Branded products fair, franchise expo to start tomorrow: govt

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Sam Lei Chou Sam announced yesterday that the Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair 2019 (GMBPF) and the Macau Franchise Expo 2019 (MFE) will be held at the Venetian in Cotai from tomorrow to Sunday.Lei made the remarks in a press conference about the two events at the Venetian.Lei said that concurrently holding the two fairs at the same venue would “foster synergistic development”, as it would bring together

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab 2 illegal car washers from Vietnam

Police arrested two Vietnamese men for illegally working as car washers in Macau, with one of them accused of employing the other one, after checking the ID papers of workers in a car park on Tuesday evening, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Wong, one of them – the first suspect – is a Vietnamese man in his forties who is a blue-card holder employed to work as a cleaner in a cleaning company. The second

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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At least 7,652 new residential units to be sold in 3 years: JLL

A total of 7,652 residential flats were under construction at the end of March, and the units are expected to be absorbed by the market over the next three years, the managing director of the local office of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Gregory Ku Ka Ho, said during yesterday’s Macau Mid-year Property Review press conference at the office in the Finance and IT Centre.Ku noted that 14, 572 residential units are currently in the design stage, including those for the Ilha Verde Urbanisation Plan

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers urge govt to clarify criteria for illegal tour guides

Lawmakers urged the government yesterday to clarify the definition of an illegal tour guide by amending the law and setting up an effective inspection plan as well as an evidence-search strategy, the president of the legislature’s Public Administration Affairs Monitoring Committee, Si Ka Lon, told reporters yesterday.The committee met government officials at the legislative chamber yesterday morning and signed reports about the supervision of illegal tour guides, the use of the Hong

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man chops 72-year-old mum in quarrel: police

Police have arrested a local man for attacking his mother with a cleaver during a heated quarrel, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the 40-year-old suspect is surnamed Lam. He told the police that he is unemployed. The 72-year-old victim is his mother. Her personal information was not released. They live in the same residential flat with the victim’s daughter and the victim’s grandchild. The grandchild is eight

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Kai Fong urges govt to optimise ‘A Ma La’ Car Park

Local community group Kai Fong released its findings about the low usage of the Praça de Ferreira do Amaral Car Park (colloquially known in Cantonese as “A Ma La Car Park”) during yesterday’s press conference, urging the government to optimise the car park’s facilities and redevelop its underground space.The press conference was hosted by the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau, commonly known as “Kai Fong”, at its Southern Area Office in Rua do Padre António

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Suspicious cargo at airport turns out to be false alarm

Suspicious cargo found during freight security screening at the local airport at 1 p.m. yesterday turned out to be a false alarm, according to a statement by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM). The statement said that after the suspicious cargo had been detected, the case was immediately reported to the Public Security Police (PSP) in line with the airport’s emergency plan.The airport emergency operations centre was activated to respond to the situation under the command of the Public

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau-Pyongyang flights to restart on Aug 2

Direct flights between Macau and Pyongyang by North Korea’s flag carrier Air Koryo will be resumed on August 2, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) announced yesterday. According to the announcement, Air Koryo will operate two return flights per day between the two cities. The company ran a Pyongyang-Macau-Bangkok service for several years in the 1990s.

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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AirAsia waiting for govt response to Macau base plan

AirAsia is waiting for details of the government’s policies and conditions on setting up a base to open its own airline in Macau, the low-cost carrier’s CEO for Hong Kong and Macau Celia Lao Sio Wun said yesterday.Lao made the remarks while speaking to reporters during a Macau media familiarisation visit to AirAsia’s headquarters at Kuala Lumpur airport.The airline’s founder Tony Fernandes said in March that he was interested in setting up a base in Macau as Air Macau’s monopoly ends

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Youth Career Expo offers 4,000 vacancies: organisers

About 70 enterprises and institutions will participate in an upcoming Youth Career Expo and provide 4,000 job vacancies for young people, Macau New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA) Vice Secretary General Ng Chon Kit said yesterdayNg’s association, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) co-hosted a press conference about their Youth Career Expo at the DSAL’s Occupational Safety and Health Council Training Centre in Rua de Francisco

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Int’l Youth Dance Festival takes place at Nam Van

Ten groups of dancers from different countries and regions gathered at Nam Van Lake yesterday to perform at the International Youth Dance Festival 2019.The six-day dance-fest named “Marvellous Dance for Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Macau’s Return to the Motherland”, organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), will end tomorrow.According to a statement provided by the DSEJ, the aim of the festival is to add charm and cultural diversity to the city and create an

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland tourist kicks daughter in street: police

A female tourist from the mainland is being investigated by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for allegedly kicking her daughter in the street yesterday.PJ officers will investigate further, and no action has been taken against the mother for now, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect is about 40 years old, while the victim is a three-year-old. Both are mainlanders visiting Macau, according to Chan.This anonymous video grab from Facebook shows as female

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Southampton beat Guangzhou R&F 4:0 in Taipa

The invitational tournament football match organised by the Macau Sports Bureau (ID) resulted in English Premier League team Southampton F.C. beating Chinese Super League outfit Guangzhou R&F F.C. 4:0 at the Olympic Stadium in Taipa last night.Co-organised by the bureau and the Macau Football Association (MFA), the match was held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, according to the Sports Bureau website..The match drew a crowd of over 9,000 fans,

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes to allow police to gain access to cloud servers outside Macau

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill amending the existing cybercrime law, which proposes that the local police will be allowed to gain access to information stored by criminal suspects on cloud servers outside Macau, after obtaining permission from local judges.The amendment bill also proposes a new crime category of operating fake base stations. The bill proposes that offenders face a prison term of up to three years.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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