Chui pledges new public housing application round

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has told the legislature that he expects the government to launch a new application round for public housing flats during his last term that ends in December 2019.Chui made the remarks during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on Friday.Chui attended the session to answer questions from 29 lawmakers in the 33-member legislature. Several lawmakers raised questions about the housing issue, such as public housing construction progress and public

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum speakers slam govt for axing HOS contracts

Guest speakers at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed dissatisfaction with the government for recently cancelling the HOS flat purchase contracts of several dozen applicants for subsidised home ownership scheme (HOS) flats.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The Housing Bureau (IH) said in a statement last month that it had cancelled the HOS purchase contracts for 61 applicants, after IH officials discovered that the

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Sands ‘co-operates’ with govt on Legionnaires’ disease

Sands China said in a statement sent to The Macau Post Daily last night that concerning the recently reported possible cases of Legionnaires’ disease at The Parisian it “has been contacted by the Macau Health Bureau, and is fully co-operating with their investigations”.According to Hong Kong media reports at the weekend, three Hong Kong men who caught the potentially fatal disease were found to have stayed at The Parisian separately between December and early this month. The male

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Sports Bureau to stop May 1, Dec 20 gigs: chief

The Sports Bureau (ID) will not be holding any concerts to celebrate May Day and the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in the future, the president of the bureau, Pun Weng Kun, said yesterday.The government has customarily organised concerts, featuring famous singers from various places, such as Hong Kong and the mainland, on Labour Day on May 1 and MSAR Establishment Day on December 20.Government critics have claimed that the concerts primarily aimed at keeping

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam says only culture bureau hired via AoS deals

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) was the only entity under his portfolio which had hired staff illegally through acquisition of services (AoS) contracts.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of the 36th Student Chinese Calligraphy Competition at Hou Kong Middle School.The bureau was revealed to have employed a large number of staff through illegal procedures in a report released by the Commission Against

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmaker urges govt to check non-local workers quota

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I urged the government yesterday to pay close attention to the quotas of non-resident workers granted to local companies.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event hosted by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) in Iao Hon Market Park to celebrate the upcoming Labour Day, Lei, a vice-president of the federation, said that some local workers had asked for her union’s help late last year as they said that after signing

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman burnt in fire caused by short circuit

A 63-year-old Hong Kong woman was injured in a fire at her flat in Rua de Nossa Senhora do Amparo early yesterday morning, according to a spokesperson for the Fire Services Bureau (CB).According to the spokesperson, the bureau received a report at about 6 a.m. that a flat in the building, with Yu Seng Tailor Company on the ground floor, was on fire.Arriving at the scene, firefighters found that a flat on the top floor of the three-storey building was on fire, according to the spokesperson. The

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Greyhound ‘Garlic‘ finds a loving forever home

Garlic is one of the first greyhounds to be adopted from the greyhound race track in Fai Chi Kei. MPD Weekender met up with her new owners Edith Lam and her husband Roberto Wong as well as ANIMA President Albano Martins, who set the adoption in motion, in Nam Van earlier this month. Garlic is a five-and-a-half-year-old greyhound that was brought to Macau from Australia in 2015, where she had six races under the name Darling Princess. Garlic raced for a year in Macau under the name Dynamite

April 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Vet bill won’t ban surgery in clinics: govt

The Animal Disease Prevention and Veterinarian Bill will not ban pet clinics from performing operations, but will not allow hospitalisations unless there is at least one vet standing by at the facility 24 hours a day, Choi U Fai, head of the Animal Control and Inspection Division of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), reaffirmed yesterday.Choi made the remarks during the second and last public consultation session for the bill, which took place at the Sao Lourenço Municipal Market

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for cheating couple out of HK$400,000

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday on suspicion of conniving with another man to cheat a couple from the mainland out of HK$400,000 in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said in a regular press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 37-year-old surnamed Xu. The couple are surnamed Lin, with the husband aged 40 and the wife aged 38, according to Yeung.According to Yeung, the other male suspect in the case is still at

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up website for scholarship & student loan applications

The government has set up a website for students so that they can check out information on scholarships and student loans provided by various government entities, as well as apply for a number of scholarships or student loans at the same time, the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) said in a statement yesterday.The website of the “Service Platform for Scholarships, Student Loans and Financial Support Awarded by Government Entities” is on https://www.bolsas.gov.mo.The website contains

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Chinese Ethnic Culture Week to begin next week

The 8th Chinese Ethnic Culture Week is scheduled to take place from Friday next week to May 5, Ho Ka Lon, a deputy-director of the Association for the Promotion of Chinese Ethnic Unity, said yesterday.The group announced details of the culture week during a press conference on Macau Cable TV’s premises in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.According to Ho, 90 youths from 30 ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland will visit Macau to participate in the culture

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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3 girls cheated in concert ticket scam: police

Three local girls have been cheated out of HK$6,720 (6,900 patacas) after failing to receive concert tickets they purchased online, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the victims are surnamed Lok, Cheong and Leong, aged 18, 17 and 16 respectively.Two of the victims are high-school pupils, while Lok is a local university student.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Possible CTM fine depends on its report: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday the government would decide whether or not to fine CTM after analysing its detailed report about the partial failure of its Internet service on Tuesday night.About 30,000 customers were affected by the about four-hour-long incident, according to CTM. The company’s top management members “sincerely” apologised for it on Wednesday at a press conference, where they assumed “total” responsibility for the

April 21, 2017 | BY admin

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