Chui to deliver 2016 Policy Address on November 17

According to the government, the Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, will deliver his 2016 Policy Address on Nov 17 at the Legislative Assembly (AL). The session, which will be held at 3pm, will be followed by a press conference at the Government Headquarters at 5pm, where Mr Chui will be available to answer questions from the press. On Nov 18, from 3pm to 6pm, he will attend the AL plenary meeting in order to explain his policy program to the legislators and to answer their questions. The events to be held on both days will be broadcast live by the public broadcaster, TDM, on both television and radio channels. Meanwhile, the Times has learned that the sectorial debates will be held according to the following schedule: Nov 23 – 24, Administration and Justice – Sonia Chan; Nov 26 – 27, Economy and Finance – Lionel Leong; Nov 30 – Dec 1, Security – Wong Sio Chak; Dec 3 – 4, Social Affairs and Culture – Alexis Tam; December 9 – 10, Transport and Public Works – Raimundo do Rosário.

121 restaurants to serve up dishes at 15th Macau Food Festival

A total of 121 eateries will be present at the 15th edition of the Macau Food Festival, to be held from the 13th to the 29th of next month. 42 of the restaurants are newcomers to the South Korean-themed annual gastronomic event, which is one of the highlights of the tourist calendar. About 80 percent of the event’s cost this year is sponsored by the government. Chan Chak Mo, head of the organizing committee, acknowledged earlier that it was impossible to sustain the festival without funding from the authorities. The event has seen fewer locals in recent years.

4,800 households experience power blackout

Approximately 4,800 households experienced a power outage on Sunday evening. TDM radio reported that the power supply to those families, who were mainly scattered across the southwest region of the Macau peninsula, was not fully restored until early yesterday morning. The public utility company CEM blamed a malfunctioning medium voltage power cable for the first blackout, which lasted for about 15 minutes at around 7 pm. Another blackout occurred at 10:39 pm for a similar reason, resulting in a four-minute power loss, while some affected households did not regain power supply until early the next morning. The last outage took place at around 10:40 pm and lasted around eight minutes.