Briefs | Fire alarm causes 200 households to lose power

Two hundred households experienced a short power outage after a fire alarm went off in a building located on R. da Hortense. At approximately 10:30 a.m. yesterday, a fire alarm was registered at No. 51 R. da Hortense. The Fire Services Bureau (HB) arrived at the scene and to find that an air conditioner and the power grid on the external wall of the first floor were on fire. The firefighters put out the fire and nobody was injured in the incident. The HB then informed the electricity company, CEM, to follow up on the case. At 10:49 a.m., several areas experienced a loss of power. The streets affected were Av. de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, Tv. Dos Currais, R. dos Currais, R. da Hortense, and R. Norte do Canal das Hortas.

Bus companies record combined MOP117 million profit in 2019

The two bus companies operating in Macau made a combined profit of 117 million patacas in 2019. Bus operators TCM and Transportes Urbanos de Macau (Transmac) published their annual reports yesterday. Transmac recorded a net income of 45.26 million patacas. The company also served 6% more passengers in 2019. In total, Transmac transported 46.3% of all bus passengers this year. This represents 105 million rides or a daily capacity of 290,000 passengers, a 9.26% increase year on year. TCM made a net profit of 72.36 million patacas. As of the end of 2019, TCM carried 300,000 passengers per day. On October 3 and 4, TCM transported over 400,000 passengers on each day, establishing a new record.

Guizhou and Macau sign poverty relief agreement

The Guizhou government has signed nine agreements with Macau, allowing the SAR to participate in Guizhou’s poverty relief efforts. The key poverty alleviation projects that Macau is involved with in Guizhou are the construction of educational facilities, the donation of healthcare equipment, Portuguese-language promotion, jobs involving not-for-profit activities, and improvements to living environments and more. The Liaison Office in Macau is also one of the partners in the poverty alleviation agreement. In 2018, the Macau SAR government signed agreements with Guizhou province to offer poverty relief to Congjiang County, Guizhou. The nine new agreements are part of the governments’ efforts to deepen cooperation between Guizhou and Macau.