Govt should accept public housing applications ‘regularly’: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I has urged the government to consider accepting applications for public housing on a regular basis and come up with measures to simplify administrative procedures so that eligible public housing applicants can move into their flats more quickly.Lei, makes the suggestion in a written interpellation, submitted to the legislature yesterday, and copies of the interpellation were sent to the media by her office. The government’s public housing programme

April 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab Korean duo for 415 million won fraud

The police arrested two South Korean men on Friday for cheating a fellow compatriot out of 415 million won early this month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said during a press briefing yesterday.Tam said the two suspects, aged 40 and 45, surnamed Jang and Seo, told police that they were unemployed. Tam said the victim told police that on April 3, at a casino in Cotai, he asked the duo if they could transfer money from South Korea to Macau.Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam

April 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Pollutants found in processed wastewater exceed emission limit: official data

Official figures announced by the Statistics and Census Service Bureau (DSEC) yesterday show that the amount of pollutants found in waste water, which had already been processed by the Macau Peninsula Waste Water Treatment Plant and Coloane Waste Water Treatment Plant, exceeded the official emission limit.According to environmental statistics for 2015 issued by the bureau yesterday, the city’s five waste water treatment plants processed a daily average of 192,965 cubic metres of waste water,

April 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt vows more attractions for S Korean visitors

The Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that South Korea had grown into the largest source of international visitors to the city, and that the number of visitors from South Korea overall was Macau’s fourth highest last year, after visitors from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.According to the statement, the office plans to further develop the South Korean market.A local delegation led by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng attended

April 19, 2016 | BY admin

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250 taxi licences draw 745 bids – top bid of 8.8 million patacas possibly ‘miswritten’

A committee chaired by Transport Bureau (DSAT) Vice Director Chiang Ngoc Vai unsealed and screened 745 bids for 250 taxi operator licences yesterday – with the highest bid amounting to 8,816,800 patacas.The lowest bid among the 250 accepted bids stood at 870,000 patacas. The minimum bid had been set at 200,000 patacas. However, the top bidder, surnamed Chan, immediately submitted a verbal appeal as she claimed that the amount had been “miswritten”.  Transport Bureau (DSAT)

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawyers question ‘passive sting operations’ in taxis

Attending yesterday’s forum in Areia Preta Park hosted by government broadcaster TDM, lawyers Jorge Ho Kam Meng and Hong Weng Kuan questioned the government’s proposed “passive sting operations” to collect evidence in its fight against rogue cabbies.About two dozen residents attended the weekly open-air forum. Yesterday’s programme focused on the government’s proposed changes to the city’s taxi regulation.Ho, a guest speaker at the forum, said that he did not support the

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Bureau raises its number of ‘eco-fans’

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) says that in an attempt to raise residents’ awareness of the city’s eco-protection zones and bird nesting areas, it has increased the number of trained volunteer guides through its “eco-fans” programme. The bureau made the announcement last week in a written response to questions by The Macau Post Daily about its efforts to raise environmental awareness. According to the response, the bureau launched the “eco-fans” programme in

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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80-year-old doctor gropes 18-year-old patient: police

Suspect says breast massage helps relieve symptomsAn 80-year-old doctor has been arrested for groping the breasts of an 18-year-old female patient, claiming that it would relieve the discomfort she felt from her acid reflux, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said on Friday.Speaking during a special press briefing, the spokesperson said the victim, a female secondary school pupil, went to a police station on Tuesday night.The victim told police that earlier that evening, as she was showing

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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CE avoids meeting us: Pearl Horizon buyers

Over 2,000 pre-sale buyers of Pearl Horizon flats participated in a protest march yesterday to again urge Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On to meet their representatives, Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President Kou Meng Pok said yesterday, adding that the group was under the impression that “the chief executive is avoiding meeting us”.The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement that the protest drew about 680 people and that 120 PSP officers were deployed

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Jewellery retailers are pessimistic: group

A wave of pessimism is affecting local jewellery retailers, Macau Goldsmith’s Guild Vice-President Lei Cheok Kuan told reporters yesterday, adding he did not expect any improvement before the end of this year. Lei, who is also a vice-president of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (Kai Fong), made the downbeat remarks on the sidelines of a forum hosted by the Macau Wisdom Convergence think tank in Iao Hon district where he was a guest speaker. Lei said the sales

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Group sets up business platform for art start-ups

The Pan Mac Junior Chamber launched a business platform yesterday to help art start-ups find their footing in the market.The group is an affiliate of the Junior Chamber International (JCI), a non-profit international non-governmental organisation (NGO) for young people between 18 and 40 years, with members in about 124 countries.The group held a press conference at it headquarters in Rua de Santa Clara announcing a series of activities and events, all with the purpose to help local art

April 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to submit big projects to legislature for debate

Members of the Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) yesterday handed in a petition urging the government to submit all of its large-scale projects to the Legislative Assembly for plenary debate. Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San, the group’s vice-president, spoke to reporters about the demand outside Government Headquarters after handing the petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, to an official. Au is a former member of the New Macau Association

April 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Northern districts LRT route still undecided: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government has still to decide on the route of the city’s light rail transit (LRT) in the peninsula’s northern districts. The policy secretary also said the government’s top priority was to solve the problems affecting the LRT project in Taipa caused by the long-running row between the government and several contractors about the construction of the LRT depot in Cotai. Due to the dispute, the

April 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Buyers urge court to give Pearl Horizon lawsuit ‘priority’

A group of Pearl Horizon pre-sale flat buyers submitted a petition to the Judiciary yesterday, urging Court of Final Appeal President Sam Hou Fai to order local courts to give priority to all lawsuits involving the troubled residential project.Speaking to reporters after handing in the group’s petition, Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association Kou Meng Pok said his group hoped that all the lawsuits between the government and Polytex Corporation, the developer of the ill-fated Pearl

April 15, 2016 | BY admin

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