The government has finished drafting a new bill regulating the city’s building construction, which proposes that those who fail to carry out the necessary maintenance or repairs of their buildings, in spite of an official order to do so, will face a fine, as opposed to the current situation in which no fine can be imposed.
André Cheong Weng Chon
Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said on Wednesday that for the time being, the government will not consider setting up a licensing system for the city’s takeaways but instead will first set up a mandatory registration system for them next year.
The Legislative Assembly (AL) on Thursday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the operation of the city’s wet markets, which proposes that residents who want to run a stall will have to bid for a licence, a change from the current practice in which available stalls are simply allocated through a lucky draw.
The Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) will be merged with the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) in January.
The government will launch the fourth phase of its continuing education subsidy scheme tomorrow, which entitles local residents aged at least 15 to get a 6,000-pataca subsidy to enrol in courses run by the city’s various continuing education institutions until the end of August 2023.
A row of former textile factory buildings situated in an area planned for the city’s first-ever tyre park in Taipa need to be demolished as they are posing an environmental hygiene threat to the nearby residential neighbourhoods.
The government has drafted a by-law on the new official assessment system for pupils in schools, according to which P1 to P4 pupils will not be allowed to repeat a year.
Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said on Thursday that the Macao government believes that there is a need to improve the city’s legal framework for safeguarding national society.
Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council, announced on Thursday that in six months’ time the government will start charging those who discard construction waste on the city’s only construction waste landfill in east Cotai.