No construction permit for old tea house: govt

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng confirmed yesterday that his bureau has not issued a construction permit for the former Lok Kok tea house building, which is listed as a heritage site.Li made the remarks after attending a closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council at the Transport Bureau.Local urban planner Rhino Lam Iek Chit told reporters on Monday he suspected that the government had allowed the demolition of a major part of the building’s outer

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Drunk public servant sets fire to his flat: police

A public servant got drunk and set fire to his flat early Sunday morning, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I said yesterday.According to the Chong, the suspect, surnamed Ieong, is a local male in his forties.Chong said Ieong called the police at about 1 a.m. to tell them that he had set fire to his flat in Rua da Aleluia. When the police officers arrived the entrance of the residential building, Ieong, reeking of alcohol, told the officers: “I set my flat ablaze!”Public

April 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for using fake casino chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 53-year-old mainlander surnamed Chen on Saturday for gambling with dozens of fake HK$1,000 casino chips, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Yeung, the police received a report on January 8 from a casino in Cotai that one of the casino cashiers in the cage discovered a bogus HK$1,000 chip when changing money into casino chips for customers.After a thorough check of the chips in the cage, a total of 53

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Air quality slightly worsens: govt survey

Macau’s air quality slightly worsened last year: fewer days when air quality was “good” were recorded at a number of monitoring stations across the city last year, while more days when air quality was “moderate” were recorded, compared to 2015, according to official data released by the Statistics and Census Service Bureau (DSEC) yesterday.According to the Environmental Statistics 2016 data, for the “roadside” monitoring station in Rua do Campo as well as the monitoring station in

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for lower bar for non-local therapists

Macau Special Olympics chief Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said yesterday that as there is an overall shortage of therapists for people with disabilities in Macau, the government should lower the bar for hiring non-local therapists.Siu made the remarks during a press conference about the group’s upcoming events in celebration of its 30th anniversary this year. The press conference took place at the group’s office in Areia Preta.According to Siu, the equipment for Macau’s disability evaluation system

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Bureau says old tea house walls ‘caved in’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it had never received an application from the owner of the former Lok Kok tea house building in the city centre to be given permission to demolish its outer walls, since the Cultural Heritage Protection Law came into force in March 2014.A spokesperson for the bureau told The Macau Post Daily on the phone yesterday that the condition of the heritage-protected building’s exterior had worsened over the years so that some parts

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Officials brief ‘interested public’ on legislative elections

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) and Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) jointly held a briefing yesterday for members of the public with a special interest in the upcoming poll, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Participants in the briefing had to register in advance.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. According to a statement by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday evening, over 210 people attended

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Local man in coma after beating by 4 Vietnamese: police

A local 21-year-old man was allegedly beaten into a coma by four Vietnamese men, one of who is the husband of his Vietnamese female colleague whom he was accompanying home early Thursday morning, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson Yeung Sau Chan said yesterday.Yeung announced the case during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters.According to Yeung, the victim was taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) and treated in the intensive care unit for a cerebral

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up 67 parking spaces for HGVs at Concordia Industrial Park

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that it has set up 67 parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) at the Concordia Industrial Park in Coloane, which are available from today.The statement said that it will cost five patacas per hour to park from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and each parking space can be used for five consecutive hours. Drivers can use the parking spaces free of charge from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day, the statement said.According to the statement, 61 of

April 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt fails to protect old tea house: urban planner

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has failed to ensure that a property that is listed as a heritage site – Lok Kok Restaurant in the city centre – is protected, and a major part of the building’s outer walls has already been demolished, local urban planner Rhino Lam Iek Chit said yesterday.Lam, a member of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council, made the remarks during a group interview yesterday outside the former tea house, at the corner of Rua de Cinco de Outubro and Avenida de

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab WeChat gambling racket

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested seven mainlanders for their alleged involvement in an illegal WeChat gambling operation on Wednesday, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference last week.According to the spokesperson, the seven male suspects, aged between 28 and 40, from Zhejiang province solicited gamblers to place bets at local casinos’ VIP tables via WeChat.One of the suspects claimed to be a bricklayer while the remainder claimed to be unemployed.PLEASE READ THE FULL

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Commentator urges govt to say how it will fund LRT operation

The government should finally come up with a proposal for how it plans to fund the operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, bearing in mind that there are only two years left before the system is slated to start operating in 2019, Ron Lam U Tou, who heads local think tank Macau Synergy Association, said yesterday.Lam, a current affairs commentator, made the remarks while speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the phone yesterday.Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Event focuses on social inclusion of disabled

A five-day conference on intellectually disabled people in Asia kicked off at MGM Macau in Nape yesterday, aiming to encourage social inclusion of the disabled community.According to MGM, the conference’s main sponsor, some 300 audience members from 20 countries and regions are attending the conference, including athletes participating in the Special Olympics and their coaches, as the Special Olympics Golf Masters 2017 is taking place in Macau this week.The conference is hosted by the Charity

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to build police building on recovered plot

The government plans to construct a building for the Islands Public Security Police (PSP) Department on a plot of recently recovered land in Taipa, according to a statement released by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.The department covers Taipa, Cotai and Coloane.According to the statement, the bureau recovered the 2,900-square-metre plot between Avenida de Guimarães, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Rua Siu Kuan several days ago.This undated handout photo provided

April 18, 2017 | BY admin

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