Luso Int’l launches mobile payment

Luso International Banking yesterday launched its mobile payment service in conjunction with Macau Pass, a local e-payment service provider, as representatives of the two companies signed a cooperation agreement during a launching ceremony at the bank’s headquarters in Nam Van.Macau Pass introduced its first e-payment mobile app “MacauPay” at the beginning of last month. The app generates QR codes to be scanned with a point of sale (POS) machine or other devices by a cashier.Users have to

July 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to build shelter for ‘chess fans’ in Triangle Garden

The government will build a metal-structured shelter in Triangle Garden in the peninsula’s northern district, with the aim of providing a better environment for those who play chess there, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday.Triangle Garden is situated in Estrada do Arco near Iao Hon district.The statement noted that the garden has been a “gathering place” for residents, particularly senior citizens, to play chess.This undated handout photo provided

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Man nabbed for threatening to kill CE, overthrow govt: police

A local man was caught on Friday for posting status updates on a social platform about assassinating the chief executive and overthrowing the local government, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said yesterday.According to Tam, the suspect, surnamed U, is an unemployed 32-year-old man.Tam said U had posted status updates in early May on a social platform offering his services as a hitman for 500,000 patacas. The police then picked him up and transferred him to the Public Prosecution

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Vienna promotes tourism education in Macau

Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WKO) President Walter Ruck was in town yesterday to promote his Alpine nation’s tourism education system.Ruck met the media on the sidelines of WKO’s cocktail reception at Sheraton in Sands Cotai Central to wrap up the delegation’s one-day trip to Macau where he met representatives from the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) and fellow Austrians working in Macau.Membership of WKO is mandatory in Vienna and the chamber currently has about 150,000

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Man sentenced to 15-years for attempted murder

The Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday sentenced a non-resident worker from the mainland to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of his colleague in October last year after sexually abusing her in a drinks outlet in Fai Chi Kei where they worked.The case happened on October 29 last year. The victim felt unwell and went to lie down in the back of the shop in the afternoon. The culprit, a 25-year-old surnamed Lu, saw that the victim was sleeping and tried to rape her. The 19-year-old

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SSM sorry for ‘slack’ mosquito prevention work

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday apologised for a number of passers-by slipping over outside the Barrier Gate border checkpoint due to oil spilt during its mosquito prevention and control work.The bureau said in a statement yesterday that its staff carried out regular mosquito prevention and control work at the plaza outside the Barrier Gate border checkpoint on Monday afternoon.The statement said that some of the workers did not follow the guidelines when they sprayed the larvicidal oil into

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No decision yet whether to keep sub-concession system: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the government has not yet decided whether it will keep the current system of gaming sub-concessions.The policy secretary overseeing the gaming industry pledged that the government will “seriously” study the views expressed by civil society concerning the upcoming gaming concession bidding process.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a committee meeting in the legislative

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Final review of budget framework bill this week: committee

The government’s budget framework bill will be resubmitted to a plenum of the legislature for its final article-by-article vote, after a final meeting of the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee’s this week to review the draft law, Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who heads the committee, said yesterday.Chan, an indirectly-elected lawmaker and restaurateur by profession, briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee. Government officials, including Secretary for Economy and

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All 25 groups submit political platforms, final lists of candidates: elex committee

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has received the political platforms and final lists of candidates of 25 groups for the direct election and six groups for the indirect election, according to a statement by the government-appointed committee yesterday.Yesterday was the deadline for handing the political platforms and final lists of candidates to the committee.All the direct and indirect election groups submitted their required paperwork one by one between June 20 and

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Leong says won’t seek NPC re-election

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming election for local deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC).Leong made the remarks when speaking to reporters after submitting an application to register as a member of an electoral council that will elect twelve local deputies to the 13th NPC later this year.The submission of registration applications began yesterday at an office temporarily set up by the

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Eat, shop, learn: Help Orbis let blind see again

The local office of global sight-saving organisation Orbis has launched its annual fund-raising campaign and the easiest way for the general public to help those who are needlessly blind to see again is to eat, shop and learn from 60 local businesses.Following the success of last year’s “Darkness To Go” campaign, Orbis Macau has expanded the scope of this year’s “Darkness To Go” campaign with about 60 participating local merchants each offering selected items or services of which

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge Polytec to act on lawmakers’ proposals ASAP

Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers yesterday petitioned Polytec, the developer of their ill-fated residential project, urging the company to act on the proposals submitted by nine lawmakers to the government and solve the dispute as soon as possible.The project has been mothballed since the government decided in late 2015 to axe the troubled project’s temporary land concession that had expired. The government has repeatedly said that the issue must be solved in strict adherence with the Land Law.

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Group wants Young Entrepreneur Scheme to include GBA

The government should allow applicants of its Young Entrepreneurs Aid Scheme to start their start-ups in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, not just in Macau, Marble Mak Ka Pou, vice-president of the Macau Wisdom Convergence think tank, said yesterday.Mak made the appeal on the sidelines of a forum hosted by the think tank in Fai Chi Kei where he was a guest speaker. About a dozen members of the public attended the open-air forum which was about how to encourage young people to

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Illegal taxi cases rise 236 pct in H1: police

A total of 976 cases of passenger transport services provided by unlicensed taxis were recorded during the first six months of the year, a 236.6 percent year-on-year, the Public Security Police (PSP) has announced.During the same period of last year, 290 such cases were reported, according to a PSP statement on Friday.The statement said that 850 out of the 976 cases involved mobile apps, a fivefold increase over the 170 cases reported during the first six months of last year.This undated

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