Square metre price rises 32 pct

The average residential property price per square metre rose 32.1 percent year-on-year to 103,805 patacas last month, the Finance Services Bureau (DSF) announced yesterday. Month-on-month, the price rose 14.7 percent.Residential property in Taipa recorded the city’s highest price, at 116,110 patacas per square metre. The price stood at 106,143 patacas per square metre in Coloane and at 84,938 per square metre in the peninsula.A total of 1,211 units changed hands last month, 67 more than in

January 18, 2017 | BY admin

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MGM delays opening in Cotai

MGM China Holdings said in a statement yesterday that MGM COTAI, which was originally scheduled to open by the end of last year, is “now expected to open during the second half of 2017.”The statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange said that “given the complexity of the design of MGM COTAI and the company’s commitment to a successful opening that reflects the demands of the current market, the expected opening of MGM COTAI will be adjusted from the second quarter of 2017 to the second

January 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2 casino operators grant bonuses

Gaming operators Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE) and MGM announced yesterday bonuses for their non-managerial staff.MCE said in a statement that the one-month discretionary bonus for its non-management staff would be paid out before Chinese New Year, which falls on January 28.MCE Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau-lung said in the statement that the company had accomplished many good results last year due to the support of its staff, adding that with a “refined management structure” allowing

January 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming tax not only factor for casinos’ competitiveness: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the gaming tax rate was not the only factor in determining the local gaming industry’s competitiveness.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a press conference at the Macau Chamber of Commerce about local gaming operators’ procurement partnerships with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The policy secretary made the remarks in response to a question by a reporter as to whether the government planned to

January 18, 2017 | BY admin

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CE says will support trade union’s work

The newly-elected chairman of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, Chan Kam Meng, said yesterday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On would continue to support his federation’s work, particularly on enhancing the training services that his union provides, with the aim of assisting the city’s workers in their careers.Several members of the newly-elected leadership of the federation (commonly known as Gung Luen) had a meeting with Chui yesterday. Chan, accompanied by his fellow members,

January 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Drugs worth 90,000 patacas seized from 4 locals

A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday that four locals were caught on Sunday for selling and taking drugs, adding that drugs with an estimated street value of 90,000 patacas were seized.According to the spokesperson, the suspects are aged between 40 and 52. Three of them are men.The spokesperson said the police received a tip-off a week ago that a man was smuggling drugs into Macau from the mainland via the Lotus Flower Bridge border checkpoint in Cotai, and that the man was also

January 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Drug-dealing cases surge 43 pct last year: PJ chief

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong said yesterday that drug-dealing cases recorded by his criminal investigation force rose to 122 last year from 85 in 2015, an increase of 43.5 percent.Chau revealed the figure during a Chinese New Year gathering and lunch for the media at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Chau, the overall number of cases the Judiciary Police recorded last year increased by 9.2 percent to 12,340.Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong addresses

January 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Bangladeshi falsely accuses 3 Filipinos of bomb plot: police

A male suspect from Bangladesh was arrested on Saturday for falsely accusing three Filipinos of planning to plant bombs in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the suspect, surnamed Gaurab, is 45 years old.According to the spokesperson, the police received a number of emails between August and October last year sent by someone who claimed to be from the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). PLEASE READ

January 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for new bus stop in Ha Van

The government should set up a bus stop near Fong Son San Chun, a block of residential buildings in Rua do Almirante Sérgio, Ha Van District Welfare and Mutual Help Association Vice President Cheong Lai Chan said yesterday.Ha Van is the Chinese name for the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood in the Inner Harbour area.Cheong made the remarks on the sidelines of an event organised by her group in which Chinese New Year gifts were handed out to senior citizens at the group’s office in Rua do

January 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Plans for smart city lagging behind: group

Local think tank Collective Wisdom Policy Centre yesterday slammed the government for failing to come up with plans and concrete measures to achieve its objective of transforming Macau into a smart city.The government laid out a string of plans and measures aiming to convert Macau into a smart city in the long term, in its first-ever Five-Year Development Plan, which was released in September last year.The association hosted a press conference yesterday at its office in Avenida de Horta e

January 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Trio nabbed for cheating 3 elderly women

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of three male suspects from the mainland for cheating three elderly local women out of a total of HK$83,000 this month.A PJ spokesperson briefed reporters about the case in front of the International Centre complex in Zape where the suspects were staying in a flat which was being run as an illegal inn.The spokesperson said the suspects, aged between 55 and 66, cheated two local women in Fai Chi Kei and Toi San respectively earlier this

January 17, 2017 | BY admin

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1st animal abuse suspect caught under new law: police

A non-resident worker from Vietnam was caught on January 4 for abusing a cat, the first case under the city’s first-ever animal protection law with took effect on September 1 last year, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson has announced.According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Pham, is in his twenties.The spokesperson told a press conference on Friday that the owner of a car repair shop found a pool of blood on the ground outside his garage in Travessa dos Prazeres on

January 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Owners plan to re-apply for Imperial Palace licence

The owners of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel said in a statement on Friday that that they would return the licence to run the hotel in Taipa to the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), because they could not finish the necessary work required to meet the building’s necessary fire safety regulations before the deadline – January 22 – set by the government – six months after the government announced the temporary closure of the hotel in July.The operator, known as Macau Hotel Investment

January 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Zhejiang University rep urges local pupils to improve

A representative of Zhejiang University, traditionally known as Zheda, yesterday urged local pupils to improve their academic abilities.Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of the nation’s oldest, most selective and most prestigious institutions of higher education, according to Wikipedia.Jin Ru, a staff member of the university’s admissions office, made the remarks at Kao Yip Middle School in Nape, where the Ministry of Education and the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES)

January 16, 2017 | BY admin

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