Business reps storm out of council meeting

In a regular meeting of the Standing Council on Social Concerted Action yesterday, two representatives from the business sector expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the government decided that the ratio that employees and employers pay into the Social Security Fund (FSS) for their monthly dues will remain unchanged at 1:2, and then stormed out of the meeting shortly after it had began.Customarily, the council’s meetings are held behind closed doors.According to council’s website,

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Medical lab technologist heads loansharking gang: police

Two locals, including a male medical laboratory technologist who works in a private hospital, and nine mainlanders were arrested for their alleged involvement in a casino loansharking gang, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the 42-year-old laboratory technologist, surnamed Chio, is suspected to be one of the kingpins of the gang.The spokesperson said two of the 11 suspects are women, and the 11 suspects are aged

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Parking meter rates to be hiked: councillor

The city’s parking meter rates will be increased by up to a maximum of 12 patacas per hour as soon as the Official Gazette (BO) publishes the rate adjustment, Traffic Consultative Council member Kou Kun Pang told reporters yesterday.Kou made the remarks after a closed-door council meeting at the Transport Bureau (DSAT). He said the rate adjustment aimed to boost parking turnover in busier districts and to narrow the price gap between on-street parking and public car parks, so as to reduce the

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Final vote on provident fund slated for year-end

The government’s bill on the city’s first non-mandatory central provident fund is set to be submitted to a plenum for a final article-by-article vote by the end of the year, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said yesterday.Kwan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of her committee with government officials in the legislative chamber. The bill’s outline was passed in a plenum of the legislature in June. The committee finished reviewing the

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Education institutions stress individual enrolment

Joint admission exam applicants will have to pay each of the institutions they wish to enter when they apply to take the exam, the institutions stressed yesterday during a joint press conference at the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES).Eduarda Vu Ka Vai, who heads the Registry of the University of Macau (UM), made the remarks at the press conference about details of the joint university admission entrance exam, which comprises four public tertiary education institutions, namely the

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Police nab serial bus pickpocket, female watch thief

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainlander on Saturday on suspicion of at least four cases of pickpocketing on buses since late August.PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced the case in a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 32-year-old man surnamed Wei.According to Ho, the four victims – one per case – reported to the police between late August and early last month that someone had stolen their possessions while they were on the bus. Judiciary Police (PJ)

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MGM China net revenues drop 6 pct in Q3

MGM China announced yesterday that its net revenues in the third quarter dropped 6 percent year-on-year to US500 million.According to a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, mass-market table games revenue rose 21 percent year-on-year, while VIP table games revenue dropped 26 percent.Operating income rose 34 percent year-on-year to US$84 million.Adjusted Ebitda increased 17 percent to US$150 million year-on-year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Forum stresses protection of domestic violence victims

Macau Forum panellists suggested yesterday that after the domestic violence prevention law’s enactment a month ago the focus should now turn to how the government protects the victims.The forum, which is held every Sunday in Areia Preta Park, is a weekly public debate programme run by government-owned broadcaster TDM. About 40 audience members, many of the Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers, and four panellists attended yesterday’s forum.Addressing the forum, University of Macau (UM) Assistant

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Why Trump may really win

Donald Trump may be elected American president tomorrow. It would be one of the biggest surprises in the history of US presidential elections. When he decided to run he was initially considered not to be a serious contender. Instead, his candidature tended to be seen as a gutsy and perhaps funny, but ultimately doomed media stunt: a slightly tongue-in-cheek act of brazen self-promotion by a half-respected, half-derided aging star tycoon. A successful campaign by this combination of a

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Caritas says bazaar donations ‘probably’ more than last year

It’s very likely that the 47th Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar this year attracted more visits than last year, its Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng said yesterday during the bazaar in Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre.According to Pun, there were some 40,000 visits to the bazaar last year.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily, Pun also said it was likely that the total amount of the donations this year would exceed the about eight million patacas given last year.Caritas Macau Secretary General Paul Pun

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Youth most concerned about traffic: survey

A survey released yesterday by the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) shows that young local people are most concerned about the city’s traffic problems.The association’s youth working group held a press conference yesterday to announce the findings of the survey, at the association’s headquarters in Toi San district.The press conference was held by three members of the youth working group.The survey asked local youths what they wanted the 2017

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Experts call for regular breast cancer checkups

Breast cancer is the most common cancer suffered by female patients in Macau, Kuok Cheong U, deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM) who heads the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, said at Macau Tower yesterday.Kuok made the remarks during his opening speech for an one-day event to raise public awareness of breast cancer, pointing out that the number of breast cancer patients has been rising continuously in recent years.The founder of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, Polly

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Building near lighthouse to remain at current height: official

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) was very concerned about the preservation of cultural heritage, including the height limit near the Guia Lighthouse.Tam made the remarks when asked by reporters about an unfinished building near the Guia Lighthouse. The policy secretary spokes to the media on the sidelines of a medical seminar at the Venetian in Cotai.  The construction of the building was halted in 2008

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Macau to host circus festival on Saturday

A one-day show of the 3rd China International Circus Festival will be held at Macau Forum in Zape on Saturday, Ip Peng Kin, chief-of-cabinet of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, announced last week. According to Ip, 3,000 free tickets have been reserved for pupils, students and the elderly, while 1,000 will be given to residents, adding that each resident can get no more than two tickets. He said the tickets would be handed out on a “first-come-first-serve” basis. Ip

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