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

April 13, 2017 | BY admin

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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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Reinforcement of shipyards ready by typhoon season: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that he will request the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) to co-operate with the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), with the aim of finishing the necessary work to reinforce the dilapidated shipyards in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village, before the start of the typhoon season.According to local meteorologists, Macau’s peak typhoon season begins in July and ends in September.Tam also

April 13, 2017 | BY admin

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3-door buses aim to boost public transport capacity

Public bus operator Transmac has bought 10 three-door buses that are 12 metres in length, with the aim of improving the service on one of its busiest routes.The company expects the 10 buses made by mainland bus manufacturer Yutong to come into service on route MT4 by the end of this month at the earliest. The route runs between the Barrier Gate border checkpoint and Pac On Ferry Terminal in Taipa.The company held a press conference yesterday to brief the media on the features of

April 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Rice: In the eyes of Cloud Gate’s Lin Hwai-min

Rice evokes childhood memories for many, considering that it is Asia’s staple food, and it is also this grain that fed acclaimed choreographer Lin Hwai-min with the inspirations to create “Rice”, a contemporary dance piece to be staged at Macau Cultural Centre on Saturday.“Rice”, originally created to honour the land that had nurtured Lin’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre since its founding and to mark the Taiwanese dance group’s 40th anniversary in 2013, is Lin’s third dance piece

April 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge timetable for refund

About 40 pre-sale buyers of Pearl Horizon flats held a meeting with Polytec representatives yesterday afternoon at the office of Polytec Group in Areia Preta, urging the developer to refund the money they paid for their flats, as promised by Polytec Chairman Or Wai Sheun, and set up a four-party meeting comprising the company, the pre-sale buyers, lawmakers and the government as soon as possible.The Pearl Horizon residential project has been mothballed since the government decided in late 2015

April 12, 2017 | BY admin

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4 nabbed for using fake ATM cards

Four mainlanders were arrested on Monday for withdrawing money from local ATMs with bogus cards, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a special press conference.The spokesperson said a bank branch in Nape reported to the police in May last year that its ATM had seized three fake cards, and thus suspected that somebody had withdrawn money using counterfeit cards.The police contacted all local banks and found that 70 fake cards were used for 84 attempted withdrawals from May

April 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Sai Van Bridge strong enough for LRT: lawmaker

The existing structure of Sai Van Bridge is strong enough to hold the Light Rail Transit (LRT) for the future section connecting Taipa with Barra on the southernmost tip of the peninsula, Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, quoted government officials as saying yesterday.“Barra” is Portuguese for “harbour entrance”.Ho briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. The committee yesterday asked the

April 12, 2017 | BY admin

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