Govt collects public opinion on 4th bridge project

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that residents can submit their opinions and suggestions about the government’s plan to build a fourth bridge between the peninsula and Taipa over 10 working days starting from yesterday.According to the statement, the office has already commissioned a research unit from the State Oceanic Administration for an impact assessment on the sea if the bridge is built. This assessment is required by mainland regulations, and

July 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Man loses HK$200,000 after one-night stand at hotel

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday a mainland man has filed a report accusing a woman of stealing HK$200,000 and 20,000 yuan in cash from him after they spent Sunday night together in his hotel room.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a regular press briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said the victim met the women at about 10 p.m. on Sunday in a hotel in Zape. The spokesperson did not reveal the hotel’s name. Neither did the spokesperson reveal the woman’s nationality and

July 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Youth Career Expo to offer 3,000 job opportunities

Over 60 organisations and enterprises will participate in the Youth Career Expo 2016 this weekend. The organisers of the event expect around 4,000 young people to attend, about 3,000 employment opportunities will be available.The two-day annual event is co-organised by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) and the Macau New Chinese Youth Association (ANJCM). DSAL Vice Director Chan Un Tong and AECM Vice President Tai Ka Peng jointly

July 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Sands hopes to get more gaming tables for Parisian

Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying Wai said yesterday he hopes the government will give the company more gaming tables for The Parisian resort considering how much it has invested in the non-gaming elements there.Wong made the comments while speaking to reporters after announcing at the half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower in Cotai that The Parisian would open on September 13.The US$2.7-billion resort will have 3,000 rooms, 150 shops and 11 cafés and restaurants, a 1,200-seat theatre,

July 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt plans 1,000 public housing units on ex-CEM plot

The government is planning to build a public housing project providing up to 1,000 units as well as a government service building on the plot of land where the former CEM power station in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais is located, according to the proposed legal conditions for the development of the plot, presented during a regular meeting of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday.Yesterday’s meeting was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).According to the proposed legal

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Family reunion leader gets 1-year suspended jail term

Macau Family Reunion Federation President Lei Iok Lan, 64, was sentenced by the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday to three months imprisonment, suspended for one year, for aggravated disobedience. Talking to the media after the sentencing at Macau Square, Lei said she was “wronged” and disappointed by the sentence. She said she firmly believed she did not engage in an unlawful assembly. She said she would discuss with her lawyer whether to appeal the sentence. The trial was

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Activists petition new liaison chief

Macau People Power activists including its high-profile Vice Chairman Cheong Weng Fat yesterday petitioned Wang Zhimin, the new director of the Liaison Office of Central People’s Government in Macau, urging Wang to look into the city’s social problems such as the high property prices which most locals can’t afford.Cheong and his fellow activists submitted their petition addressed to Wang to a staff member of the office in Zape. Wang, the central government’s top official posted to

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab croupier & HK man for cheating casino

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of a male croupier and a Hong Kong man on suspicion of cheating a casino in the peninsula out of cash chips worth at least HK$100,000. Addressing a regular press conference, a PJ spokesperson said the croupier was a 28-year-old local resident surnamed Kwan, while the Hong Kong suspect was a 64-year-old jobless man surnamed Leung. Both were arrested early Sunday morning in the casino. Kwan had worked for the casino as a croupier for

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Chui to visit Portugal in Sept: TDM

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay an official visit to Portugal in the second half of September, the Portuguese radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday.The unsourced report said that Chui was expected to meet Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Antonio Costa during the visit, Chui’s second to the Iberian nation in his capacity as chief executive. His first took place in 2010. The report described the upcoming visit as a

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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2 product fairs budgeted at 16 million patacas: IPIM

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Irene Lau Kuan Va said yesterday the joint budget for this week’s 2016 Macau Franchise Expo (MFE) and 2016 Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair (GMBPF) will be about 16 million patacas.  Lau made the remarks during a press conference at China Civil Plaza about the two fairs. The fairs will be jointly held at the Venetian in Cotai from Friday to Sunday. Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Local loses 103,200 patacas in online sex scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday an ongoing investigation involving a 29-year-old local man who reported that he had lost 100,320 patacas in a suspected online sex scam. A PJ spokesperson revealed details of the case during a regular press briefingThe spokesperson said the victim met a woman who claimed to be called “Ho Ho” via an App on Saturday, adding that “Ho Ho” asked the victim to become his friend, adding that “Ho Ho” offered to have sex with the

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Driving instructor & learner hurt in crash

A driving instructor in his sixties and his about 20-year-old female learner driver were slightly injured after their car was rear-ended by a dump truck near the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, according to a statement by the Fire Service Bureau (CB).The accident occurred at the junction of Avenida da Nave Desportiva and Rua do Tiro in Cotai at around 12:30 p.m. yesterday.According to the statement, the truck rammed into the car being driven by the learner driver, causing her to lose

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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3 urban planning councillors keen to keep Estoril façade

Three members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday urged the government to keep the façade of the dilapidated Hotel Estoril which appears to be destined for demolition. The trio made the appeal separately during a regular meeting of the council. Yesterday’s meeting, held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), included a discussion of the proposed legal conditions for the redevelopment of the plot where the Estoril Swimming Pool and Hotel Estoril are located. Only

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Hotel’s closure by govt won’t affect Macau’s image: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel in Taipa won’t have a negative impact on Macau’s image as an international tourist destination.  Tam said the hotel’s six-month closure by the government on Friday was necessary as the condition of the property constituted a public safety threat.Tam added that instead it would have had a negative impact on Macau’s image if the government had

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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