The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement on Tuesday that it expects the construction of the Seac Pai Van section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) to get off the ground at the end of this year.
Community
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said on Tuesday that the local government has decided to cancel its Zone D land reclamation project, and instead it now plans to reclaim land in the waters between the north-eastern coast of the peninsula and the Zone A land reclamation area.
Well-known local architect Carlos Marreiros told public broadcaster TDM-Rádio Macau on Tuesday that he plans to propose the listing of the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge and would like to see the 2.5-kilometre-long viaduct transformed into a culture and leisure zone.
Macao’s overall residential property price index for May-July rose by 1.0% over the previous period (April-June) to 268.8.
The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Tuesday that it recorded 36 suicide cases in the first half the year, coinciding with the Covid-19 crisis, up by six cases year-on-year.
Macao asked Beijing to be allowed to drop one of the five reclamations approved in 2009 between Nobre de Carvalho and Amizade bridges, according to Rádio Macau.
The government has decided that children aged below three will now be allowed to attend their kindergarten classes from 21 September “in response to their parents’ demand”.
A 30-year-old local man was found to have collapsed in the toilet of a VIP room in the City of Dreams casino-hotel complex by security staff on Monday and was taken to hospital for emergency treatment but later was pronounced dead.
A female civil servant who jumped into the sea near the Harbour Management Building of the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) in Pac On last week passed away early on Monday morning.