Local makes a living in Nepal with tattoo business

It started out as a holiday in Tibet in 2013 but little did Candy Ieong Weng San know that it would lead her to Nepal which would be a place she now calls home and where she has her own tattoo business.“I’d been to Tibet before and loved it. I’ve always wanted to go back where I could just stay there for a bit,” Ieong told MPD Weekender last week in a studio while she was in town for a tattoo appointment.As the Tibet trip would be a few months long, Ieong decided to quit her comfortable

October 28, 2016 | BY admin

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Portofino offers a different taste of Italy with Abruzzo cuisine

Portofino restaurant in the Venetian is offering diners a different taste of Italy with a special menu featuring the cuisine of Abruzzo, one of Italy’s best-kept secrets and a little-known treasure trove of Italian gastronomy.A picturesque Mediterranean coastal province where the mountains and sea meet, the special menu is a creation by Portofino’s Senior Chef and Abruzzo native, Domenico Cicchetti, who was taught to cook the region’s rich and hearty food by his grandmother while  a

October 28, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt ready for HIV challenge: health chief

Health Bureau (SSM) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director Lam Chong said yesterday that even if more people are being diagnosed with HIV in the next few years, he was not worried about their treatment since the bureau was ready for the challenge. Lam made the remarks on the sidelines of an event about an AIDS education funding scheme organised by the government’s AIDS Prevention and Control Commission, which aims to encourage local community groups to organise AIDS education

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Galaxy’s earnings rise 28 pct in 3rd quarter

HONG KONG - Galaxy Entertainment Group's (GEG) third-quarter earnings yesterday beat expectations as its tourist-friendly mega-resort in Cotai drew more mass-market gamblers and non-gambling tourists.Its shares rose to the highest level in more than a year.Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) in the third quarter rose 28 percent to HK$2.7 billion from a year earlier, Macau's second-biggest operator by market value said in a statement. That compared

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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1 more vice-director for GDI: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday the government had decided to add one more deputy director to the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) to cope with the heavy workload.According to the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced in an executive order that the office will be led by a director with the assistance of two deputy directors.The office was set up in 2000 as a “project team” for two years, which then

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Inflation rate slows to 1.59 pct: official

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.59 percent last month, a further slowdown from the 1.65 percent growth in the previous month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The bureau attributed the increment to higher rentals for parking spaces, the higher cost of eating out, as well as increases in property management fees, higher tuition fees in the new academic year and rising motor car prices.Among the various sections of goods and services, the

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt still undecided on total smoking ban in casinos

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday that the government was still studying whether to keep its original proposal to impose a blanket smoking ban on all casino premises in the final version of anti-tobacco amendment bill.Lei made the remarks when speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee, which is reviewing the Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill article-by-article.The outline of the bill was

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Chui to visit Beijing for coastal water talks

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay a working visit to the capital next week for talks on the planning and management of Macau’s coastal waters, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced yesterday. According to the announcement, Chui and his entourage will be in Beijing from Wednesday, All Souls’ Day, to Friday. All Souls’ Day is a public holiday in Macau. The announcement said Chui would meet the “competent authorities” in Beijing. The central

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Imported labour shrinks – a bit

Macau’s number of non-resident (imported) workers fell by 474 last month compared with the same month of last year, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has announced. At the end of last month, the number of non-resident workers stood at 180,277, compared with 182,178 in the previous month and 180,751 a year earlier. Mainlanders accounted for 64.5 percent of all non-resident workers last month. Other major segments came from the Philippines (25,970), Vietnam (14,790), Hong Kong

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Local telecom operators call for fair competition

Several local telecom operators urged the government to give them a level-playing field at a forum hosted by the Macau Institution of People’s Alliance (API) at its office yesterday.Directly translated, the group’s Chinese name means “Alliance of People Who Build Up Macau”. The forum focused on the “unfair” competitive environment of the local telecom market. Telecom operator CTM signed a so-called “5+5” agreement with the government in 2009 which grants the company the

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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CTM rolls out ‘biggest ever’ tariff discounts for firms, telecoms

CTM Chief Executive Officer Vandy Poon Fuk Hei yesterday announced the company’s “biggest ever” tariff reductions, its second round of discounts on its telecom service within two months, just as their concession agreement with the government is due to be extended for another five years.CTM held a press conference at its head office in Taipa just after the government had approved its tariff reductions on the local leased circuit (LLC), international private leased circuit (IPLC) and direct

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Officials divided over property management bill

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang said yesterday that officials from the Housing Bureau (IH) and Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) were divided about an article in a government-initiated bill on regulating property management companies working for residential buildings. The article states that a property management company must give flat owners six-months notice before ending its service.The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held a closed-door meeting with government officials from the two

October 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Street performances to become legal: govt

The government will allow street performers to show their talents in three designated areas – the Taipa-Houses Museum, Mount Fortress Garden and Anim’Arte Nam Van – starting from November 11, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday during a press conference at the Macau Tea Culture House.Addressing the press conference, IC Vice-President Leung Hio Ming said the bureau will launch a programme which aims to provide a platform for artistic performances and help develop Macau

October 26, 2016 | BY admin

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First domestic violence suspect nabbed under new law: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a 39-year-old man for alleged domestic violence, the first case under a new law which took early effect this month. Police officers arrested the local resident on Sunday on suspicion of physical and psychological abuse of his 38-year-old wife, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special briefing yesterday.The spokesperson also said that it was the first case of a person in Macau facing possible arraignment on a charge

October 26, 2016 | BY admin

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