Wynn Palace beats Wynn Macau

Wynn Palace’ net revenue beat Wynn Macau’s in the four quarter of last year, according to a statement released by Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas yesterday.According to the statement, net revenues from Wynn Macau in Nape amounted to US$618.6 million for the fourth quarter, a 24.1 percent increase from the same period of 2016. Adjusted Property EBITDA from Wynn Macau was US$186.0 million, a 25.0 percent increase year on year.Wynn Macau’s casino revenues were US$582.9 million, up 25.3 percent

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Inflation rate dips to 1.23 pct in 2017

Macau’s inflation rate dipped to 1.23 percent last year, down from 2.37 percent in 2016, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that the composite consumer price index (CPI) in December last year amounted to 111.08, a 2.04 year-on-year increase, pointing out that it was the highest increase last year and the largest growth since July 2016.According to the statement, the composite CPI in December last year increased 0.51 percent

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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CEM to build flood barriers for substations

A senior manager of Macau’s power utility said yesterday the company would build flood barriers at substations in low-lying areas.CEM Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Communication Office Senior Manager Cecilia Nip Lai Peng made the remarks when she was asked by a reporter about the precautions being taken to prevent future blackouts, on the sidelines of the one-day CEM Energy Fun Fair in Praça do Tap Seac.Nip said that since last year’s catastrophic typhoon, CEM had been working on

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum calls for points system for traffic offences

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for the implementation of a points system for traffic offences in Macau.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Yesterday’s focus of the forum was on what measures the government should take to improve the city’s road safety, in the wake of two zebra crossing accidents earlier this month.Ma Chio Hong, a senior officer of the Traffic Department of

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs seize large No. of mobile phones, amber from 2 visitors

The Macau Customs Service has seized a large number of mobile phones and a quantity of amber separately from two visitors arriving at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal who failed to show customs declaration documents for the items.According to a statement on Saturday, Customs Service officers seized 348 smartphones from a 45-year-old man, and a quantity of amber weighing 37.5 kilogrammes from a 53-year-old woman, separately on Thursday at the ferry terminal in Macau. The statement did not

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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7 hurt in escalator accident at Studio City

Seven Taiwanese tourists were injured in an accident on an escalator at Studio City in Cotai yesterday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.The accident happened at around 3:30 p.m. on an escalator going up when one of the injured suddenly lost his or her balance and fell backwards, which caused other visitors to fall. The domino effect finally resulted in seven injuries, staff members of the resort told the media at the scene.An employee hit the emergency stop button immediately the accident

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Broken Tooth’ arrester dies in Portugal

The local Portuguese police chief Antonio Francisco Marques Baptista who went down in history by arresting high-profile triad kingpin “Broken Tooth” Wan Kuok Koi in the evening of May 1, 1998, several hours after Baptista’s car was damaged by an explosive device on Guia Hill.Baptista arrested Wan in a restaurant of the Hotel Lisboa where was reportedly watching a TVB documentary about himself with some of his 14 K triad cronies.Spectacular photos showing Baptista and Wan and several of

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 2 locals in HK$47 million casino chip theft

The police have solved a casino theft case in which chips worth over HK$47 million were stolen on Tuesday, and two local men have been arrested, according to a statement by Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan last night.Security guards at a casino in Nape reported to PJ officers stationed there at 7 a.m. on Tuesday that a dealer working at a VIP room had stolen chips worth HK$47,895,000, according to a PJ press conference on Wednesday. The police did not name the

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to consult public on management plan for Historic Centre

The government will launch a two-month public consultation tomorrow for the drafting of an official plan for the protection and management of the UNESCO-listed Historic Centre of Macau.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in Praça do Tap Seac. The public consultation will end on March 20. Four public sessions will be held during the consultation period.The Historic Centre of Macau was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Trio caught in fake marriage case: police

A bogus marriage case involving a “couple” and a go-between, has been discovered, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lai identified the “couple” as a local man in his fifties surnamed Au and a woman from Guangdong in her thirties surnamed Chen. Lai said that a woman surnamed Kwok, who is a non-permanent resident, was suspected of having acted as their go-between.The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) notified the Public

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to consult public on shipyards’ heritage status

The government will launch a two-month public consultation on Monday about the ongoing cultural heritage evaluation of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village and its traditional shipyards.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in Praça do Tap Seac. The public consultation will end on March 22. Three public sessions will be held during the consultation period.The bureau announced during a special press conference in March last year that

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau holds int’l gastronomy forum

Macau yesterday kicked off its first International Gastronomy Forum to exchange views on the business potential of gastronomy and making cities better for people to live in.The three-day event at Macau Tower has attracted more than 300 representatives from members of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy, as well as chefs from the Chinese mainland and Macau.Deputy Director-General of UNESCO Getachew Engida said at the opening ceremony that the designation of Macau as a UNESCO Creative City

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Flu-stricken CE takes sick leave – flu cases rising

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has been on sick leave since Tuesday after contracting influenza, the Government Spokesperson’s Office (GPV) said in a statement yesterday.According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Wednesday, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan is the acting chief executive until tomorrow while Chui is off sick. Her appointment as acting CE took effect on Tuesday.The GPV statement came in response to enquiries from the

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Aiming to nurture reading culture, libraries opening ‘til late

The Internet where a t onne of information is just a few clicks away is certainly ultra-convenient but locals have, nevertheless, been requesting that libraries extend their opening hours so that they can have more time to use the service.Due to public request, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in 2015 commissioned the University of Macau (UM) to conduct a survey on public libraries’ opening hours that resulted in the introduction of a 24-hour service at the Red Market Library on a six-month

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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