Chui warns Macau must be ‘very vigilant’ about ‘surrounding’ security situation

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On warned yesterday that the local government must be “very vigilant” about the possible adverse impact of the “surrounding” security situation on Macau’s civil society, and the possible widening of the potential risks.Chui made the warning during this year’s second plenary meeting of the Commission on the Defence of National Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), according to a statement by the commission. The statement did not

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourism office expects 10-15 pct rise in visitors during National Day Golden Week

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Deputy Director Ricky Hoi Io Meng said yesterday that his office expects the number of visitor arrivals during this year’s National Day Golden Week holiday period to increase 10 to 15 percent compared to the corresponding period last year.Hoi made the remarks while speaking to reporters at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape on the sidelines of a public event.Hoi also said his office had noticed that since the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB)

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Student hits worker’s buttocks in hotel lobby: police

A university student was detained on Sunday for alleged sexual harassment after being caught hitting a woman’s buttocks in a hotel lobby in Cotai, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Kam, the 23-year-old suspect is surnamed Peng. He told the police that he is a university student from the mainland. The victim is a non-resident worker from the mainland in her twenties. She told the police that she works for the

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho spends 4.7 million patacas on campaign

Chief Executive-designate Ho Iat Seng spent 4.72 million patacas on his election campaign earlier this year, according to a paid advertisement published in The Macau Post Daily and other local newspapers yesterday.According to the advertisement, Ho spent most of the money on the refitting of his campaign office and its equipment – 1.3 million, or 27.9 percent of the total expenditure. A total of 870,916 patacas was spent on advertising and publicity, while expenses on human resources amounted

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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HK gang hires jobless woman, 17-year-old boy to sell drugs in Macau: police

A 17-year-old boy and a 59-year-old woman from Hong Kong were hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.Both suspects were caught when they were dealing drugs on Sunday night in the Rua de Campo neighbourhood. The male suspect is surnamed Kwok. The unemployed teenager, who has dropped out of school, told the police that he had been hired by the gang for a payment of HK$1,500 per day, Choi said. The

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Beijing horticultural expo marks ‘Macau Day’

BEIJING – Macau Day, featuring a lotus-themed garden and celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland and the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), are being observed at the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing.Diverse activities are organized during the three-day event, which ends today, including lion dance performances, Portuguese folk dance, and an exhibition of Chinese painting and calligraphy at the

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Subdued’ restaurant business in July, but ‘stable’ retail sales: govt

Macau’s restaurateurs reported “subdued” business in July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to the DSEC statement, the proportion of restaurants reporting a year-on-year rise in receipts decreased by 6 percentage points from June to 34 percent. The corresponding proportion of Chinese restaurants (35 percent) decreased by 11 percentage points, whereas the share of Japanese and Korean restaurants (30 percent) went up by 8 percentage points. On the other hand,

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Visitors rise 6.5 pct to 3.6 million in August

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 6.5 percent year-on-year to 3.62 million in August, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.According to the DSEC data, the daily average of visitor arrivals reached 116,875 last month.Same-day visitors, which accounted for 53 percent of the total number of visitor arrivals, increased 20.2 percent, while overnight visitors dropped 5.7 percent.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

September 24, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Very unlikely’ that US gaming operators will leave Macau over trade spat: scholar

Liang Ming, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, an affiliated institution under the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), said in Macau yesterday that in the “very unlikely” case that Macau’s US gaming operators exit the local gaming industry if the China-US trade war worsened even further, local or mainland Chinese-funded companies could take over the respective hotel-casino resorts to run the gaming businesses.Liang reaffirmed that such a

September 23, 2019 | BY admin

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20th imported dengue case confirmed this year: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it has confirmed this year’s 20th imported case of dengue fever.According to the statement, the patient is a 31-year-old female tourist from the Philippines. The statement merely said that the woman stayed in Calçada da Vitória – a sloped street in the Guia Hill area – and did not say when she came to Macau. The statement did not say what kind of accommodation she stayed in.The woman came down with a fever, muscle and joint

September 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Fernando Chui leaves lasting legacy

Establishing a lasting legacy is a key motive of public officials. Politicians are widely perceived to lose significance upon leaving office, yet media often highlight politicians’ legacies as a source of influence that endures even after they retire. Fernando Chui Sai On, Macau’s outgoing chief executive, is leaving a legacy of hard work, honesty and integrity.Chui, who holds a PhD from the University of Oklahoma, started his post of chief executive as a highly qualified candidate. Based

September 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Eco bureau to set up plastic bottle recycling machines, collected bottles to be exported to Thailand

Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said last week that his bureau has bought about a dozen recycling machines for the colletction of used plastic bottles which will come into use at different locations in the city before the end of the year, adding that his bureau has “provisionally” decided to export the collected bottles to Thailand for recycling.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters in Iao Hon Market Park on Saturday on the sidelines of a

September 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau & Zhuhai together bust people-smuggling gang

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau (PSB) have jointly busted a gang smuggling illegal immigrants from the mainland to Macau, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference on Saturday.According to Leng, PJ officers detained three suspected members – all of them male – of the gang, which had been operating for six months, and caught three illegal immigrants – two males and a female – outside the Macau Science Centre in Nape on Friday night.

September 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Reunification & development are ‘founding aspiration’ of ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle: schol

The president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macau Studies, Xu Ze, said at the weekend that “reunification and development are the founding aspiration” of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, and “we must uphold it unwaveringly”.Xu made the remarks in his opening speech at a seminar held at the Mr. and Mrs. Lau Chor Tak Lecture Theatre at the public University of Macau (UM) on its Hengqin Island campus on Saturday.According to its Chinese title, the one-day

September 23, 2019 | BY admin

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