Only 111 vehicles join slow-drive protest: police

Only about 150 people in 57 cars on 54 scooters took part in a slow-drive protest on Saturday urging the government to axe the recent increase in vehicle-related fees, according to the Public Security Police (PSP).However, lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Veng Chai, who was one of the organisers, said some 250 to 300 vehicles had joined the protest.According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), there were 250,450 registered vehicles in Macau at the end of 2016.Lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Veng

February 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam says will ask CE to let IC redevelop Lai Chi Vun

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng says he will ask Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On to let the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) preserve and redevelop some of the shipyards in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village.However, Tam was quick to add that whether his request will succeed is another matter.A total of 11 dilapidated shipyards out of 14 in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village will be demolished starting next month due to their state of disrepair causing a potential

February 20, 2017 | BY admin

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US firm buys big stake in The 13 Holdings: report

Ahead of the opening of its The 13 luxury hotel in Cotai slated for later this quarter, Hong Kong-listed property developer The 13 Holdings has announced that American investment firm Evolution Capital Management has acquired a major stake in its business, the World Casino News website reported late last week.The report quoted a filing by The 13 Holdings with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as stating that Santa Monica-based Evolution Capital Management had “become interested in 338,628,459

February 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges timetable for full casino smoking ban

Macau Gaming Employees Home Chairman Leong Sun Iok yesterday urged the government to come up with a timetable to ultimately impose a blanket ban on smoking in all gaming areas of casinos.The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a press conference on Wednesday the required “high standards” for casino smoking lounges, two days after the city’s six gaming operators announced the findings of a study, conducted by the University of Macau (UM), which show that 60 percent of casino workers asked by

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmakers worry about porn distribution offence

During a meeting of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee yesterday, several members raised concern that it would be rather easy for people to accidentally commit the offence of disseminating pornographic material involving minors – proposed in a government-initiated amendment bill – bearing in mind that online social networking is widely used.Cheang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials, including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab 9 casino loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested nine mainlanders on Wednesday for alleged loan-sharking in casinos in Nape, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The nine suspects are four men and five women aged between 22 and 51, according to Lei.PJ officers received a tip-off on Wednesday that a loan-sharking gang was operating out of a flat in Taipa. Later that day, PJ officers went to the unit and arrested the nine suspects and seized around HK$70,000 in cash and a

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Group warns about e-cigarettes’ health impact

Johnny Au Ka Fai, president of the Smoking Abstention and Good Health Association, said yesterday he hoped that residents will pay more attention to the impact of e-cigarettes on their health.According to Wikipedia, an e-cigarette is a handheld electronic device that vaporises a flavoured liquid, which the user inhales. The fluid in the e-cigarette, called e-liquid, is usually made of nicotine and other chemical substances. The health risks of electronic cigarettes are uncertain, according to

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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S&T fund grants 133 million patacas in 2015

The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) granted over 133 million patacas for 314 projects last year.FDCT President Federico Ma Chi Ngai announced the figure yesterday during a press conference to summarise the fund’s activities during the past year, at the FDCT office in Zape.The fund was set up by the government in 2004 to provide funding for local scientific and technological research projects, as well as popular science projects carried out by local schools and tertiary

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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ExCo finishes discussing medical malpractice by-laws

The Executive Council (ExCo) has finished discussing three by-laws (administrative regulations) on medical liability insurance, the establishment of a medical malpractice evaluation committee, and a mediation centre required by the Medical Malpractice Law, the top advisory body’s spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday.The legislature passed a medical malpractice bill submitted by the government on August 12 last year. The law will take effect on February 26.Addressing a press conference at

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Groups reschedule slow drive to tomorrow

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Veng Chai, a vice president of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), said yesterday that a slow-drive protest against the government’s “brutal” hike in vehicle-related fees will be staged tomorrow afternoon.Leong announced the protest during a press conference at the ATFPM office in Zape. The slow drive was initially scheduled to take place last Saturday, but was postponed due to disagreement about the route between the organisers and the Public

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Book art: the start of a new chapter

Wonder what to do with the pile of old textbooks that you don’t need anymore? Or that phonebook that’s been sitting on the shelf? Or what about that old paperback that’s falling apart? Instead of throwing them out, why not upcycle those used books and turn them into your own piece of art?Leong Fei In, who graduated with a master’s degree in Visual Arts: Book Arts in London, will be introducing the idea of book art to people taking part in the “Book + Art Creation Experience”

February 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam insists on new Central Library location

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he believed that the site of the Old Courthouse in Nam Van is the most suitable location for the city’s new Central Library.Tam attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion by directly-elected lawmaker Song Pek Kei.The legislature passed Song’s debate motion last month, which questions whether it would be suitable to convert the Old Courthouse into the new Central Library.

February 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman throws acid over boyfriend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a 45-year-old local woman for splashing acid drain cleaner over a 30-year-old mainlander who was reportedly her boyfriend.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters.The spokesperson said the couple had been quarrelling over relationship problems since the birth of their child late last year. The woman told the police she felt abandoned as the man refused to fulfil his paternal

February 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt not pressured over smoking lounges: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the government had not been pressured by the gaming operators into allowing them to set up smoking lounges in all gaming areas.The policy secretary also said the government had not made a final decision on the matter, urging the six gaming operators to comment on the required standards for smoking lounges announced by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday morning.Tam made the remarks yesterday evening while speaking

February 16, 2017 | BY admin

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