IAM vows to better manage Hác Sá campsite

Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Maria da Fonseca Tavares said at the weekend that his bureau will no longer allow people to set up tents outside the camping area at Hác Sá Beach Park when it is fully occupied.Tavares made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 50 Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre. The two-day charity event ended on Sunday.In a statement jointly issued by the Macau Government

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Chui to join GBA meeting in Beijing

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will arrive in Beijing today to take part in tomorrow’s third plenary meeting of the Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) has announced.Chui will travel to the national capital from Shanghai where he attended a welcoming banquet last night hosted by President Xi Jinping for the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE). The chief executive is slated to

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Body found off Zone E2

The body of an unidentified man was found on Sunday lying on the levee at the waterfront of the land reclamation area known as Zone E2 – which lies off the north-eastern coast of Taipa between the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On and the airport, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement.According to the PJ statement on Sunday, a worker working on a construction site nearby found the man lying on the levee at 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, and told customs officers on patrol about it.The customs

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Oct gaming revenue slips as Golden Week underwhelms

Macau’s gaming revenue showed further weakness last month amid mainland China’s economic slowdown, as casinos saw an underwhelming boost from the Golden Week holiday compared with a year earlier.Gross gaming revenue was 26.4 billion patacas, down 3.2 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). The drop was in line with analysts’ forecasts, after revenue touched the lowest level in a year in September.October is typically a strong

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Mainlander ‘invents’ HK$370,000 robbery: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainlander last week for lodging a false robbery report to the police, claiming that a female mainlander had robbed him after he had smoked a cigarette, which the woman had given him, that allegedly made him feel dizzy and caused him to faint, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference on Sunday.According to Lai, the suspect, a 33-year-old man surnamed Hu, told the police that he is unemployed. The personal information of Hu’s two

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Macau Open Badminton ends with int’l flavour

The 2019 Macau Open Badminton, one of the legs on the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300, came to an end on Sunday with the finals of all the various events. Contestants from Canada, the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Thailand were looking to win the main prize in their categories.Compared to the number of people that were at Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion on Wednesday, Sunday’s finals saw an almost full house with a very vocal crowd, and although pretty partisan, they were appreciative of long

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5 nabbed for illegal road racing, 1 car possibly ‘modified’: police

Five drivers were caught for suspected illegal road racing in Tapia in the early hours of yesterday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon told The Macau Post Daily last night, adding that the police believe that one of the five cars has been illegally “modified”.According to Wong, the police recently received complaints from local residents living nearby about illegal road races in Estrada da Ponta da Cabrita. Following the complaints, the police began to stake out several

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Macau hosting Xi-Trump deal is ‘groundless assumption’: FM spokesman

Media reports claiming that China had suggested to the US that President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump meet in Macau to sign an agreement on the so-called “phase-one” trade agreement by the two countries are “just a groundless assumption,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press briefing for correspondents in Beijing on Friday, according to the ministry’s official translation.Geng’s remarks came after Fox News and Reuters reported on Wednesday

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CPC ends key plenum with pledge to protect HK & Macau

BEIJING – Hundreds of senior members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded a key meeting in Beijing yesterday with a promise to protect the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, which has been rocked by months of unrest, and Macau, which is widely seen as one of the world’s most peaceful areas.The Fourth Plenum of the Party’s Central Committee was a closed-door meeting of 371 high-ranking CPC officials where the country’s future direction was discussed, and this week’s

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Local shuttlers battle it out against int’l opposition

Tuesday saw the start of the 2019 Macau Open Badminton Macau at Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, one of the legs on “The HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300” in which Macau’s badminton team pitted themselves against some of the world’s best “Super 300” players.According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) website, the HSBC (Hong Kong Shanghai Bank) BWF World Tour is a circuit of 26 tournaments attracting the top world ranked players in singles (men’s and women’s) and doubles

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Winter begins with hotpot feast at Broadway Food Street

The weather is noticeably cooler after passing the last solar term of autumn called “Shuangjiang” (Frost Descent) last Thursday, the 18th of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms that marks the transition period from autumn to winter, and what better way to warm up for winter than by having a good hotpot?To help people prepare for the weather, Broadway Food Street is once again holding its popular Hot Pot Street promotion taking place now until February 29, offering 20 varieties of hotpots

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New Lululemon store equipped with experimental space

In less than a year, Canadian fitness apparel retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc. has opened its second store in the city with a bigger space that includes a studio for the brand to hold community events and workshops.Located in Sands Cotai Central, the new store is the largest in the city, encompassing 3,789 square feet of retail and fitness space with elements of the interior design inspired by the Portuguese azulejos – blue-and-white tiles.The store houses the brand’s full collection of

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MGM China’s Q3 revenue rises 22 pct

MGM China said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday that its total revenue grew by 22 percent year-on-year to HK$5.8 billion.According to the statement, adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 26.8 percent from 23.5 percent a year ago.The statement also said that MGM COTAI “continues to ramp [up] and improve efficiency”.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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This year’s 23rd imported dengue case confirmed: govt

The Health Bureau said in a statement yesterday that it has confirmed this year’s 23rd imported case of dengue fever.According to the statement, the patient, a 50-year-old local man, lives in Rua da Baía in Taipa. He visited Bangkok and Pattaya with his wife between October 15 and 22.Rua da Baía is a short street near the former campus of the public University of Macau (UM), which is now used by the public Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) and Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) as well as

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