6 groups, 2 individuals protest on MSAR anniversary

Six groups, comprising five small trade unions and the Macau Family Reunion Federation, and two individuals demonstrated on Tuesday – the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).According to the Public Security Police (PSP), about 600 people participated in the protest marches.The Macau Workers’ Power Union, Union for the Protection of the Employment Rights of Local Workers, Macau Bar Benders Association, Macau Workers’ Alliance

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Galaxy labour union calls for better pay

A labour union formed by Galaxy staff asked the gaming operator yesterday a salary rise, a year-end bonus of at least one month’s salary and the granting of days off in lieu if employees’ scheduled days off coincide with mandatory public holidays.The union, backed by lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho, held a press conference at the headquarters of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) in Avenida da Amizade.Loi Ngai Wai, who heads the union, noted

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Elderly woman run over by car – dies  

A local woman aged about 80 died after being run over by a car in Patane district yesterday evening.According to the Fire Services Bureau (CB), the woman was stuck under the vehicle, and when the car was jacked up, firemen noticed that the woman was bleeding, had sustained bone fractures and had stopped breathing.She was taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) and was declared dead on arrival, according to the Fire Services Bureau.This photo

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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2 Mongolian women steal cardigan, phone: police

Two Mongolian women were caught on Monday for stealing a cardigan worth 599 patacas from a shop in a Cotai casino resort hotel and a mobile phone worth about 9,000 patacas in Avenida de D. João IV, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Khalzan, is in her thirties while the other suspect, surnamed Sarantsetseg, is in her twenties. They told the police that they are

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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1,000 roadwork projects to start next year: transport chief

About 1,000 roadwork projects will be carried out from next year, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San announced yesterday during a press conference at the bureau.  Addressing the press conference about next year’s roadwork projects, Lam said the government’s interdepartmental Road Projects Co-ordination Group, which was established in 2009, has received 711 applications for roadwork permits from government entities and public utilities to be carried out next year.Lam said

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Red pandas Lok Lok, Tong Tong make first public appearance

Macau’s first-ever pair of red pandas, male  ‘Lok Lok’ and female ‘Tong Tong’, who arrived last month from Sichuan province made their first public appearance at Seac Pai Van Park yesterday.According to a statement on Friday by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), which manages the park, Lok Lok and Tong Tong have passed the 30-day quarantine period and are fit and healthy so that they can greet the public at the Pavilion of Rare Animals in the park,

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Buyers petition Liaison Office

A group of Pearl Horizon pre-sale flat buyers handed in a petition addressed to Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Wang Zhimin at his office in Zape yesterday.Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association Kou Meng Pok told reporters that the group would like the Liaison Office to assist them in settling the conflict between the buyers, the developer and the government.The Pearl Horizon residential project has been mothballed since last year as the project’s

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Public servant’s daughter nabbed for scam

A 23-year-old local woman was arrested on Friday on suspicion of cheating a local man out of 40,000 patacas by exploiting her father’s position as a public servant, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.According to the spokesperson, a local man reported the case to the police on Thursday. He told officers that the suspect, surnamed Sio, had been introduced to him by a mutual friend.The victim told the police that Sio told him in October that

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt vows daily Kou Ün Kai coach ban: traffic council

Traffic Consultative Council Convener Kuok Keng Man said yesterday the government planned to extend the 10-hour ban on tourist coaches along Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro – Kou Ün Kai in Cantonese – on Saturdays and Sundays to every day of the week from FebruaryKuok said that the government would review the ban at some time in the future but no timetable was given.According to an announcement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) early this month, tourist coaches

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Ho denies benefitting from outsourced contracts

Former ex-chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng yesterday continued to deny that he illegally benefitted from the overpriced granting of a string of outsourced services and projects for the Public Prosecution Office (MP) to 10 “shell companies” over the past decade or so.Ho made the remarks in his defence on the fifth day of his trial by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday.The trial is being conducted by a three-judge panel comprising TUI President Sam Hou Fai,

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Plans for ‘blue sky’ campus relocation underway

The planning for the relocation of the 15 campuses included in the government’s “Blue Sky Project” is progressing, Wong Kin Mou, who heads the Research and Educational Resources Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.Wong made the remarks during a press conference after a regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Non-Tertiary Education Committee, headed by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Dog-racing deal extended to July 2018

The government has extended its concession for Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. to run greyhound racing to July 20, 2018, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).In July, the government said that the company must vacate its greyhound racetrack in Fai Chi Kei within two years. Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in July that if the operator wants to continue dog racing, it would have to find another location, which would need to comply with

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Youths most satisfied with welfare, most dissatisfied with traffic

Young local people are most satisfied with the subsidies and welfare measures announced by the 2017 Policy Address while they are most dissatisfied with the government’s response to the city’s traffic problem, according to a survey conducted by a working group of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong). The survey’s definition of “young people” ranged from 18 to 45 years.The association’s youth

December 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Group petitions CE for political reform

Members of the grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) submitted a petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, yesterday, urging him to launch political reforms for the chief executive (CE) and Legislative Assembly (AL) elections.Speaking to reporters after handing the petition to an official outside Government Headquarters, Helu Chan Kuok Seng, a board member of the association, said that the findings of previous surveys showed that 60 percent of local

December 19, 2016 | BY admin

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