SJM gives staff pay rise of up to 8.3 pct

Gaming operator SJM will give a salary increase of between 2.5 and 8.3 percent to eligible staff, effective from April 1, the company said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, all eligible employees whose monthly salaries are below 16,000 patacas will have a 600-pataca rise, representing increases of up to 8.3 percent; while employees earning monthly salaries of 16,000 patacas or above will receive salary increases of 2.5 percent.The statement also said that the Grand Lisboa

March 27, 2018 | BY admin

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TIS celebrates its 15th anniversary

The International School of Macao (TIS), which was established in 2002, celebrated its 15th anniversary yesterday on its campus in Taipa.Head of School Howard Stribbell said in his speech that TIS has grown from having a mere 58 pupils in the beginning to over 1,200 pupils today while 100 percent of the graduates have received offers from universities worldwide.According to TIS, its pupils are from around 40 different counties or regions, ranging from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12.Pupils of The

March 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Labuan Bajo chief wants Macau investors

Originally a small fishing village, the town of Labuan Bajo has become internationally known as the launching point to the world-famous Komodo National Park, but the so-called “new Bali” and the remaining areas of West Manggarai Regency are still rather underdeveloped, and the regent is urging foreign investors – including from Macau – to help with the development.“Of course we want to have investors from Macau too,” West Manggarai’s regent Agustinus Christoforus Dula told The

March 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Galaxy’s purchase of Wynn shares is legal: official

Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday that Galaxy Entertainment Group’s purchase last week of a 4.9 percent stake in Wynn Resorts, the majority shareholder of Wynn Macau, doesn’t violate the law regulating the local gaming industry.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a charity run yesterday on the campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island.New York-listed Wynn Resorts announced last week

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Boy playing with lighter sets home on fire: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) suspect that a fire in a residential unit in Areia Preta yesterday morning was caused by a boy playing with a lighter, according to a PJ statement yesterday.According to the statement, a woman in the flat had one of her hands burnt in the fire in Mei Lin Building in Avenida Leste do Hipódromo. The four-year-old boy was not injured.According to the statement, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a report at around 9:30 a.m. yesterday that a fire had broken out in the

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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BNU seeks 62.9 million pataca debt from Malo Clinic: report

Local Portuguese lender BNU has requested a court in Lisbon to enforce payment of a 6.3 million euros (62.9 million pataca) debt from Maló Clinic, Radio Macau reported yesterday, quoting a report by Portugal’s Expresso weekly newspaper.The request was submitted to the court last week.The clinic is owned by prominent Portuguese dentist and health care entrepreneur Paulo Maló. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Procedures for ‘localising’ national anthem law complete in April-May: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan has said that the government aims to complete its internal legislative procedures for amending the existing local law on the use and protection of the national anthem in April or May.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Friday at the Macau Basic Law Commemorative Gallery in Zape on the sidelines of a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the gallery located next to the Macau Forum

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Nevada regulator to probe Galaxy After Wynn deal

LAS VEGAS – The Nevada Gaming Control Board will look into Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) after the Hong Kong-listed casino company’s purchase of a stake in Wynn Resorts.“As is its ordinary course, the Nevada Gaming Control Board engages in a due diligence process for any shareholder approaching a reporting requirement,” Becky Harris, the board’s chairwoman, said on Friday in a statement.Individuals owning more than 10 percent of a casino must meet suitability requirements in the US

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Pansy Ho says MGM using art to bring world to China

MGM Co-chairperson and Executive Director of MGM China Holdings Pansy Ho Chiu-king said yesterday that she is using art in her casino resorts to bring the world to China and vice versa.Ho made the remarks in a speech at the opening of the “Explore Spectacular” art symposium at MGM Cotai, which attracted about 200 attendees from local and regional artists and art enthusiasts.Ho said that while art has different meanings for different people, everyone would agree that art transcends all

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Guest speaker calls for resurfacing of San Ma Lou

A geotechnical engineer attending yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker urged the government to resurface the whole of Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro and change all the pipes and drains underneath with the aim of fundamentally solving the problem of possible subsidence incidents happening again there.The city’s main thoroughfare is informally known as San Ma Lou (“New Road”).The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Guest

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Indonesian tourism delegation plans to visit Macau next month

The Department of International Marketing for Greater China of Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism plans to send a delegation of Indonesian tour and travel business owners and professionals to Macau and Hong Kong next month to set up cooperation arrangements with the two special administrative regions’ tour and travel operators.There is still no exact date but the trip to Macau is planned to take place towards the end of April, Anggara Kusuma Pradoko, the department’s spokesperson, told The

March 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Central govt’s overall jurisdiction & Macau’s autonomy belong together: speakers

Macau Basic Law Promotion Association President Liu Chak Wan said yesterday that it was a vital and fundamental rule for Macau to exercise the “one country, two systems” policy and to fully comprehend and implement the principle of the Macau Basic Law, so to ensure the prosperity and sustainable development of Macau.Liu, a prominent businessman and member of the Executive Council, made the remarks in his opening speech during a seminar to mark the 25th anniversary of the promulgation of the

March 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Over 90 pct of UM graduates find jobs within 3 months: official

The head of the student counselling section of the University of Macau’s Student Affairs Office, Sou Kuai Long, said yesterday that over 90 per cent of UM undergraduate students found jobs within three months of their graduation, with a median income of 15,000 patacas per month, last year, adding that 40 per cent of them found jobs in areas in line with the majors they graduated in.Sou made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a two-day annual

March 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Old-age beds can meet demand: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the number of beds in the city’s old-people’s homes currently available can meet the demand.Tam made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker Zheng Anting during a plenary session of the legislature.According to Tam, there are currently 21 old-people’s homes run by private organisations in the city, providing a total of 2,015 beds.Flanked by senior officials of his

March 23, 2018 | BY admin

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