BRIEFS | Pre-sale buyers seek help after alleged delay

Over ten pre-sale buyers of properties in the Pearl Horizon, a residential complex currently under construction, submitted a collective petition to the government yesterday. They are seeking intervention as the property developer is allegedly behind schedule, and the blocks’ foundation construction is due to be finished by the end of the year. The delay might be indicative of potential procrastination over the course of construction. The petitioners were also concerned with the firm’s manpower, another reason for the delay. Additionally, the group also accused the firm of rejecting regular meetings with the proprietors concerning construction progress. Three hours later, the property developer responded to flat owners’ allegations, claiming that it was the owners who had cancelled their previous meeting and were yet to schedule another make-up meeting. The company also claimed that they possessed the sufficient workforce to keep the construction on schedule.

Gaming management students visit Taiwan

A group of Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM)’s Gaming and Recreation Management major students have completed an exchange program with Taiwan’s I-Shou University. The students attended lectures on topics including planning, marketing and the transformation of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s creative and tourism industries, and tourism relating to Taiwan indigenous tribal culture. The IPM students also visited hotel and tourism facilities, the Pier-2 Art Centre, the Taiwan Indigenous People’s Cultural Park, as well as R&D and manufacturing facilities for automated card shufflers and robotic arms for card dealing. Students from I-Shou majoring in Entertainment Management made a reciprocal visit to Macau over the past week.

MSAR flag to fly half mast for late Wan Li

Macau’s flag will be hoisted at half-mast at the Government Headquarters to mourn the passing of the former chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Wan Li. In response to Beijing’s funeral arrangements for the late politician, many other provinces across the country will make similar gestures in tribute to the much-extolled figure. The communist party leader, who helped end the failed Mao-era policy of collective farming, died on July 15 at the age of 98 in Beijing.