Committee says Portuguese version of Election Law ‘more accurate’

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday that the Portuguese version of the Election Law is “more accurate” than the Chinese one, urging registered voters to sign no more than one election candidature nomination form.The legislative election will take place on September 17.Both Chinese and Portuguese are official languages in Macau.Speaking to reporters after a regular meeting at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong,

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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4 locals nabbed for online fraud: police

Four locals have been arrested for allegedly using fake credit card information to purchase airline tickets and book hotel rooms online, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The four suspects – two males and two females – were apprehended on Tuesday.According to the spokesperson, three of the suspects, surnamed Lao, Wong and Lau, are 21 years old while the fourth suspect, surnamed Lam, is 22 years old. Lao and Lam are a couple while Wong and Lau are lovers. The spokesperson

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Fake employment case resolved: official

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Acting Director Chan Un Tong said yesterday that a recent case involving a local hotel, which had been suspected of employment fraud, was in fact a misunderstanding.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of an award ceremony for a health and safety programme for restaurant workers at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.DSAL Director Wong Chi Hong told reporters last month that the bureau had received complaints from four locals, saying they had been hired by a hotel

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Moody’s keeps Macau’s ratings at ‘Aa3’

Moody’s Investors Service announced yesterday that it maintained Macau’s long-term issuer ratings at “Aa3” and upgraded the rating outlook to “stable” from “negative”, according to a statement by the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM).      Moody’s pointed out, according to the AMCM statement, that the preservation of fiscal and external buffers provides significant room for Macau to counter negative shocks and ongoing progress on diversification bolsters

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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1Q retail sales rise 12 pct to 16.6 billion patacas

Macau’s retail sales for the first quarter increased 12 percent year on year to 16.6 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Month-to-month, the figure was up 4.3 percent.Watches and jewellery accounted for 23.2 percent of the total retail sales, followed by goods sold in department stores (15 percent), adults’ clothing (12.8 percent), leather goods (11.8 percent), and goods sold in supermarkets (7.1 percent).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Level 1 travel alert issued for UK

The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) has issued a Level 1 travel alert for the UK, according to a statement released by the office last night, as the UK this week raised its terror threat level from “severe” to “critical”.A packed Manchester pop concert was bombed on Monday, killing at least 22 people including an eight-year-old girl and injuring 59. Level 1 represents an imminent threat to personal safety, so that residents should be vigilant about their own safety,

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Group unhappy with rising parking meter rates

The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society yesterday urged the government to increase the number of public car parks and car parking spaces in the streets, to tackle the severe lack of public parking resources in the city.Earlier this week, the government announced a gradual increase in the city’s parking meter rates beginning on June 17, with the aim of deterring prolonged parking as well as allowing the “fair use” of the city’s limited public parking resources.The association yesterday held

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers submit candidacy nomination signatures

Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President Kou Meng Pok submitted several hundred registered voters’ signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday as the group’s first step to being legally recognised as a candidature list in the upcoming legislative elections.Kou said that he would head the list.The Pearl Horizon residential project has been mothballed since the government decided in late 2015 to axe the ill-fated project’s

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up new civil protection centre

The government yesterday opened its new Civil Protection Operations Centre at the Immigration Department Building in Pac On in Taipa, with the aim of enhancing the security forces’ ability to handle major security incidents and crisis in the city.The Immigration Department is run by the Public Security Police (PSP).Since an amendment bill to the Security Framework Law and the law regulating the operations of the Unitary Police Service (SPU) came into force earlier this month, the Unitary

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Kai Fong calls for better elderly care

The General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) yesterday called for more comprehensive planning for elderly care as the city faces an ageing population.Chan Ka Leong, who heads Kai Fong’s social affairs committee, made the suggestion during a press conference addressing the city’s elderly care at the group’s community service centre in Toi San district.According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), residents aged above 65 accounted for 9.8 percent of

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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National high-speed rail link to Macau possible: engineer

A railway engineer from the mainland said in Macau yesterday it was possible that the national high-speed railway network will ultimately be connected to Macau.Zhao Guotang, vice general engineer of China Railway Group Limited, yesterday delivered a speech about the development of the nation’s high-speed railway system at an event attended by local deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and local members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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April visitors rise 11 pct to 2.7 million

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 11 percent year on year to 2.74 million, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Month-to-month, the figure was up 9.7 percent.Overnight visitors (1.4 million) and same-day visitors (1.3 million) increased 17.7 percent and 4.4 percent year on year respectively.Visitors’ average length of stay rose 0.1 day year on year to 1.2 days. Overnight visitors stayed an average of 2.1 days. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab man for cheating gambler out of HK$1.3 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Monday on suspicion of cheating a male compatriot out of HK$1.3 million late last year, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 29-year-old man surnamed Zhao, and the victim as a 27-year-old surnamed Yi.Two other male suspects involved in the case are still at large, according to Yeung.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Off-duty cop nabbed for drink driving: police

An off-duty Public Security Police (PSP) officer was caught drink driving in Taipa early yesterday morning, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said yesterday.According to Cheong, the police officer, surnamed Ao, is in his forties. He joined the police in 1994.Cheong said when police officers were on patrol near Rotunda Dr. Sun Yat Sen at about 2:20 a.m. yesterday, they spotted Ao standing beside a light vehicle near the roundabout. The vehicle and the roundabout barrier were damaged.PLEASE READ THE

May 24, 2017 | BY admin

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