Lawmaker refuses to apologise over phone tapping doubts

Directly-elected non-establishment lawmaker Au Kam San has said that he refuses to apologise to the Judiciary Police (PJ) for his remarks last month in which he wondered whether the police had illegally carried out phone tapping, adding that the request made by the police last week was “ridiculous”.Au also said that the police’s possible launch of a criminal procedure against any lawmaker over his or her remarks expressing concern about the police’s possible illegality in carrying out

October 10, 2018 | BY admin

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2,309 eateries generate 11.2 billion patacas in 2017

Macau’s 2,309 eateries generated 11.2 billion patacas in receipts last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Based on Macau’s total land area of 30.8 square kilometres, there were nearly 75 eateries per square kilometre last year. The bureau’s definition of eateries comprises restaurants, “eating and drinking places” and cooked-food stalls.Guests relax at a restaurant with outdoor seating in the city centre yesterday.Photo: Maria Cheang Ut

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Govt should send checkpoint closure info to phones during typhoon: councillor

Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Jiang Xuchun said yesterday that the government should send details about the temporary closure of the city’s border checkpoints during a typhoon to everyone’s mobile phone.Jiang made the remarks during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.During Super Typhoon Mangkhut’s onslaught last month, the city’s three land border checkpoints with Zhuhai – the

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29 of 33 lawmakers visit Beijing & Tianjin

A total of 29 members of the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) went to Beijing yesterday for a four-day visit to the national capital and the nearby municipality of Tianjin, with the aim of better understanding the ongoing social and economic development of the mainland, at the invitation of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.Four legislators of the 33-member legislature did not go on the trip, having requested leave of absence. The four lawmakers are directly-elected

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Macau becoming ‘preferred destination’: Pansy Ho

Macau has developed itself with the “right infrastructure” and is becoming a “preferred destination” for visitors, Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) Secretary-General and Vice Chairwoman Pansy Ho Chiu King said during a GTEF press conference at MGM Cotai yesterday.Ho, group executive chairperson of Shun Tak Holdings and co-chairperson of MGM China Holdings, made the comments when she was asked by a reporter how Macau could provide quality tourism as local streets are overcrowded and

October 9, 2018 | BY admin

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EU & Guangdong to be tourism forum’s partners

The European Union (EU) and Guangdong will be the partners of the upcoming Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) that will be one of the highlight activities of the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY 2018), GTEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Pansy Ho Chiu King said yesterday.While the 28-nation bloc will be the event’s partner region, Guangdong will be its featured partner province.Ho made the remarks during a press conference about the forum which has been held annually since 2012.PLEASE

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Over 4,100 fined for illegally smoking in Jan-Sept

Anti-smoking inspectors fined 4,131 people for illegally puffing away in the first nine months of the year, with the category of illegally smoking in casinos topping the list, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The new version of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Law, which took effect on January 1 this year, bans smoking within a 10-metre-area of all bus stops.The no-smoking area at bus stops is currently indicated by grey lines painted on the ground. The Health Bureau said

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Macau’s Golden Week run seen fading as mainland economy slows

Macau’s robust Golden Week holiday performance isn’t likely to continue with concerns over mainland China’s softening economy weighing down the gambling outlook in the world’s biggest gaming hub. Mainland Chinese tourist arrivals in Macau for the week-long holiday that ended on Sunday jumped 14 percent year on year to about 734,000, according to Macau government data. Betting volume from high rollers was up more than 10 percent in the first six days of the month over the same period

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Govt mulls stronger support to young start-uppers: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that his government will study how to provide stronger support to young business start-uppers.Chui made the remarks during a meeting with about 20 young start-uppers after attending the unveiling ceremony of a national co-working space at the Macau Young Entrepreneurs Incubation Centre in Nape.Delivering a speech during yesterday’s ceremony, Francis Tam Pak Yuen, the chairman of the Parafuturo de Macau Investment and Development Limited

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Govt nixes plan to house greyhounds next to old people’s home

About 500 greyhounds will stay for the time being in their kennels at the former racetrack in Fai Chi Kei as a provisional facility that Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome has controversially set up to house the dogs right next to a retirement home in Coloane has been rejected by the government for failing to meet the necessary criteria.The company headed by legislator-cum-gaming executive Angela Leong On Kei had left the racing dogs at the Canidrome closed down in July. Leong has said she is ready to

October 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum doubts govt’s ability to implement master plan’s goals

Members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum said that they doubted whether the government would be able to implement the various goals to be stipulated in its future urban master plan.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The government announced last Wednesday that it had decided to draft the urban master plan of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), based on the government’s strategic plan to develop the

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Lok Kok teahouse exterior to be kept for hotel project: culture bureau

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that the construction of a new project on the plot where the heritage-protected former Lok Kok teahouse building is located would not affect the old building’s original façade.The badly dilapidated building is located in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Lou Kau Mansion – near the Cathedral – after attending yesterday’s launch ceremony of a guided tour service

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2 locals jump to their deaths & floating body found: police

A local man and a local woman jumped to their deaths in Areia Preta district on Saturday and yesterday respectively while the body of an unidentified man was spotted floating in the sea off Hac Sa beach on Saturday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in three statements.In the first statement, the police identified the deceased as 56-year-old local man surnamed Chang, who lived in a flat in a residential building in Areia Preta.On Saturday morning, a resident living in the building heard a noise

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Lawmaker urges govt to introduce adaptive traffic signals

The local government should introduce an adaptive traffic control system (ATCS) – a traffic management strategy in which traffic signal timing changes based on actual traffic demand - in order to tackle the city’s chronic traffic congestion, lawmaker Leong Sun Iok said yesterday.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar on traffic problems held by think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence Network on the latter’s premises in Ribeira do Patane district.Leong pointed out that the number

October 8, 2018 | BY admin

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