Ambrose So blames ‘bad luck’ for profit dip

SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that it was “bad luck” that his gaming company suffered a dip in profit in the first half of this year.SJM’s profit fell 12.9 percent year on year, according to a stock exchange filing released on Tuesday.So made the comment while speaking to reporters after hosting the 13th Annual SJM Scholarship Awards where the company gave out scholarships to 40 children of its employees.SJM Chairman of the Board of Directors Ambrose So Shu Fai (right)

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Dance piece ‘Puzzle’ lets babies experience art

A dance play created by a Lithuanian dance group using differently shaped colourful cushions will ignite babies’ imagination and channel their “inner performer” even though they are under three years old.Since its debut in 2012, “Puzzle” by the Dansema Dance Theatre has toured the world where the reactions from the very young audiences have all been the same: they dance, play and don’t want to leave, and one can expect that the little ones in Macau when they see the show will not

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt mulls regular social housing applications: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told lawmakers yesterday the government would study the feasibility of accepting applications for social housing units on a regular basis.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-civic leader Song Pek Kei’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.Social rental housing is restricted to low-income households.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (left) speaks during yesterday’s Q&A session while Legislative

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Man uses stun gun in robbery: police

A mainland man was nabbed on Tuesday for using pepper spray and a stun gun in a robbery last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said yesterday.According to Tam, the 20-year-old suspect, surnamed Liu, is unemployed.Tam said the robbery took place in a guestroom in a Cotai resort hotel on July 17. Liu and an accomplice had told the victim and a friend of the victim that he wanted to exchange 350,000 yuan into HK$380,000. Tam said the victim and his friend make a living by

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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PLA garrison vows to boost Macau’s prosperity & stability

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison Commander Wang Wen pledged yesterday that the garrison will make greater contributions to maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Macau.Wang made the remarks in a speech during a reception to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the PLA, at the garrison’s Taipa barracks.According to a statement from the garrison, about 500 people attended the reception, including local government officials, central government officials posted to Macau,

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Wynn donates 80 million patacas to UM

Wynn Resorts (Macau) recently made a donation of 80 million patacas to the University of Macau Development Foundation (UMDF) to support the long-term development of the University of Macau (UM) and its Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management (APAEM), Wynn said in a statement yesterday.A cheque presentation ceremony was held last month where Wynn Resorts (Macau) President and Executive Director Linda Chen presented a cheque to UM Council Chair and Chair of the Trustees Committee of UMDF

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Newborn girl dumped in restaurant toilet

A newborn girl was discovered in a restaurant’s toilet in a hotel in Nam Van yesterday afternoon and was pronounced dead at the public hospital, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.In a statement yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) identified the restaurant as Royal Kitchen on the ninth floor of Grand Emperor Hotel.According to the PJ statement, the baby was found in a rubbish bin by a female cleaner at 2:10 p.m. when she was cleaning the toilets. The baby was

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Candidates should remove elex info before Thursday: govt

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday issued a set of new guidelines, requiring that all groups running in the upcoming legislative elections remove all campaign related-information or messages released to the publilc, including those on the Internet, by midnight today.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17 while the campaign period runs from September 2-15 during which candidates can display election campaign information

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmakers hold presser about ill-fated placard ban

Lawmakers Jose Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai held a press conference yesterday, expressing their opposition to the controversial draft resolution that would have barred lawmakers from displaying placards during plenary sessions – if it had been passed by the legislature.Last week, the amendment was abruptly retracted by the Legislative Assembly’s Committee on House Rules.Vong Hin Fai, president of the committee, said last month that in order to maintain the legislature’s solemnity

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Residents focus on previous performance to choose candidates: survey

A survey carried out by the Institute for Social and Cultural Research of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) released yesterday shows that local residents tend to pay attention to the previous performance of election candidates, rather than the political platforms they announce, when they decide which election group they will vote for during the upcoming legislative elections.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.A press conference

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Local man nabbed for abetting phone scams: police

A local man was arrested on Monday for allowing a phone scam gang to use his bank account to transfer phone scam money, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Mak, is a 28-year-old local driver.The spokesperson said that a local woman reported to the Public Security Police (PSP) on Monday that she received a call that morning from a man who claimed to be a Macau Customs Service officer. The

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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PLA anniversary film premieres in Macau

A film in celebration of today’s 90th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had its local premiere yesterday. “The Foundation of an Army” will have its theatrical release in Hong Kong and Macau on Thursday.A ceremony marking the local premiere was held at Macau Tower. Senior local officials and top central government officials posted to Macau attended the ceremony, including Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng as well as

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman nabbed for ‘theft by finding’: police

A Vietnamese woman was arrested on Sunday for finding and keeping a folder containing the owner’s personal information and some money, as well as telling the owner to pay her 500 patacas if she wanted her folder back, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference yesterday.The folder contained the owner’s Philippine passport, some identification documents issued by the local government and 50 patacas, Wong said.According to Wong, the woman who found

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Committee reaches consensus on rent control bill

The legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee yesterday finished reviewing a controversial rent control bill and finally reached a consensus, the committee’s President Cheang Chi Keong said, adding that the bill will be submitted for a final article-by-article vote to a plenum of the legislature before the summer recess.The recess begins on August 15.Cheang made the remarks when briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee at the Legislative Assembly (AL) in Nam Van.According

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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