Govt marks ‘Double Celebration’ with fire & mist-breathing Dragon-Horse

A parade to celebrate this year’s “Double Celebration” will be led by a mechanical installation called the “Spirit of the Dragon-Horse” which was on display for the first time in Macau during a media tour given by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) in Coloane yesterday.The 47-tonne yellow creature – named “Luhng Máh” in Chinese, combines the Chinese words for “dragon” (“Luhng”) and “horse” (“Máh”).According to an IAM statement, the parade aims to mark the

November 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho says Macau will become example of nation’s reunification

Chief Executive-designate Ho Iat Seng said in an interview with state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that Macau would become an example of the nation’s reunification.Ho, who will be Macau’s fifth-term chief executive, said there was no issue with the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, adding that it could develop further and better. He also said that Macau was determined to become an example of the nation’s reunification.HK unrest like a ‘big typhoon’Ho likened the

November 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Plastic bag charge scheme starts ‘smoothly’: govt

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that its inspectors did not find any shops violating the government’s plastic carrier bag charge scheme for retail businesses which came into force yesterday.On the first day of the implementation of the levy scheme, the bureau yesterday dispatched a number of inspectors to check up on the scheme’s implementation across the city, the statement said, adding that the bureau concluded that yesterday’s launch was

November 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man cheats ex-boss out of HK$2 million: police

The Judiciary Police arrested a man for cheating his former female boss out of HK$2 million when she asked him to pay money to her bank account, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 37-year-old man surnamed Kam. He told the police that he is unemployed. The victim, who is in her thirties, owns a shop selling loose tea in Nape. Both are local residents.The crime happened and was reported by the victim on July

November 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Taiwanese tourist carries illegal weapon: police

The police nabbed a tourist from Taiwan at the local airport on Sunday for carrying an illegal weapon, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lam identified the suspect as a male tourist surnamed Lin who is about 30 years old and told the police that he works as a car mechanic in Taiwan, the spokesman said.According to Lam, Lin was scheduled to depart from the local airport on Sunday afternoon. When he was going through the airport’s

November 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass 2020 budget bill

Lawmakers yesterday passed unanimously the outline of the outgoing government’s 2020 budget bill. The bill will now be reviewed in detail by one of the standing committees of the legislature, after which it will be submitted to an article-by-article vote in another plenary session.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the government expected its total expenditure to slightly decrease next year.Leong made the remarks during yesterday’s plenary session in

November 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Double Dutch debut victory in new F3 car’s circuit debut

The Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup saw a double first for the Netherlands as driver Richard Verschoor and his team MP Motorsport won the blue riband event yesterday on both the driver and the team’s debut appearance in Macau.Verschoor had started the grid in third place behind Estonian Jüri Vips driving for Hitech Grand Prix and race favourite 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion Russian Robert Shwartzman of SJM Prema Theodore Racing in first and second place

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Britain’s Priaulx wins tense Macau Guia Race

Three-time World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx yesterday claimed his first career FIA WTCR victory by holding off fellow Briton Rob Huff in a tense Macau Guia Race – FIA WTCR finale.Priaulx, who has two previous Guia Race wins to his name from his FIA World Touring Car Championship spell, set up his victory by passing polesitter Huff before the approach to the Reservoir kink at the start of the race.While Huff’s Sebastien Loeb Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI was able to close up in the

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Motorbike GP red-flagged twice, only 2 full laps completed in 2 starts

An incident-filled Suncity Group 53rd Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix final on Saturday initially appeared to have ended with no winners due to two red flags and the race being abandoned after the second red flag was shown after six riders were involved in a multi-bike pile up – although it was later announced that Macau King Michael Rutter had been given the race and a momentous ninth win.In the first lap Portuguese rider André Pires crashed at the Melco Hairpin and re-joined the race but

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Recession deepens: GDP falls 4.5 pct in 3Q

Macau’s recession deepened in the third quarter when its gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 4.5 percent year-on-year in real terms, the third quarterly drop in a row, according to released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on Friday.In the first and second quarters of this year GDP decreased by 3.8 percent and 2.2 percent respectively, according to revised figures. In the first half of the year, GDP was down by 3.0 percent, while in the first three quarters it shrank by 3.5

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Anti-graft body slams policy research bureau’s staff recruitment

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement on Friday that most of the various allegations against Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) Director Mi Jian listed in an anonymous letter from “staff members” of the bureau that the anti-graft body received in June were untrue.However, the statement slammed the bureau’s recruitment of staff members for failing to comply with “the principles of fairness and openness” demanded by the public

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Local woman tries to smuggle 24 bottles of spirits into Macau: customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have found a local woman attempting to smuggle 24 bottles of spirits in her car into Macau via the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, exceeding the official maximum amount of spirits that a person is permitted to bring into the city.On Saturday, customs officers checked a car with a dual Macau-mainland registration plate driven by the 40-year-old woman returning to Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint, when they found 24

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab trio for HK$2.7 million casino fraud

Three men were arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Thursday night for defrauding a Cotai casino, while five suspects are still at large, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference on Saturday.Lei did not name the casino, adding that a criminal gang had recruited a dealer and paid him to cheat the casino by wearing a “specially made” ring on his pinky finger which he used to lift the corner of each card before putting the cards into an electronic dealing shoe on

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Xi says HK violence threatens ‘One Country, Two Systems’

BEIJING/BRASÍLIA – The unrest in Hong Kong has “seriously challenged” the “One Country, Two Systems” principle governing the special administrative region, President Xi Jinping said yesterday in comments reported by state media.Anti-government rioters choked the city with barricades and rallies for a fourth straight day yesterday, days after a policeman shot a student protester with a live round who apparently had tried to snatch his handgun and a man expressing pro-Beijing views

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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