Helping young people get on property ladder is next step: JLL

With a stable economy, housing prices would have a stable rise of within 10 percent for the whole year, which is “very healthy” and the next step for the government is to help young couples get on the property ladder as a way to solve the under supply problem, as forecast by the local branch of US-based real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).The Macau branch yesterday held a press conference at its Finance and IT Centre office in Nam Van on its mid-year review of the local

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Police launch shortcut to app fighting rogue cabbies

According to a statement by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday, the police have been paying close attention to violations by local taxi drivers and, in addition to the ongoing clampdown on rogue cabbies, the police have added a shortcut for reporting alleged violations by cabbies on its ePolice app’s homepage.The statement pointed out that, with this shortcut, callers can directly call the PSP Traffic Department on 2837 4214, pointing out that this would save callers having to look

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

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1 local, 6 HK suspects nabbed for taking & selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested one local male and six Hong Kong male and female suspects yesterday for the alleged selling and taking of drugs, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspects are aged between 27 and 47.The spokesperson said that the seven suspects had their own division of labour, such as smuggling drugs into Macau, collecting money from selling the drugs, and recruiting new drug

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt vows to look after ‘left-behind’ greyhounds

The government announced yesterday that it has contingency plans for the greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. in the case that the dogs are left behind at the racetrack in Fai Chi Kei after its official closure tomorrow night.However, the government reaffirmed that Yat Yuen must fulfil its “statutory” duties by properly taking care of the racing dogs after the racetrack closes for good.The government said that it will consider the option of temporarily keeping the

July 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Education officials probe pupils’ #MeToo claims

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Acting Director Leong Wai Kei revealed yesterday that her bureau has contacted the legal guardian of a schoolgirl who recently claimed on Facebook that she had been sexually harassed by a teacher.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a school graduation ceremony in Areia Preta.Last Wednesday, a Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College (CSKPHC) secondary school pupil anonymously published a #MeToo post on the “New CSKPHC Secrets Page” Facebook group

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt pledges no greyhounds will be homeless: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan reassured the public yesterday that the government will ensure that no greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. will be rendered homeless.Chan also said that the government will host a press conference today about how it plans to handle the racing dogs’ fate.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL).Secretary for Administration and Justice

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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LRT budget rises to 16.4 billion patacas: lawmaker

The government’s latest overall budget for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project amounts to 16.4 billion patacas – but not including the still unscheduled LRT peninsula section, Mak Soi Kun, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, quoted government officials as saying yesterday.Mak briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. The members of the committee asked the officials, including Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) Director Ho

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Oliver Jeffers’ ‘The Way Back Home’ book comes to life on stage

A story about a boy discovering an aeroplane in the cupboard and flying away high into the sky, and then running out of fuel and making a landing on the moon where he meets a Martian who is also stuck there, will come to life in a stage adaption of “The Way Back Home”, a book by Northern Irish illustrator-writer Oliver Jeffers.The Teatre Refleksion from Denmark will have nine performances at the Macau Cultural Centre from today until Sunday using a black theatre approach to shine a light on

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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No. 8 signal unlikely: observatory

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said last night that it’s unlikely that it will hoist the No. 8 signal today for tropical storm “Son-Tinh” that was approaching the southern island province of Hainan.The weather station hoisted the No. 1 signal at 4 a.m. yesterday before later hoisting the No. 3 signal at 6 p.m.According to the bureau’s website, tropical storm “Son-Tinh” was located at about 420 kilometres south-west of Macau at 2 a.m. today and was moving west

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Airport logs 4 million passengers in 1H

Macau’s airport recorded 4 million passengers in the first half of the year, a year-on-year growth of 20 percent, Ma Iao Hang, chairman of the board of directors of the Macau International Airport Company (CAM) has announced. Ma also said that the number of flight movements rose 12 percent to over 31,000 touch-downs and take-offs in the six-month period, when cargo movement increased 9.32 percent to 18,900 tonnes. According to Ma, the number of flight movements by business jets reached

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Union calls for 14th salary from Galaxy

Members of the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union yesterday petitioned gaming operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), urging the company to pay all GEG employees a fourteenth salary.According to the union, the petition includes over 300 signatures of Galaxy employees from different departments of the company, which the union handed to a company representative outside Galaxy’s human resources office at Centro Comercial do Grupo Brilhantismo in Zape.Speaking to reporters after handing

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Husband attacks wife with boiling oil & drain cleaner

A local man poured boiling cooking oil and drain cleaner over his wife in their home in Taipa last Thursday after a heated argument about a possible divorce, which caused the victim to suffer serious burns and possible blindness, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday in the PJ headquarters in Zapa.After the woman was viciously attacked, she asked neighbours for help who then reported the case to the police, after which police officers

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab sauna locker thief – victim left without outer garments, socks and shoes

A man from the mainland had his belongings, including cash, all his outer garments, socks and a pair of shoes, stolen by another male mainlander – who the victim had met a short while before the theft – from a sauna last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said yesterday, adding that the suspect was arrested on Saturday.In a special press conference about the case, Chan identified the suspect as a 31-year-old surnamed Tang.On June 9, the 24-year-old victim came to Macau to

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt launches ‘Macau Classic Brand’ scheme

A scheme named “Macau Classic Brand” opened for applications yesterday, aiming to recognise local brands with Macau characteristics.A press conference was hosted by the Macau Chain Stores and Franchise Association with representatives from several government bodies, in a pressroom of the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) in Nam Van.Addressing the press conference, DSE Director Tai Kin Ip said that in order to support local classic brands, the Economic Services Bureau signed an agreement with

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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