Lam Wai Hou officially appointed GDI head

The acting director of the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI), Lam Wai Hou, has been officially appointed GDI Director for the period of Feb. 1, 2019 to June 29, 2019, according to a dispatch published in the Official Gazette. Lam started serving as GDI Acting Director in September 2018, and has been serving in GDI since 2005. Between 2005 and 2008, he was a senior technician. Between 2009 and 2017, he became a functional leader at GDI, and during 2017 and 2018 he served GDI as a deputy director. Lam has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in structural engineering.

Year of the Pig statues revealed in five places

Yesterday, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) erected Chinese zodiac statues in five locations to welcome the Chinese New Year, in the hopes of adding a festive atmosphere to the Chinese holiday. The IAM president and IAM members were present at the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge to reveal the statue there, which is about 3 meters high. The five statue locations are the Leisure Area of Taipa Waterfront, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Macau Port, Seac Pai Van Park, Taipa side of the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, and Iao Han Park.

Taxi driver required to regularly report to police authority

The court has accepted the prosecution authority’s suggestion and ordered a taxi driver, who lodged a false accusation with the police, to regularly report to the police, according to a statement released by the Public Prosecutions Office yesterday. On January 25, the taxi driver lodged a false accusation against some passengers after they refused to be overcharged. Four passengers got into his vehicle at Cotai to go to the Border Gate. The driver asked for MOP300 for the trip, but his request was declined. The local driver then returned his vehicle to the pick-up spot and left it to go to the bathroom. In his absence, the passengers took down his license information and left. The driver later called the police, saying that they had stolen his license and MOP1,000. The suspect is in his 30s, and has 38 recorded infractions in the police system.