Casino takings rise 23.7 pct in May

Newly-appointed Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Vice President Lo Chi Kin said yesterday that many streets in Macau are narrow – and this was one of the reasons that residents felt that disruptions caused by roadworks were particularly severe.Lo made the remarks while speaking to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony at the IACM headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.Lo headed the bureau’s Public Roads and Sewerage Department from 2010 until March when he was appointed

Telecom operator CTM yesterday “sincerely” apologised for the partial failure of its Internet service that affected about 30,000 customers on Tuesday night.The company also said that the incident was caused by a “software defect” in its system and that it would “completely” rectify the glitch to ensure the problem does not happen in the future.The company held a special press conference yesterday to brief the media about the incident that affected Internet users for several hours on