Crown stake helpful for Japan casino bid: Lawrence Ho

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau-lung said yesterday that the recent acquisition of Crown Resorts Limited shares would help his company enter the Japanese gaming market, but insisted that Macau would remain its priority.Ho made the remarks during a media roundtable at City of Dreams’ Morpheus hotel about Melco’s purchase of a 19.99 percent stake in Crown last week.Ho said that the decision to buy a stake in Crown was after it “checked all the

June 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers can start to apply for ‘home swap’ units this month

Macau Urban Renewal Limited, a newly-established company fully owned by the government, announced yesterday that Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers who want to buy a unit in its “home swap” housing project to be built on the plot where the ill-fated residential project is located will have to file their applications from June 17 to August 16, and those who fail to apply during the period will be disqualified from buying one.The company, which is tasked with the city’s urban renewal process,

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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3 cabbies keep passenger’s HK$100,000: police

Three taxi drivers were arrested by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday on suspicion of keeping over HK$100,000 in cash that a passenger had left in a shoulder bag in the cab. The bag was later transferred by the first cabbie to a second taxi driver’s private car who then asked a third cabbie to look after his car key. The three suspects are male local residents aged around 30.At midnight last Friday, a passenger from the mainland got into the taxi outside a hotel in Cotai to go to the

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Kiang Wu donates 13 properties to govt for heritage preservation

The Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association (KWHCA) yesterday donated 13 properties in Pátio da Eterna Felicidade (“Courtyard of Eternal Happiness”) and Rua da Tercena to the government, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Director Mok Ian Ian said, adding that the properties would be developed into a cultural and leisure area in conjunction with surrounding tourist spots in the near future.Three representatives from the government and the association signed an agreement on the property transfer

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Construction material imports fall 40.8 pct in Jan-April

Macau’s imports of construction materials fell by 40.8 percent year-on-year to 473 million patacas in the first four months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement on Friday, construction material imports in April dropped by 31.6 percent year-on-year to 139 million patacas, indicating a marked decline in building construction.Overall imports fell by 1.1 percent to 28.6 billion patacas in the first four months of the year, while domestic

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt launches lucky draw scheme for law-obeying cabbies

The government will launch a scheme which allows cabbies who do not breach any rules listed in the new taxi law – which came into force yesterday – until the end of the year to join a lucky draw, according to a statement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday.The programme is organised by the Transport Bureau, in conjunction with the Public Security Police (PSP), Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Consumer Council, and 15 taxi associations, the statement

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui heads meeting about spirit of Xi’s letter to local pupils

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On chaired a high-level meeting yesterday about the spirit of a letter sent by President Xi Jinping to local pupils last week.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), the meeting at Government Headquarters focused on the local education sector “learning from and applying the spirit” of Xi’s written reply to a letter sent by pupils from the Hou Kong Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School in Taipa. The school

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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5 nabbed for sham marriage, impersonating father-son relationship

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested five people for their alleged involvement in a marriage of convenience, impersonating a father-son relationship and fraudulently obtaining a non-resident worker permit, PSP spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the first suspect is a 40-year-old woman surnamed Liu. She told the police she is a businesswoman from the mainland. The second and third suspects are a couple from the mainland. The husband is

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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GDP shrinks in Q1, 1st drop after 10 quarters

Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 3.2 percent year-on-year in real terms, ending the uptrend that lasted for 10 consecutive quarters, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.“Total demand weakened due to feeble growth, leading to increased downward pressure on the economy,” a DSEC statement said.External demand slowed considerably, the statement pointed out. Total exports of services dropped by 0.3 percent year-on-year, with exports of gaming services and other

June 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Trade war ‘has not made America great again’, white paper

BEIJING – Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing has not “made America great again” and has instead damaged the US economy, the central government said in a white paper yesterday, warning that while it wants resolution through talks there will be no compromise on core principles.Beijing’s broadside is the latest act in a bruising conflict between the world’s top two economies that has spooked markets and sparked fears about the global economy.With trade talks stalled, the

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui thanks Xi for replying to local students’ letter

On behalf of the local government, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has expressed his “sincere gratitude” for the appreciation and affection shown by President Xi Jinping for local students by responding to a letter that pupils from the Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School in Taipa had sent to him.According to a statement by Chui’s office on Saturday, Xi’s letter should be seen as a “great incentive” not only for Macau’s pupils and education professionals but

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Retired policeman kills himself due to illness: police

A retired Public Security Police (PSP) officer killed himself with his handgun in his home in Taipa on Saturday night, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the deceased as a 56-year-old surnamed Tang who retired from the police in 2012.The Judiciary Police received a report from the Public Security Police at 10:10 p.m. on Saturday that a retired PSP officer was believed to have killed himself with a handgun in his flat in Rua de Coimbra, the PJ

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Local fighter opens 36th IBF Annual Convention boxing-fest

From Thursday to Saturday Wynn Palace Cotai was home to the IBF’s (International Boxing Federation) 36th IBF Annual Convention which culminated in a four-fight event on Saturday. Local boxer Alex Ao Hon Lek got proceedings underway in just the second professional fight of his career.The fight night went under the banner “Return with Glory Ultimate Confrontation”, which took place at the Wynn Palace Grand Theatre, consisting of four bouts with pugilists from Australia, Germany, the Chinese

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Man forcibly kisses woman in toilet, after she refuses his 10,000 pataca offer to ‘accompany’ him

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man last Thursday for forcibly hugging and kissing a woman in the women’s toilet of a restaurant in Areia Preta on the previous day, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference on Friday.Lam identified the suspect as a 26-year-old surnamed Hoi who told the police that he works in a shop.When the 20-year-old woman was walking in Rua Central da Areia Preta at around 9 p.m. last Wednesday, a man reeking of alcohol – Hoi –

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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