Group collects residents’ opinions on Chui & his 5 policy secretaries’ work

Grassroots Macau People Power Vice Chairman Cheong Weng Fat said yesterday his group’s members and volunteers were carrying out a survey aimed at understanding what the public thinks about the performance of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his five policy secretaries.Cheong made the remarks during an outdoor press briefing in Barrier Gate Square.The activist said that earlier this month his fellow members started to collect residents’ opinions by asking them to complete a

July 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Philippine artist presents ‘voice on paper’

Philippine artist Oscar Balajadia Jr, who lives in Macau, is holding an exhibition about the art of paper cutting at the Rui Cunha Foundation gallery.The “Voice on Paper” exhibition comprises several dozen paper cuts on display in the ground-floor gallery in Avenida da Praia Grande.According to an introductory message, the artist has been living in the city for eight years where he’s teaching English and English literature.Please read the full article in our print edition.

July 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Man invents crime to get police to probe mainland case

A non-resident worker attempted to trick the local police on Monday into looking into his case in the mainland by fabricating a crime story, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press briefing, the spokesperson said the suspect told police on Monday that he had his phone stolen while he was at a cyber café in the northern district on June 15.According to the spokesperson, the suspect told police that he didn’t call the police immediately after the

July 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Compensation only last resort: Nam Van chief

Concerning the 13 plots leased by the government to subsidiaries of Nam Van Development Company, veteran lawyer Jorge Neto Valente, who heads the firm, said yesterday that asking for compensation would only be a last resort if the government decided to repossess the plots upon expiration of their 25-year provisional concessions at the end of the month for having been left undeveloped. During a forum on the Land Law, hosted by the company at the World Trade Centre Macau in Nape, Neto

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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227 fined for smoking in casinos in Jan-June

A total of 227 tickets were issued for smoking in casinos’ non-smoking areas between January and June, according to figures released by the Health Bureau (SSM) in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau issued 3,423 tickets for lighting up in prohibited areas in the city during the first six months of the year. It added that violators were mainly found in Internet cafés, parks, outdoor resting areas and amusement arcades, and 2,783 individuals were fined.According to the

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Live poultry sales may resume tomorrow: govt

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that the supply of live poultry from the mainland will resume today. Retail sales of live poultry may be resumed tomorrow – provided that all the birds are found to be in perfect health. The government had stopped the sale of live poultry after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at Iao Hon Municipal Market late last month.About 9,000 chickens and pigeons at the city’s  only

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to study public housing demand

Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos says that his bureau will carry out a survey on the demand for public housing flats, adding that the bureau will complete a report on the matter. Ernesto dos Santos says in a reply to a written interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng that the government is currently amending regulations on social housing flats, adding that it will consider the possibility of accepting applications for social housing units on a regular

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Council suggests bus terminal for Taipa

The Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council suggested yesterday that the government build a bus terminal in Taipa – which would allow the city’s three public bus companies to operate routes starting in Taipa – so that the impact on bus frequency and flow would be less severe if there’s a major traffic jam along the way.There is no large bus terminal in Taipa, like the one at the Barrier Gate checkpoint or near A-Ma Temple. It means that buses on most of the Macau-Taipa

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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IPM chief expects ‘fierce’ competition for students

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) President Lei Heong Iok said yesterday he expected competition among the city’s 10 tertiary education institutions for local students to become “fierce”.  Lei pointed out that the Tertiary Education Service Office (GAES) has forecast that about 3,000 local pupils will choose to pursue their tertiary education in the city in 2018.Lei made the remarks on the sidelines of a book launch on the IPM campus in Zape. Lei was a guest of honour at the

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Expo expects lower turnover over economic woes

Macexpo Exhibition Co. Ltd Managing Director Lo Tak Chong said yesterday he’s expecting a lower turnover at this year’s consumer toys show than in 2015 as the local economy in the doldrums. Lo made the remarks during a press conference at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) announcing this year’s Play Hub Expo. Announcing the return of the annual event, Macexpo Exhibition Co. Ltd Executive Director Mok Chi Ho said this time, apart from booths selling toys and collectibles,

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Portuguese artist shows Brazil’s favelas

Portuguese artist Alexandre Marreiros is holding an exhibition to show his impressions of Brazil’s notorious favelas (shantytowns) he visited during his stay in the South American country.Brazil’s slums are known as favelas, a term coined in the late 1800s, named after a skin-irritating tree, according to Wikipedia.Marreiros’s exhibition titled “Cnidoscolus quercifolius” is co-hosted by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the Macau Museum of Art (MAM). The exhibition is taking place

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Councillor urges govt to review issuing of provisional stay permits

Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Jiang Xuchun urged the government yesterday to review its issuing of provisional stay permits to illegal immigrants and overstayers.Jiang made the remarks during yesterday’s plenary session of the council at a community service centre run by the Civic and Municipal Bureau (IACM) in Taipa.According to the current regulation, illegal immigrants and overstayers can be detained for up to 60 days pending the completion of their

July 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Uber petitions govt to legalise its business

Uber Macau yesterday submitted a petition, addressed to Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, urging the government to legalise its business. According to Wikipedia, Uber Technologies Inc. is a US multinational online transportation network company that develops, markets and operates the Uber mobile app, which allows consumers with smartphones to submit a trip request which is then routed to Uber drivers who use their own cars. As of May, the service was

July 5, 2016 | BY admin

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Legislature passes animal protection bill – finally

The Legislative Assembly (AL) finally passed the government-initiated bill on animal protection, which is slated to take effect on September 1 after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session yesterday. The bill’s outline was approved in October 2014. The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held 28 meetings to review the bill over the past two years, legislator-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who chairs the committee, said during yesterday’s

July 5, 2016 | BY admin

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