Beijing to issue 2 billion yuan bonds in Macau

The central government will issue government bonds worth 2 billion yuan (2.34 billion patacas) in Macau next Thursday, the Ministry of Finance and the local government announced yesterday.The move will further strengthen financial cooperation between the mainland and the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), and provide investors with safe and sound investment options, the joint announcement said.According to a statement by the Macau Government’s Spokesperson’s Office, the local

June 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust loan-sharking family gang, involving HK$24 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have busted a non-gaming-related loan-sharking gang which had arranged usurious loans for residents since 2015, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Lai, PJ officers took action and arrested five suspected gang members – all are locals – on Monday. The police believe that there are some other suspects still at large.Four of the five suspects, four males and a female, are members of the same family, according to Lai.

June 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Nomination for CE candidates to run from July 8-23

Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission President Song Man Lei said yesterday that the nomination period for chief executive candidates has been set from July 8 to July 23.Song spoke to reporters after a regular meeting of the commission at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo. The commission distributed a timetable to reporters for the election of the 5th Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) during the press briefing.Chief Executive Electoral

June 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Potential CE candidate petitions CCAC over impartiality

A high-profile protester widely known in Cantonese as “the Man in Red”, Hoi Weng Chong, petitioned the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday, urging the anti-graft agency to investigate the impartiality of the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election.Hoi handed in a letter about his concerns about the fairness of the upcoming chief executive election to a CCAC representative at Dynasty Plaza in Nape yesterday afternoon.Hoi told reporters about his petition and

June 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Group fights bullying in schools

The General Association of Chinese Students of Macau has set up a concern group to fight against bullying in schools.The association hosted a press conference yesterday about launching their anti-bullying concern group at the Youth Exchange Station at Iong Veng Building in Rua de Barca.The convener of the anti-bullying concern group, Ao Hao Seng, noted that according to a report from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and

June 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Anti-graft chief stays mum on Carion probe

Macau’s anti-graft chief stayed mum yesterday on the high-profile case involving the reported seizure by the Public Prosecution Office (MP) of 40 properties linked to former Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) director Jaime Roberto Carion and his family.The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) held a press conference yesterday about various cases investigated by the anti-graft agency.The conference at the CCAC headquarters in Nape was hosted by Commissioner Against Corruption

June 26, 2019 | BY admin

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2 million marchers in Hong Kong?

EVERY MAJOR NEWS outlet in the world is reporting that two million people, well over a quarter of our population, joined a single protest.It’s an astonishing thought that filled an enthusiastic old marcher like me with pride. Unfortunately, it’s almost certainly not true.A march of two million people would fill a street that was 58 kilometres long, starting at Victoria Park in Hong Kong and ending in Tanglangshan Country Park in Guangdong, according to one standard crowd estimation

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Privacy office fines beauty salon 110,000 patacas for telemarketing

The Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) said in a statement yesterday that it has fined a beauty parlour 110,000 patacas for violating the Personal Data Protection Law concerning the company’s telemarketing.The statement said that persistent telemarketing by local beauty salons has been “harassing” residents in recent years. The statement said that the office launched investigations into 15 suspected telemarketing cases in the first five months of the year, almost double the number of

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Gambler cheated over ‘dead chips’ worth HK$2.5 million: police

Two mainlanders and a local gambler together paid more than HK$550,000 for non-negotiable chips worth HK$2.5 million in a casino in Taipa on Thursday, after which one of the mainlanders vanished with the chips, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the local gambling jargon, non-negotiable chips are colloquially known as dead chips.According to Lai, the first suspect is a 35-year-old man surnamed Zheng. He told the police that he is

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Macao Orchestra to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday

The Macao Orchestra (OM) 2019-20 concert season will start on August 31 with a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, with the aim of conveying the German composer’s positive attitude towards life through music, Leong Wai Man, acting president of Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM), said yesterday.The Cultural Affairs Bureau held a press conference about the theme of the 2019-20 concert season –“Love Beethoven” – at Mandarin Oriental Macau yesterday

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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CCAC slams public works, cultural affairs officials for failing to protect Ilha Verde

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) slammed in a statement yesterday the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) for having failed to strictly comply with the Urban Planning Law when it approved private development projects in Ilha Verde district.The anti-graft body also criticised the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) for its failure to fulfil its statutory duty to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage-listed Ilha Verde Hill which includes a former convent and

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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1/5 of CE Election Committee members are newbies

About one-fifth of the 400 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee are newcomers, according to the committee’s name list published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The committee will elect Macau’s next chief executive on August 25. Observers widely expect outgoing Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng to be elected by a large majority of the committee, which consists of 344 elected members, while the remainder are ex-officio members.The 400-member committee

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Hello Kitty returns to see all her fans

Hello Kitty is returning to Macau in Cotai next month to meet all her fans.Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) hosted a press conference yesterday at Broadway Macau about the new Hello Kitty exhibition.This year is the 45th birthday of Hello Kitty. To celebrate this anniversary, GEG has invited Hello Kitty to Broadway to meet everyone with a “kawaii” (“cute” in Japanese) exhibition named “Hello Kitty Hello Again” from July 17 until September 1.A girl poses with the Hello Kitty

June 25, 2019 | BY admin

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40 properties linked to ex-public works chief seized by prosecutors: report

The Public Prosecution Office (MP) has impounded 40 properties owned by or linked to former Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) director Jaime Carion, his wife and a daughter, the Portuguese-language channel of government-owned TDM has reported.According to the Friday report, which did not say how Rádio Macau obtained the information, most of the properties are not held in Carion’s name.The report points out that the properties include flats, parking spaces and shops in the

June 24, 2019 | BY admin

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