Peninsula sewage plant resumes operation

The Macau Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant resumed operation yesterday afternoon after a two-day suspension for the replacement of a corroded section of pipe in the plant, according to a statement by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) yesterday.The plant, which has been in operation since 1995, is on the north-eastern coast of the peninsula. The replacement work was carried out around the clock on Monday and Tuesday, during which sewage produced in the peninsula was pumped straight

July 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillors back hotel project at Cheoc Van Garden

Several members of the Urban Planning Council (CPU) yesterday agreed that an abandoned building at Cheoc Van Garden, a complex of villas in southern Coloane, originally earmarked for a commercial centre for residents living in the complex, be converted into a hotel.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the council, held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), included a discussion about the proposed legal development conditions for the plot on which the abandoned building is situated.The legal development

July 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt asks Beijing to allow airport land reclamation: aviation chief

Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) President Simon Chan Weng Hong said yesterday that the local government has requested the central government’s permission to reclaim land in the waters between the local airport’s two taxiways that link the runway and the apron.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the launching ceremony of the Macau-Beijing-Lisbon route by Beijing Capital Airlines at the airport in Taipa.The Macau Civil Aviation Authority released the

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman makes up police station bomb threat to stop boyfriend gambling: police

A mainland woman was arrested yesterday for a false bomb threat, targeting one of the local police stations.According to Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Kai Sang, the about 50-year-old suspect surnamed Zhao, from the north-eastern province of Jilin, recently visited Macau with her 30-year-old boyfriend, surnamed Zhang, to gamble in the city’s casinos. Both gambled away their money.According to Lei, the Public Security Police received a phone call from Zhao, who was back in the

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman scammed out of 314,000 yuan by mainland ‘cop’: police

A local woman in her 40s has lost 314,000 yuan in a phone scam to a man who claimed to be a mainland police officer, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the victim received a call on Saturday from a man who claimed to be a police officer in the mainland, saying that she had committed an economic crime involving 2 million yuan. The “cop” said a financial investigation needed to be conducted, telling the victim

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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2 activists petition elex committee for ‘clean’ poll

Political activists Lam Meng and Kuong Kai Nang petitioned the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday, urging the committee to promote a clean and fair election.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Neither of them is running in the upcoming elections. Four years ago, Lam ran under the banner of activist Lee Kin Yun, commonly known as “Street Fighter” while Kuong was one of the candidates in Lee’s group in 2005.Activist

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau-Beijing-Lisbon route takes off

Beijing Capital Airlines yesterday launched a route between Macau and Lisbon via Beijing yesterday.The new route allows passengers from Macau to get a connecting flight to Lisbon in Beijing – and vice versa. The airline launched the route between Beijing and Lisbon last night.Passengers between Macau and Lisbon who transit in Beijing do not need to reclaim their luggage and check in their luggage again.The Beijing-based airline held a launching ceremony at the airport in Taipa

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Opera, classical music dominate int’l music-fest

This year’s month-long Macau International Music Festival (MIMF), which starts on September 29, will see international rising stars presenting the work of opera, orchestra and philharmonic classical music masters.The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), which organises the annual event, held a press conference at the Macau Cultural Centre In Nape yesterday where it was announced that to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Italian composer Umberto Giordano, his four-act opera “Andrea

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Maid steals 135,000 patacas from employer: police

A 44-year-old Vietnamese woman who works as a domestic helper has been arrested for stealing about 135,000 patacas from her employer, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said a woman told the police on June 27 that HK$80,000 and 10,000 patacas had been stolen from her purse earlier that day.She told the police that she had the cash in her purse when she got home from work that evening. However, when she looked in her purse at

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Babies to get measles jabs: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) will vaccinate babies aged between 9 and 12 months against measles starting from yesterday as a temporary measure to protect infants against the highly contagious disease, according to a SSM statement yesterday evening.In another SSM statement earlier yesterday, the bureau announced that an 11-month-old boy was diagnosed with measles on Monday. He was being treated in an isolation ward at the private Kiang Wu Hospital at the time of the statement.According to the bureau,

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Most AoS deals to end this month: culture chief

The employment of most of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) staff members who were controversially hired through acquisition of services (AoS) contracts will be ended this month, IC President Leung Hio Ming said yesterday, adding that the bureau will, however, rehire 23 of them to fulfil the bureau’s urgent staff shortages.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the “2017 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Film Production Investment and Trade Fair” at Regency Art Hotel in

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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‘Agent’ of university exam cheats nabbed: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested the alleged “agent” of local university exam cheats on Sunday at the Barrier Gate checkpoint, a PSP spokesman announced at a regular press conference yesterday.According to PSP spokesman Lei Kai Sang, the female suspect surnamed Tian, who is aged around 20 and from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an undergraduate student in Macau.Tian admitted to the police that she provided the intermediary service between the substitute exam takers and

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Duo exchange fake HK$10,000 chips for real ones: police

Two mainland men were arrested for exchanging fake HK$10,000 gaming chips for genuine one in a casino in Cotai on Saturday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Zhao, is 21 years old while the other suspect, surnamed Zhang, is aged 22. Both are unemployed.The spokesperson said the casino management told the police on Saturday its staff discovered that the duo had used bogus chips. The suspects reentered Macau via the

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Group objects to elex committee’s decision: govt

One of the 25 groups in the upcoming direct legislative election has objected to a decision by the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee’s (CAEAL) on its list of candidates, the government-appointed committee announced in a statement yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Amended information on all the groups running in the elections was posted at the Public Administration Building last week. Official representatives could refute the

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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