Ho pledges to streamline public administration

During a Q&A session with members of the Chief Executive Election Committee, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that his government – if he succeeds in his election bid – will streamline Macau’s public administration system.The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission held a public session yesterday – the first day of the chief executive election campaign period – for Ho, the sole candidate, to present his political platform to the Chief Executive Election

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Street dance brings GBA youths together

An international street dance competition entitled “Unbeatable” was held yesterday in the Outer Harbour Youth Activity Centre, which brought over 100 street dancers from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) together as they battled it out on the dance floor.Organised by the Macau International Street Dance Association (MISDA) and a local street dance association named EF Crew, the one-day street dance competition, which has been organised for nine years, was part of the

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Ho announces political platform

Ho Iat Seng, the candidate for the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), announced his political platform yesterday, which focuses on economy and people’s livelihood.At a meeting held with the members of the Chief Executive Election Committee, Ho elaborated on his goals and plans for Macau’s future development if elected.He said his decision to run for the post was made from his love for the country and deep feelings for Macau, with a strong desire to

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Macau-Pyongyang flights delayed

Direct flights between Macau and Pyongyang, which were scheduled to be resumed after a 15-year hiatus this month, will only get off the ground in the middle of next month, Rádio Macau has quoted the local airport operator CAM as saying.The Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported on Thursday that according to an unnamed CAM source the final authorisation of the resumption of regular flights between Macau and the North Korean capital was still pending. The

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Group to host 20th Southeast Asia food-fest

The four-day Southeast Asia Food Carnival hosted by the Association of Returned Overseas Chinese Macau is happening from this coming Thursday at the “Three Lamps” (Rotunda de Carlos da Maia) roundabout and in Rua da Restauração.According to a statement provided by the organiser, there will be Myanmarese, Indonesian and Cambodian cuisines, from the region’s famous fish ball rice noodles to the coconut chicken noodles. Multiple authentic Southeast dishes will be served at the carnival.

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Ho calls for ‘healthy’ development of gaming sector

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng called yesterday for the “healthy” development of the gaming industry and also for tightening its supervision.Ho held a press conference after presenting his campaign platform to the Chief Executive Election Committee at the East Asian Games Dome and attending a Q&A session for the committee members.Regarding the future of Macau’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions, a reporter asked Ho why in his platform and during the Q&A

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Lawmakers pass bill on plastic bag charge scheme

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the implementation of a plastic carrier bag charge scheme for retail businesses in Macau.The bill will become law 90 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the law, the amount to be charged for each plastic carrier bag is to be determined by the chief executive in an executive order in due course.The government has proposed that one pataca should be charged per bag.The bill’s outline

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2 men steal HK$3.43 million in chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man for stealing casino chips at least 31 times while he was working in a casino in the city centre, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 49-year-old surnamed Mak. He told the police that he works as a dealer.Lai said that Mak had been working in the casino-hotel since last year, where he used to be a waiter serving gamblers, but started working as a dealer in February this

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NMA activists launch online vote on electing CE by universal suffrage

The non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA) announced yesterday that it will hold an online ballot entitled “Vote on Universal Suffrage for Chief Executive Election” from this Sunday to August 25, with the aim of providing a platform for the public to express their views on the matter.The association held a press conference yesterday afternoon on its premises in Rua do Tarrafeiro in the Inner Harbour area about the online vote.Lawmaker-cum-activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a vice-president of

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Seac Pai Van residents petition Ho over hazardous materials warehouses

A dozen Seac Pai Van residents petitioned chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng’s campaign office yesterday, urging him to stop the ongoing environmental assessment of two planned warehouses for hazardous materials near their homes and speed up the construction of a permanent warehouse in the land reclamation area known as Zone E1.The residents handed their petition against the storage of hazardous materials near their homes yesterday afternoon to the official representative of Ho’s

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Lawmakers pass social housing bill – individual applicants must be at least 23 years old

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on social rental housing, according to which an individual applicant for a social housing unit must be aged at least 23, while the representative of a household applying for a social housing unit must be at least 18 years old – the same as the current minimum age requirement.According to the new law, all applicants – individual applicants for a unit and the representatives of respective households applying for a flat

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No need to be ‘overly pessimistic’ over yuan-US dollar exchange rate: Ip

Macau Association of Banks (ABM) President-cum-lawmaker Ip Sio Kai told reporters yesterday that due to the impact of the Sino-US trade war, the yuan’s exchange rate would float in the short run, adding that the yuan has the nation’s strong support so there was no need to be “overly pessimistic” about the national currency’s exchange rate, according to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM.Ip talked to the media on the sidelines of a plenary session in the Legislative

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Galaxy brings Malaysian hawker cuisine to town

Galaxy Macau is having a Malaysian Food Festival, inviting guest chefs from hawker stalls to cook up a feast of signature dishes from five different Malaysian states.The food-fest is part of the hotel’s newly launched “Dining Under the Stars” series featuring culinary experiences at the Grand Resort Deck at Oasis, which allows patrons to enjoy Malaysian cuisine while enjoying the summer night breeze, according to a statement provided by Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) this week.The

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Film-fest invites viewers to reflect on life through documentaries

About two dozen documentary films, each offering a view on life in other parts of the world or of different cultures, will be screened at Cinematheque • Passion over the next three weeks.The showings are part of the 4th Macau International Documentary Film Festival, which begins tomorrow with the story of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, “Let’s Get Lost” (1988) by Bruce Weber as the opening film.The festival’s curator Penny Lam Kin Kuan of the Comuna de Han-Ian art and culture association

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