Economic situation next year won’t be bright: Ho

The ongoing trade war between China and the US, and the current situation in Hong Kong have deeply impacted Macau’s economy, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday, adding he believed that next year’s situation for the local economic won’t be bright.Ho attended a Q&A session with representatives of the city’s returned overseas Chinese yesterday afternoon. The meeting at the headquarters of the Association of Returned Overseas Chinese Macau in Rua de Sacadura Cabral was

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‘Slash Youth’ wins Miss Macau crown after 10-year hiatus

“Slash Youth”, a term which describes youngsters who have more than one occupation and need to use slashes “/“ to separate their different roles on their curriculum vitae (CV), was how the new Miss Macau, Bobo Leung Lok Chi, described herself yesterday during the Miss Macau 2019 beauty pageant’s Q&A session.The 26-year-old Miss Macau beauty pageant, organised by the SunCity Group, returned after a hiatus of a decade. After months of training, 12 candidates sashayed at the Venetian

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Ho doesn’t rule out possibility of electing CE by popular vote: Sou

Sulu Sou Ka Hou, vice chairman of the non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA), said yesterday that chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng wouldn’t rule out the possibility that the chief executive be elected by universal suffrage.However, according to Sou, Ho stressed that universal suffrage would need to be implemented “step by step”.Sou made the remarks after he and other members of the association met Ho at his campaign office behind closed doors on the 6th floor of Rodrigues

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Ho pledges to push ahead with urban renewal

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng and his campaign team members paid a visit to Iao Hon district – where many dilapidated residential buildings are located – yesterday to familiarise themselves with the business environment of shops there and the neighbourhood’s living environment – which is widely considered poor, and during the visit he told reporters that he is determined to push ahead with Macau’s urban renewal if elected chief executive.The visit in the morning covered an

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Chui keen to strengthen ties with Japan

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday called for closer ties between Macau and Japan, during a meeting with Japan’s Minister of State for Regional Revitalisation Satsuki Katayama who was visiting Macau, according to a statement by the Chief Executive Office (GCE).The meeting with Katayama’s delegation was held at Government Headquarters. Katayama is also minister of state for regulatory reform and minister of state for gender equality in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s

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Rehabilitated drug user vandalises public toilets: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a man for damaging public toilets in the northern district at least twice, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson did not say how many public toilets the suspect had damaged.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a 46-year-old unemployed local surnamed Chan who told the police that he was a rehabilitated drug user and has regularly been to a local drug addiction treatment centre since 2000.PLEASE READ THE

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AI shapes our future: IPIM executive

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Sam Lei Chou Sam said yesterday that innovation and technology have “fundamentally” transformed the way we live, work and communicate, pointing out that artificial intelligence (AI) lies at the heart of new technology that shapes our future.Lei made the remarks in his opening speech for the 28th International Joint Conference of Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) at the Venetian in Cotai.According to a statement by the

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3 men caught for taking & selling drugs: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three men, a local and two mainlanders, yesterday for taking and selling drugs in Macau, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the mainland suspects hid the drugs in a book-like safe (a hollow book).The first suspect, who bought the drugs, is a 30-year-old local man surnamed Lei. He told the police that he works in a cage in a casino. The second suspect is surnamed Liu, aged 31. He told the police that he

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Galaxy warns of ‘increasing regional competition’

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) warned yesterday of “increasing competition from regional integrated resorts that are actively targeting the [mainland] Chinese market.”The casino operator made the warning in a second-quarter earnings report to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the report, Galaxy said, “We do acknowledge that in the shorter term current international trade tensions may impact customer sentiment and spending habits.”This photo taken last night shows the exterior of Galaxy

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Building up culture is ‘crucial’ for GBA: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the building-up of culture was “crucial” to the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), adding that the sustainable development of the GBA needed to be backed by “a stable recognition of cultural identity”.Chui made the remarks in his opening speech at the International Forum on the “Cultural Mission of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area” at the Hyatt Hotel in Cotai.Central People’s

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Man who killed 2 inmates gets over 10 years in jail

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has denied an appeal submitted by a man who was found guilty of attacking four inmates, killing two of them, while he was in prison in 1998, for which the city’s top court upheld his jail term as being 10 years and six months, a TUI statement said yesterday.The defendant is a 54-year-old local surnamed Lei. He was sentenced to prison for five years and three months in 1998 after being caught for loan sharking, blackmail, and false imprisonment, according to

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Ho ‘heartbroken’ about HK protesters brandishing UK & US flags

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday he was “heartbroken” seeing protestors in Hong Kong brandishing UK and US flags, adding that the ongoing violent protests in the special administrative region may also be due to the “insufficiency and deficiency” of its national education.Ho, 62, also said that Macau should have a “pilot base” for patriotic education so that young local people would know more about the nation’s modern history.Ho attended a Q&A session with

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Tourist rapes tourist in hotel after drinking in Cotai disco: police

Police arrested a male tourist for allegedly raping a female tourist after the victim had got drunk in a disco in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the 29-year-old suspect is surnamed Yang. He told the police that he works as a businessman in the real estate sector on the mainland. The victim is a 23-year-old tourist. She told the police that she came to Macau with her boyfriend on Thursday. Her personal

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Govt authorises CEM to build, manage utility tunnels

The government will sign an authorisation allowing power utility CEM to construct and manage the city’s utility tunnels, according to a chief executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to Wikipedia, a utility tunnel is a passage built underground or above ground to carry utility lines such as electricity, steam, water supply pipes, and sewer pipes.The order pointed out that CEM is experienced in managing and constructing utility pipes, adding that transferring

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