Terrace Restaurant to hold Christmas feast

Terrace Restaurant at Hotel Okura will add some festive sparkle to its semi-buffet over Christmas and the New Year.Currently, it runs a weekday semi-buffet lunch at 168 patacas per person with four choices of main course dishes to choose from: pan fried beef tenderloin with black truffle sauce, seafood stew, chicken cordon blue, and hot and spicy pork back ribs with potato wedges.There are additional dishes for the semi-buffet dinner, priced at 188 patacas per person, and for the weekend

December 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Greyhounds happy in their ‘furever’ homes

Since the 532 greyhounds were abandoned by (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. on July 20 at the now defunct racetrack, 139 have been taken to adoption centres in the US or adopted by local residents and Hong Kong citizens, leaving a total of 333 for adoption as of yesterday.Unfortunately, since the closure of the Canidrome in Fai Chi Kei 10 greyhounds have died from various health issues and 50 have not so far been considered for adoption due to their age or health problems, as Albano Martins,

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Public services unique account system to be launched next month: govt

The government has finished developing a system of unique accounts for residents – referring to a single account for a person combining various public services by various government entities – and will launch the system next month, the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) announced yesterday.The bureau hosted a press conference yesterday to brief the media about the preliminary achievements of its smart government project that is ongoing. The press conference took place on

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Lionsgate movie-themed attraction set to open in Hengqin next year

A movie-themed indoor interactive experience centre based on Lionsgate’s blockbuster films, such as The Hunger Games, The Divergent Series and Now You See Me, is set to open on Hengqin in the first half of next year, it was announced in a press conference at Zhuhai Marriott Hotel yesterday.The attraction, Lionsgate Entertainment World, is located in Novotown, an integrated tourism and entertainment destination in Hengqin.“The development of Novotown and Lionsgate Entertainment World is a

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Mainlander robbed by masseuse in hotel: police

A man from the mainland was robbed on Wednesday by a masseuse he had met through a mobile app, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lei said the victim, who is in his 40s, came to Macau to gamble and was staying in a hotel room at a resort in Cotai which a junket operator had given him during his stay.On Wednesday at 4 a.m. the man got acquainted with the masseuse through a mobile app and asked her to give him a massage in his room. The

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Drunk driver rear-ends motorcycle: police

A man driving under the influence (DUI) crashed into the back of a motorcycle injuring the rider on Monday night, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lam said the driver is a retiree surnamed Tam is in his 60s.On Monday at 11 p.m., the police received a report about a traffic accident in Avenida da Amizade and when the police arrived at the scene, they found a private car parked in the middle of the road with the driver sitting in it. A

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Mainland, Macau ink deal on trade in goods under CEPA

MACAU – An agreement was signed yesterday between the Chinese mainland and Macau on trade in goods under the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), symbolizing the completion of comprehensively upgrading the CEPA.The agreement was signed by Vice Commerce Minister Fu Ziying and Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac at Macau Government Headquarters.The signing of the agreement will promote the integration of Macau into the national development, and

December 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau

Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau Deputy Director Xue Xiaofeng (fifth from left, front) poses for a photo with representatives of Macau’s English- and Portuguese-speaking media and fellow Liaison Office officials at the central government’s New Bamboo Garden guesthouse on Penha Hill last night. Xue hosted an end-of-year dinner for the media representatives, thanking them for their professionalism. In a speech, Xue underlined the fruitful outcome of President Xi

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Leong reaffirms ban on hiring of non-local dealers

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac yesterday reaffirmed the government’s stance of banning the hiring of non-local casino dealers.The policy secretary’s remarks came after a member of the Economic Development Council urged the government – during a plenary meeting of the government-appointed council on Tuesday – to allow the employment of non-local dealers.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Macau Tower on the sidelines of the “Macau Convention

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Mainlander pimps Japanese woman: police

A Japanese woman was cheated when a mainland man she had met on an online app asked her to come to Macau four years ago when he took all the money she earnt as a prostitute from clients he had found for her to service until she left after a few months, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lei said the suspect surnamed Gao, a 28-year-old unemployed man from Jilin, a north-eastern province bordering North Korea and Russia, has a girlfriend who

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MGTO to launch ‘chatbots’ answering tourists’ enquiries

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced yesterday that it will install a number of robots that can answer people’s enquiries about tourism information – by listening to oral speech – in various locations in the city. The robot is called “chatbot”.According to Wikipedia, a chatbot is a computer program or an artificial intelligence (AI) which conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods.The office hosted a press conference yesterday at the Transport Bureau

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In-flight theft of HK$20,000 by mainlander

A mainland man was arrested by the police yesterday for stealing HK$20,000 from a passenger on a flight from Nanjing to Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference yesterday.Lei said the suspect surnamed Li, a 33-year-old salesman from the mainland, was reported to the police by the male victim, also from the mainland. The HK$20,000 was recovered by the police.The police also found that Li was involved in another theft from a passenger onboard an

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Lawmakers pass bill on temporary housing & ‘home swap’ schemes

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed yesterday the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating its temporary housing and its “home swap” schemes for residents affected by the future urban renewal process.According to the bill, temporary housing projects are for residents affected by urban renewal projects to live temporarily when their old homes have been earmarked for redevelopment, while “home swap” units are for residents affected by the urban renewal process to buy if they are

December 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Michelin gives 19 local restaurants stars in new guide

A total of 19 local restaurants received one to three stars from Michelin in its latest 2019 Hong Kong and Macau Guide that was launched yesterday.An award ceremony took place at City of Dreams (COD) yesterday, where it was announced that Alain Ducasse at Morpheus was the only new restaurant from Macau to have made it on to the guide’s list of starred restaurants.The restaurant, headed by Ducasse serving French contemporary haute cuisine, was awarded two Michelin stars “in less than six

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