Govt raises non-locals’ childbirth fees by 800 pct from June

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced yesterday that it will raise the fees by 800 percent, or ninefold, for its childbirth services at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, starting from June 1, for non-local women whose husbands are also non-locals.The bureau said that the drastic fee hike aimed to reduce the number of non-local women using the public hospital’s childbirth services, in order to ensure a better service for their local counterparts.According to the bureau, low-income

May 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt axes deal for additional LRT trains

The Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) said in a statement yesterday that the government and the manufacturer of Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains have agreed on the termination of their agreement for purchasing additional trains.Macau’s LRT trains are supplied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.According to the statement, the agreement primarily covers the settlement of the works already carried out by the LRT train supplier, purchased materials, the processing and delivery of already

May 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Credit cards rise 12 pct to 1.2 million in March

The number of personal credit cards issued by banks in Macau stood at 1.2 million at the end of March, a year-on-year growth of 12.1 percent, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced yesterday.According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), Macau’s population stood at 653,100 at the end of last year.According to an AMCM statement, pataca credit cards rose 12 percent to 860,764, Hong Kong dollar credit cards increased 4.6 percent to 89,029 and yuan credit cards grew 15 percent to

May 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt grants new banking licence

The government announced yesterday that it has granted a banking licence to Xinghui Bank Limited.The announcement was published in the Official Gazette (BO) in the form of an executive order dated April 25 and signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.According to the executive order, the bank’s minimum share capital amounts to 100 million patacas.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

May 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, Cambodia ink deal on friendship promotion

PHNOM PENH – Macau and Cambodia yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for the promotion of friendship.The deal was inked in Phnom Penh between Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.“This MoU aims at promoting exchanges and cooperation in tourism, culture, study and training, trade, and youth and business exchanges,” Cambodian Foreign Ministry Undersecretary of State Eat Sophea told reporters.Chief Executive

May 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie keeps phone left in toilet: police

A taxi driver was caught by the police for his keeping a missing smartphone on Friday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular police press conference in Zape yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a local man in his thirties surnamed Cheang, who works as a taxi driver.According to Wong, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday the male victim went to a petrol station in Avenida da Amizade. He used the toilet at the petrol station after which he realised that he had left his

May 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui to leave for Cambodia & Thailand today to boost BRI

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On departs for official visits to Cambodia and Thailand today, the Government Spokesperson’s Office (GPV) said in a statement yesterday. His entourage will return to Macau on Friday.According to the statement, the trip to the two kingdoms – which are covered by the nation’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – aims to reinforce mutual cooperation and exchanges in fields such as tourism, economic development and trade matters.The trip is also designed to

May 7, 2018 | BY admin

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4 unnatural deaths over weekend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have recorded two suicide cases, and found two other dead bodies on Saturday and yesterday, involving two mainlanders, a Taiwanese, and a South Korean, according to four PJ statements.The first case happened in a resort hotel in Cotai. According to the statement, the deceased is a 55-year-old Taiwanese man surnamed Chang. At noon on Saturday, a hotel cleaner entered Chang’s room and found him hanging with a belt in the bathroom. The hotel’s security department then

May 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum urges govt to help doctors get familiar with digital health vouchers

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum urged the government to provide stronger technical support to the city’s medical practitioners who are less familiar with computers or other IT devices, concerning the operation of digital health voucher devices, so that more of them will choose to join the recently-launched digitalised scheme.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.For the government’s

May 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 110 illegal casino money changers & other rogues

The police arrested 110 men and women from the mainland at several casino-hotel resorts in Cotai between Friday and yesterday for illegally engaging in currency-exchange activities and various other illegal activities.The three-day operation to combat unlicensed money-changing activities and other illegal activities on the premises or the margins of several casinos, coordinated by the Unitary Police Service (SPU), was jointly carried out by the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Public Security

May 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie caught for aiding IIs: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have busted an illegal immigration racket involving a taxi driver and three mainlanders, a PSP spokesperson said in a press conference on Friday.The spokesperson identified the suspects as a local cabbie surnamed Chan, two male mainlanders both surnamed Zhong, and a female mainlander surnamed Luo.At around 4 a.m. last Thursday, the spokesperson said, PSP officers stopped a taxi carrying three passengers in Estrada de Hac Sa in Coloane. Among the three

May 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Supplementary laws & rules for national security law should be drafted: Qiao

The former chairman of the Law Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Qiao Xiaoyang, said yesterday the local government needed to draft supplementary laws and regulations to ensure the more effective enforcement of the local national security law – the Law on the Defence of National Security.The Law Committee, one of the 10 special committees under the NPC, was renamed as the Constitution and Law Committee in March, when Qiao was succeeded by Li Fei.Qiao made the remarks while

May 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Vida Rica Restaurant goes full on French this month

For food aficionados, May is the month when they can look forward to savouring the best from France as some of the city’s top restaurants get into Le French GourMay spirit.Le French GourMay is a gastronomic spin-off of Le French May, a festival celebrating French art and culture throughout the month of May.Mandarin Oriental’s Vida Rica Restaurant is one of Le French GourMay’s participating restaurants in Macau and Chef de Cuisine Matthias Knilling has designed a five-course degustation

May 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Eat like a queen with Breguet’s afternoon tea set

It’s literally time to do afternoon tea like a queen with Swiss watchmaker Breguet collaborating with The Ritz-Carlton Bar & Lounge at Galaxy integrated resort.Founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1775 and known for its innovation of launching the first self-winding watch, the gong spring and the tourbillon, the luxury watch brand is loved by queens Marie-Antoinette of France, Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, and Queen of Naples Caroline Murat, the younger sister of Napoleon, who got

May 4, 2018 | BY admin

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