La Scala plot to be used for HOS units: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the government has decided to build 6,500 subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) units on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The government announced in September 2016 in its first-ever Five-Year Development Plan that it planned to build a huge public

April 18, 2018 | BY admin

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All bus rides to cost 6 patacas from Saturday

The government announced yesterday that an across-the-board increase in public bus fares will take effect on Saturday.According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, all passengers paying with cash will have to pay six patacas per trip on all routes. The announcement was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.Passengers using MacauPass will have to pay three patacas on regular routes and four patacas on express routes, according to the

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt mulls unit for local national security law enforcement: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday there was a need to establish a unit specifically for the enforcement of Macau’s local national security law – the Law on the Defence of National Security.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after overseeing the swearing-in ceremony of newly-appointed Macau Public Security Forces Affairs Bureau (DSFSM) Director Kok Fong Mei, at the S. Francisco Barracks.Wong told reporters on Sunday the government would study the drafting of

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, mainland to ink reciprocal driving licence recognition deal

Secretary for Transport and Public Workers has been authorised to sign an agreement with the Ministry of Public Security on the reciprocal recognition of driving licences, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The order, which took immediate effect, was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.The order did not say when the deal will be inked.

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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2 men rob woman of HK$480,000: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two male mainlanders on Saturday for robbing a female compatriot in a resort hotel in Cotai in January, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspects as a 43-year-old surnamed Song and a 43-year-old surnamed Wang, both from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and both claiming to be unemployed. Lei noted that the victim is a woman from the mainland in her fifties, who runs a money-changing business in

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to make help for disabled more precise: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng promised yesterday that the government will come up with more precise measures to help the intellectually disabled and others with disabilities.Tam made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony of the premises of the Association of the Intellectually Disabled and their Elderly Parents, in Areia Preta.According to Tam, there are seven residential care homes, providing a total of 638 places, and eight day-care centres for

April 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Liaison chief calls for improved mechanism to safeguard national security

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong yesterday urged Macau to improve its legal system for ensure the more effective enforcement of the local national security law.Zheng made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony of the “National Security Education Exhibition” at the Macau Handover Gifts Museum in Nape.The exhibition, which will end on April 30, is Macau’s first-ever exhibition aiming to increase residents’ awareness of the

April 16, 2018 | BY admin

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National security & local security are interrelated: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government would study the drafting of local laws and regulations to ensure the more effective enforcement of the local national security law – the Law on the Defence of National Security enacted in 2009.Wong also said that national security and local security are closely interrelated.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the opening ceremony of the “National Security Education Exhibition” at the Macau Handover

April 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Elderly man killed on zebra crossing

A local man was fatally injured by a bus while he was on a zebra crossing in Estrada Governador Nobre de Carvalho in Taipa yesterday.The Public Security Police (PSP) noted that the deceased is an 80-year-old local man.The fatal traffic accident happened at around 9 a.m. The victim was crossing the road on the zebra crossing, when he was hit by a Transmac bus. The driver of the bus reported the incident to the bus company, which in turn reported the case to the police.PLEASE READ THE FULL

April 16, 2018 | BY admin

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14 IIs & snakeheads nabbed by Customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement on Saturday that its officers busted three illegal immigration cases on Friday and Saturday.According to the statement, the Customs Service over the two days caught 14 illegal immigrants and suspected snakeheads, comprising nine mainlanders and five Vietnamese, aged from 16 to 45.Referring to the first case, the statement said that at around 2 a.m. on Friday, customs officers on patrol spotted a suspicious motorised sampan near the land reclamation

April 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Horse races, sports lotteries generate just 0.3 pct of Macau’s gaming revenue in 2017

Macau’s horse racing and sports lottery businesses generated a mere 0.3 percent of Macau’s gross gaming revenue of 266.6 billion patacas last year, according to Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) statistics.Horse racing and football and basketball lotteries recorded gross revenues of 808 million patacas last year.Horse races’ revenues amounted to 104 million patacas last year, down 26.2 percent year on year. Football lottery recorded a gross revenue of 519 million patacas, a

April 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Stanley Ho to retire, Daisy Ho to chair SJM Holdings

Stanley Ho Hung Sun, widely seen as the founder of Macau’s modern gaming industry, will step down from his flagship casino company SJM Holdings, the company said last night, as the 96-year-old mogul hands over the reins to his daughter Daisy. .His retirement will take effect on June 12 at the end of SJM’s annual general meeting, after which he will take on the new title of “chairman emeritus” in recognition of his “invaluable contributions” to the company during the tenure of

April 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Local man rapes domestic helper: police

A local man has been arrested for raping a domestic helper who worked for his family in Areia Preta, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference in Zape.The Judiciary Police said that the suspect is a 45-year-old businessman surnamed Wong, while the victim is a 41-year-old Vietnamese woman, who lives with Wong and his family in a flat in Avenida do Nordeste.The spokesperson said that Wong’s family went out on Sunday afternoon, leaving him and the

April 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Guangdong-Macau fund to have guaranteed return of 3.5 pct: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Development Fund will have a guaranteed 3.5 percent rate of return annually, adding that the fund has a bonus share system, apart from being a capital-guaranteed investment.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 11th Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition (2018 MIECF) yesterday at the Venetian in

April 13, 2018 | BY admin

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