Greyhound breeding building concession appeal denied

An appeal by greyhound track operator Companhia de Corridas de Galgos Macau (Yat Yuen) has been denied by the Court of Second Instance, according to a release by the court. The case regards a concession originally granted to the greyhound track operator in 1989 for a two-storey building for dog breeding, with a 25-year concession contract and an implementation period of 24 months. The original contract expired November 30, 1990, while in 1993 the company was informed by the then-deputy secretary of Transport and Public Works the land use would be changed from industrial to residential, with Yat Yuen agreeing with the changes the same month. Until a request to approve the architectural project and the concession contract was presented by the company in 2015, the local administration did not contact the company, notes the release. The request was denied, with the company submitting an appeal to the Court of Second Instance, which, upon further examination of the facts of the case, did not find the company to have sufficient reasoning to overturn the decision.