Listed buildings can become hotels: bill

The Executive Council has announced that the government has drafted a bill regulating the city’s hotel sector, which proposes that hotels will be allowed in heritage-protected buildings.The bill also proposes to lower the minimum number of guestrooms in a hotel from 40 to 10.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Traffic accidents drop 6.5 pct to 13,764 in 2018

Macau’s traffic accidents decreased by 6.5 percent to 13,764 last year, resulting in 4,390 casualties including 10 fatalities, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. On average, the traffic police recorded 37.7 traffic accidents per day in 2018. The city’s number of licensed motor vehicles dipped by 0.6 percent to 240,145 last year. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 4, 2019 | BY admin

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50,000-pataca bail for temple chief facing jail for illegal renovation

The Public Prosecution Office (MP) has announced that the chief representative of Kun Iam Temple has been ordered to pay 50,000 patacas bail, facing jail for aggravated disobedience. According to a MP statement last week, the suspect repeatedly disobeyed a raft of orders by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) to stop unauthorised renovation work at the ancient temple. The statement pointed out that the illegal renovation has damaged the heritage-listed temple. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

February 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Cosmetics imports rise 51 pct in 2018

Macau’s imports of beauty, cosmetics and skin-care products rose by 51.5 percent to 4.8 billion patacas last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Mobile phone imports grew by 52.4 percent to 7.3 billion patacas. Gold jewellery increased by 13.4 percent to 7.6 billion patacas, while imports of watches rose by 25.6 percent to 6.5 billion patacas. Food and beverage imports grew by 10.1 percent to 13.2 billion patacas, accounting for 14.7 percent of all imports last

February 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Message for Chinese New Year 2019

Shen Beili Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SARShen Beili Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SARBidding farewell to the prosperous year of the Dog, we ring in the year of the Pig. On behalf of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region, I would like to send New Year

February 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Culture bureau calls police again over illegal renovation work at Kun Iam Temple

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that its inspectors discovered on Wednesday that unauthorised renovation work was still going on at the heritage-listed Kun Iam Temple and therefore “immediately” reported the case to the police again.The bureau had already called the police once about the same issue last month.The bureau said in a statement on January 14 that it had called the police that day after Kun Iam Temple representatives continued with their renovation

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Continuing a tradition: Make your own CNY woodblock prints

The Chinese New Year is one of the most important times of the year in Macau, and as it is also one of the most celebrated festivals, coming with a long list of customs, traditions and rituals, varying between regions and communities.While some customs might be a bit difficult to follow, there are some traditions that can be easily kept, such as family reunion dinners, spring cleaning, shopping for (and wearing) new clothes, giving out “lai see” (red envelopes with banknotes inside),

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter rider hurt in crash with car driven by mainlander

A male scooter rider was injured in a head-on collision with a car apparently travelling up the hill in the wrong lane outside Star River Windsor Arch in Taipa yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.According to the police, the male car driver is a mainlander who holds a South Korean driving licence. He is allowed to drive in Macau, the police said.According to the police, the crash happened at around 2 a.m. yesterday in Estrada Lou Lim Ieok outside Block 2 of the luxury residential

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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FM chief says ‘understands’ public concern about spending

Macau Foundation (FM) President Wu Zhiliang said yesterday he understood public concern about the modus operandi of the foundation and how it spends public money. Wu, a former journalist, made the remarks in a speech during a luncheon hosted by the public foundation at Grand Lapa Hotel for the local media. Wu said that, in response to citizens’ concern about the spending of public money, the foundation had adopted a “very careful and prudent attitude” when carrying out its mission.

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Wynn Palace revenues up, Wynn Macau down in 4Q

Wynn Resorts in the US has reported rising revenues at Wynn Palace in Cotai and falling revenues at Wynn Macau in Nape in the fourth quarter of last year. According to a statement by the gaming operator in the US on Wednesday, operating revenues from Wynn Palace were US$740.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, up 12.8 percent year-on-year. Adjusted property EBITDA from the company’s resort in Cotai was US$226.6 million, a 19.2 percent year-on-year growth. Wynn Palace’s casino revenues

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Female teacher cheated online by ‘Polish’ man

A 26-year-old local teacher lost HK$24,000 in an online scam after she was told by a “courier company” to pay a handling fee to collect a parcel sent by a “Polish man” whom she had met on a social networking site, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.The victim finally realised that she had been cheated out of money after she was again told by the “courier company” the next day to pay a fine of HK$89,000 to collect the parcel as it contained a

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui, Public Security Vice Minister Wang vow to strengthen ‘indispensable’ cooperation

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Vice-Minister for Public Security Wang Xiaohong have vowed to further strengthen cooperation between the national and local police this year, considering that 2018 will mark the swearing-in of a new local government and also witness two important celebratory events, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday. The statement said that Chui and Wang met “recently” at the local government’s Santa Sancha mansion

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Businesswoman loses HK$601,000 in investment scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local woman on Tuesday for cheating a local businesswoman out of HK$601,000 by claiming to be able to provide two investment schemes with a high rate of return, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 60-year-old local woman surnamed Lam who told the police that she is unemployed. The victim, whose surname was not given during the presser, is in her fifties.The victim met Lam in September 2017

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotels report record 14.1 million guests in 2018

Macau’s 116 hotels and guesthouses reported a record 14.1 million guests last year, up by 7.2 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.The total number of guests included 9.7 million mainlanders (68.9 percent of the total), 1.5 million Hongkongers (10.7 percent of the total), and 477,000 Taiwanese (3.4 percent of the total).The number of mainland guests rose 12.5 percent year-on-year, the only major guest segment that recorded two-digit growth. The

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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