Macau firm to buy media stake in Portugal

A firm headed by local businessman Kevin Ho King Lun will invest 17.5 million euros (156 million patacas) in Lisbon-based Global Media Group, turning it in to the Portuguese company’s main shareholder, Portuguese media reported yesterday.According to the reports, Ho’s KNJ Investment Ltd will control 30 percent of Global Media Group. A provisional deal will be signed by the two sides tomorrow on the sidelines of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade

October 11, 2016 | BY admin

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Senior & disability subsidies to be paid this week

The government will pay out its subsidies for disabled people and senior citizens tomorrow and on Thursday respectively.The subsidies are paid once a year.Eligible candidates of the regular disability subsidy will receive 8,000 patacas, while those qualifying for the special disability subsidy will receive 16,000 patacas. There are around 9,800 residents eligible for the disability subsidy, involving 110 million patacas in total.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 11, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt rejects ‘irresponsible’ US remarks

The Macau government has “categorically” rejected the “irresponsible remarks” and “unfounded accusations” about Macau in the latest report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC).The report was released by the CECC in Washington late last week. The government also said in its response on Friday that “no foreign country has the right to interfere in [Macau’s] internal affairs”, pointing out that Macau is an integral part of China. PLEASE READ THE

October 11, 2016 | BY admin

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Union slams govt over range of issues

People Power Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat and several fellow members of his union handed a petition to the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Zape yesterday afternoon, addressed to Premier Li Keqiang who arrived in Macau in the morning.A representative of the liaison office received the petition at the office’s entrance.The activists gave copies of their petition to the media.People Power Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat shows a page of his union’s petition addressed to Premier

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Nearly 40 pct of women show symptoms of depression: survey

A study on local women’s physical and mental health conditions released yesterday shows that around 40 percent of the respondents displayed symptoms of depression or were affected by poor physical health Targeting local women from the age of 18, the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) conducted the study from April to June, and announced the results yesterday during a press conference at the group’s headquarters in San Kio district.The study was conducted

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Action for Sight: Some eye care tips for your kids

“Action for Sight” is an annual fundraising campaign by Orbis to mark World Sight Day and to raise awareness of blindness and visual impairment with a different theme each year.Headquartered in New York, Orbis is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation that fights blindness around the world.This year’s World Sight Day falls on October 13 and Orbis’s local office has chosen this year’s “Action for Sight” theme as raising awareness of the importance children’s eyesight

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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‘Kino’ a festival celebrating German films

“Kino Film Festival”, an annual event in Hong Kong for some years, is making its debut in Macau tomorrow, bringing two weekends of German films ranging from classics, new wave to original shorts on to the silver screen at Cinematheque – Passion. The festival is presented by the local Association Audio-Visual CUT and Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, and the films will be showcased at the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) newly-opened cinema located near St Paul’s Ruins.“Kino” means

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Lusofonia Festival to start on Oct 21

The Lusofonia Festival will kick off on October 21 at the Taipa-Houses Museum area, with a budget of three million patacas.The annual festival is co-organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) and Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM).A press conference about the three-day event was held yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau in Praça do Tap Seac.Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice-President Leung Hio Ming addresses yesterday’s press conference

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Eco-bureau installs collection box for old batteries

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that a collection box for old batteries has been set up on its premises in Estrada de D. Maria II, for residents to dispose of old batteries other than at Macau’s only hazardous waste disposal facility in Pac On in Taipa. The address of the building is 11-11D Estrada de D. Maria,  Macau Post Office Building.  Hitherto, residents could only dispose of their old batteries at the city’s only hazardous waste

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Banning off-duty dealers from casinos ‘good for them’: So

Banning off-duty dealers (croupiers) from gambling in local casinos would be good for their physical and mental wellbeing, SJM CEO Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday.So made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the gaming operator’s National Day cocktail reception with its staff held at Macau Tower.“It [the proposed ban] is actually a good thing, we do not wish that they gamble,” So said in response to the government’s initiative to study whether to ban dealers

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Council urges govt to tackle tourist coach issue

Members of the Northern District Community Service Consultative Council urged the government yesterday to improve its communication with local travel agencies to reduce the adverse impact caused to residents in the northern district when tourist coaches take visitors to shops only catering for tour groups. The council’s deputy convenor, Ho Chong Chun, and council member Chio Lan Ieng briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting at the Government Service Centre in Areia

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63rd Grand Prix to feature first-ever FIA F3 World Cup

The annual Macau Grand Prix, for which this year’s Formula 3 race has been elevated to FIA F3 World Cup status for the first time, will be held from November 17-20, the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee (COGPM) announced yesterday. This is the 63rd year that the event will be held and the second time Macau has held the FIA GT World Cup.The races will also include the 50th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix and Macau Guia Race.Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee (COGPM) Co-ordinator Pun

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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No.1 typhoon signal is up

Macau’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the No.1 stand-by signal at 0:15 a.m. today.The signal was hoisted as Tropical Cyclone Aere was 470 kilometres east-south-east of Macau at midnight. It was heading west at about 10 kilometres per hour, moving towards the southern island province of Hainan, according to the bureau. According to the SMG website, the possibility of hoisting the higher signal today is low. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 7, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt mulls building tunnel near ‘Old Bridge’

A tunnel, which would be the fifth link between the peninsula and Taipa, will possibly be located near the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, commonly known as the “Old Bridge”, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said in a statement responding to a lawmaker’s written interpellation.Legislator Si Ka Lon submitted the written interpellation in mid-July, questioning the government’s reason for researching the feasibility of building a tunnel near the Governador Nobre de

October 6, 2016 | BY admin

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