Chui to attend legislature’s Q&A session

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will attend a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly on April 18 to answer lawmakers’ questions on government policy and social issues, according to a statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office.The Q&A session will start at 3 p.m. and be broadcast live on the television and radio channels of government-owned broadcaster TDM.Members of the public also have the option of watching the proceedings online via the website of the Macau Special

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Construction material imports fall 42 pct in Jan-Feb

Macau’s imports of construction materials fell by 41.7 percent to 203 million patacas year-on-year in the first two months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement last week, mobile phone imports dropped by 29.4 percent to 1.06 billion patacas in January-February, when gold jewellery imports fell by 11.6 percent to 1.2 billion patacas.However, imports of watches rose by 6.5 percent to 1.1 billion patacas and imports of garments and

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Airport operator’s 2018 profit rises 18 pct

The local airport operator has reported a profit of 532 million patacas before preferred dividends last year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent.A preferred dividend is a dividend that is accrued and paid on a company’s preferred shares.According to a Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) statement, the operator’s net profit after tax reached 435 million patacas last year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 5.3 pct in Jan-Feb

Macau’s 117 hotels and guesthouses recorded 2.33 million guests in the first two months of the year, an increase of 5.3 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement on Friday, the average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouses rose by 1.8 percentage points to 92.4 percent in the two-month period which included the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday.Guests’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.5 percent night compared with

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Delta mega-bridge among ‘New 8 Scenic Spots’

Penha Hill, Two Lakes and One Tower, Largo do Senado (Senate Square), Long Chao Kok, Coloane Fishing Village, Travessa da Paixão, Rua da Felicidade, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge got the most votes in an online ballot for “Macau New Eight Scenic Spots”, a campaign organised by the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association (CCEA).The association said on its public voting website that the new eight scenic spots would mark the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland and

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Eco-fair focuses on building ecological civilisation

Acting Chief Executive Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that Macau as one of the core cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), apart from promoting the adequate diversification of its economy, ecological civilisation construction was the “only way” to achieve sustainable development.Chan made the remarks while delivering her welcoming speech during yesterday’s opening ceremony of the three-day 12th Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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American football coach Macau’s latest measles patient

An American football assistant coach is Macau’s latest patient to have been infected with measles, pushing the total number of measles cases to 26 so far this year, a Health Bureau (SSM) statement yesterday said yesterday.According to the statement, the Ecuador-born 28-year-old male coach is a Macau resident who had visited a room on the first floor of the private Kiang Wu Hospital on March 6 where he had contact with one of the previous measles patients.The statement said that the coach felt

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Backstreets Back: 90s boyband coming to town for October gig

It’s time to relive more than 20 years of smash hits such as “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) because the legendary Backstreet Boys will be playing their biggest arena tour in 18 years in Macau this October.The Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour Live in Macau will take place on October 19 at Venetian’s Cotai Arena. The band played at Venetian four years ago with their Asian tour “In a World Like This”.The tour will see the band singing their latest songs from their current album

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Artfest pays tribute to classics

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Macau Arts Festival (FAM) and being at a “transitional point”, the annual event organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is themed “A tribute to the classics”, and its 22 programmes celebrate the classics and even aim to create a new classic.The festival, taking place from May 3 to June 2, will also have nearly 100 outreach and community activities.The programmes are divided into six categories: International Highlights, Local Artists,

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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CESL Asia vows to expand on mainland & in PSCs

CESL Asia aims to leverage its Macau platform advantages while embracing the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Outline Development Plan, looking for chances to better explore multilateral investment opportunities in the Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), Macau and the Chinese mainland, CESL Asia President and CEO António Trindade told The Macau Post Daily in an interview at the Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF 2019) at the Venetian in Cotai yesterday.The

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes bill on trade in rough diamonds

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill which – if approved by lawmakers – would enable Macau to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which then would allow Macau to import rough diamonds.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.The bill will be submitted in due course to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for debate and

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau to issue SAR 20th anniversary notes

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced yesterday that Macau’s two note-issuing banks will issue up to 10 million units of commemorative 20-pataca banknotes in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has completed its discussion of a draft by-law on the issuance of 20-pataca banknotes in

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Graft busters reveal raft of criminal cases by civil servants

The Commission Against Corruption’s (CCAC) 2018 Annual Report published yesterday revealed a string of criminal cases allegedly committed by civil servants, including two cases involving senior officials who allegedly abused their power for personal gain.According to the report, the anti-graft body concluded the two cases in December last year – one allegedly committed by a senior official of the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) and the other by a senior official of the Representative

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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2 pupils nabbed for robbery, 2 still at large: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two secondary school pupils for robbing a casino worker on Tuesday morning, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Choi, one of the pupils, surnamed Lei, is 17 years old. The other one, surnamed Cheok, is 19 years old. There are two other male suspects who are still at large. Their surnames were not released. The female victim who is in her twenties works in casino in Taipa.Lei and Cheok told

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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