Message for Chinese New Year 2019

Shen Beili Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SARShen Beili Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SARBidding farewell to the prosperous year of the Dog, we ring in the year of the Pig. On behalf of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region, I would like to send New Year

February 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Culture bureau calls police again over illegal renovation work at Kun Iam Temple

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that its inspectors discovered on Wednesday that unauthorised renovation work was still going on at the heritage-listed Kun Iam Temple and therefore “immediately” reported the case to the police again.The bureau had already called the police once about the same issue last month.The bureau said in a statement on January 14 that it had called the police that day after Kun Iam Temple representatives continued with their renovation

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Continuing a tradition: Make your own CNY woodblock prints

The Chinese New Year is one of the most important times of the year in Macau, and as it is also one of the most celebrated festivals, coming with a long list of customs, traditions and rituals, varying between regions and communities.While some customs might be a bit difficult to follow, there are some traditions that can be easily kept, such as family reunion dinners, spring cleaning, shopping for (and wearing) new clothes, giving out “lai see” (red envelopes with banknotes inside),

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter rider hurt in crash with car driven by mainlander

A male scooter rider was injured in a head-on collision with a car apparently travelling up the hill in the wrong lane outside Star River Windsor Arch in Taipa yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.According to the police, the male car driver is a mainlander who holds a South Korean driving licence. He is allowed to drive in Macau, the police said.According to the police, the crash happened at around 2 a.m. yesterday in Estrada Lou Lim Ieok outside Block 2 of the luxury residential

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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FM chief says ‘understands’ public concern about spending

Macau Foundation (FM) President Wu Zhiliang said yesterday he understood public concern about the modus operandi of the foundation and how it spends public money. Wu, a former journalist, made the remarks in a speech during a luncheon hosted by the public foundation at Grand Lapa Hotel for the local media. Wu said that, in response to citizens’ concern about the spending of public money, the foundation had adopted a “very careful and prudent attitude” when carrying out its mission.

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Wynn Palace revenues up, Wynn Macau down in 4Q

Wynn Resorts in the US has reported rising revenues at Wynn Palace in Cotai and falling revenues at Wynn Macau in Nape in the fourth quarter of last year. According to a statement by the gaming operator in the US on Wednesday, operating revenues from Wynn Palace were US$740.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, up 12.8 percent year-on-year. Adjusted property EBITDA from the company’s resort in Cotai was US$226.6 million, a 19.2 percent year-on-year growth. Wynn Palace’s casino revenues

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Female teacher cheated online by ‘Polish’ man

A 26-year-old local teacher lost HK$24,000 in an online scam after she was told by a “courier company” to pay a handling fee to collect a parcel sent by a “Polish man” whom she had met on a social networking site, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.The victim finally realised that she had been cheated out of money after she was again told by the “courier company” the next day to pay a fine of HK$89,000 to collect the parcel as it contained a

February 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui, Public Security Vice Minister Wang vow to strengthen ‘indispensable’ cooperation

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Vice-Minister for Public Security Wang Xiaohong have vowed to further strengthen cooperation between the national and local police this year, considering that 2018 will mark the swearing-in of a new local government and also witness two important celebratory events, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday. The statement said that Chui and Wang met “recently” at the local government’s Santa Sancha mansion

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Businesswoman loses HK$601,000 in investment scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local woman on Tuesday for cheating a local businesswoman out of HK$601,000 by claiming to be able to provide two investment schemes with a high rate of return, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 60-year-old local woman surnamed Lam who told the police that she is unemployed. The victim, whose surname was not given during the presser, is in her fifties.The victim met Lam in September 2017

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotels report record 14.1 million guests in 2018

Macau’s 116 hotels and guesthouses reported a record 14.1 million guests last year, up by 7.2 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.The total number of guests included 9.7 million mainlanders (68.9 percent of the total), 1.5 million Hongkongers (10.7 percent of the total), and 477,000 Taiwanese (3.4 percent of the total).The number of mainland guests rose 12.5 percent year-on-year, the only major guest segment that recorded two-digit growth. The

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Gang hires 17-year-old HK boy to sell drugs in Macau: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday that a 17-year-old boy from Hong Kong who had been hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau was arrested on Tuesday, the second case of its kind this week following Monday’s arrest of a 16-year-old Hong Kong boy who had been recruited by a gang to peddle drugs in Macau.The announcement did not say whether the two boys were hired by the same Hong Kong gang.PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced the case of the 17-year-old suspect, surnamed Yan, during a

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Prosecutors to probe Kun Iam Temple renovation

The criminal case of unauthorised renovation work at the heritage-listed Kun Iam Temple has been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for further investigation, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the Judiciary Police completed an investigation into the case on Tuesday following a report by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) earlier this month.The Cultural Affairs Bureau said in a statement on January 14 that

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Pac On new govt office building to save 21 million patacas in rental payments: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the government expects the newly-completed government office building in Pac On in Taipa to enable a decrease of 21 million patacas annually in its cost of renting office space in private properties.Tam made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I during a plenary session of the legislature.In her interpellation, Lei said that the government

January 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Gang hires 16-year-old HK boy to sell drugs in Macau: police

A 16-year-old boy from Hong Kong was hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Tam, was arrested on Monday night outside a hotel in the city centre. The unemployed teenager, who has dropped out of school, told the police that he had been hired by the gang for a payment of HK$1,000 per day as he needed money, Ho said.According to Ho, the Judiciary Police were recently tipped off that

January 30, 2019 | BY admin

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