Chui vows local development to ‘join hands’ with BRI

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged yesterday that the local government will “actively” participate in the national development strategy, “actively” cooperate with the central government’s initiatives, and “organically combine” the local government’s 5-year-plan with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) project.Chui made the remarks in his opening speech at a seminar entitled “The Belt and Road Initiative and

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HMVOD arrives via 3Macau

HMVOD Limited, an online Internet entertainment video company, announced its collaboration with the Three Hong Kong telecommunications and internet service provider in Macau.HMVOD invited two actresses from Hong Kong, Shiga Lin Si-Nga and Kelly Chen Jia-Li, to announce its collaboration with Three Hong Kong (3HK) at the company’s Macau branch office in Travessa dos Santo yesterday.According to a statement provided by 3Macau, HMVOD came to Macau three months ago. The company offers the latest

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‘Man in Red’ CE hopeful petitions liaison office

High-profile protester Hoi Weng Chong, widely known in Cantonese as “the Man in Red”, petitioned the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau yesterday, hoping to send his “heartfelt wishes” and political platform for the upcoming chief executive election to the central government through the office.Hoi announced last month that he intended to run in next month’s chief executive election and launched his populist platform.Hoi told reporters outside the office in

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Police impersonators cheat 80-year-old man out of over 412,000 yuan: police

An 80-year-old man was cheated by a trio impersonating a local policewoman and two Shanghai policemen in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular conference yesterday.According to Ho, the victim told the police that he is a local retiree. No information on the three suspects was released.The crime happened in the afternoon of June 28. According to Ho, the victim received a call on his mobile phone from a number unknown to him. The caller was a woman

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Suncity denies running online gaming business

Macau’s top junket operator Suncity said in a paid advertisement published in the Chinese-language Macao Daily News yesterday that it didn’t operate any online gaming business and that all its operations were permitted under local government regulations.The company also said that all its local and overseas junket and gaming businesses were legal in each of the jurisdictions.According to the advertisement, Suncity Group has always strived to develop a diversified business model including

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Gang hires 27-year-old HK man to sell drugs in Macau: police

A 27-year-old man from Hong Kong was hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Chan, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday near a guesthouse in Praça de Ponte e Horta. After his arrest, the man told the police that he had been hired by the gang for a “salary” of HK$2,000 per day as he needed money to repay his debts.The suspect told the police that he works as a chef in

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Falling protective layer, no structural damage to Friendship Bridge: govt

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) confirmed in a statement yesterday that the Fire Services Bureau (CB) informed DSSOPT officials shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday of an incident in which pieces of concrete appeared to have fallen off a pillar of the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge, and DSSOPT engineers later confirmed that it was the protective layer surrounding the concrete which has fallen off the pillar.The statement said that the incident did not cause any structural damage

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Offences by cabbies drop ‘hugely’ after new taxi law takes effect: police

The number of regulatory breaches by taxi drivers recorded last month decreased “hugely” by 77 percent from the previous month of May, following the new taxi law coming into force on June 3, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.A total of 113 offences by cabbies were recorded last month, a decrease of 380 cases from May when the police recorded 493 offences, according to the statement.According to the statement, the 113 offences comprise 47 cases of overcharging,

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Ho & 2 other CE precandidates pick up nomination forms

The nomination period for the 5th chief executive election runs until July 23 and three potential candidates, former Legislative Assembly president Ho Iat Seng, the owner of the Macao Iao Kei Motor Air-conditioning & Engineering Company, Chan Weng Fu, and unemployed resident Lei Oi Chi picked up their nomination forms yesterday, the first day for the forms to be handed out.According to a Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) statement, people who are interested in running

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Lisboeta to offer 1,500 vacancies at job fair

Macau Theme Park and Resort Limited has announced that it will hold a recruitment fair for its inaugural integrated resort project, Lisboeta, next Tuesday, offering about 180 non-gaming positions with about 1,500 job openings for local residents.The resort in Cotai is slated to open next year, the company said in a statement sent to The Macau Post Daily.According to the statement the job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the ballroom of Regency Art Hotel in Taipa. The company will

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Lawmakers pass overall minimum wage bill, excluding maids, disabled

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on the implementation of a statutory minimum wage for all workers except domestic helpers and employees with disabilities.The bill proposes a statutory minimum wage of 32 patacas per hour and that the government would review the amount of the minimum wage every two years.Macau is the only Chinese jurisdiction that still does not have an overall minimum wage law. Minimum wage laws and regulations are in

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Woman steals HK$1.65 million from jewellery shop: police

HK$1.65 million in cash was stolen by a woman in a jewellery boutique in Rua de Cantão in Zape on Saturday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the boutique’s CCTV camera footage showed that the culprit is a female. She was still at large during the time of press conference yesterday afternoon.According to Ho, the male manager was alone in the boutique in the early hours of Saturday. He told the police that he went to

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Hotel Sun Sun reinvents itself as ‘Hotel S’

Hotel Sun Sun in Praça de Ponte Horta embarked yesterday on a new journey by changing its name to “Hotel S” and presenting a new graffiti wall.The hotel hosted a function on its premises to mark the name change.According to a statement provided by the hotel, Hotel Sun Sun was built in 1949 in the square known in Cantonese as Si Ta Hau (“city entrance”). The square used to be a small jetty where tax was levied on imported goods.The chairman of Hotel S, Wilson Kwan Yan Ming, talks to the

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Russian nabbed for using fake bank cards at ATMs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Russian man last Saturday for withdrawing cash from ATMs across the city with fake bank cards, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.The Russian man surnamed Sergei is a suspected member of an East European gang using fake bank cards. The police believe that there is another suspect at large who came to Macau with Sergei and they carried out the crimes together, according to Ho.Ho identified the suspect as a 30-year-old

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