Briefs | Seac Pai Van Post Office now open to public

The Seac Pai Van post office branch located at Alameda da Harmonia, Edificio Ip Heng, Block X, 1/A in Coloane officially opened to the public as of March 1. The new branch is open from 12:00 pm until 7:00 pm, providing general postal services to Macau citizens. The new post office expects to see a rising usage rate with more families moving into the public housing units there. Authorities said they did not rule out the possibility of prolonging the opening hours and increasing manpower to meet growing demand in the future.

Two cases of arson in northern district

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has launched an investigation after two fires broke out in the northern district within the space of three hours last night. Dumped furniture nearby was burnt, causing damage to the exterior walls as a result. The first fire that broke out occurred outside a garbage collection room in a residential building reportedly started from some furniture lying around. Later it caused power in the building’s lobby to be cut off. Firemen responded to the blaze immediately and put out the flames in a short time, before referring the case to the PJ for a probe. After roughly three hours, a second fire broke out at a corridor in another residential building, blackening the surrounding exterior walls. It was believed that the blaze stemmed from a carpet on fire on the ground. Nobody was injured in either case yet both were being regarded as arson.

Central library undergoes renovation works

Macau’s Central Library services will be suspended for an estimated 35 days as of March 9, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement. To revamp the library’s reading area, renovation works will be conducted for over a month and during that period Macau residents are required to use other public libraries. For further information, residents should contact the Sir Robert Ho Tung library via 28377117 or the Central Library via 28567576.