Ho calls for ‘healthy’ development of gaming sector

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng called yesterday for the “healthy” development of the gaming industry and also for tightening its supervision.Ho held a press conference after presenting his campaign platform to the Chief Executive Election Committee at the East Asian Games Dome and attending a Q&A session for the committee members.Regarding the future of Macau’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions, a reporter asked Ho why in his platform and during the Q&A

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill on plastic bag charge scheme

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the implementation of a plastic carrier bag charge scheme for retail businesses in Macau.The bill will become law 90 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the law, the amount to be charged for each plastic carrier bag is to be determined by the chief executive in an executive order in due course.The government has proposed that one pataca should be charged per bag.The bill’s outline

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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2 men steal HK$3.43 million in chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man for stealing casino chips at least 31 times while he was working in a casino in the city centre, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 49-year-old surnamed Mak. He told the police that he works as a dealer.Lai said that Mak had been working in the casino-hotel since last year, where he used to be a waiter serving gamblers, but started working as a dealer in February this

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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NMA activists launch online vote on electing CE by universal suffrage

The non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA) announced yesterday that it will hold an online ballot entitled “Vote on Universal Suffrage for Chief Executive Election” from this Sunday to August 25, with the aim of providing a platform for the public to express their views on the matter.The association held a press conference yesterday afternoon on its premises in Rua do Tarrafeiro in the Inner Harbour area about the online vote.Lawmaker-cum-activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a vice-president of

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Seac Pai Van residents petition Ho over hazardous materials warehouses

A dozen Seac Pai Van residents petitioned chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng’s campaign office yesterday, urging him to stop the ongoing environmental assessment of two planned warehouses for hazardous materials near their homes and speed up the construction of a permanent warehouse in the land reclamation area known as Zone E1.The residents handed their petition against the storage of hazardous materials near their homes yesterday afternoon to the official representative of Ho’s

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass social housing bill – individual applicants must be at least 23 years old

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on social rental housing, according to which an individual applicant for a social housing unit must be aged at least 23, while the representative of a household applying for a social housing unit must be at least 18 years old – the same as the current minimum age requirement.According to the new law, all applicants – individual applicants for a unit and the representatives of respective households applying for a flat

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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No need to be ‘overly pessimistic’ over yuan-US dollar exchange rate: Ip

Macau Association of Banks (ABM) President-cum-lawmaker Ip Sio Kai told reporters yesterday that due to the impact of the Sino-US trade war, the yuan’s exchange rate would float in the short run, adding that the yuan has the nation’s strong support so there was no need to be “overly pessimistic” about the national currency’s exchange rate, according to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM.Ip talked to the media on the sidelines of a plenary session in the Legislative

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Galaxy brings Malaysian hawker cuisine to town

Galaxy Macau is having a Malaysian Food Festival, inviting guest chefs from hawker stalls to cook up a feast of signature dishes from five different Malaysian states.The food-fest is part of the hotel’s newly launched “Dining Under the Stars” series featuring culinary experiences at the Grand Resort Deck at Oasis, which allows patrons to enjoy Malaysian cuisine while enjoying the summer night breeze, according to a statement provided by Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) this week.The

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Film-fest invites viewers to reflect on life through documentaries

About two dozen documentary films, each offering a view on life in other parts of the world or of different cultures, will be screened at Cinematheque • Passion over the next three weeks.The showings are part of the 4th Macau International Documentary Film Festival, which begins tomorrow with the story of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, “Let’s Get Lost” (1988) by Bruce Weber as the opening film.The festival’s curator Penny Lam Kin Kuan of the Comuna de Han-Ian art and culture association

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Retail trade expects gold price to continue to rise

Gold retail sales suffered a double-digit drop in the first half of the year, Lee Koi Ian, director-general of the Macau Goldsmiths’ Guild, said yesterday, adding that he expected the price of gold to continue to rise.Lee talked to reporters at Seng Fung Jewellery in Avenida de D. João IV before they witnessed a gold fineness sampling test. The Macau Goldsmiths’ Guild had invited the media to cover the test.According to Lee, in the first half of the year, affected by the global economy and

August 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Hong Kung’s birthday ‘basin feast’ attracts hundreds of seniors

Hundreds of senior citizens celebrated Hong Kung’s birthday with a large “basin feast” dinner yesterday in front of Hong Kung Temple in Rua de Cinco de Outubro.Basin feast (also known as “poon choi” in Cantonese) is a traditional Cantonese dish that consists of layers of seafood, meat and vegetables in a big bowl and shared between the people at the table... The dish is usually served on special occasions and celebrations.There are many versions about the origin of Hong Kung.

August 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Banker-cum-civic leader elected legislature’s 2nd secretary

Lawmaker-cum-banker Alan Ho Ion Sang was elected second secretary of the executive board of the Legislative Assembly (AL) by his peers yesterday, succeeding legislator-cum-educator Chan Hong who was elected the board’s first secretary late last month.The Legislative Assembly currently has 32 members after chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng resigned from the legislature early last month.Alan Ho, a directly-elected legislator, received 25 of the 32 votes cast. Three votes were left blank,

August 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Ex-IT manager arrested for embezzling bank client out of HK$2.5 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man this week for embezzling a client of a local bank out of HK$2.5 million when he was its IT manager, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that his wife was also arrested as his suspected accomplice.According to Lai, the 29-year-old local man, surnamed Ng, told the police that he worked as the IT manager of the bank where he embezzled the money for over two years and that he now works for another local bank. His

August 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt briefs central district body on GBA development

The local government introduced the central government’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) Outline Development Plan to the Central District Social Services Consultative Committee yesterday, with the aim of encouraging local people to familiarise themselves with the 11-city conurbation project.A regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed committee was held yesterday afternoon at the Patane Activity Centre in the Inner Harbour district about Macau’s position in the GBA. Media

August 8, 2019 | BY admin

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