Owner faces charges over deadly restaurant blast: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested the owner of the Chinese restaurant in Areia Preta where an explosion occurred last month, killing a woman and injuring six other people, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.On the evening of July 3 an explosion ripped through an eatery on the ground floor of Block 2 of Pak Lei Estate in Avenida do Hipodromo. Firemen arrived at the restaurant soon after the blast, and found five injured people outside the restaurant

August 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt vows to ‘revitalise’ Lai Chi Vun Village

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said yesterday that it has come up with a proposal for the preservation and “revitalisation” of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village where about a dozen dilapidated shipyards are located.According to the proposal, some of the shipyards would be “completely” preserved while the others would be “revitalised” based on their specific characteristics.The bureau is proposing that the shipyards earmarked for revitalisation would be subject to demolition before

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Canidrome plans to move greyhounds to ‘residential spaces’

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that it has approved a request by the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. which asked the bureau to grant it an additional 60 days before taking back the greyhounds left behind at the Fai Chi Kei racetrack, adding that it has made the decision after considering the company’s latest greyhound relocation proposal submitted yesterday to be “feasible”.In its latest proposal to relocate the greyhounds left behind at

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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IPM denies ex-teacher’s malpractice, sexual misconduct claims

The public Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) yesterday categorically denied a string of allegations apparently made by David Quartermain, a former deputy director of the tertiary education institution’s MPI-Bell Centre of English.The institute sent a statement to The Macau Post Daily last night in response to the allegations by its former employee.On Saturday afternoon, The Macau Post Daily received an e-mail apparently written by Quartermain and titled “Malpractice, negligence, and sexual

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Seac Pai Van residents petition CE over hazardous materials

Representatives of Seac Pai Van residents yesterday handed a petition against the storage of hazardous materials near their homes, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, to an official outside Government Headquarters. The representatives told reporters that the petition was signed by over 7,200 residents.The petition accused the government of having failed to consult the affected residents about its plan to build two warehouses for hazardous materials in the Concordia Industrial

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Myanmar to give MSAR passport holders visa-on-arrival

The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday that it has been notified by the Consulate General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Hong Kong that the holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passports will be granted visa-on-arrival entry to the country as a tourist.According to the statement, the MSAR passport holders can apply for the visa-on-arrival at three airports in the country, namely Yangon International Airport, Mandalay International

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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SJM Holdings’ net profit rises 56.8 percent in 1H

Hong Kong-listed Macau gaming operator SJM Holdings Limited said in a statement yesterday that its first-half net profit rose 56.8 percent year on year to HK$1.49 billion. Total Group net revenue increased 9.7 percent to HK$17.19 billion. Net gaming revenue rose 9.6 percent to HK$16.84 billion, accounting for 97.9 percent of the total Group net revenue between January and June. The figures refer to the unaudited consolidated interim results of the company and its subsidiaries, collectively

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Cultural Industries Fund to launch branding grants

The Cultural Industries Fund (FIC) will launch a new programme to promote the branding of local enterprises through grants, aiming to help them enter the Greater Bay Area (GBA) market, FIC Administration Council member Davina Chu Miu Lai said yesterday.Chu made the remarks at a press conference about the fund’s financial support in the first half of the year and the new programme, at the Macau Art Garden in Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues.According to Chu, the programme provides five grants

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Permanent eSports venue debuts in Macau

A new spot for video gamers opened at Studio City yesterday, marking the first permanent venue for eSports in Macau.The venue called “Macau Estadium” is a joint project of Kowloon Estadium and All-In E-Sports Limited in partnership with Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, which developed Studio City in Cotai.Macau Estadium Executive Director Roy Kwong Kwan Yin told reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony at Studio City yesterday that there was a 20 million pataca

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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5 university students nabbed for smoking cannabis: police

Five university students have been arrested for smoking cannabis, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Leng, the five local male suspects are aged between 21 and 23. They study at two universities on the peninsula.Leng said that Wu, one of the five students, aged 21, went to the home of a friend – who is among the five, in Areia Preta and smoked marijuana on Thursday evening. After taking the drug, Wu felt

July 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass municipal organisation bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the establishment of a non-political municipal organisation in Macau.The new law states that all the members of the new organisation’s administrative committee and consultative committee will be appointed by the chief executive.The new law states that the municipal organisation will be established on January 1, 2019 when the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will be abolished.Flanked by several government

July 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt renews public bus deals for 15 months

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that the government has renewed its service provider contracts with public bus operators Transmac and TCM for another 15 months effective from tomorrow.The statement said that as the government has approved the merger of TCM and public bus operator New Era – which will take effect tomorrow, it only needed to renew its contracts with TCM and Transmac. The contracts for all the three public bus operators expire today.The statement noted

July 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Man in his 80s caught on camera touching woman’s buttocks

An octogenarian is being investigated for alleged sexual harassment after being caught on camera touching a woman’s backside in a bakery near Kiang Wu Hospital, the Public Security Police (PSP) announced during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon, the incident took place at 12:50 p.m. last Thursday at the bakery near Rua do Repouso, close to the private hospital.Questioned by the police, the suspect admitted to the offence.This handout photo

July 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass post-Hato vehicle tax bill

Lawmakers passed a government-initiated bill on a vehicle tax rebate scheme for vehicle owners affected by Super Typhoon Hato last year, during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The new law on tax benefits concerning the purchase of vehicles for Hato-hit vehicle owners is slated to come into effect after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in April. The legislature’s 1st Standing

July 31, 2018 | BY admin

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