2 Tak Chun VIP rooms earn SGS certification

Tak Chun Group, which currently operates 13 high-roller clubs, has recently earned service quality recognition from Swiss inspection, verification certification, testing and certification group SGS, formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance).The junket operator held an award ceremony at Banyan Tree earlier this week where it was announced that the company’s high-roller clubs at Galaxy and StarWorld have passed the SGS assessment for service

December 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Rosario confident LRT Taipa project will not run over budget

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday he was confident that the Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project will not run further over budget – i.e. the total cost of the project will not exceed 11 billion patacas.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs.Yesterday’s meeting focused on the progress of the construction of the

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to allow cross-border light vehicle passenger services

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the advisory body has completed its discussion of amendments to a by-law regulating cross-border road transport.The government-drafted changes to the by-law give the green light to the provision of cross-border pre-booked light passenger vehicle passenger services, according to Leong.The council chaired by the chief executive is the government’s top advisory body.Media workers attend yesterday’s press conference hosted by

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to consult on assisted reproductive technology

The government will launch a 40-day public consultation on Monday about a bill to regulate assisted reproductive technology (ART) services in the city.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Health Bureau (SSM). The public consultation will end on January 12. Six public sessions will be held during the consultation period. The press conference was chaired by Leong Pui San, a Health Bureau official in charge of the issuing of medical licences.The public

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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2 pupils steal crash helmet: police

Two pupils were arrested on Monday for stealing a crash helmet from scooter in a car park near the Barrier Gate checkpoint, according to a Public Security Police (PSP) statement.Last Thursday, the police received a report from a resident that a crash helmet, worth around 1,800 patacas, had been stolen, according to the PSP statement.After checking the car park’s CCTV footage, the police discovered that two male suspects riding a scooter stopped at the victim’s scooter and stole the crash

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Rua do Campo to be resurfaced next month

An extensive resurfacing of Rua do Campo will be carried out between December 26 and December 30, during which a total of 20 bus routes using the road will be redirected, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a joint press conference yesterday in the northern district.Rua do Campo is one of the city’s busiest roads. According to the two bureaus, the road condition has deteriorated with some parts being bumpy, causing potential danger to

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Restaurants & hotels have 4,393 job vacancies in Q3

Macau’s restaurants and hotels reported a total of 4,393 job vacancies in the third quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, job vacancies in hotels rose by 352 year on year to 2,221, while the number of vacancies in restaurants stood at 2,172, almost unchanged from a year ago.At the end of the third quarter, hotels had 54,524 full-time employees, down 0.1 percent year on year. Average earnings – excluding bonuses – of

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Oct mobile phone imports drop 31 pct

Mobile phone imports last month dropped 31.2 percent year on year to 425 million patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement this week.In the first 10 months, mobile phone imports fell 14.7 percent to 3.13 billion patacas.Construction material imports dropped 37.1 percent to 101 million patacas in October. In the first 10 months, construction material imports fell 13.1 percent to 1.45 billion patacas.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to require non-criminal record for workers from 6 countries: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government will require nationals from six countries to submit a certificate of non-criminal record when applying to work in Macau.In some jurisdictions, the document is known as certificate of no criminal conviction.Wong made the remarks when answering a question from indirectly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Police to use body cams from Q1 next year

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that police officers will be assigned a number of body-worn cameras to use on a trial basis in the first quarter of next year.Wong made the remarks when answering a question from appointed lawmaker-cum-businessman Ma Chi Seng, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Ma questioned whether the police will buy body cameras for its officers. The cameras

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Council wants to avoid double taxation on rebuilt edifices

The deputy coordinator of the Urban Renewal Council’s first working group, Paulo Tse, said yesterday that the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) and the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) were currently working on a draft bill on avoiding double taxation on the transfer of real-estate property in the city’s urban renewal areas.Tse, who heads the Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers, briefed reporters after the last closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council this year at the

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Wong says police strictly enforce law

Addressing yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the city’s police officers always carry out law enforcement in strict adherence with the law, adding that during the various assemblies and protests that have taken place in the city over the past few years, police officers have always followed the same standards of law enforcement.Wong made the remarks when answering a question from directly-elected non-establishment

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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UM researchers develop parasite detection method

A University of Macau (UM) research team has developed “a fast, accurate and convenient point-of-care pathogen detection method”, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the team developed the method “with the help of the digital microfluidic system.”Microfluidics deals with the behaviour, control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small scale.The method used by the UM team “uses isothermal DNA

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Johor Bahru route marks AirAsia’s 7th direct flight from Macau

Low cost carrier AirAsia took off on its first Macau-Johor Bahru flight yesterday, marking the company’s seventh international destination from Macau, reaching a total of 76 flights departing from Macau International Airport every week, CEO of Air Asia Hong Kong and Macau Celia Lao Sio Wun said yesterday.Lao was at the local airport to attend the ceremony for the official launch of the company’s second Malaysia-Macau route, with the capital Kuala Lumpur having been the first in 2004, and

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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