Govt invites bids for 4th bridge

The government’s Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday an invitation to tender (ITT) for the design and construction of the fourth bridge between the peninsula and Taipa. According to an official source, the first phase of the tender will be about the rival bidders’ qualifications. Among the bidders, seven will be shortlisted by the office for the second phase of the tender which will be about the specific technical aspects of the bids, the

December 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to study possible criminalisation of illegal inns: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the Secretariat for Administration and Justice will study the possible criminalisation of the operation of illegal inns.The chief executive’s remarks came after the strikingly opposing views recently expressed by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak and Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng on how to tackle the illegal provision of accommodation services in residential buildings.Chui spoke to reporters at the

December 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi arrives in Portugal to expand cooperation

LISBON – President Xi Jinping arrived in Portugal yesterday for a two-day state visit aimed at strengthening friendship and expanding cooperation between the two countries.It is the first visit by a Chinese head of state to the European country in eight years.Two Portuguese fighter jets escorted Xi’s plane as it entered the country’s airspace.Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were greeted by senior Portuguese government officials at the airport in Lisbon.While delivering a written speech upon

December 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Local love-struck woman scammed by ‘Finnish’ man

A local 50-year-old unmarried woman was deceived online in a love scam by a man claiming to be from Finland, Judiciary Police (PJ) Choi Ian Fai spokesman said yesterday at a regular press conference.Choi said that the suspect told the victim that he was going to retire in Macau to spend the rest of his life with her, and said he was sending his belongings to Macau. However, he claimed that his belongings had been held up in various customs jurisdictions.The woman had met the suspect “Liam”

December 5, 2018 | BY admin

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2 more health centres in 2020: health chief

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government expects a health centre in Rua da Praia do Manduco and another one in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate to come into service in 2020.Lei made the remarks when answering questions from several lawmakers, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about the Social Affairs and Culture portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Delivering an introductory speech on the

December 5, 2018 | BY admin

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176 pct budget hike for GP Museum revamp due to ‘most ideal’ design: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the revised 830 million pataca budget – an increase of 176 percent from the initial budget – to revamp the Grand Prix Museum in Zape is due to the “most ideal” design of the project.Senna Fernandes made the remarks when answering a question from directly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about the

December 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam backs criminalisation of illegal inns

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that he agrees with the view raised in civil society that illegal inns should be criminalised – by amending the law on the illegal provision of accommodation services.Tam made the remarks when answering questions from directly-elected lawmakers Becky Song Pek Kei and Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for

December 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Portuguese president calls ties with China ‘exceptional’

LISBON – Portugal’s relationship with China is “exceptional,” Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said in a recent interview with Chinese media.Speaking ahead of a state visit by President Xi Jinping to Portugal, Rebelo de Sousa said not only have the Portuguese and Chinese known each other for some 500 years, but also relations between the two countries have grown rapidly in recent decades.“In the last 40 years, and especially in the last 20 years, relations have grown” in

December 4, 2018 | BY admin

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4 schools to be built at ex-Canidrome: Tam

The government has decided which four schools will relocate to the area earmarked for education facilities on the plot of land where the former greyhound racetrack is located, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng told lawmakers yesterday.The government told the operator of the former greyhound racetrack – Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. – in July 2016 to vacate the property in Fai Chi Kei within two years. The government pledged at that time that the plot would

December 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander cons Filipino into buying fake mobile phone

A man from the mainland cheated a Filipino man in the Praça de Ponte e Horta neighbourhood by selling him a fake mobile phone, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Ho Ka Kit said yesterday at a regular press conference.At 11:30 a.m. on December 1, the 20-year-old Filipino surnamed de Castro was approached by the suspect, surnamed Chang, a 50-year-old from the mainland. Chang told the victim that he urgently needed money and was selling a brand-new phone for 2,500 patacas, according to Ho.The

December 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie reports his, girlfriend’s drug problems to police

A male taxi driver and his girlfriend are struggling with drug abuse problems and the man took the initiative to surrender to the police for drug rehabilitation as a last resort, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday at a regular press conference.Choi said that the male cabbie surnamed Ku, a 45-year-old lives in Areia Preta district with his unemployed 38-year-old girlfriend surnamed Wong. The couple have been living together for around five years and have a

December 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to draft bill on youth alcohol sales ban: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government plans to draft legislation on the implementation of a statutory ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages to young people.Tam made the remarks while addressing a plenary session on the first day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Tam first told reporters in October that the government was considering the possibility of

December 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi, Trump agree to 90-day trade war truce

BUENOS AIRES – President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump have agreed to suspend any new tariffs for 90 days in the escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies, even if huge existing duties will remain in place.Following more than two hours of dinner talks between the two leaders on Saturday, the White House said an increase of tariffs from 10 to 25 percent due to kick in on January 1 would now be put on hold for 90 days, providing room for intense

December 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs seizes 75 illegal cigars sent by post

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement on Saturday that it seized 75 cigars when a local man collected his package from the Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) last Tuesday.Customs officers checked the package when the man picked it up from a CTT counter at around midday last Tuesday.The 75 cigars, weighing a total of 1,237 grammes, were seized by a customs officer since the man did not have an import licence, which is required if more cigars are imported than the amount that

December 3, 2018 | BY admin

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