat.One of the suspects claimed to be a bricklayer while the remainder claimed to be unemployed.PLEASE READ THE FULL

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Commentator urges govt to say how it will fund LRT operation

The government should finally come up with a proposal for how it plans to fund the operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, bearing in mind that there are only two years left before the system is slated to start operating in 2019, Ron Lam U Tou, who heads local think tank Macau Synergy Association, said yesterday.Lam, a current affairs commentator, made the remarks while speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the phone yesterday.Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Event focuses on social inclusion of disabled

A five-day conference on intellectually disabled people in Asia kicked off at MGM Macau in Nape yesterday, aiming to encourage social inclusion of the disabled community.According to MGM, the conference’s main sponsor, some 300 audience members from 20 countries and regions are attending the conference, including athletes participating in the Special Olympics and their coaches, as the Special Olympics Golf Masters 2017 is taking place in Macau this week.The conference is hosted by the Charity

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to build police building on recovered plot

The government plans to construct a building for the Islands Public Security Police (PSP) Department on a plot of recently recovered land in Taipa, according to a statement released by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.The department covers Taipa, Cotai and Coloane.According to the statement, the bureau recovered the 2,900-square-metre plot between Avenida de Guimarães, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Rua Siu Kuan several days ago.This undated handout photo provided

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Radio taxi says comment on its performance ‘too early’

In response to the recent comments by the former general manager of the defunct Vang Iek Radio Taxi Company, Nichols Fong Nim Seong, that the operational performance of Macau Radio Taxi Corporation is poor, Kevin U Kin Lung, the new company’s general manager, said yesterday it was too early for Fong to make such remarks.Vang Iek Radio Taxi went belly up in November 2014 when the government decided not to renew its licence after both sides failed to strike a deal after months of

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Groups to conduct survey about e-payment in markets

The Macau Market Vendors Union will conduct a survey on the feasibility of introducing electronic payments in traditional wet markets, the group’s president, O Seng Lok, said yesterday.O announced the survey during a press conference at the union’s office in the central district yesterday. The survey will be conducted in conjunction with local think tank Choi In Tong Sam and the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen).According to O, introducing e-payments

April 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Man busted for drug trafficking via mobile app

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 24-year-old mainlander surnamed Zhang on Tuesday for drug trafficking by receiving orders via a mobile chat application, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the police received a tip-off several days before the arrest that a man from the mainland had been selling drugs in Macau.Following the tip-off, the police identified the suspect and confirmed that he was staying at a hotel in Cotai. The

April 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Committee introduces election guidelines

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) and the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday held a meeting with sitting lawmakers in the building of the Legislative Assembly (AL) about guidelines for the direct and indirect legislative elections in the autumn.The elections will take place on September 17. The Chinese and Portuguese versions of the guidelines, which the committee released yesterday, are available on the committee’s website.Addressing the two-hour

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Man nabbed for stealing HK$120,000

A 54-year-old male mainlander surnamed Ye was arrested on Tuesday for stealing HK$120,000 cash from a restaurant customer, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the victim reported the case on March 25, saying that HK$120,000 had been stolen from his coat pocket when he was eating at a restaurant in Nape earlier that day.The police checked the restaurant’s surveillance camera footage and saw a man looking around the

April 13, 2017 | BY admin

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