Nightshift gaming workers face ‘serious’ stress: survey

A representative of the Macao Gaming Industry Employees Home association said yesterday that according to its latest survey, 87 percent of the respondents have to work nightshifts, having to cope with more serious problems than non-nightshift workers in terms of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and physical and mental adaptation to work.The representative made the remarks during a press conference on the association’s premises at Mei Lam Garden Building about the findings of its

November 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Customs busts 2 shops selling fake brand items worth 4.86 million patacas

Macau Customs Service (SA) officers on Tuesday busted two shops suspected of selling fake brand items violating intellectual property rights (IP), involving 209 bogus items worth 4.86 million patacas in total, according to the prices that the products would have fetched if they had been genuine, an SA spokesperson said during a press conference yesterday.Two local and two non-local female sales assistants working for the shops were arrested on Tuesday, according to the spokesperson, adding that

November 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Mainlander awaiting fraud trial nabbed for selling meth

A mainland man from the mainland with a pending trial for fraud, because of which he has been banned from leaving Macau, has been arrested for selling methamphetamine, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Ye, is 48 years old. According to Lei, Ye was suspected of committing fraud in June last year, leading to authorities restricting him from leaving Macau. Since then he had stayed at local hotels. The police

November 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Septuagenarian couple caught reselling Mark Six tickets: police

A local couple in their seventies have been caught red-handed reselling Mark Six lottery tickets in San Kio district, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.During a search of the duo’s stall on Monday, the Public Security Police seized a total of 44 Mark Six lottery tickets.Lei identified the two suspects as local residents, the husband surnamed Loi and his wife surnamed Chan. Both started their “business” of reselling

November 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Macau Int’l Kart Grand Prix returns

The Macau International Kart Grand Prix* marks its post-pandemic return this year, with the event featuring racers from Macau and different parts of the world.Held across a two-week period, the races, which have Sands China as its main sponsor, is organised by the Sports Bureau (ID) and the Automobile General Association Macao-China (AAMC) in conjunction with Singapore-based OTK Kart Asia and IAME** Asia.Briefing the media on the details during yesterday’s press conference at the Coloane

November 28, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Aviation watchdog issues citywide ban on drones for Dec 14-22

The Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) announced in a statement yesterday a citywide ban on drones starting from December 14 to 22 to ensure that the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland can be held safely and smoothlyThe statement pointed out that those violating the ban will face a fine ranging from 2,000 patacas to 20,000 patacas, with the regulator reminding members of the public to comply with the ban to ensure the anniversary’s successful

November 28, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Animal rights group urges govt to relaunch TNR programme

Interview by Yuki Lei        The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has repeatedly stressed the positive achievement of its ongoing Trap-Neuter-Adoption (TNA) programme and yet, as the number of stray dogs and cats continues to increase and shelters for accommodating them have reached their maximum capacity, an animal rights group believes that it is high time for the government to relaunch the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programme, which has been abruptly suspended several times

November 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Local pugilist fighting for 2 Asia belts on Saturday

Local boxer Cheong Lap Cheong will be fighting in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, on Saturday night for two titles, the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Far East Super Fly belt which he won in May against South Korea’s Han Sol Lee and the WBC Asian Super Fly belt of his opponent Cao Jiangtao.The Post caught up with 28-year-old Cheong yesterday morning at his gym, the Macao Boxing House, on the seventh floor of Fat Lei Industrial Building in a side street near Triangle Garden, to talk about the

November 28, 2024 | BY Lesley Wells

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Govt proposes to list 12 more intangible heritage items

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is proposing to list 12 more items of Macau’s intangible cultural heritage as statutorily protected ones, a 30-day public consultation on which will start next Wednesday. The bureau made the announcement in a statement yesterday.This came after the government first classified 12 items in its statutory protection list of intangible cultural heritage list in 2019 since the Cultural Heritage Law took effect in 2014.According to yesterday’s statement, the

November 28, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Cotai open-air performance venue calls for bids from F&B booth operators

The government’s newly-built open-air venue for hosting large-scale performances, located on a large plot next to the Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) resort in Cotai, will hold a trial concert on December 28, and it is calling for bids from restaurateurs to provide food and beverage (F&B) services there, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced in a statement yesterday.The facility is officially known as Macau Open-Air Performance Venue, which covers 94,000-square-metres with a capacity of

November 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2024 box office hits 40 billion yuan, showcasing market resilience

Analysis by Zhang Yunlong        BEIJING – Mainland China’s 2024 box office revenue has reached 40 billion yuan so far this year, according to film data platform Maoyan.While the figure reflects a 21 percent year-on-year decline, analysts remain optimistic about the resilience and untapped potential of the country’s evolving film market.STRONG STARTThe market showed solid momentum in the first half of the year, buoyed by robust performances during major holiday

November 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Xinjiang-related coercion based on lies

China Daily Editorial        The United States Department of Homeland Security has recently added 29 Chinese companies to the so-called Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list and, as a result, their products will be prohibited from entering the US starting this week. Washington claims that the companies were found to have either sourced materials from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region or worked with the local government “to recruit, transfer, and receive

November 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Infertile couples can apply for govt’s ART subsidy scheme from Sunday

Health Bureau (SSM) Deputy Director Kuok Cheong U said yesterday that the government has launched a subsidy scheme for assisted reproductive technology (ART) services to help couples who have difficulties in procreation, which will open for applications from Sunday, according to an SSM statement yesterday.Dr Kuok made the remarks in a briefing session introducing the scheme yesterday, adding that applicants must be married couples or those in a domestic partnership in Macau, the statement

November 27, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt to build footbridge linking Fai Chi Kei’s waterfront and residential area

The government will build a footbridge across a junction in Fai Chi Kei district near its waterfront, the construction of which is expected to get off the ground before the second quarter of next year, making it more convenient for pedestrians to walk between the waterfront’s sitting-out area and the district’s residential neighbourhood, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said yesterday.The L-shaped footbridge will be located at the junction of Rua Norte do Patane (沙梨頭北街) and Rua do

November 27, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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