Man attacks fellow customer with cleaver in eatery: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Sunday for attacking another local man with a cleaver after a heated argument in a restaurant in Iao Hon district, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 43-year-old surnamed Iao.On Saturday night, the 39-year-old victim and the suspect, who did not know each other, were having a late dinner with their respective friends in the barbecue eatery in Rua Oito do Bairro Iao

November 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotel guests reach 10.5 million in Jan-Sept

Macau’s 121 hotels and guesthouses recorded 10.5 million guests in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.The average room occupancy rate rose 0.4 percentage point to 90.8 percent. Guests’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.5 nights.In September, the accommodation sector’s number of guests rose 2 percent year-on-year to 1.1 million. Tourists from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan

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Cosmetics exports rise 131 pct in Jan-Sept

Macau’s exports of cosmetics and beauty and skin-care products rose 131.2 percent year-on-year to 435 million patacas in the first nine months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.Imports of the same kind of products grew 32.1 percent year-on-year to 4.5 billion patacas between January and September.The total value of exports increased 3.6 percent to 9.4 billion patacas in the nine-month period. Re-exports accounted for 88.6 percent of all exports.PLEASE READ THE

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Nazi comedy ‘Jojo Rabbit’ to open film & awards festival

A black satire about Nazi Germany “Jojo Rabbit” directed by Taika Waititi will open this year’s International Film Festival & Awards Macau (IFFAM) taking place on December 5-10, it was announced yesterday.The festival’s organising committee held a press conference at the Macau Science Centre yesterday where Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, who is also the committee’s president, said that this year’s event is budgeted at 55 million patacas,

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‘Macao Hub’ at CIIE promotes city’s ‘centre & platform role

An exhibition area at the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai aims to promote Macau’s role as an international centre and platform alongside the city’s position as an important gateway between the whole Chinese nation and the rest of the world, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the “Macao Hub” exhibition area is a part of the China Pavilion at the annual fair, which opened yesterday and ends on

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Xi praises Carrie Lam for ‘a lot of hard work’ & expresses ‘high degree of trust’

SHANGHAI – President Xi Jinping yesterday met with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, who is in Shanghai for the 2nd China International Import Expo.After hearing Lam’s report on the recent situation in Hong Kong, Xi noted that the disturbances in Hong Kong have lasted five months. Lam has led the SAR government to fully discharge its duties, strive to stabilize the situation and improve the social atmosphere, and has done a lot of hard work, he said.Xi voiced the central

November 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander hit by taxi on flyover

A male mainlander was hit by a taxi when he was walking across a flyover in Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues in Zape on Sunday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement.According to the PSP statement on Sunday, the accident happened at around 7 p.m. on that day on the single-lane flyover running from Estrada do Reservatório to the avenue.Estrada do Reservatório is a road connecting the area around the Hoi Fu Garden estate to the area around the Jai Alai casino-hotel complex in

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IAM vows to better manage Hác Sá campsite

Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Maria da Fonseca Tavares said at the weekend that his bureau will no longer allow people to set up tents outside the camping area at Hác Sá Beach Park when it is fully occupied.Tavares made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 50 Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre. The two-day charity event ended on Sunday.In a statement jointly issued by the Macau Government

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Chui to join GBA meeting in Beijing

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will arrive in Beijing today to take part in tomorrow’s third plenary meeting of the Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) has announced.Chui will travel to the national capital from Shanghai where he attended a welcoming banquet last night hosted by President Xi Jinping for the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE). The chief executive is slated to

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Body found off Zone E2

The body of an unidentified man was found on Sunday lying on the levee at the waterfront of the land reclamation area known as Zone E2 – which lies off the north-eastern coast of Taipa between the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On and the airport, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement.According to the PJ statement on Sunday, a worker working on a construction site nearby found the man lying on the levee at 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, and told customs officers on patrol about it.The customs

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Oct gaming revenue slips as Golden Week underwhelms

Macau’s gaming revenue showed further weakness last month amid mainland China’s economic slowdown, as casinos saw an underwhelming boost from the Golden Week holiday compared with a year earlier.Gross gaming revenue was 26.4 billion patacas, down 3.2 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). The drop was in line with analysts’ forecasts, after revenue touched the lowest level in a year in September.October is typically a strong

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Mainlander ‘invents’ HK$370,000 robbery: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainlander last week for lodging a false robbery report to the police, claiming that a female mainlander had robbed him after he had smoked a cigarette, which the woman had given him, that allegedly made him feel dizzy and caused him to faint, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference on Sunday.According to Lai, the suspect, a 33-year-old man surnamed Hu, told the police that he is unemployed. The personal information of Hu’s two

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Macau Open Badminton ends with int’l flavour

The 2019 Macau Open Badminton, one of the legs on the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300, came to an end on Sunday with the finals of all the various events. Contestants from Canada, the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Thailand were looking to win the main prize in their categories.Compared to the number of people that were at Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion on Wednesday, Sunday’s finals saw an almost full house with a very vocal crowd, and although pretty partisan, they were appreciative of long

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5 nabbed for illegal road racing, 1 car possibly ‘modified’: police

Five drivers were caught for suspected illegal road racing in Tapia in the early hours of yesterday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon told The Macau Post Daily last night, adding that the police believe that one of the five cars has been illegally “modified”.According to Wong, the police recently received complaints from local residents living nearby about illegal road races in Estrada da Ponta da Cabrita. Following the complaints, the police began to stake out several

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