Election board to brief ‘interested public’ next month

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) will hold a briefing for members of the public with a special interest in the upcoming poll in mid April, its president, Tong Hio Fong, said yesterday, adding that committee will send election-related information to residents through various channels in the run-up to polling day. The direct and indirect legislative elections will be held on September 17, after a two-week election campaign scheduled to end at midnight on September 15.

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt bans Brazilian meat imports

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night that it has decided to ban with immediate effect the importation of all frozen and chilled meat products from Brazil.The decision came in the wake of Brazil’s “rotten meat” scandal in which about 30 people have been arrested. According to Brazilian police investigations, major meatpackers in the country were found to have been selling tainted meat products at home and abroad for years. The meatpackers allegedly

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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2 Malaysians nabbed for using bogus credit cards

Two Malaysian men were arrested for using bogus credit cards in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday. According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Liew, is 24 years old while the other suspect, surnamed Koh is aged 25. Liew and Koh are members of a counterfeit credit card gang in Malaysia, according to the spokesperson. The duo were paid 10 percent of the total retail value of the goods they bought with the cards. Both suspects told the police that they

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge ex-secretary to keep promise

Several dozen Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers held a rally outside the Macau Science Centre in Nape yesterday, urging former secretary for transport and public works Lau Si Io, who is now the president of the Macau Science Centre, to keep his promise to solve the ongoing Pearl Horizon residential project dispute.The residential project has been mothballed since the government decided in 2015 to axe the ill-fated development’s temporary land concession that had expired. The government has

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt plans centre for domestic violence culprits

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Vice-President Peter Au Chi Keung said yesterday the government was planning a centre as a place for domestic violence culprits to have a “time-out” – giving them time to calm down after they have abused their spouses spouses or children.Au made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of an event to mark World Social Work Day, on the campus of the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) in Zape.The Law on Preventing and Combating

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Workers’ confidence rises: survey But croupiers’ confidence is down

Findings of a survey released yesterday show a slight rise in Macau employees’ overall confidence and satisfaction last month compared to a year earlier, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Prof. Chan Lai Kow announced yesterday.On a scale of 1 to 5, last month’s Macau employee confidence index stood at 3.05 with a 0.1 percent increase year on year, while the satisfaction index stood at 3.37 with a 0.03 percent year-on-year rise.Chan, who heads the university’s Institute for

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject debate about rise in vehicle-related fees

The legislature yesterday rejected a debate motion by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Veng Chai, who questioned whether it was appropriate for the government to “hugely” increase the government’s vehicle-related fees and fines in January.A total of 30 lawmakers cast their votes, with 10 supporting the motion and 14 voting against it, while two lawmakers abstained.A list of steeply increased fees and fines initiated by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) was signed by Chief Executive

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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‘Gambler’ cheats engineer out of 40,990 patacas

A local man was cheated out of 40,990 patacas on Monday by a man claiming to be a gambler who had lost all his money, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.The spokesperson said the victim, a 26-year-old local engineer, told the police that he was walking near the World Trade Centre Macau in Nape in the evening when the suspect approached him.The suspect told the victim that he had gambled away all his money and wanted to borrow some cash from

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Taiwan wants stronger cooperation with Macau

Macau’s role in cross-Strait relations is very important when they are strained, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Director-General Lu Chang-shui said yesterday, adding he hoped that cooperation between Taiwan and Macau will be further strengthened.Lu made the remarks at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape on the sidelines of a promotion event about bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) in Taiwan, co-hosted by his office and the Hong Kong Office of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau.According to Lu, the

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt bans flueless gas water heaters

The government has banned the sale or supply of flueless gas water heaters from today, according to an order by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to the installation requirements for domestic gas water heaters issued by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department in Hong Kong, such water heaters do not have a flue to convey combustion gas to external air.Pointing out that a number of carbon monoxide poisoning cases occurred in

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up committee to develop coastal waters

The government has established a committee with the aim of promoting the development and improvement of the management of the city’s coastal waters, according to an announcement in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The announcement was made in the form of an executive order signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.In December 2015, the central government granted Macau jurisdiction over 85 square kilometres of its coastal waters to help with its economic diversification. Previously,

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Portuguese School to get new wing

The Portuguese School will get a new wing and a sports pavilion, Maria Edith da Silva, the new president of the Council of Curators of the Macau Portuguese School Foundation, told the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday.Edith da Silva was elected during yesterday’s regular meeting of the Council of Curators which also includes Macau’s last Portuguese governor, General Vasco Rocha Vieira.According to Edith da Silva, a former director of the

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman loses 312,900 yuan in phone scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced a phone scam case in which a local woman lost 312,900 yuan (362,500 patacas) after she deposited the money into a bank account in the mainland, when someone pretending to be from a law enforcement agency in the mainland claimed that the victim was involved in an “economic crime” case and that depositing money into a bank account could speed up the investigative process.During a regular press conference, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man identified the

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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MSAR passports granted visa-on-arrival entry to Ukraine

Holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passports will be granted visa-on-arrival entry to Ukraine, the Macau government said yesterday.The Identification Services Bureau was notified by the embassy of Ukraine Beijing on Monday that the holders of MSAR passports traveling to Ukraine for tourism or business can obtain a single-entry visa upon their arrival at Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv and Odessa International Airport in Odessa for a maximum stay of 15 days.A total of

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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