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Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.97 percent year on year last month, a slight acceleration from the 2.88 percent growth in April, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. The statement attributed last month’s increment to the higher cost of eating out, higher home rentals and higher parking meter rates, as well rising prices of petrol and women’s clothing and footwear. The price indices of clothing & footwear, transport, and health

SJM executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei told reporters yesterday that there is a high probability that the opening of the Grand Lisboa Palace casino-hotel resort in Cotai will be postponed until next year, adding that SJM’s board of directors had been having multiple meetings concerning the matter.Leong, who is SJM’s managing director, made the remarks yesterday during SJM’s National Day celebration cocktail reception at Grand Lisboa Ballroom.According to Leong, SJM worries that