Allegiance details to be announced later: election committee

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday his committee would announce how to determine whether candidates are “sincere” about upholding the Macau Basic Law and have “true” allegiance to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) after the issue has been discussed in future committee meetings.The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the Legislative Assembly Election Law amendment bill last month, which requires a declaration of allegiance,

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for abusing, raping wife: police

A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday that a local man was caught on Wednesday for allegedly physically abusing and raping his wife, adding that the man also self-harmed and swore at police officers who arrested and questioned him.According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Kuong, is a 44-year-old car wash owner while his wife works in a casino.The spokesperson said Kuong married his wife in the mainland in 2001. Kuong’s wife and their 14-year-old son started living

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Bird flu stops live poultry sales for at least 3 days: govt

The government announced yesterday that all sales of live poultry in the city will be stopped at least for the next three days from today after discovering the H7 strain of the avian influenza virus (AIV) in a chicken sample at the Nam Yue Wholesale Market yesterday.The ban takes effect on the eve of the Year of the Rooster of all years. Fresh chicken is a particularly popular dish during the Chinese New Year holiday. Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up legislative election committee

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday appointed Court of Second Instance (TSI) Judge Tong Hio Fong as the president of the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) for this autumn’s direct and indirect legislative elections, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).The legislative elections take place every four years – normally in September.According to the recently-amended Legislative Election Law, which came into force in December last year, the CAEAL

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman scammed out of HK$12 million by mainland 'cop': police

A 65-year-old local businesswoman told the police on Tuesday that she had been cheated out of HK$12,070,000 by a mainland 'cop' in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday during a regular press briefing.Choi said the woman received a phone call from someone who claimed to be a mainland policeman when she was in Hong Kong in November. The “policeman” told her that more than 200 fake identity cards were found in a package sent in the woman’s name, and that

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Gambler robs casino worker: police

A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special briefing yesterday that a gambler from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for robbing a local casino worker of 900 patacas, adding that the male suspect quickly gambled away the money.  According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Wang, is 44 years old. The spokesperson said the victim told the police on November 28 last year that she was robbed by a man in the car park under the Arts Garden in Avenida da Amizade at

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillors ask for more info on plans for zones B & E1

Members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday asked the government to provide more detailed information on its plans for the construction of government buildings in two land reclamation areas known as Zone B and Zone E1.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the council, chaired by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).Zone B lies off the southern coast of the peninsula, from Macau Tower to the Macau Science

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Leong doesn’t promise minimum wage in 2019

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac yesterday declined to say whether the government could keep its promise that the city’s law on a statutory minimum wage for all workers will finally be implemented in 2019. According to a report in the Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News on November 23, Leong told reporters that the government would implement the statutory minimum wage in 2019, three years after the implementation of the minimum wage law for doormen and

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sticks to vehicle-related fee hike: Coutinho

The government insists that this month’s “steep” increase in vehicle-related fees is necessary, lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho said yesterday after meeting Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario at the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works yesterday afternoon.Coutinho had asked for the meeting to discuss the increase in vehicle-related fees which was promulgated by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On on New Year’s Eve and took effect the next

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt plans to repossess Taipa ocean park land: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government was planning to declare the invalidity of the land concession for a plot originally set aside for an ocean park project in Taipa.Rosario made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I during a plenary session of the legislature.Lei criticised the government for its slow progress in declaring the invalidity of provisional land concessions for

January 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Local doctor busted for unregistered pistol

A local doctor in his sixties was arrested yesterday for owning an unregistered pistol, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Kai Sang said. Lei announced the arrest during a regular press briefing. According to Lei, the suspect, surnamed Lou, is a doctor who owns a clinic in Areia Preta. Lei said Lou realised he had lost a handgun and 25 bullets when he was preparing to renew its licence last month. He then reported the loss to the Public Security Police which is in charge of

January 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Grand Lapa wins energy-saving contest

Grand Lapa Macau won the Macau Energy Saving Contest organised by power utility CEM and the Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE), the hotel announced in a statement yesterday.In the same contest, its sister property – Grand Coloane Resort – was awarded third prize.According to the statement, both hotels are managed by the Hong Kong-based Artyzen Hospitality Group.The six-month contest aims to enhance public awareness on energy conservation and to encourage commercial and residential

January 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Kiang Wu says medics worry who’s liable

Kiang Wu Hospital Director Ma Hok Cheung said yesterday that the private hospital’s healthcare workers had raised concerns about whether the trainee doctor or his or her trainer will be liable for medical malpractice.The legislature passed a medical malpractice bill submitted by the government on August 12 last year. The law will take effect on February 26.Speaking to reporters at the hospital on the sidelines of a co-operation agreement signing ceremony with Linkou Chang Gung Memorial

January 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Chan insists recruitment process is fair

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the government’s staff recruitment process is carried out fairly and openly, promising that the government will constantly review its recruitment system to see if any improvements can be made.Chan made the remarks when replying to oral interpellations by grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho during a plenary session of the legislature.Ng and Coutinho questioned

January 25, 2017 | BY admin

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