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Govt reveals vehicle tax rebate details for Hato damage
Financial Services Bureau (DSF) Director Iong Kong Leong yesterday announced details of a vehicle tax rebate scheme for vehicle owners affected by Super Typhoon Hato.According to Iong, the government proposes a cap of 140,000 patacas on the tax rebate for cars.Iong first revealed the scheme last week during a press conference, jointly attended by officials from a number of government entities, about the government’s ongoing Hato disaster relief measures. The scheme will benefit vehicle owners
September 8, 2017
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Electoral group aims to solve Pearl Horizon row
Kou Meng Pok, who heads the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, says his electoral group Pearl Horizon Buyers Rights Defence Union (UPHDD) is running in the September 17 direct legislative election to urge the government to solve the long-running row so that its pre-sale buyers can finally move into their flats.Kou is the first-ranked candidate of the direct legislative election group (No. 24 on the ballot) while Hong Cheng Tun is the second-ranked candidate. Kou’s list
September 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Lawmaker hopes voters will remember his work
Lawmaker Au Kam San said yesterday he hoped voters will decide whether to vote for him or not in the September 17 direct legislative election by reviewing what he did in the legislature in the past 16 years.Au is the first-ranked candidate of the New Democratic Macau Association (ANMD), No. 13 on the ballot, while Helu Chan Kuok Seng, an e-commerce businessman who is in his twenties is the second-ranked candidate. Au’s list comprises six candidates.When Typhoon Hato hit Macau last month, Au
September 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Group wants public to get 10 pct of casino revenue
Lawmaker Si Ka Lon says his group, the Macau United Citizens Association (ACUM), No. 9 on the ballot, is proposing that the government set up a fund into which at least 10 percent of the city’s gaming revenues are funneled to be shared with the general public.Si heads the group while Kyan Su Lone, a newcomer and businessman, is the second-ranked candidate. Si’s group comprises 10 candidates.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on Wednesday when his group was canvassing support from residents in
September 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Student groups petition govt over special bus fares
The Macau New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA) and nine student groups petitioned the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday, urging the bureau to entitle students studying outside Macau to enjoy the government’s “Concessionary Bus Fare Scheme for Students”.Speaking to reporters after handing their petition to a DSAT official outside the bureau, Hong Chio Iam, who chairs the association’s Tertiary Students’ Affairs Committee, pointed out that the scheme is only available for full-time
September 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Police bust 5 IIs and ‘snakehead’ gang
The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Macau Customs Service yesterday jointly busted a gang smuggling illegal immigrants into the city and arrested a 55-year-old local man, a suspected “snakehead” and five illegal immigrants from the mainland, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said yesterday.According to Lei, the police believe that the gang had been operating for at least three months – smuggling illegal immigrants by landing at the former temporary ferry terminal in Pac On in Taipa.The Taipa Ferry
September 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Through ‘Our Bodies’, Indonesian domestic helpers tell their stories
During the day, Ayu takes care of her employer’s two daughters, whom she has worked for 14 years. In the evening, after finishing work at the household, Ayu goes to learn dancing, and recently, she’s been busy practising her lines for a drama production called “Our Bodies” that explores the feelings of local Indonesian domestic helpers like Ayu.There are currently roughly 180,000 non-resident workers among Macau’s population of about 650,000, according the Statistics and Census Bureau
September 8, 2017 | BY admin
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Hato causes 11.47 billion pataca loss: Leong
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government estimates that last month’s Super Typhoon Hato directly and indirectly caused Macau financial losses of 11.47 billion patacas – about half of the gaming industry’s gross receipts last month.The gaming industry’s gross receipts in August amounted to 22.6 billion patacas, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).In the first seven months of the year, the government’s revenue
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Candidates not allowed Facebook ads: elex chief
The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has told candidates to stop publishing commercial advertising on Facebook, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from last Saturday to next Friday.Speaking to reporters after a regular meeting of the government-appointed committee at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong, a judge by
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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2 groups confident of winning 2 seats together
Lawmaker Becky Song Pek Kei said yesterday she was confident that the two electoral groups set up by the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) could garner at least two seats and possibly even win three seats in the direct legislative election.Lawmakers Chan Meng Kam, Si Ka Lon and Song are board members of the alliance. Chan, who garnered the highest number of votes in the direct election four years ago, is not seeking re-election while Si and Song are leading two separate lists
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Group proposes free tertiary education
Sze Lee Ah, who chairs the Macau Citizens Federation, says his electoral group Citizens Power (No. 12 on the ballot) is proposing the cancellation of voter registration and the introduction of free public tertiary education.Sze, a Fujianese businessman, is the first-ranked candidate of the group while Joana Chong, who works in the real estate sector, is the second-ranked candidate. Sze’s list comprises 11 candidates.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily earlier this week at the federation’s
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Chui sets up commission to probe Hato response
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that he has ordered the setting-up of a commission tasked with investigating whether any government entities or officials were at fault in their response to Super Typhoon Hato.The recently-founded Committee for the Review of the Mechanism for Responding to Major Disasters and its Follow-up and Improvement hosted a press conference about what the government has done to restore the typhoon-hit city to normal and what it plans to do to improve
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Govt to build Inner Harbour pumping station: Chan
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday the government plans to build a new pumping station on the waterfront in the Inner Harbour area, adding that the government expects to invite bids for its construction during the first half of next year.Chan made the remarks during a special press conference about the government’s efforts to restore the typhoon-hit city to normal and what it plans to do to improve its emergency response to major disasters. The press
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Mainlander nabbed for burglary in 2013
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Tuesday for burgling a flat in Taipa in 2013, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 43-year-old surnamed Li.According to Lei, the case happened in March 2013, when the owner of the flat discovered that his home had been burgled and then reported the case to the police. The victim told the police that he had lost cash and other valuables worth 82,400
September 7, 2017 | BY admin
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Hato floods reached at least 1.62 metres: weather station
The height of the floodwaters outside Hong Kung Temple in the Inner Harbour area reached at least 1.62 metres during Super Typhoon Hato’s battering of Macau last month, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG).The bureau has uploaded Hato’s details, including maximum wind speed recorded at the different monitoring stations and maximum flood levels in different locations, on its website.The super-typhoon killed 10 people and injured 244 in Macau on August 23. It caused
September 6, 2017 | BY admin
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