Special needs school to move to ex-Canidrome: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that an area on the plot of land where the former greyhound racetrack is located will be used for the new campus of the private Concordia School for Special Education.Tam made the remarks when visiting the current campus of the special needs school – located on the first to the third floors of the south block of Zhu Kuan Building in Rua de Madrid in Nape, with its entrance on the ground floor.During his visit to the

November 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Mangkhut causes 1.55 billion pataca loss: govt

The Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday it estimates that September’s Super Typhoon Mangkhut caused Macau financial losses of 1.55 billion patacas – 520 million patacas in direct losses and 1.03 billion patacas in indirect ones.Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which pummelled Macau on September 16, caused 40 injuries.Residents have, in general, praised the government for the significant improvements in its disaster response to Super Typhoon Mangkhut, compared to when Super Typhoon

November 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Schoolgirl on zebra crossing hit by car

An 18-year-old schoolgirl was hit by a car yesterday morning when she was on a zebra crossing near the S. Francisco Barracks, the police said.According to the police, the accident happened at around 7 a.m. in Estrada de S. Francisco – a hillside road running up from the barracks to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre. The car hit the pupil when she was walking across the zebra crossing at the junction of the road and Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues.The victim suffered abrasions

November 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander uses tissue to scam currency exchange gang

The police said yesterday they have arrested a mainlander for allegedly scamming a currency exchange gang by using tissue paper piled in between two HK$1,000 banknotes to make it look like there was HK$110,000 which he attempted to exchange into 98,285 yuan.Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced the case yesterday at a regular press briefing in Zape.According to Leng, police officers on duty in Cotai arrested the 24-year-old mainland man surnamed Wu on Saturday.Judiciary Police

November 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Light-fest to get VR, food trucks this year

Virtual reality (VR) experiences and food trucks are some of the new elements in this year’s Macau Light Festival which will take place from December 2-31, it was announced yesterday.Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said at a press conference held at Macau Tower that the budget for the event, which will illuminate the city and its old quarters throughout the festive month, was 18.5 million patacas, a 2.5 percent increase from last year’s as

November 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi praises Macau’s role in nation’s reform & opening-up: Chui

President Xi Jinping yesterday praised Macau’s role in the nation’s reform and opening up process over the past 40 years, while outlining four hopes for Macau to contribute further to national development, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told reporters in Beijing, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS). The GCS statement pointed out that Xi delivered an important speech while hosting Hong Kong and Macau delegations together at the Great Hall of the

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Govt mulls more night tourism events: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes attending yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker said that the government was studying the possibility of launching more night tourism events.Senna Fernandes said that the government aimed for more night tourism products to encourage more tourists to choose to travel around the city after sunset, in an attempt to reduce the pressure caused by the large number of tourists travelling around the city during the

November 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Studio City set to face key test today

HONG KONG – Studio City International Holdings, which has outperformed other Macau gaming companies in its first few weeks as a public company, is set to face a key test today when analysts are expected to weigh in on whether the shares are still worth buying.Initiations are likely to be published by lead underwriters Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Group and Morgan Stanley as a quiet period expires for analysts. Banks that manage an initial public offering (IPO) tend to be more bullish on a

November 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Local, mainland police solve intricate fraud case

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced that the local and mainland police arrested seven Zhuhai men – in Macau and the neighbouring city – for their alleged involvement in an intricate scam case in which a businesswoman from the mainland who had obtained a loan of HK$3.3 million from a businessman on the mainland tried to deceive her lender by planting the idea in his mind that her credit cards had been stolen, in an attempt to delay repaying the loan plus interest.PJ spokesman Leng Kam

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SJM subsidiary buys Shun Tak Centre floor for HK$680 million

SJM Holdings Limited has announced that its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Bondwell Limited has bought the whole of the 18th floor of China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, in Connaught Road in Hong Kong for HK$680 million. According to a SJM Holdings statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, Shun Tak Centre Limited, has agreed to sell the property.According to the statement, the price “is not higher than the estimated market value of the property as appraised by an

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2,000 join Guia Circuit fun run ahead of Grand Prix

The Guia Circuit, the world-famous street circuit for the Macau Grand Prix, was closed for a few hours yesterday, not for the annual motor-racing contest but for a fun run where nearly 2,000 people ran around the 6.2 kilometre track.The fun run, organised by the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee (MGPOC), was part of a string of activities to mark the 65th Macau Grand Prix which will take place from Thursday to Sunday.It was the first time that the street circuit was open for such an event,

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3-year-old gets finger stuck in lift door

A three-year-old boy got his finger stuck in the lift door while going down from the 15th floor with his mother yesterday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.Firefighters rushed to the scene at Nova City Block 12 in Rua de Nam Keng in Taipa.According to a CB statement, the boy hurt his right middle finger when it was stuck in the lift door. He was was taken with his mother to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre for outpatient treatment.

November 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt plans food waste plant: Rosario

The government plans to build a food waste plant, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario told government-owned TV-cum-radio station TDM in an interview broadcast on Saturday. Rosario noted in the interview conducted earlier last week that food waste accounted for some 40 percent of the rubbish delivered to the refuse incineration plant in Pac On. According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), Macau had 2,309 restaurants and similar businesses at the end of last

November 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau security forces, PLA garrison hold their 1st joint drill

Macau’s Public Security Forces and the local garrison of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) held their first joint drill yesterday.The first joint exercise focused on the fight against terrorism.The co-organisers said that the drill was a success.The counter-terrorism drill code-named “Spirited Dog” was held yesterday afternoon at two locations, the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai and at Coloane Pier. The drill lasted around two-and-a-half hours.The exercise was jointly organised

November 9, 2018 | BY admin

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