Govt consults public on new procurement rules

The government launches a two-month public consultation today on the drafting of a bill regulating the government’s procurement of goods and services – including for the construction of public projects, with the aim of improving its procurement procedures and transparency.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) in Nam Van. The public consultation will end on January 4. Two public sessions will be held during the consultation

November 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman drags boyfriend’s ex under moving car: police

The police have arrested a 25-year-old woman suspected of running over her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend and dragging her under the car shortly after midnight on Saturday outside Block 5 of luxury residential estate Windsor Arch in Estrada Lou Lim Ieok in Taipa, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that the ex-girlfriend was in a critical condition.According to Choi, the suspect surnamed Sio, who is unemployed, is the man’s

November 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui briefs Xi on Macau’s progress

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday briefed President Xi Jinping on Macau’s progress while the latter and other dignitaries toured one of the Macau exhibition areas at the 1st China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement. According to the statement, the briefing happened after the expo’s opening ceremony yesterday morning, at the “Macao Hub” exhibition area, a section set up by the local government

November 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Firm providing lifeguards to be fined 10 million patacas: sports chief

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said at the weekend that his bureau will fine the service provider of lifeguard services for the city’s public swimming pools – Surf Hong – for its failure to provide adequate services in some of the city’s public swimming pools due to a dispute between the company and its employees earlier this year, and that he expects the amount of the fine to be at least 10 million patacas.Pun made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Saturday on the

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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2 ‘snakeheads’ & 3 IIs busted by Customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers busted two people-smuggling cases in the early hours of Saturday.According to the statement, the first case occurred around 2 a.m. yesterday when Customs Service officers on patrol near Avenida do Aeroporto and Avenida da Nave Desportiva saw a man and a woman acting suspiciously, and intercepted them. The woman failed to produce any ID documents, while the man was a suspected “snakehead”.In Cantonese jargon,

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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SJM offers public chance to visit Grand Prix paddock

Gaming operator SJM is offering people the chance to win a visit to its SJM Theodore Racing Garage at the Macau Grand Prix paddock on November 17, a statement from SJM said yesterday.SJM has been the title sponsor and official partner of SJM Theodore Racing for six consecutive years. According to the statement, SJM Theodore Racing will be bringing drivers Mick Schumacher, Zhou Guanyu, Ralf Aron, Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong to take part in the Macau Grand Prix from November 15

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Late Liaison Office director’s ashes interred at Babaoshan

The ashes of late Liaison Office of the People’s Central Government in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong were interred at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Saturday, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office Director Zhang Xiaoming, Deputy Director Huang Liuquan and other staff members of the Beijing-based office attended the interment ceremony. The statement said

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposal to raise age for HOS applications panned by most at forum

Most of the guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum panned the government’s proposal to raise the minimum age to apply for a subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flat from 18 to 25.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The Executive Council announced last week that the government has drafted a bill amending the current HOS law. The amendment bill proposes that an applicant must be a permanent

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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It’s difficult to hire staff for weather bureau: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario admitted yesterday that the number of personnel in the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) is insufficient, adding that the government found it difficult to recruit more staff for the weather station with the aim of improving its forecasting.Rosario attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion presented by directly-elected non-establishment lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou on the issue.The

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Bus crashes into pavement barrier

A Transmac bus crashed into a pavement barrier in Fai Chi Kei yesterday morning, leaving a female scooter rider with slight injuries, after she fell when getting off her scooter as she avoided being rammed by the approaching bus, according to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM.The accident occurred at around 7 a.m. outside Mayfair Garden in Avenida do Conselheiro Borja – a two-way avenue running from Ilha Verde to Fai Chi Kei and Toi San districts.According to the TDM report, the

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab Mongolian gang of thieves

Four Mongolian citizens are suspected of stealing credit cards in Hong Kong and using them in Macau on a shopping spree, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press conference yesterday. The suspects purchased brand-name clothes and jewellery worth a total of about 200,000 patacas. Two of them were arrested on Tuesday, according to a PJ spokesperson.One of the cards belonged to a male Hong Kong resident from the UK who was informed by his credit card company that his card had been

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Gaming revenue growth slows in October

Macau’s gaming revenue in October slowed to single-digit growth for a second straight month, providing further evidence that mainland China’s economic slowdown is taking a toll on the enclave’s casino operators.However, October’s revenue was the highest of any month so far this year. Gross gaming revenue rose 2.6 percent year on year in October to 27.3 billion patacas from a year earlier, according to data yesterday from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). That missed

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Bazaar’: a collective memory of generations

There are many events in Macau all year round and the annual Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar is no doubt a signature activity that has been bringing the community together for the past 48 years.The 49th Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar will take place tomorrow and on Sunday at the Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre, with the theme “With love, We build together”.This year, the bazaar will have 90 booths for games and other activities, as well as a number of donation counters, to raise money for a wide

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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6 Filipinos injured in car wash accident

A Filipino employee of a car wash near the Barrier Gate border checkpoint is suspected of accidentally stepping on the accelerator of a car and ramming into two cars in front of him yesterday morning, injuring himself and five other workers – all of them Filipinos – who were cleaning other cars, according to the police.All of them are non-resident workers in Macau. Two of them suffered serious injuries, according to the police.The accident occurred at around 11 a.m. in the car wash in Rua

November 1, 2018 | BY admin

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