The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has announced that it will investigate loans worth 212 million patacas granted by the Macau government about a decade ago to the now defunct local airline Viva Macau.
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The operator of the city’s former greyhound racetrack – Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. – and local animal protection group Anima have inked a deal for the relocation of the racing dogs left behind at the Fai Chi Kei racetrack.
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement that it is studying a greyhound relocation proposal submitted by Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. Thursday evening which proposes to relocate the dogs left behind at the Fai Chi Kei racetrack to a “vacant” building on a privately-owned plot of land in Pac On in Taipa.
Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday that the government has upgraded its disaster relief equipment, based on the lessons learnt from last year’s deadly Super Typhoon Hato.
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a couple from the mainland on Monday for pimping in Macau, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference Wednesday.
A male pupil was caught surreptitiously filming a woman in a toilet in the city centre on Monday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference.
Power utility CEM is upgrading 100 of its customer substations in the city’s low-lying areas this year, with about 80 of them already completed, CEM Transmission and Distribution Department Senior Manager Billy Chan Hon Keong said Tuesday.
The Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. has abandoned 533 greyhounds at the Canidrome on Friday night after the government refused their proposal to keep the Canidrome operational in order to keep the animals.
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau said in a statement that it “condemns” the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. for “shirking” its responsibility to house its greyhounds after it had received a letter from the company proposing the “reversion” of the dogs to the government after the official closure of the racetrack .