Gaming tax receipts fall 56 pct in Jan-May

The government’s income from gross gaming revenue taxes fell 56.5 percent year-on-year to 21.0 billion patacas (US$2.6 billion), the Macau Financial Services Bureau (DSF) announced this week.  Gross gaming revenue (GGR) is defined as the difference between the amount of money gamblers wager minus the amount that they win. Macau’s six rival gaming operators pay 35 percent of their GGR as direct tax to the government. GGR taxes generated 83.4 percent of the government’s total

June 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Louis Ng ends role as COO of SJM: statement

Louis Ng Chi Sing is no longer the chief operating officer (COO) of gaming operator SJM S.A., Hong Kong-listed SJM Holdings Limited (the “Company”) announced in a statement yesterday. SJM S.A. is a subsidiary of SJM Holdings. SJM Holdings made the announcement in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The statement said that Ng has been “re-designated” from executive director to non-executive director of the Company and ceased to be a member of the Company’s Executive

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7 mainlanders nabbed in people-smuggling case, rubber dinghy seized

Three mainlanders in Macau and four suspects in Zhuhai including the suspected kingpin and other key members were arrested early yesterday by the local and Zhuhai police respectively who had teamed up to smash a people-smuggling ring, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during yesterday’s special press conference.A rubber dinghy used by the people smugglers was seized by local officers during the operation.A 36-year-old suspect from the mainland surnamed Qi told the police that

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Health Bureau issues ‘Leisure Slimming Capsule’ warning

A Health Bureau (SSM) statement warned consumers yesterday not to take an appetite suppressant sold under the commercial name “Leisure Slimming Capsule”, which contains the Western medicine ingredient Sibutramine, as it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.The SSM statement referred to information provided by the Hong Kong Department of Health.The statement pointed out that the Health Bureau has neither approved the import of the remedy nor its sale locally, as it has banned all

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Western media’s sustained anti-China bias

Global Times EditorialSince the novel coronavirus outbreak, mainstream Western media outlets have stood on the opposite side of China. Even as China’s virus fight has achieved a phased success while European countries and the US are still mired in the crisis, the tone of Western media’s China coverage has barely changed.Take US media. Their reports on China serve their stance. As the confrontational nature of the US’ China strategy becomes clear, it is very likely that US media’s

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No one is able to reverse the trend of history

Commentary by Zhong Sheng*Washington recently betrayed its public promises, imposing unreasonable visa restriction on [mainland] Chinese students and researchers.To force the implementation of the policy that has been widely criticized by Americans, the White House groundlessly accused Chinese students and researchers, relating them with technology theft, spying, and security risks.Such a practice is purely political persecution and racial discrimination, and seriously violates the legitimate

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A man helps an elderly woman with a zimmer frame cross a street in Taipa Village.A customer buys snacks from a street vendor in Nam Van.Photos taken earlier this week by Camy Tam and Monica Leong 

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Scientists prove efficacy of facemasks in preventing virus transmission: report

 BERLIN – The obligation to wear facemasks has considerably helped reducethe spread of the novel coronavirus infection in Germany, according to adiscussion paper published by four universities in Germany and Denmarkyesterday.   Comparing data from Jena, the first German city to make the wearing offacemasks mandatory, with other cities in the country, the paper found that thefacemask obligation had helped reduce the total number of registered COVID-19cases by between 2.3 percent

June 9, 2020 | BY admin

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BNU vows to help clients tackle COVID-19 impact

Macau-based Portuguese bank BNU has reaffirmed its determination to help its private and corporate clients tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy. BNU, one of Macau's two note-issuing banks, said in a statement this week that it has developed a set of anti-epidemic initiatives to help its clients, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, tackle the pandemic's adverse economic impact. The statement lists a raft of support measures, such as a

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MGM holds seminar on ‘Spirit of Two Sessions’

MGM held a one-day seminar yesterday for its staff members on “the Spirit of the Two Sessions,” the American gaming operator said in a statement.The statement pointed out that the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) and the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), commonly known as the “two sessions”, were held last month.According to the statement, the aim of the seminar was to help staff

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Hit-and-run: drunken woman drives in wrong direction, crashing into taxi, hurting cabbie

In a spectacular hit-and-run, a local woman was arrested for drunk driving early Friday, after driving across the flyover in Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues near Hotel Beverly Plaza in the wrong direction, side-swiping a taxi, which injured the cabbie, before speeding away from the scene, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said in a regular press conference yesterday. The suspect surnamed Chio is in her thirties and told the police that she works as a

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Health Bureau staff rapes wife 5 times: police

A male civil servant was arrested last week for having sexual intercourse with his wife about five times without her consent, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during yesterday’s regular press conference.The 38-year-old local suspect surnamed Tam works for the Health Bureau (SSM). His wife is a 37-year-old local resident. Chan said that the couple, who got married in 2009, live with their two children in a flat in Estrada Coronel Nicolau de Mesquita in Taipa.According to Chan,

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New COVID-19 measure at Barrier Gate meant to speed up immigration procedures: Lo

Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said that the new measure announced on Sunday aims to make it more convenient for Macau residents and non-resident workers to enter Macau via the Barrier Gate border checkpoint.Alvis Lo Iek Long (right), one of the three clinical directors of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, speaks

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One World, One Race

Commentary by Swallow Xu* The Black Lives Matter movement sweeping across the globe reminds us of today’s globalised environment, of the multi-racial/ethnic community we live in. It reminds me of my walks in the dark – most often I arrived at a new destination at night – across the fading Chinatown in Havana, in Panama City, and those still buzzing Chinatowns in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington. Being a Chinese alone in a place far from home, it’s intriguing to

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