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Archive for June, 2007

Service suspension

June 08, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

Updates to this blog will be suspended until the end of June because of limited access to the Internet.

CE: officials must be more politically aware

June 07, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

The Chief Executive Ho Hau Wah (¦ó«pôó) told officials to be more politically aware in a meeting with them yesterday (6 June). (more…)

Management dispute over A-Ma Temple

June 07, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

A dispute was reported over the right of management of A-Ma Temple, one of the featured relics within the UNESCO World Heritage of the Historic Centre of Macau. (more…)

News Flash: Ao Man Long formally charged

June 06, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

The former Secretary for Transport and Public Works Ao Man Long (¼Ú¤åÀs) is formally charged with abuse of power, acceptance of bribes, money laundering and unknown sources of huge amounts of assets.

The Public Prosecutor had put forward the charges to the Court of Final Appeal.

According to the press release of the Public Prosecutor, the suspect and related persons can apply for a pre-trial 10 days after receiving the document of charges.

The Court then has to complete the pre-trial process within two months, to decide whether the charges should be maintained.

Macau to have natural gas ‘by late October’

June 06, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

Macau expects to be able to use natural gas for electricity generation by the end of October. (more…)

Labour Bill passed in general

June 06, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

The Legislative Assembly has passed in general the Labour Bill, with 22 ayes and one abstain vote. (more…)

Summary of speeches

June 06, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

A summary of speeches made by legislators before the plenary of the Legislative Assembly on 5 June: (more…)

Foreign workers taken away from Sands site

June 05, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

35 construction workers who did not carry legal working documents with them were taken away by the Police at Sands Macau’s extension site yesterday (4 June). (more…)

200 took part in candle vigil

June 05, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

About 200 people took part in the annual candle vigil to mark the 18th anniversary of the incident at Tiananmen Square, which took place at Largo do S. Domingos in Macau’s city centre. (more…)

Elderly home protesters claim they don’t discriminate

June 03, 2007 By: blogmacau.info Category: *Older Posts (before June 2008)*

Residents of an apartment complex where an elderly home is planned to be built, claimed that they do not discriminate against the elderly people. (more…)