10 days to plan repairs to coach-crash building: govt

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Cangfeng said yesterday his bureau would finish compiling a plan within 10 days to repair the residential building in Rua de Entena which was damaged by a tourist coach early this week.Li spoke to reporters after attending a committee meeting in the legislature yesterday.According to Li, a technical report assessing the building’s structural safety has been compiled, according to which the building is “stable”.Lands, Public

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Wushu Masters Challenge widely liked: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the four-day Wushu Masters Challenge was “widely liked” by residents and tourists alikeMacau’s first-ever Wushu Masters Challenge, hosted by the Sports Bureau and Wushu General Association of Macau, aiming to promote traditional Chinese martial arts to tourists and residents, is being held until Sunday.The Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, the venue of the International Taolu Competition, was only half full

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Suspect in car accident still not identified: police

The suspect in a hit-and-run accident, which has left a local student seriously injured in Zape last month, has still not been identified, a spokesperson for the Public Security Police (PSP) told The Macau Post Daily during a regular press briefing yesterday.According to Orange Post, a Facebook page run by University of Macau (UM) students, the 22-year-old victim, surnamed Lei, was hit by a black car when he was crossing the road near Avenida Xian Xing Hai and Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen on July

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Imported workers make up 28 pct of population

Imported workers accounted for 28 percent of Macau’s population at the end of June, according to demographic figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) this week. The city’s total population of 652,500 included 182,459 non-resident workers at the end of the second quarter. Mainlanders accounted for 65 percent of imported labour. Other major segments came from the Philippines (25,082) and Vietnam (14,609), according to figures released by the Labour Affairs Bureau

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Tam says he isn’t a ‘cultural heritage killer’

In response to a banner draped from the roof over the iconic mosaic of Hotel Estoril for about 10 minutes yesterday, which claimed that he was a “cultural heritage killer”, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said the allegation was false.  Tam also said the government had struck the right balance between social development and the protection of the city’s cultural heritage.The policy secretary made the remarks after attending last night’s opening ceremony

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Lawmakers start reviewing legislative election bill

The legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee yesterday started reviewing a government-drafted bill on amendments to the Legislative Assembly Election Law, and lawmakers promptly began raising questions about several of the bill’s articles, including the issue of whether candidates have to place a deposit in order to be able to run, according to lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Chan Chak Mo who chairs the committee.Chan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting, which no government officials

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Govt to use re-possessed plots to ‘repay’ developers

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday the government was planning to use the plots of undeveloped land that it re-possessed to compensate developers whom it owes land-lease rights, as the government has used a rather large area of land which originally had been leased to developers but been used by the government for other purposes. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On admitted last month in the legislature that the government has used a total of

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2 coach accident victims still in ICU: govt

Two seriously injured tourists in Monday’s coach accident were still being treated in the intensive care unit of Kiang Wu Hospital while the third has now been transferred to the general ward, according to a statement released by the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) yesterday.The office said that one of the two tourists, who are still in the intensive care unit, had undergone craniofacial surgery and remained in serious condition and in coma, with stable vital signs, while the other

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Union wants anti-smoking inspectors in casinos 24/7

Members of the Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association (MGESA) yesterday submitted a petition to the Health Bureau (SSM) to voice various complaints by casino workers about gamblers smoking in casinos, addressed to SSM Director Lei Chin Ion, urging the bureau to consider stationing anti-smoking inspectors all the time in the city’s major casinos.The association is an affiliate of the influential Macau Federation of Trade Unions (known as “Gung Luen” in Cantonese). Speaking to

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Wushu Masters Challenge to kick off today

After torrential rain early yesterday morning, a blessing ceremony was held in Praça do Tap Seac in the afternoon for this week’s Wushu Masters Challenge. Aimed at promoting traditional Chinese martial arts, the Wushu Master Challenge, to be held from today to Sunday comprises a string of activities that will be held at several locations around the city, according to the Sports Bureau’s webpage.The event gathers about 400 wushu masters from Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Sports

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Groups slam exam for dogs’ muzzle exemption

Animal rights group representatives and residents who attended an explanatory meeting yesterday about the government’s controversial assessment examination to exempt dogs from wearing a muzzle, slammed the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) for coming up with “extremely strict” criteria for the test. Senior IACM officials including its administrative committee member Ung Sau Hong and Choi U Fai, who heads the IACM Division of Animal Control and Inspection, attended the meeting

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Trial run of Pac On pier to start no later than May: official

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Acting Director Steve Chou Chi Tak said yesterday that the trial run of Pac On Ferry Terminal in Taipa was expected to start between February and May next year, adding that during the testing period the terminal would be partially open to the public. Chou made the remarks on the sidelines of a media tour of the terminal. The bureau co-organised the tour in conjunction with the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI).  Chou said the trial run was

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Scooter hits concrete mixer lorry, rider injured

A driver of a scooter was injured yesterday after he hit a concrete mixer lorry in Taipa.At about 1 p.m. yesterday, the scooter collided with the left side of the lorry, which was travelling in the same direction as the scooter, on Rotunda Ouvidor Arriaga after travelling from Estrada Coronel Nicolau de Mesquita, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).The scooter was trapped between the left side of the lorry and the fence to the pavement. The male rider, who suffered a fracture to his left

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So says Grand Lisboa Palace to open in 2018

SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that the construction of Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai was expected to be completed by the end of next year, ready for its official opening in 2018.So made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of attending the gaming company’s annual scholarship awards event, which this year granted scholarships to 42 children of SJM staff members. Asked about construction progress at the company’s first Cotai resort project, So said SJM

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