Union calls for casino workers’ wage hike

The New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union yesterday petitioned the city’s six gaming operators, urging them to raise the salaries of their casino workers and improve various other benefits including an increase in the number of days for paid maternity leave.Cloee Chao Sao Fong, the union’s high-profile leader, spoke to reporters about their petitions near MGM Macau in Nape yesterday. She and several union representatives then went to the offices of the six gaming operators and submitted

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs officers bust 3 IIs, 3 ‘snakeheads’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers recently busted an illegal immigration case.In the early hours of Sunday, the Macau Customs Service received a report from its counterpart in the mainland that a speedboat was travelling fast near the runway of the local airport, the statement said.According to the statement, a Customs Service speedboat was deployed to intercept the vessel – which had two skippers. Customs officers told one of the skippers to stop his

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Filipino rapes compatriot after party: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Philippine national on Sunday for raping a compatriot after a party, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a 35-year-old non-resident worker surnamed Llarena who has worked as a security guard in Macau since 2015. The 25-year-old victim is also a non-resident worker.According to Choi, the victim’s female cousin invited Llarena to a party in her home near the Ruins of St Paul’s on

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Wong vows to improve officers’ discipline supervision

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak pledged yesterday that the city’s public security forces will continue to improve the disciplinary supervision of their officers.Wong’s remarks came after a Judiciary Police (PJ) officer was arrested last week for leaking information to at least three loansharking gangs about the police’s ongoing investigations into usury cases allegedly committed by the rackets.Wong also said the discovery of the case showed that the Judiciary Police’s internal

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmaker’s disobedience trial to restart next month

The Court of First Instance (TJB) has scheduled the restart of the trial of directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou and fellow non-establishment activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin for alleged aggravated disobedience on May 14, the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday.The judge of the case, Cheong Weng Tong, noted in a statement issued yesterday detailing her court’s decision to restart the trial next month that the Court of Second Instance (TSI) has rejected an interim

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Over 1,000 residents apply to join central provident fund: govt

A senior official from the Social Security Fund (FSS) attending yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker said that the government has received over 1,000 applications from residents “eager” to join the city’s non-mandatory central provident fund system.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The city’s non-mandatory central provident fund was implemented on January 1. The legislature passed the government-initiated

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Scooter rider dies in crash with car

A male scooter rider died in a crash with a car outside Ocean Gardens in Taipa yesterday morning, the police said.The police identified the victim as a 45-year-old local man.According to the police, the crash happened at around 11 a.m. outside Peach Court in Avenida dos Jardins do Oceano. The accident took place near the roundabout where Avenida do Oceano and Avenida dos Jardins do Oceano meet.The scooter in yesterday’s fatal accident lies on the road next to a pool of blood after colliding

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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2.2 million guests in 2 months, up 9.8 pct

Macau’s 115 hotels and inns recorded 2.21 million guests in the first two months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement last week, the average occupancy rate of hotels and inns rose by 5.9 percentage points to 89.8 percent in the two-month period which included the Chinese New Year holiday. Guests’ average length of stay went up by 0.1 night to 1.5 nights.The number of guest rooms rose 6.4

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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114 residents on flights with measles-infected cabin crew: SSM

A total of 114 local residents were on board flights with two measles-infected Tigerair cabin crew members, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday.However, Lei insisted that measles infections in Macau have a minimal impact on the population in general due to the city’s very high vaccination rate.Lei made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the “Sudden Onset Disaster Emergency Response and International Experience Forum” at Grand Coloane

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Int’l gaming tender when concessions end: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac says the government needs to hold an international public tender when the city’s current gaming concessions and sub-concession expire in 2020/2022, adding that the conditions of the tender would be defined by law.According to Macau’s legal system, any amendments to the current gaming law would have to be passed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) to take legal effect.Leong, whose portfolio includes supervision of the gaming industry, made

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Murdered father was mentally ill: police

A local man who was killed by his son with a fruit knife in a flat in Areia Preta district early Tuesday suffered from a mental illness, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 28-year-old unemployed local man, the only son of the 55-year-old victim surnamed Wong.According to Lei, Wong suffered from a mental illness and had been regularly visiting the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre for

April 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson in Ha Van

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement that they are investigating a suspected arson case outside a residential building in Ha Van district yesterday.Ha Van is the Chinese name for the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood in the Inner Harbour area near Barra.According to the statement, a resident living on the third floor of the building saw something burning on a canopy on the first floor at around 6:45 a.m. yesterday. Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze. No one was

April 5, 2018 | BY admin

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2 Tigerair flight attendants get measles

Two Tigerair flight attendants who worked on flights between Taiwan and Macau have got the measles, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday, urging passengers on the flights to avoid public activities, wear surgical masks and see the doctor if symptoms of measles appear.According to the statement, the bureau received a report from Taiwan on Tuesday night about the measles-infected flight attendants – a man and a woman, both from Taiwan.The statement said that the male flight

April 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Sports grounds per person dips slightly: survey

A survey carried out by the University of Macau (UM) released yesterday shows that the ratio of the total area of the city’s various sports grounds and its population has slightly dropped compared to six years ago.The survey about the usage and situation of the city’s sports grounds was commissioned by the Sports Bureau (ID) to the Faculty of Education (FED) of the public university.A press conference about the findings of the survey was held at the bureau in Zape yesterday.Pun Weng Kun

April 5, 2018 | BY admin

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