Preschoolers gear up for balance bike grand prix

The Macau Grand Prix has wrapped up but the racing excitement continues, for preschoolers anyway, as they showed off their balancing, co-ordination and steering skills while striding their pedal-less bicycles in grand prix fashion—geared up in racing suits, helmets and knee and elbow pads—last weekend.The 1st Balance Bike Macau Grand Prix was held at the Venetian last weekend and saw a total of 119 boys and girls aged 2 to 4 split into 11 categories race to the finish line.The event was

December 2, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt plans car park near Tap Seac: Tam

Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said the government was planning to build an underground car park underneath the dilapidated Hotel Estoril and the playground of the adjoining Luís Gonzaga Gomes Luso-Chinese School.Tam made the remarks on the first of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Tam and several other senior officials of his portfolio

December 2, 2016 | BY admin

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Union to protest against importing drivers

The Macau Federation of Transportation said yesterday that it would hold a protest on December 16 to urge the government to continue its policy of not allowing the employment of non-local commercial vehicle drivers.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said last Thursday, on the first of a two-day Q&A session in the legislature about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year, that, according to the findings of a study, there was no consensus in civil society about

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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E-payment in city centre aims to boost consumption

A consumption promotion event based on the concept of e-payment is being launched today in some areas of the city centre, along with the launch of the second “WiFi Street” in the city later this month. The event aims to act as a pilot project for the more widespread use of e-payment in the city.The first “WiFi Street” was launched in the area around the Barrier Gate border checkpoint late October.A press conference about the one-month event was held yesterday at the Economic Services

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Forum backs LRT peninsula construction

Traffic Consultative Council member Kou Kun Pang, who also heads the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Macau (UM), said yesterday that building a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system on the peninsula was the only way to tackle the city’s traffic woes. He made the remarks on the sidelines of a forum about the government’s plan to build the LRT peninsula section, held by the Macau Institution of People’s Alliance (API).According to Kou, the number of

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Group objects to allegiance declaration

New Macau Association (NMA) activists handed in a petition at the Legislative Assembly yesterday to express their objection to a declaration of allegiance which candidates will have to sign to confirm their agreement with the Macau Basic Law and their fidelity to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) if they want to run in the legislature’s direct and indirect elections.The petition was addressed to the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee President Andrew Chan Chak Mo, whose

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Driver abuses wife for over 10 years: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 59-year-old local man on Tuesday on suspicion of verbally abusing his wife for more than 10 years and attacking her twice late last month, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said in a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Lao, started to verbally abuse his wife in 2004, after the victim, surnamed Im, one day refused to have sex with him as she was feeling ill, according to Yeung.Lao and Im have a daughter aged 14, and two sons aged 11 and

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Shining Moment to compete at local film-fest

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan’s children’s dance drama Shining Moment will get its world premiere at the 1st Macau International Film Festival & Awards (IFFAM).The film joins 11 other international titles in the event’s official competition section, which will be judged by a jury headed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Shekhar Kapur.Other films competing at the event include Britain’s Trespass Against Us, by Adam Smith and starring Michael Fassbender and Brendan

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Wynn, MGM joint shuttle bus service begins today

Wynn Resorts and MGM China are launching a joint shuttle bus service, available from today, which connects the Barrier Gate checkpoint with Wynn Macau and MGM Macau in Nape, a joint statement said yesterday.The statement said that the joint shuttle bus service would “optimise the shuttle bus services of both properties” and was launched in response to the government’s “transport integration arrangement”.According to the statement, the joint shuttle bus route will be operational from

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 21 pct to 1 million in Oct

Macau’s 107 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.08 million guests in October, an increase of 20.9 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 64.1 percent and 14.2 percent of all guests. The number of guests from the mainland and Hong Kong rose 18.6 percent and 31.9 percent respectively. Guests’ average length of stay dropped by 0.1 night year-on-year to 1.4 nights. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Prison is 82 pct full: official

Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) Director Cheng Fong Meng told lawmakers yesterday that the city’s prison in Coloane is 82.81 percent full, adding that his bureau was ready to change the facilities in the penitentiary to raise its capacity. Cheng made the remarks when answering a question by lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng, on the last of a two-day Q&A session about the public security portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Wong asked for an update on the construction of the new

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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2 locals nabbed for owning banned weapons

Two local men were arrested on Monday for the alleged possession of banned weapons, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the PJ received information at the beginning of last month that trees and cars had been damaged in Cotai. After investigating, the police identified five suspects aged between 19 and 22 and took them in for questioning, resulting in Monday’s two arrests.The spokesperson said the police found a

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Elderly woman robbed by tourist

A Filipino was arrested on Monday for robbing an elderly local woman of 8,700 patacas last Tuesday night, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the unemployed suspect, surnamed Flores, is a 35-year-old tourist while the victim, surnamed Chong, is a 64-year-old retiree. It is the second time the suspect has visited Macau.The spokesperson said the suspect robbed the victim at about 8 p.m. last Tuesday near Largo da Cordoaria.

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Wong rules out buying rescue helicopters

Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the local government could ask for assistance from its counterparts in Hong Kong and Guangdong if it needed helicopters for rescue purposes.Wong made the remarks when answering a question by lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho, on the last of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Wong and several other senior officials of his

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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