Retail trade expects gold price to continue to rise

Gold retail sales suffered a double-digit drop in the first half of the year, Lee Koi Ian, director-general of the Macau Goldsmiths’ Guild, said yesterday, adding that he expected the price of gold to continue to rise.Lee talked to reporters at Seng Fung Jewellery in Avenida de D. João IV before they witnessed a gold fineness sampling test. The Macau Goldsmiths’ Guild had invited the media to cover the test.According to Lee, in the first half of the year, affected by the global economy and

August 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Hong Kung’s birthday ‘basin feast’ attracts hundreds of seniors

Hundreds of senior citizens celebrated Hong Kung’s birthday with a large “basin feast” dinner yesterday in front of Hong Kung Temple in Rua de Cinco de Outubro.Basin feast (also known as “poon choi” in Cantonese) is a traditional Cantonese dish that consists of layers of seafood, meat and vegetables in a big bowl and shared between the people at the table... The dish is usually served on special occasions and celebrations.There are many versions about the origin of Hong Kung.

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Banker-cum-civic leader elected legislature’s 2nd secretary

Lawmaker-cum-banker Alan Ho Ion Sang was elected second secretary of the executive board of the Legislative Assembly (AL) by his peers yesterday, succeeding legislator-cum-educator Chan Hong who was elected the board’s first secretary late last month.The Legislative Assembly currently has 32 members after chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng resigned from the legislature early last month.Alan Ho, a directly-elected legislator, received 25 of the 32 votes cast. Three votes were left blank,

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Ex-IT manager arrested for embezzling bank client out of HK$2.5 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man this week for embezzling a client of a local bank out of HK$2.5 million when he was its IT manager, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that his wife was also arrested as his suspected accomplice.According to Lai, the 29-year-old local man, surnamed Ng, told the police that he worked as the IT manager of the bank where he embezzled the money for over two years and that he now works for another local bank. His

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Govt briefs central district body on GBA development

The local government introduced the central government’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) Outline Development Plan to the Central District Social Services Consultative Committee yesterday, with the aim of encouraging local people to familiarise themselves with the 11-city conurbation project.A regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed committee was held yesterday afternoon at the Patane Activity Centre in the Inner Harbour district about Macau’s position in the GBA. Media

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Lawmakers vote to remove sovereign wealth fund & cybercrime bills from agenda

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday unanimously voted in favour of the government’s request for the legislature to remove from the agenda for yesterday’s plenary session the debate of the outline of its controversial bill which proposed the transfer of 60 billion patacas from the government’s financial reserves for the setting-up of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Investment and Development Fund, as well as the debate of the outline of a government-drafted bill amending

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Lawmakers pass bill on trade in rough diamonds

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill which will enable Macau to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which then will allow the city to formally engage in the international trade in rough diamonds in line with international standards.The bill will take effect on October 1.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in April. The legislature’s Second Standing Committee held four meetings to review the

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Police nab ‘unhappy’ man for driving on Guia running track

A driver was taken to a police station for questioning after he drove on the Guia Municipal Park’s running track yesterday afternoon, according to local Chinese-language daily Exmoo.The incident happened at about 2 p.m. yesterday when a male driver in his forties drove his car on the running track on the hill. Runners and pedestrians managed to dodge the car. There were no reports of injuries.Some of the people at the scene asked the driver to get out of his car, resulting in a quarrel in

August 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau Foundation launches Macau Memory website

The public Macau Foundation (FM) yesterday launched its “Macau Memory” website – an online platform containing various forms of historical materials related to Macau – so that members of the public can gain access to materials such as historical documents, historical maps, old newspapers and postcards on the Internet.“Macau Memory” is a project that the foundation launched several years ago to collect various kinds of historical materials about Macau and then sort and digitalise

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Pearl Horizon owners petition legislature to review ‘home swap’ law

Members of the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association petitioned the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday, urging AL President Kou Hoi In to review the law on the development of the government’s “home swap” housing project.The association’s president, Kou Meng Pok, handed their petition detailing his group’s concerns about the fact that some Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers are not benefitting from the “home swap” scheme to an AL official outside the Legislative Assembly

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Chan says current election systems ‘suitable for Macau’

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sónia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the current systems to elect the chief executive and legislators are suitable for Macau.Chan made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected non-establishment lawmaker Au Kam San during a plenary session of the legislature.In his interpellation, Au asked whether the government plans to reform the chief executive and Legislative Assembly (AL) elections, so that the chief executive

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World Heritage Committee doesn’t object to Guia building height: govt

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Acting Vice President Choi Kin Long said yesterday the bureau had not received any objections from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee regarding the height of a controversial building project, the construction of which has been mothballed since 2008, on Guia Hill that activists say blocks the view of the Guia Lighthouse heritage site.Choi made the comment during a press conference at the bureau in Praça do Tap Seac about the bureau’s participation in the 43rd

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Centre organises contest to train future fashion designers

The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) is holding its 19th Macau Fashion Technology Youth Competition aiming to train future fashion designers, Ng Ian Io, the senior manager of the Creative Fashion and Image Department of the centre, said during the contest’s opening ceremony in Rua dos Pescadores yesterday.The 4-day competition comprises 15 contestants, most of them secondary school pupils. A contestant, Sio Weng Ian, said there was enough training in the city for

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Taiwanese cheats trio out of 2.45 million yuan in investment scam

Two mainlanders and a Taiwan resident were cheated in an investment scam by a Taiwanese junket operator, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the 58-year-old Taiwanese suspect is surnamed Chen. He told the police that he works as a junket operator in Macau. The three victims comprise two males and a female. The male victim from Taiwan is a 68-year-old retiree. The two mainland victims are a 35-year-old businesswoman and a

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