Govt to scrap Transport Infrastructure Office: lawmaker

The government will establish a company to replace the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) next year, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, told reporters yesterday, adding that the firm will be fully owned by the government. The office, which is responsible for the construction and operation of the troubled Light Rapid Transit System (LRT) project, is a government body under the portfolio of Secretary for

June 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Groups urge govt to create lifelong-learning society

Three continuing education groups urged the government yesterday to come up with concrete policies for the creation of a lifelong-learning society, saying that the government could achieve the goal by establishing ‘learning communities’ in the city.The East Asia Forum for Adult Education, Macau Association for Continuing Education and Macau Society of Continuing Education co-hosted a press conference about their views and suggestions in response to the government’s first-ever Five-Year

June 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman busted for smuggling fresh chicken: customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that while patrolling the northern district yesterday morning, customs officials arrested a local woman who was found to be carrying eight freshly slaughtered chickens.The case came hard on the heels of the government’s announcement of a temporary ban on the sale of live poultry locally after inspectors discovered the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at Iao Hon Municipal Market on Wednesday.According to the statement,

June 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Medics must have mandatory liability insurance: bill

The government proposes in the final version of its bill on medical malpractice that all medical professionals will have to be covered by liability insurance, Cheang Chi Keong, who heads the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, said yesterday.Cheang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials at the Legislative Assembly (AL).Addressing the press briefing, Cheang pointed out that the bill was first presented to the legislature at the start of this legislative term

June 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Meet Preto, the mascot for Orbis’ ‘buy black’ sight-saving campaign

Preto, a black animated character with white teeth in a big blue mouth, will be popping up in shops and restaurants around town ready to chew up the black merchandise as part of Orbis’ “Darkness To Go” sight-saving campaign.Preto, which means “black” in Portuguese, is the creation of local designer Chu Kin Hei, who teamed up with his designer friends Nono Leong Chi Hang, Lok Hong and Hugo Ao to contribute to Orbis Macau’s campaign this year.In Cantonese, Preto is known as ‘Wu

June 24, 2016 | BY admin

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MAM exhibits local artists’ abstract paintings

The Macau Museum of Art (MAM) is holding an exhibition of abstract paintings by local artists.The nearly 30 exhibits are part of the the museum’s collection.The ‘Abstract Paintings from the MAM Collection’ exhibition is being held on the third floor of the museum, which is a part of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) complex in Nape.Please read the full article in our print edition.

June 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Live poultry sales to stop for at least 3 days over bird flu scare: govt

The government announced last night that all sales of live poultry in the city will be stopped at least for the next three days after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at Iao Hon Municipal Market yesterday.Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares made the announcement during a hastily arranged press conference at the bureau late last night.The press conference was jointly hosted by the IACM and the Health Bureau (SSM). Civic

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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4,000 public flats still being planned: govt

Some 4,000 public housing flats that the government in March last year pledged to build on several plots of land are still being planned, Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos said yesterday.Santos also said that a public housing project which was initially expected to be completed by 2012 was still being modified.Santos made the comments on the sidelines of a committee meeting at the Legislative Assembly.Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos speaks to

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for HK$200,000 chip fraud: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) officers on Sunday arrested a mainland man on suspicion of cheating a woman out of HK$200,000 with gaming chips which can’t be used in Macau, PJ spokesman Eric Choi Ian Fai said yesterday.Choi revealed details of the case during a regular press briefing at the PSP headquarters in Zape.According to Choi, the 62-years-old jobless suspect, surnamed Bo, is unemployed. The victim, who is also from the mainland, arrived in the city on Saturday. Choi did not say when the

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt mulls wastewater plant capacity study: official

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) plans to start a study later this year on how to raise the capacity of the Macau Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant, DSPA Environment Infrastructure Management Centre Functional Head Stephen Ip Weng Kei told reporters yesterday. A committee formed by DSPA officials, which is in charge of the bidding process for the plant’s operating and maintenance concession, held a meeting yesterday at the bureau to unseal and screen the documents received

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Top court rejects Moon Ocean’s La Scala appeal

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has rejected Moon Ocean Ltd’s request to annul a 2012 administrative order by Chief Executive Chui Sai On which invalidated the company’s provisional leaseholds of five plots of land where the aborted La Scala residential project is located, according to a statement issued by the court yesterday. Chui’s predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah issued an administrative order to transfer the provisional land concessions of the five plots from several companies to

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Shun Tak to build mall with cineplex in Taipa

Shun Tak Holdings Limited said in a statement yesterday that it was partnering with an Abu Dhabi company to build a shopping mall with a cineplex in Taipa that was expected to be operational in 2019.The statement said that the 50/50 joint venture partnership was agreed upon with HIP Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). ADIA is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Paid paternity leave boosts staff morale: group

Macau Women’s General Association Vice-President Wong Kit Cheng said yesterday she hoped employers will realise that paternity leave boosts employees’ morale. The association is commonly known as ‘Fu Luen’, its Cantonese name. Wong made the remarks on the sidelines of a public activity held at the Fu Luen headquarters in Rua da Barca, where its members displayed signature boards containing over 1,000 signatures collected since last Tuesday to convince the government to mandate

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Group petitions Macau Foundation over subsidies

Activists from the People Power group including its high-profile Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat urged Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday to cancel the funding of the Macau Foundation (FM) by the city’s casino industry.The activists accused the foundation of wasting public funds by handing out subsidies to associations and other organisations.The public foundation was set up by the government in 2001. It is mainly funded by 1.6 percent of the gross revenues of Macau’s

June 23, 2016 | BY admin

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