Govt gets 404 casino smoking lounge applications

The Health Bureau (SSM) said last week that up to Friday it had received applications from 27 casinos – among the city’s 47 casinos – for the setting-up of 404 smoking lounges in their gaming areas in line with the new official standards.The city’s six gaming operators are SJM, Wynn, Galaxy, Venetian, MGM and Melco.The bureau said in a statement last Friday that among the 404 smoking lounges awaiting approval, it had approved 12 smoking lounges from three casinos – the Ponte 16 casino

October 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Nursery kids evacuated during fire in flat upstairs

A fire gutted a residential unit on the first floor in Ha Van district at around midday yesterday, which forced a day nursery below the flat on the ground floor of the building to evacuate 41 children and 16 staff members, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Ha Van is the Chinese name for the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood in the Inner Harbour area near Barra.The day nursery, which also occupies the mezzanine floor, is one of the five day nurseries run by Macau Tung Sin Tong Charitable

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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250 cabbies join ride-hailing app

About 250 common taxis have joined a mobile ride-hailing app launched by the Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Help Association.Prospective passengers can call a taxi that has joined the app that is within a three-kilometre radius of the location where they are at that time.Tony Kuok Leong Son, the group’s president, made the announcement during a press conference at his association’s office near Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Help Association President Tony

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Watch & diamond exports rise in Jan-Aug

Macau’s watch and diamond exports jumped last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. In August, watch exports leapt 145 percent to 109 million patacas year on year, while exports of diamonds and diamond jewellery jumped 191 percent to 42 million patacas. Exports of watches rose 27.9 percent to 898 million patacas in the first eight months, but diamond and diamond jewellery exports fell 10.8 percent to 440 million patacas in the same period.PLEASE READ THE

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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CTM hopes govt can grant 5G licences next year

Telecom operator CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday his company hopes the government will be able to start granting 5G licences next year so that his company could start the city’s 5G network service in 2020 in line with neighbouring regions.Poon made the remarks during a press conference held at the Macau Science Centre in Nape about the progress of testing its 5G network, which began this month.According to Poon, the download speed using a 5G network would be 100 times faster than

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Conrad rolls out ‘pink’ dishes for breast cancer awareness

Conrad is continuing its breast cancer awareness campaign this year, with dishes at its restaurants and tea set at lobby lounge going pink where possible for the campaign.There will be pink version of the Conrad bear and duck available too.The hotel is also teaming up with the International Ladies Club of Macau to host a Pink charity lunch on October 11 to raise money for Hong Kong Cancer Fund. The lunch costs 480 patacas per person, of which 100 patacas would go to the cancer fund in Hong

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Lush offers customers trade in mooncake tins for mask

British cosmetics retailer Lush will start a mooncake tin recycling campaign where people taking five mooncake tins to their shops would get a fresh face mask for free.This campaign, which applies to their stores in Macau and Hong Kong, is effective from October 1 to 10. The mooncakes tins can be any size as long as they have been cleaned.According to Lush’s statement, the campaign is to reduce waste, and lessen the pressure on the landfills.The statement said that the mooncake tins collected

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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MFM to have their first big gig next month

Local group MFM formed in 2014 and next month will be having their first major concert, “Rule of Three”, at the Venetian Theatre in Cotai.MFM consists of the trio Adriano Jorge, aka AJ, Josie Ho Chi Cheng and Hyper Lo Ka-hou, and earlier this week Ho and Jorge sat down with MPD Weekender at the Venetian to explain how their journey began, just four short years ago.MPD Weekender asked Ho and Jorge what MFM stood for and they said that they were going to appear on a Hong Kong television show

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Sand barge catches fire

A sand barge caught fire when it was travelling about two nautical miles (3.7 kilometres) east of the Taipa Ferry Terminal yesterday morning, according to a joint statement by the Macau Customs Service and the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA).The DSAMA Vessel Traffic Control Centre received a distress signal from the crew of the sand barge shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday that a fire had broken out in the cabin when the vessel was travelling from Shenzhen to Wanzai harbour in the neighbouring city

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Sino-Vatican deal won’t affect local diocese under Basic Law: bishop

Local Roman Catholic Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-Sang said yesterday that no matter what the details of the recently signed provisional Sino-Vatican agreement are, it wouldn’t affect the Macau diocese under the “One Country, Two Systems” principle guaranteed by the Macau Basic Law.Lee made the remarks in an interview with The Macau Post Daily at the Bishop’s House in the city centre.In an English-language statement published on the diocese’s website yesterday, Lee writes, “I am pleased

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt launches organ donation website

The Health Bureau (SSM) launched an organ donation website yesterday, aiming to provide a convenient way for the public to register as organ donors.During a ceremony at the bureau, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in a speech that organ donation not only saves lives, but also helps the families of those who received donated organs. Tam expressed the view that organ donation is an indicator of the harmony and progress of civil society.Tam signed up as an organ

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam says not him to decide on greyhounds near old-age home

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that it was not for him to make the final decision on how to solve the controversial issue of housing about 500 greyhounds right next to a retirement home in Coloane, after telling reporters on Monday that he would talk with other policy secretaries to look into relocating the dogs to another location.Tam made the remarks when speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at the public Conde de Sao Januario

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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New FM commissioner ‘delighted’ with Macau’s int’l prestige

Newly appointed Foreign Ministry Commissioner Shen Beili said yesterday her office was “sincerely delighted” with Macau’s “growing external engagement and international prestige.” Shen, who heads the ministry’s local office, gave the praise in a speech during a welcome reception marking her recent posting to Macau. Shen arrived in Macau on September 14, when she succeeded Ye Dabo in a routine change at the helm of the commission. Shen paid a courtesy call on Chief Executive Fernando

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Overseas visitors rise in August

The number of visitors from the US, Australia, Canada and other countries overseas rose year on year last month, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) this week. US visitors rose 15.1 percent to 13,700, visitors from Australia grew 18.1 percent to 5,400 and those from Canada increased 11 percent to 5,400. UK visitors rose 6.4 percent to 4,600. Those from France increased 1.9 percent to 3,300. South Korean visitors fell 12.6 percent to 66,100. Those from

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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