Deal reached on rent arbitration centre: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-banker Cheang Chi Keong said yesterday that his standing committee had reached an agreement on the setting-up of an arbitration centre which would allow a speedier option for solving rent disputes than going to court.The proposed arbitration mechanism is part of a rent control bill initiated by nine of the legislature’s 33 lawmakers. The legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee yesterday held a closed-door meeting with government officials and some of the lawmakers who

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Govt vows guidelines for barrier-free environment

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Celeste Vong Yim Mui says that the government will come up with guidelines for barrier-free designs for public and government-subsidised construction projects.Vong makes the pledge in a reply to a written interpellation submitted by lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I. Copies of the reply were sent to the media yesterday.Lei asked the government in her interpellation what it would do to give the city’s disabled people a barrier-free environment,

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3 family members hospitalised with CO poisoning

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that three members of a local family – two men and a woman aged 17 to 53 living in a building in Areia Preta – would remain in the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre overnight suffering from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.The SSM statement said that the three were in a stable condition after medical treatment but needed to stay in hospital under observation.According to the statement, the accident took place early yesterday

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ANIMA calls for TV debate on dog racetrack’s fate

The Macau Society for the Protection of Animals (ANIMA) yesterday challenged representatives of Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. to take part in a TV debate on the future of the greyhound racetrack in Fai Chi Kei.Addressing a press conference held at ANIMA’s office in Nam Van, Albano Martins, who heads the group, said he and his fellow activists weren’t afraid of having a TV debate with the operator, adding that the company’s bosses should tell the public the reasons why they think that

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Seac Pai Van health centre is too small: civic leader

The Health Bureau’s (SSM) Seac Pai Van provisional health centre is “too small” and is not able to meet the growing demand for healthcare in the neighbourhood, Sin Chi Young, a vice-convener of the government-appointed Islands Community Services Consultative Committee, said yesterday. Sin, who heads the Macau Elderly Sports General Association, made the remarks when addressing a committee meeting with government officials in a community centre run by the Civic and Municipal Affairs

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Police call for witnesses to near-fatal traffic accident

The Public Security Police (PSP) are calling for witnesses to contact them about a near-fatal traffic accident in Areia Preta on Saturday, a PSP spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a press briefing, the spokesperson said an 8-year-old boy was hit by a car on a pelican crossing in Rua 1 de Maio.The spokesperson said the victim suffered a brain haemorrhage from the accident, and was still undergoing hospital treatment at the time of the press briefing.Please read the full article in our

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Police urge residents to set better passwords

Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I yesterday advised residents to set better passwords, an example being not to include it in their public social media name.Chong gave the advice during a press briefing where she announced the case of a 32-year-old unemployed local woman, who in April was able to steal from a victim’s hotel safe and bank account by using the numbers he used for his social media name.According to Chong, the suspect was arrested on Monday in Praceta 24 de

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Police should learn from checkpoints computer glitch: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in a statement released by his office yesterday that the security forces should learn from Saturday’s computer glitch at the city’s border checkpoints, pledging to improve their ability to co-ordinate preparation for, and response to emergencies.Automated passenger clearance systems – also known as e-channels – at the checkpoints did not work properly between 5:18 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. that day due to a computer malfunction, according to a Public

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HK cop flees to Macau with HK$1 million: reports

According to Hong Kong Chinese-language news media reports on Monday, a Hong Kong police sergeant who stole HK$1.07 million in bail money from a report room at a police station in Wan Chai has absconded to Macau.Speaking to reporters during a press briefing yesterday, both Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai and Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I said they did not have any further information about the case. They added that their Hong Kong counterparts had not filed

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Committee ‘basically finishes’ review of asset-freeze bill: lawmaker

The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee “has basically finished” its review of a government-drafted bill on the freezing of assets allegedly related to terrorism, lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who chairs the committee, said yesterday.Kwan, a vice chairwoman of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, briefed the media on yesterday’s closed-door committee meeting about the bill afterwards.Kwan said she hoped the bill can become law by the end of the current legislative session,

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Govt to review checkpoints computer glitch: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that official bodies including her office and the Public Security Police (PSP) would review their handling of Saturday’s computer glitch in which thousands of people were stuck for hours at the city’s checkpoints.The tourism chief, who also heads the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT), was asked by reporters about the incident on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition at

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Kai Fong calls for competition law

Ilha Verde District Welfare and Mutual Help Association Vice President Chan Fong yesterday urged the government to come up with a bill to ensure competitive prices for food such as fruit, meat and vegetables.Chan also said there should be regulations in place to prevent businesspeople from reaping “exorbitant profits”, adding that businesspeople should follow their conscience when running their businesses.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of a one-day seminar about food prices at the

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Transmac says new buses will improve service

Transmac Chairman Alfred Liu Hei Wan said yesterday he believed that 25 newly purchased buses which are equipped with USB ports to charge mobile phones and computers will further improve the services provided by the city’s public bus operators.Liu made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s launching ceremony for the 25 new buses in Pac On.Talking to reporters, Liu, who heads one of the city’s three public bus service providers, said that some of the 25 buses would start operating

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Only 580 take part in May Day protests: police

Macau Youth Dynamics President Lei Kuok Keong and New Macau Association (NMA) President Scott Chiang Ming Hin said yesterday that the poor turnout of just 580 demonstrators by 10 groups for this year’s May Day protest had been “expected”.Lei and Chiang made the remarks during separate phone interviews with The Macau Post Daily.An ad hoc alliance by three of the groups – Macau Youth Dynamics, New Macau Association and ‘Our Land, Our Plan’, demonstrated about land development issues,

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