65th Macau Grand Prix ‘successfully concluded’: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture and President of the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee (MGPOC) Alexis Tam Chon Weng told reporters yesterday evening that the 65th Macau Grand Prix had been successfully concluded and that the committee would continue to follow the guidelines of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) in order to stage an exciting and safe event for the public and competitors alike. Tam said the committee had executed a successful event. He added that

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Ticktum wins dramatic Macau Grand Prix back-to-back

British driver Dan Ticktum yesterday won the Suncity Group F3 Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup – for the second time in as many years after a dramatic race.The 19-year-old Motopark driver led every lap during an incident-filled event where there were two Safety Car periods and a lengthy red flag interruption following a freak accident involving German driver Sophia Flörsch.Flörsch’s car flew over the barrier after being launched over the top of Japanese driver Sho Tsuboi’s car at

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Marreiros wins new central library design tender

Local architect Carlos Marreiros won the tender for the “Preparation of the New Macau Central Library Project” at the Old Courthouse, with a price tag of 18.68 million patacas, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement on Saturday.The bureau held a press conference at the Old Courthouse where it presented both the winning design proposal for the New Macau Central Library Project and also the tendering process of the library design and planning.According to the bureau’s

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui pledges guidelines for fiscal surplus allocations

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has pledged that his government will issue clear guidelines next year for allocating fiscal surpluses.2019 is Chui’s last year of his second and constitutionally final consecutive 5-year term.Chui made the promise during a post-policy address Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on FridayChief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On speaks during Friday’s post-policy address Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle. Photo:

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to spend 18.7 billion patacas on subsidies in 2019

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced in his 2019 Policy Address yesterday that his government will spend 18.75 billion patacas on subsidies, an increase of 45 percent from this year’s budget.Chui also said in his nearly one-hour speech in the legislature’s hemicycle that it was Macau’s duty to protect the nation’s sovereignty, security and development interests, as well as the “grand mission to promote Macau’s lasting stability and prosperity.”The 61-year-old chief

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Engines revving as Macau Grand Prix gets underway

At 7:30 a.m. yesterday 28 revving motorbikes roared off to get the 65th Macau Grand Prix up and running.There had been a little bit of rain before the race started so that the race track was a little damp but not so much as to be slippery for the two-wheel warriors.However, the day got off to a shaky start when the 52nd Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix free practice session was shortened by red flags due to two accidents, one involving debutant Andrew Dudgeon from the Isle of Man, almost immediately

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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SJM Theodore F3 drivers looking to improve on last year

SJM Theodore Racing by Prema has a strong team in this year’s 65th Macau Grand Prix FIA F3 World Cup and is looking to improve on its finishing of last year.The team this year consists of newly crowned F3 champion German Mick Schumacher, son of the legendary Michael and nephew of Ralf, both winners of Macau’s blue riband event, mainlander Zhou Guanyu competing on the Guia Circuit for the third time, Ralf Aron from Estonia making his second appearance plus debutants New Zealander Marcus

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police crack base station aimed at GP crowd

Two men were arrested on Wednesday evening in a luxury residential building in Nam Van from where they operated a fake base station to be used to send out a huge amount of gambling and scam messages during the Macau Grand Prix, which started with qualifying and practice races yesterday.A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said on Wednesday that from residents’ reports and during their patrols, they suspected a criminal organisation of renting a flat around the Avenida da Amizade area and

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Michel Vaillant’s latest adventure in Macau unveiled

The latest Michel Vaillant book was launched at Grand Lapa Hotel yesterday. The author, Philippe Graton, and illustrator, Benjamin Benéteau, attended the event and unveiled Vaillant’s latest adventure where he makes his second appearance in Macau. This is also the seventh episode of the new edition of Vaillant stories.Michel Vaillant was created in 1957 by the French author Jean Graton and continued by his son Philippe. The Adventures of Michel Vaillant represents a unique work in the

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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3 left-behind greys take pioneering trip on bridge to HK airport

In a first for the greyhounds that have been left behind at (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd., three were driven across the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) yesterday to Hong Kong’s international airport to catch a flight to Philadelphia in an experiment by local animal protection group Anima to see if it was possible and, if so, it could see the animals leaving almost daily within the next few weeks or so.When the racetrack closed its doors at midnight on July 20, after five decades in

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Just 49 casino smoking lounges approved out of 437 so far: Health Bureau

The amended tobacco control law taking effective on January 1 requires casinos and other gambling premises to have smoking lounges of higher standards than previously, each of which must be approved by the government, but so far – out of a total of 437 applications – just 49 have been officially certified, according to Health Bureau (SSM) data released yesterday.The information was provided to reporters after Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng, accompanied by SSM

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Yat Yuen pays 3 million patacas for greyhound care since July: IACM

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Tavares told reporters yesterday that Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. has paid about 3 million patacas to the bureau as the cost of taking care of its hundreds of greyhounds that the company left behind in their kennels when the dog racetrack closed down for good in July.According to Tavares, the 3 million patacas payment Yat Yuen settled on Tuesday was for the cost of taking care of the greyhounds at the now defunct racetrack from

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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HK woman nabbed for stealing from mainlander 1 year ago

The police arrested a Hong Kong woman when she returned to Macau on Tuesday after having allegedly stolen HK$220,000 in cash and cash chips from a mainlander here last year, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the woman, a 25-year-old surnamed Fan, who claimed to be a bank employee, came to Macau in June last year where she befriended a mainland man in his thirties at a casino-hotel in Cotai, after seeing him putting his winnings from the gaming

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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3 more states offer visas on arrival

Three more states – Rwanda in central Africa, Togo in West Africa and Saint Lucia in the West Indies – are offering Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport holders visa-on-arrival entry, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) announced yesterday. According to a DSI statement, Rwanda offers MSAR passport holders entry by granting them a visa on arrival, or through an e-visa, for stay in the English- and French-speaking country for up to 30 days. The Togolese Republic

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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