Casino revenue Jan growth misses forecasts

Macau’s casino revenue increased last month, extending the industry’s recovery to a sixth consecutive month, while falling short of analysts’ predictions.Gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 3.1 percent to 19.25 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) said yesterday. That compares with the median estimate of an 8.5 percent rise by eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg and follows an 8 percent increase in December.Last month’s year-on-year growth was the

February 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Great CNY start for KK with win, visit from Tam

The “2017 5th CCTV Chinese Lunar New Year Cup IBF World Championship” at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena was a celebration for the start of the Year of the Rooster on Sunday and Monday nights. Local boxing hero Ng Kuok Kun aka The Macau Kid aka KK (10-0-0) started off the new lunar year with a win by beating Thai opponent Komsan Polsan (33-5-1) with a majority decision. Also for the first time Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng attended KK’s fight and met

February 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Kou Ün Kai coach ban takes effect

The government’s 10-hour ban on tourist coaches picking up passengers along Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro – Kou Ün Kai in Cantonese – is now in force every day of the week from yesterday.Traffic Consultative Council convener Kuok Keng Man said in December after a meeting of the council with government officials that the government planned to extend the ban on tourist coaches along Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro on Saturdays and Sundays to every day of the week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from

February 2, 2017 | BY admin

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11 Coloane shipyards to be razed in March: govt

A total of 11 derelict shipyards out of 14 in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village will be demolished starting next month, Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susanna Wong Soi Man said on Sunday.Wong announced the demolition when talking to reporters at the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal.According to Wong, the shipyards to be torn down had their land lease renewals refused by the government this year due to the state of disrepair causing a safety hazard. The demolition of two shipyards in

February 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Agency forecasts up to 10 pct home price rise

Local property agency Mcore Properties yesterday forecast that home prices in the city will rise up to 10 percent this year, boosted by local residents’ strong demand for housing and a stronger economic performance.The real estate agency also urged the government to be more “flexible” in its policies about encouraging the reuse of land that had originally been earmarked for industrial buildings.The company held a press conference yesterday about its end-of-year property review of the city

February 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Sands give pay rise, bonus to full-time staff

Sands China said in a statement yesterday that it is giving an average of 2-6 percent pay rise to all eligible full-time staff, as well as a bonus equivalent to at least one month’s salary.The statement said that the pay rise would be effective from March 1 where eligible full-time staff earning monthly salaries less than or equal to 12,000 patacas (before tax) would receive a pay rise of 600 patacas – a salary increase of 5 percent. Eligible staff earning monthly salaries above 12,000

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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990 vehicles given up in first 20 days this year

In the first 20 days of this year 990 vehicle registrations were cancelled, up by 54 percent year-on-year, Kou Kun Pang, convener of the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council, said yesterday.Kou made the remarks when briefing reporters after the council’s first closed-door meeting this year at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).Kou said members of the council generally agreed with the partly contested increase in vehicle-related fees which took effect on New Year’s Day. “We can see

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt agrees to set up firm to lead urban renewal

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, who chairs the Urban Renewal Council, said yesterday that the government agrees to set up a company to lead the city’s urban renewal projects.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday after the council’s seventh meeting.The closed-door meeting was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT). The government-appointed council is tasked with advising the government on its urban renewal policies.During the council’s

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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KK to celebrate CNY with fight at Venetian

On Sunday and Monday nights – the second and third days of the Chinese New Year (CNY) – the Venetian in Cotai will be hosting the “2017 5th CCTV Chinese Lunar New Year Cup IBF World Championship” two nights of boxing, male and female, in which Ng Kuok Kun – aka “The Macau Kid” aka KK – will be competing. The two nights will be televised live on state broadcaster CCTV 5 Live on both nights. The spectacular will also involve pugilists from mainland China, Mexico, the

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Allegiance details to be announced later: election committee

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday his committee would announce how to determine whether candidates are “sincere” about upholding the Macau Basic Law and have “true” allegiance to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) after the issue has been discussed in future committee meetings.The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the Legislative Assembly Election Law amendment bill last month, which requires a declaration of allegiance,

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for abusing, raping wife: police

A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday that a local man was caught on Wednesday for allegedly physically abusing and raping his wife, adding that the man also self-harmed and swore at police officers who arrested and questioned him.According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Kuong, is a 44-year-old car wash owner while his wife works in a casino.The spokesperson said Kuong married his wife in the mainland in 2001. Kuong’s wife and their 14-year-old son started living

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Bird flu stops live poultry sales for at least 3 days: govt

The government announced yesterday that all sales of live poultry in the city will be stopped at least for the next three days from today after discovering the H7 strain of the avian influenza virus (AIV) in a chicken sample at the Nam Yue Wholesale Market yesterday.The ban takes effect on the eve of the Year of the Rooster of all years. Fresh chicken is a particularly popular dish during the Chinese New Year holiday. Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up legislative election committee

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday appointed Court of Second Instance (TSI) Judge Tong Hio Fong as the president of the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) for this autumn’s direct and indirect legislative elections, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).The legislative elections take place every four years – normally in September.According to the recently-amended Legislative Election Law, which came into force in December last year, the CAEAL

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman scammed out of HK$12 million by mainland 'cop': police

A 65-year-old local businesswoman told the police on Tuesday that she had been cheated out of HK$12,070,000 by a mainland 'cop' in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday during a regular press briefing.Choi said the woman received a phone call from someone who claimed to be a mainland policeman when she was in Hong Kong in November. The “policeman” told her that more than 200 fake identity cards were found in a package sent in the woman’s name, and that

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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