Briefs | Vessel responsible for bridge damage found

The Marine and Water Bureau has found the vessel responsible for damaging a bridge in an incident that occured last month. At midnight on March 9, a cargo vessel deviated from the usual channel while in Macau waters. It strayed into an area and triggered the collision avoidance detection system of the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, sending the vessel an alert. However, the vessel continued heading in the same direction and scraped the guardrail of the bridge before leaving the scene. Earlier this week, the marine authority noticed the cargo ship entering Macau’s sea area and immediately sought to begin prosecution proceedings against the administers onboard.

Pavilion expansion will have space to accomodate more pandas

The Macao Giant Panda Pavilion will be expanded so that more giant pandas can be accomodated there, Chinese-language media reported. The Municipal Affairs Bureau has plans to expand the premises amid the possibility of an increased number of pandas in the future. Currently, the bureau is said to be discussing the expansion with the relevant entities. The panda pavillion is nestled against a hillside in Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane, and takes up approximately 3,000 square meters. The pavilion is comprised of two 330 square meter indoor activity quarters, a 600 square meter outdoor yard for the habitation of the giant pandas, and a 900 square meter indoor exhibit area. The pavilion has four pandas: Kai Kai, Xin Xin, Jian Jian and Kang Kang.

Concrete collapses for second time on old building’s external wall

The concrete on the external wall of an old building located on Rua das Lorchas has fallen again, making it the second instance of falling concrete recorded from the same building within less than a month. No injuries resulted from the incident. On March 30, the Fire Services Bureau received the first report of concrete falling from the building. On April 18, the bureau received a second call reporting concrete falling again. They then confirmed that the fall was due to the changing weather conditions of the past few weeks. In September 2016, a local woman was injured by concrete falling off the external wall of a building located near the Border Gate.