New car park near MGM to open

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that an car park on an area opposite MGM casino-hotel resort in Nape will come into operation on Friday.According to the statement, the car park has 86 spaces for coaches, 43 spaces for scooters or motorcycles and 11 spaces for cars. All spaces have a parking meter. Among the 86 spaces for coaches, 65 are for those that are 10 metres long, while the remaining 21 spaces are for 12-metre-long coachesThe area is on the land reclamation

June 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Canidrome operator proposes moving dogs temporarily to Taipa racecourse

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that it is studying a proposal submitted by (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. the operator of the city’s greyhound racetrack, last week about its relocation plan for the dogs.According to previous local media reports, the racetrack houses about 650 greyhounds. Local animal protection society ANIMA has offered to ship the greyhounds to a canine shelter in Portugal.According to the statement yesterday, the racetrack company

June 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Trump, Kim arrive for US-N Korea summit

SINGAPORE – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrived in Singapore yesterday for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a “one-time shot” at peace.Bringing the Korean War to a formal end 65 years after hostilities ceased will also be on the table at the first-ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting president of its “imperialist enemy”.It is an extraordinary turnaround from the

June 11, 2018 | BY admin

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2 women fall to their deaths & man drowns in reservoir: police

A local woman was found to have fallen to her death on Friday in Areia Preta while a local man was found to have committed suicide in peninsula’s reservoir in Zape on Saturday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in two statements.In the first statement, the police identified the deceased as a 26-year-old woman surnamed Yu.The police said that according to Yu’s family, Yu became depressed recently due to work and relationship issues. At 5 a.m. on Friday, Yu left home in Avenida 1 de Maio. Her

June 11, 2018 | BY admin

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KK retains belt, sustains injury in Haikou

Local boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK aka The Macau Kid retained his China Professional Boxing Union (CPBU) belt in Ding’an, Haikou yesterday, but an accidental clash of heads in the final round left him with nine stitches above the right eyebrow.Defending of his Super Welterweight (154lbs) title KK (12-0-0, 7 KOs) was up against Thailand’s Wathanyu (10-5-5) in a 10 round fight taking place in Ding’an, Haikou which is on Hainan Island on the mainland.Hainan is the smallest and southernmost

June 11, 2018 | BY admin

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New natural gas power plant to be operational in 2021: govt

Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) Director Hoi Chi Leong said yesterday that the government aims for another natural gas power plant in local power utility CEM’s power station at Ka Ho in Coloane to come into operation in 2021.Hoi made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of this year’s Energy Saving Week launching ceremony in Praça do Tap Seac. The annual event organised by the office aims to raise residents’ energy-saving awareness by holding a raft of

June 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Stanley Ho’s retirement will not affect SJM development: So

SJM Chairman of the Board of Directors Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that Stanley Ho Hung Sun’s stepping down wouldn’t affect the development of the company, adding that SJM wouldn’t change its direction at the moment.So made the comments on the sidelines of the blessing ceremony of the SJM dragon boat team at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre.Ho, widely seen as the founder of Macau’s modern gaming industry holds the posts of chairman, executive director and member of the executive

June 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum opposes govt’s fine hike proposal for illegal parking

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum opposed the government’s proposal to significantly raise the fines for illegal parking and similar offences. They said that the government is ignoring the fact that residents are “forced” to park illegally due to the city’s insufficient number of parking spaces, particularly for scooters and motorcycles.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The

June 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainland transfers suspected thief to Macau

The Zhuhai Public Security Bureau transferred a local suspect in a theft case to the Judiciary Police (PJ) in Macau, between the border checkpoints of the two cities yesterday.PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai briefed reporters about the case after the transfer process of the suspect at the point of the handover.Choi identified the suspect as a 38-year-old man surnamed Ng who committed the crime late last year when he was working in a pawnshop in Zape.According to Choi, the police received a report

June 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Group to hold protest against govt’s fine hike proposal for illegal parking

The grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) group will hold a protest next Saturday against the government’s proposal to significantly raise the fine for illegal parking, according to an announcement by the group on its Facebook page yesterday.The group plans to start the demonstration at Vasco da Gama Garden at 3 p.m. on Saturday June 16, according to the announcement.The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced during a press conference on Tuesday that the government will launch a

June 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Scooter rider dies after crash: police

A scooter rider injured in a traffic accident on Wednesday in Estrada do Canal dos Patos, passed away yesterday morning, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the Public Security Police, the deceased, who was a man in his forties, crashed into a car at the junction of Avenida do Comendador Ho Yin and Estrada do Canal dos Patos at around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. He was seriously injured and semi-conscious when he was rushed to the public Conde de Sao Januario

June 8, 2018 | BY admin

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CE vows to promote infrastructure construction via platform role

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the local government would promote the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) through Macau’s platform role, and seize the great opportunities of co-operation in the field of infrastructure construction which was one crucial element of the BRI.Chui made the remarks during a speech at the opening ceremony of the 9th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) at the Venetian yesterday.The IIICF was founded

June 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Defendant caught taking knife into court

A man charged with a speeding offence was caught trying to enter the court with a knife on Monday, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson in Zape said yesterday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a local man in his twenties surnamed Ho, who is a chef.According to the spokesperson, Ho went to the Court of First Instance in Avenida Doutor Stanley Ho on Monday afternoon for the speeding case. When he was passing through a security check, it was found that he was carrying a

June 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Reciprocal driving-licence deal should be signed: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the local government should sign a reciprocal driving-licence recognition deal with the mainland as “Macau is a part of China”.Rosario attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion by directly-elected lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong on the issue.The legislature passed Ng’s debate motion last month, which was about the local government’s decision to sign a reciprocal

June 8, 2018 | BY admin

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