SMEs confidence indices rising: think tank

The findings of a survey carried out by the local Social Studies Think Tank released yesterday show that local small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) confidence has been increasing since the second quarter of last year.The survey is titled Macau Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Confidence Index.A press conference about the survey’s findings was held yesterday at the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) in Zape.ACM Vice President Frederico Ma Chi Ngai said during the press

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman steals watch worth HK$170,000: police

A woman was caught on Monday for stealing her friend’s luxury watch worth about HK$170,000, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, both the suspect and victim are from the mainland. The suspect, surnamed Tao, is 27 years old. The victim is a businessman. The spokesperson did not reveal the victim’s surname or age.The spokesperson said the victim reported to the police last Monday night that he met Tao, whom he had known for about a year, in a

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui congratulates newly-elected lawmakers

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday congratulated the city’s newly-elected lawmakers on their success, vowing that the government and the legislature will continue to adhere to the principle of “one country, two systems” to serve Macau people.A statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office yesterday quoted Chui as saying that he would like to express gratitude to all candidates and voters on behalf of the government for their participation in Sunday’s direct and

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming regulator urges ‘more humane’ staff treatment

Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday his bureau had urged the city’s casino operators to ensure a “more humane” treatment of their employees.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremonies of the new heads of the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) and Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) at the Secretariat for Economy and Finance at the Bank of China Building.Chan said the bureau made the appeal in the wake of

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato-hit Barrier Gate bus terminal to reopen in 2019: govt

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday that the government would undertake major work to improve the ventilation in the bus terminal at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint while carrying out repairs to the equipment and facilities damaged by the severe flooding caused by Super Typhoon Hato.Lam also said the government expected the underground terminal to be partially operational in the second quarter of 2019.The underground terminal was seriously damaged by floodwaters

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Commonalities between typhoons & elections

Typhoons and elections share certain commonalities – their outcome is hard to predict and they tend to spring surprises.This is what happened when Super Typhoon Hato hit Macau on August 23. Besides, Sunday’s post-typhoon election was virtually unpredictable and, consequently, sprang a major surprise resulting in three newcomers to the legislature and two failed re-election bids, apart from a raft of other surprises.No doubt, the top winners of the direct election are the Macau-Guangdong

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Angela Leong buys US$338 million building in London: sources

Macau casino executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei has bought a historic building in London’s Aldwych district for about £250 million (US$338 million), informed sources said yesterday.Leong, who is married to casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung Sun, has completed the purchase of Aldwych House from Rowan Asset Management and GI Partners, the sources said, asking not to be identified because the deal is confidential. The 174,000 square-foot (16,200 square-meter) building near Covent Garden has

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Youngest lawmaker urges residents to monitor him, govt

Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a newcomer to the incoming legislature, said yesterday he hoped residents would continue to “monitor” him and the government.Speaking to reporters when he was thanking voters for their support in Rua da Emenda, Sou, 26, who will be the legislature’s youngest lawmaker, said he had demonstrated how to “stand out” in the election without having financial support from big companies, adding he hoped he could encourage more young people to participate in politics.Sou said

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Scholar says she will be middle-of-the-road-lawmaker

Agnes Lam Iok Fong, one of the incoming legislature’s newcomers, said yesterday that she would be a middle-of-the-road-lawmaker and she would try to listen to opinions from both pro-democracy and pro-government sides.Speaking to reporters at the Red Market when she was thanking stall owners for their support, Lam, who finally won a seat in the legislature on her third attempt, said her excitement at getting elected was very short-lived as she quickly realised that she had a lot of work to

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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School computers attacked by ransomware: police

A case of cybercrime was reported to the police on Friday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The case was reported by a computer teacher, working at a local school, responsible for maintaining the school’s IT facilities.According to the spokesperson, earlier that day, when the teacher went to the school, he found that some of the files on the computer were missing. Meanwhile, a file popped up on the screen, asking for his nationality and to send an e-mail to an unknown

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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2 men caught bringing illegal weapons into Macau

The police arrested an Indonesian man on Sunday afternoon at the airport for bringing an illegal weapon into Macau, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the police identified the suspect as an Indonesian national in his forties surnamed Vernjo. He was found carrying a knuckleduster in his suitcase when he arrived at the airport in Taipa.The police said that Vernjo is a Putonghua-speaking businessman. He told the police that he purchased the

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Four Seasons to hold ‘Run of Hope’ on Nov 5

The Four Seasons Hotel will hold its annual “Run of Hope” charity event on November 5 this year with proceeds going to a cancer programme at Kiang Wu Hospital as well as the Evangelise China Fellowship Orphanage.“Run of Hope Macau”, in its ninth year, is organised by Four Seasons Hotel Macau, with TIS and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as its major partners, according to a statement from the hotel on Sunday.The statement said that “Run of Hope” participants can choose to either

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Post-typhoon poll springs surprise result: 3 newcomers and 2 failed re-election bids in direct elect

Typhoon Hato sprang a surprise election result yesterday: three newcomers won seats in the legislature while two lawmakers failed in their re-election bids in the direct legislative election.Hato pummelled Macau on August 23, causing massive floods and damage that killed 10 and injured 244. The authorities’ bungled response to the typhoon, the worst in over five decades, led to widespread public anger.One of the newcomers to the legislature’s hemicycle is Agnes Lam Iok Fong, who heads the

September 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2 professional sector groups re-elect sitting lawmakers

Sitting lawmakers Chui Sai Cheong, Chan Iek Lap and Vong Hin Fai were elected by the professional sector, the only sector which had two electoral groups competing, in yesterday’s indirect legislative election.A total of six electoral groups were running in the five sectors in the indirect election, which broke the long-standing “tradition” of all the candidates running unopposed.A total of 5,397 indirect-election voters cast their ballots, amounting to 88.5 percent of the total number of

September 18, 2017 | BY admin

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