Retail sales drop in Q2

Both the value and volume of Macau’s retail sales dropped in the second quarter, with the sales value dropping by 0.8 percent to 17.86 billion patacas and the sales volume falling by 0.5 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. However, the second-quarter retail sales value was still the highest on record.Sales volume is the number of units sold within a reporting period.According to a DSEC statement on Friday, the value of retail sales of adults’ clothing dropped by

August 26, 2019 | BY admin

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HK man robs & attempts to rape boutique owner

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 43-year-old Hong Kong man on Friday for robbing valuables and cash from a fashion boutique and attempting to rape the female shop owner, a PJ spokesperson told a regular press conference on Saturday.According to the spokesperson, the valuables – including a camera, a purse and a mobile phone – as well as the cash robbed by the suspect were worth 24,600 patacas.The incident occurred on June 25. The suspect was brandishing a knife when he entered the

August 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho stays mum on paid maternity leave, citing status as CE candidate

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng declined yesterday to comment on the government’s proposal to increase paid maternity leave from 56 to 70 days, even though he acknowledged that the proposal remains below the expectations of the Macau Women’s General Association (commonly known as Fu Luen), which had requested that the statutory paid maternity leave in the private sector be raised to 90 days – as in the public sector.Ho made the remarks during a visit to the association’s

August 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Da Vinci-inspired dance set to let imagination take flight

A dance theatre inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s obsession with flying will take off this weekend, transporting the audience, children and adults alike, on a journey where dreams run wild and their imagination can fly high.The performance of “Flight”, filled with fantasy, sprinkled with imagination and dusted with magic – the basic ingredients of Spain’s Aracaladanza Dance Company’s productions – will take place tomorrow and on Sunday at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM).“I like

August 23, 2019 | BY admin

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2G network services are history: CTM

CTM Network Services Vice President Declan Leong Pui Hong said that the 2G network service officially ended in Macau at midnight yesterday, according to government-owned broadcaster TDM.The TDM report did not reveal where Leong made the remarks.According to the report, Leong said yesterday that although the 2G network has exited the local market, its facilities and spectrum could still be used in developing the existing 4G network.CTM Network Services Vice President Declan Leong Pui Hong talks

August 23, 2019 | BY admin

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15 pct of Macau’s employees work for gaming sector: survey

Nearly 15 percent of Macau’s employees worked for the gaming sector in the second quarter of the year, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the number of full-time employees in the gaming sector rose by 2.8 percent year-on-year to 57,840 in the second quarter, accounting for 14.9.4 percent of Macau’s total employment of 387,200 at that time.Female employees made up 57.5 percent of the gaming industry workforce in the

August 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Fashion shop manager embezzles HK$70,000 from Cotai branch: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday arrested a local man – who worked as the Macau regional manger of a chain of fashion shops– for stealing a total of HK$70,000 from a shop branch in the shopping centre of a gaming resort in Cotai over three occasions, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The chain runs four shops in Macau. The suspect was the Macau regional manager supervising the operation of all the four shops in Macau, before being fired by the

August 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon owners petition CCAC to probe Chan’s ‘broken promises’

Members of the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association petitioned the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday, urging the anti-graft body to investigate Secretary for Administration and Justice Sónia Chan Hoi Fan, who didn’t, according to the petition, keep her promise to put out an open tender for the plot where the ill-fated Pearl Horizon project is located.The long-abandoned construction site is located near the Oriental Pearl roundabout, officially known as plot

August 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Brazil’s enthusiasm for BRICS continues beyond political change at home

Commentary by Donald GasperThe 11th BRICS summit – bringing together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will be held on November 13-14 in Brasilia, the current Brazilian chairmanship of the grouping has reported on its website.Some people had speculated that the change of government in Brazil would dampen that country’s enthusiasm for economic cooperation within the BRICS framework, but this is not at all the case, as evidenced by stepped-up soya bean exports to China, for

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho wants Coloane to become tourism business district

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that Coloane is the “lungs of the city” and there’s room to “appropriately” improve its business development with the aim of diverting the city’s visitor flows and sharing the economic benefits with the island’s residents.Ho said the ultimate aim was for Coloane to become a tourism business district.Ho and his campaign team members visited Coloane and met merchants and residents there yesterday morning to familiarise themselves

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau wins ‘Best MICE City – Asia’ award

The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) announced in a statement that Macau won the “Best MICE City – Asia” award at the “1st M&C Asia Stella Awards 2019” event in Singapore yesterday.The event was organised by the Northstar Travel Group, and the award was accepted by an IPIM delegate, the statement said.Northstar Travel Group describes itself as “the leading B-to-B information and marketing solutions company serving all segments of the travel industry

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Beijing wants Philippines to stop all online gambling

BEIJING – The central government wants the Philippines to stop all forms of online gambling, as it continues cracking down on a practice it says causes illegal outflow of money.While Beijing appreciates the move to halt the issuance of new licenses, “we hope the Philippines will go further and ban all online gambling,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said, according to the transcript of his regular presss briefing in Beijing on Tuesday posted on the website of the Chinese embassy

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Galaxy to sponsor Macau Int’l Marathon for 10.5 million patacas over 3 years

Gaming operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) will sponsor the annual Macau International Marathon for 10.5 million patacas over three years, the co-organisers announced yesterday.The 38th Macau International Marathon, slated to take place on December 1, expects12, 000 runners to compete in the three different distances, the Sports Bureau (ID) announced at a press conference in Cotai.The joint organisers – the Sports Bureau (ID) and General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM) in

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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One-way LRT trip takes 20 minutes

During a media trip to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system yesterday, Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) Director Ho Cheong Kei pointed out that a whole one-way trip on the LRT Taipa section takes about 20 minutes.Ho also said that his office will announce the LRT fare system in the near future. Ho also reaffirmed that the government aims for the Taipa section to come into service before the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland on December 20.Yesterday’s media trip

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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