NDRC publishes development plan for Hengqin

According to the National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) official website yesterday, the commission has published a 22-page plan in Chinese for the development of Hengqin International Leisure Tourism Island.The commission is the central government’s top planning agency.According to Hengqin District’s official website, Hengqin covers a land area of 106.46-square kilometres. Much of the island has been reclaimed from the sea since the 1990s. Hengqin consisted of two islands in

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Bus lane to open in Av do Coronel Mesquita: govt

Part of Avenida do Coronel Mesquita will have a bus lane which will increase the efficiency of bus operations by 30 percent in that area, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday.A meeting by the Traffic Consultative Council was held yesterday by the bureau on its premises to discuss the city’s bus-only lanes, the recent public transport situation and the tourist coach controversy. It was attended by about two dozen members of the council.Lam made the remarks while

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Soong visits Macau to explore Taiwan’s chance of joining GBA

Taiwan’s veteran politician James Soong Chu-yu yesterday said he hoped Macau and Taiwan could both grab the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) development opportunity and jointly promote the nation’s rejuvenation, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).According to the statement, Soong made the remarks during a meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday at Government Headquarters.After arriving in Macau on Tuesday evening

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Police probe case of teacher beating pupil

The police are investigating a case in which a teaching staff member allegedly beat a pupil in a school several times last month, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the parents of the pupil reported the case to the police on March 6, after which the police also transferred the case to the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) for follow-up action. The spokesman did not name the school and neither did he reveal

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmaker urges govt to move Ilha Verde dangerous goods warehouse

Lawmaker Alan Ho Ion Sang and Ilha Verde residents urged the government to move a temporary warehouse for dangerous goods out of the neighourhood, during a meeting yesterday.The Collective Wisdom Policy Centre held a meeting with Ilha Verde district residents at Macao Daily News Building about Macau’s dangerous goods warehouses. It was attended by nearly 40 residents and media representatives.Ho, a full-time directly-elected lawmaker, noted that a number of dangerous goods warehouses are

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes adding new drugs to anti-drug law

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill which proposes to add 21 substances to Macau’s anti-drug law, based on recent decisions passed by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs that include additional 24 substances subject to international control.The current anti-drug law was enacted in 2009. The law is officially known as the Law on the Prohibition of the Illicit Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Fire cases drop, non-emergency ambulance use rises: CB

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) announced yesterday that it recorded 211 fires in the first quarter of this year, down by 18.53 percent year-on-year.However, there was a 6.38 percent increase in ambulance service cases, mainly due to non-emergency calls by the elderly.Senior fireman Lao Hou Wai announced the first quarter’s fire statistics during a press conference at the CB headquarters in Nam Van.Fire Services Bureau (CB) senior officer Lao Hou Wai (centre) addresses yesterday’s press

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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S Korean breaks 18 wing mirrors, steals 30 necklaces after losing streak: police

A man from South Korea vented his anger by damaging the wing mirrors of eight cars and 10 scooters parked near Hotel Royal with a brick after drinking and gambling away all his money, after which he stole about 30 gold necklaces from a pawnshop in Zape in the early hours of Monday when the male staff member on duty fell asleep, the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Public Security Police (PSP) jointly announced during a special press conference yesterday.The press conference was jointly hosted by

April 17, 2019 | BY admin

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1 more rubella patient, those living with pregnant women to get jabs first

A 44-year-old man is the latest person to be infected with rubella, and the total number of rubella patients this year has reached 20, the Health Bureau (SSM) statement said yesterday, and due to the seriousness of the highly contagious disease, the bureau is giving MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccines as a priority to those who are not immune to the disease and live with a pregnant woman.According to the bureau, the man, who is a civil servant, was born on the mainland and does not know

April 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Visitor arrivals rise 21.2 pct in 1Q: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) announced in a statement yesterday that they recorded 10.35 million visitor arrivals in the first quarter, a “large” year-on-year increase of 21.2 percent.The police recorded 48.4 million entries and exits at all the city’s border checkpoints in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 12.6 percent, the statement said.Macau has eight border checkpoints.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Man refuses to pay prostitute, she plans to sue him for sneak photos

A man was arrested this week for allegedly refusing to pay a prostitute who then robbed him of his mobile phone that contained – unbeknown to her – sneak photos of her, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi identified the prostitute as a 22-year-old surnamed Du and the client as a 28-year-old surnamed Zhu. He told the police that he works in the financial sector. Both are from the mainland.On Monday, Zhu was introduced by his male

April 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Tam calls for strengthened protection of heritage sites, citing Notre-Dame blaze

In a regular meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council yesterday, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng called for strengthened efforts in civil society to ensure that the city’s listed cultural heritage sites are always properly protected, by citing Monday’s blaze that gutted the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, according to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday.According to the statement, Tam, who chairs the council, expressed

April 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Sou wants legal change to avoid single CE candidacy

Lawmaker-cum-activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou told a press conference yesterday that he has proposed a bill to amend the Chief Executive (CE) Election Law with the aim of avoiding a single CE candidacy, and in the case that there is only one candidate, the nomination process should be restarted until there are at least two candidates to choose from.The non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA) held a press conference yesterday at his office in Rua do Tarrafeiro in the Inner Harbour area about his

April 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau ‘role model’ for protection of national security: liaison chief

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that Macau was a role model for the protection of national security.Fu made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony of the “National Security Education Exhibition” at the Macau Handover Gifts Museum in Nape.Following the first exhibition last year, this year is the second time that Macau is hosting the “National Security Education Exhibition” which aims to increase residents’ awareness

April 16, 2019 | BY admin

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