Gaming revenue last month touches lowest level in a year

Macau’s gross gaming revenue last month touched the lowest level in a year as casinos continued to be slammed by economic and geopolitical troubles.Gross gaming revenue for Macau’s six casino operators was 22.07 billion patacas in September, up 0.6 percent from a year earlier, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) yesterday. That’s roughly in line with the median analyst forecast of a 1 percent rise.Month-on-month, revenue was down 9 percent.

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Firemen check fire at Athletes Training Centre

Discarded construction and renovation waste at the Athletes Training Centre in Cotai caught fire yesterday, according to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB).According to the statement, the fire started at about 10:50 a.m. yesterday in Rua da Patinagem near the Macau East Asian Games Dome and spread about 20 by 20 metres.Firefighters arrived at the scene and crews from several fire engines fought the blaze, the statement points out. Firemen continued to douse the site of the fire with

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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100 more radio taxis in December, 100 more in mid-next year: operator

Macau Radio Taxi Services Limited, which has been granted a licence to operate another 200 radio taxis, said yesterday that with the first additional 100 taxis to come into service in December, it aims to raise the success rate of calling a taxi to up to 70 percent from the current 35 percent.The company also said that it aimed to get the additional 100 taxis to hit the streets in the middle of next year.Patriotic taxi paradeKevin U Kin Lung, the company’s general manager, made the remarks

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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2019 honours list includes 7 ExCo members, Pansy Ho, ANIMA

The government’s 2019 honours list comprises 31 individuals and entities including seven members of its top advisory body, the 11-member Executive Council (ExCo), according to a statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office yesterday.Executive Council members Liu Chak Wan and Ma Iao Lai, both businessmen, were awarded the Gold Lotus Decoration of Honour, the Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) second-highest decoration. The top honour, the Grand Lotus, was not awarded this

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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1st cabbie license axed as driver violates taxi law 4 times

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) have cancelled a taxi driver’s licence as they confirmed that the culprit violated the new taxi law four times, according to a PSP statement last night.According to the new law, if a cabbie violates the law four times in five years his or her licence will be cancelled.According to the statement, the cabbie – whose gender was not revealed – is understood to have violated Paragraph 1 (3) of Article 20 of the new taxi law eight times – involving five cases of

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man touches woman’s buttocks: police

A local man was detained last week for touching a woman’s buttocks, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the 38-year-old suspect is surnamed Choi. He told the police that he is unemployed. The victim is a local in her forties. Due to the type of alleged crime, no further information on the victim was released by the police.The incident happened at about 7 p.m. last Wednesday in Rua Oito do Bairro in Iao Hon

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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LRT ‘project team’ disbanded: gazette

The Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT), which was established in November 2007 as a government “project team” tasked with planning Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) system and supervising the LRT construction, has been wound up, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The order takes effect today.The government said early this year that the Transport Infrastructure Office will be abolished once the fully government-owned LRT company has been

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau to ink mutual visa-free deal with Argentina

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sónia Chan Hoi Fan has been authorised to sign on behalf of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government an agreement with the government of the Argentine Republic on a mutual visa waiver, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The order, which took immediate effect, was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.The order did not say when and where the deal will be inked.PLEASE READ THE FULL

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau’s top court rejects appeal against ban on protest against HK police

Macau’ highest court has rejected an appeal by activists against a decision by the local police to ban a protest against alleged police brutality in Hong Kong.The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) announced its ruling in a statement last night.According to the ruling, which was released on the court’s website, such a protest would be illegal as it would interfere in Hong Kong’s internal affairs.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Security van catches fire outside ferry terminal

An armoured van caught fire outside the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal yesterday morning.There were no valuables in the Guardforce van at the time it burst into flames, the driver of the vehicle told the media at the scene, explaining that he and two security staff were having lunch in the vehicle when they smelt something burning in the front of the vehicle, so he switched off the engine.According to local media reports, the driver said that since it was hot, he started the engine again

October 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau a shining example of ‘One Country, Two Systems’ practice: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he found it particularly encouraging that Macau has become a “shining example” of the successful implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle.Ho made the remarks in his speech at a reception hosted by the local government at Macau Tower to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The reception, which was attended by hundreds of guests, took place two days before

September 30, 2019 | BY admin

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Wong denies entry blacklist

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the police have “never” had a blacklist of non-locals denied entry into Macau, adding that in each case of preventing a non-local from entering the city, the police always make the decision after an ad hoc assessment based on “objective criteria and objective facts”.Speaking to reporters at Macau Tower after attending an official reception to celebrate National Day, the policy secretary also said that individuals denied entry into

September 30, 2019 | BY admin

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Rosário says will soon announce decision on new bus operator deals

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the government will announce its decision on the possible granting of public bus service agreements to the city’s two current public bus operators – Transmac and TCM – based on new service provider contracts.The two operators’ current contracts will expire on October 31.Rosário made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a National Day reception at Macau Tower.Secretary for Transport

September 30, 2019 | BY admin

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No meeting with ministries & commissions during Beijing visit: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that during his three-day visit to Beijing where he will attend the central government’s celebratory events for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), there are no meetings scheduled between him and officials of any ministries and commissions.Chui made the remarks when answering reporters’ questions at Macau Tower after an official reception to celebrate National Day.The local government announced

September 30, 2019 | BY admin

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