Disease centre’s eco-impact report accepted: Tam

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) has accepted a consultancy’s environmental impact assessment report for the Health Bureau’s (SSM) planned infectious disease centre, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng told lawmakers yesterday, insisting that the “high-standard” facility would be “absolutely safe”.He made the announcement during a plenary debate on whether the centre should be built next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ)

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Police arrest 2 ‘bored’ teens for arson

The police have arrested two 15-year-old boys for an arson attack in a residential building in Iao Hon on Monday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said the case was passed to the police by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) after firefighters were called to the scene at around 10 p.m. on Monday and found the circumstances to be suspicious as there wasn’t anything that could have started a fire nearby.The spokesperson said that

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Burglaries rise 18 pct in first 4 months: PJ chief

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong said yesterday that the city recorded an 18 percent increase in burglaries in the first four months of the year, but insisted that the situation was still manageable.Chau made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with local property management associations at the PJ headquarters. The meeting was open to the media.According to Chau, the number of burglary cases recorded in the first four months of this year was 26, compared with 22 cases in the

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Residential property prices fall 4.2 pct in Q1

The average price of residential units decreased by 4.2 percent quarter-to-quarter to 72,955 patacas per square metre of usable area in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The average price of pre-sale residential units dropped by 8.9 percent to 94,165 patacas per square metre. The average price of existing residential units fell by 1.7 percent quarter-to-quarter to 69,825 patacas per square metre. Please read the full article in our

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Taipei prosecutor charges Macau student for killing cat

The Taipei District Public Prosecutors Office has charged a male student from Macau, who allegedly killed a stray cat in Taipei’s Da’an district in December last year, for violating Taiwan’s Animal Protection Act, according to a report by the semi-official Central News Agency (CNA) yesterday.According to the news report, the office completed its investigation into the case yesterday. The chemical engineering major at the National Taiwan University (NTU), surnamed Chan, was taken by

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau is a good gateway to China: Russian airline

Macau is a good gateway to China for Russian airlines, Dmitriy Arkhipov, a vice-president of Royal Flight, a Russian charter airline based in Abakan, said yesterday. Abakan, which has some 173,000 inhabitants, is the capital city of the Russian Federation’s Republic of Khakassia in the southwestern part of Siberia near Mongolia. Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony for the airline’s Macau-Moscow route at the local airport, Arkhipov said that

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Gaming industry says proxy betting ban’s impact ‘minimal’

Gaming and junket operators said yesterday that the government’s recent ban on phone or proxy betting had only had a minor impact on gaming revenue but urged the government to let tourists know about it so as to prevent conflicts at the gaming tables.The comments were made on the sidelines of the three-day G2E Asia gaming expo that kicked off at the Venetian yesterday. The expo, which has drawn 180 exhibitors, will wrap up tomorrow.SJM Executive Director Angela Leong On Kei told reporters the

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Expo shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise

Robot roulette dealers, animated playing cards and a gaming table that shakes its own dice were on show at the Venetian in Cotai yesterday as experts forecast a two-year casino revenue downturn could be coming to an end.The atmosphere was buoyant as around 200 exhibitors showcased their products at the Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) – from miniature horse-racing tables to colourful craps machines sporting giant golden dragon sculptures.Casino revenues in Macau continued to fall in April,

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Fire hydrants to be installed in landfill: eco-chief

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) will install fire hydrants in a landfill in Taipa soon to reduce the risk of fires spreading quickly, DSPA Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said yesterday.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s opening ceremony of an exhibition held at the Macau Communications Museum. Tam was one of the guests at the ceremony.The landfill close to the airport has had a number of fires recently. The latest one occurred on Saturday.Environmental Protection

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Telecom chief says more TV choices in ‘2 or 3 years’

Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) Acting Director Tam Van Iu said yesterday the government may need two or three years to complete a regulation for so-called Triple Play service licences, adding that once the licences are issued locals will have more viewing choices.Tam made the remarks when asked by reporters about when Macau will have more pay-TV operatorsYesterday was World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and the bureau organised a seminar on how the so-called

May 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Group calls for free health care for local elderly in Guangdong

The local government should talk to its Guangdong counterpart about enabling local residents aged 65 or over to enjoy the free health care they have in Macau in the province’s public hospitals and health centres, Chan Pou Sam, a standing vice-president of the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society, said yesterday.Chan made the announcement during a press conference about the government’s first 5-year development plan, which is still being drafted, at the society’s headquarters in Zape. He said

May 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Local students in Taiwan petition against Jinan Uni donation

A number of locals studying in Taiwan submitted a petition to an official at Macau’s representative office in Taipei yesterday, urging the Macau Foundation (FM) to withdraw its controversial decision to donate 100 million yuan (123 million patacas) to Jinan University in Guangzhou.They also called for the resignation of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.Leong Ka Wai, the initiator of the petition, sent the letter and a statement to several media outlets yesterday.This handout photo

May 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Family reunion activists to petition in HK today

Several representatives of the Macau Family Reunion Federation will submit a petition to the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong this afternoon, Lei Iok Lan, president of the federation, said yesterday, adding that the petition is addressed to National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Zhang Dejiang, who will start his three-day visit to Hong Kong today. (More on p. 5) Lei talked to The Macau Post Daily in a tent they put up during the day

May 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmaker asks about fate of consumer rights bill

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang has asked the government to give the public an explanation as to why its bill on protecting consumer rights has not been submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) as scheduled.The veteran lawmaker also says she worries that lawmakers may not be able to finish debating and reviewing the bill within the current 4-year term of the legislature which will end on August 15 next year.Kwan raises the bill in a written interpellation submitted to the legislature

May 17, 2016 | BY admin

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