Hato did not affect SMEs’ confidence: survey

The findings of a survey carried out by the local Social Studies Think Tank released yesterday show that local small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) confidence was not affected by Super Typhoon Hato that pummelled Macau in late August.The survey is titled Macau Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Confidence Index.A press conference about the survey’s findings was held yesterday at the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) in Zape.Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) Vice President

December 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt launches consultation on cyber security bill

The government yesterday launched a 45-day public consultation on a bill on cyber security which proposes the mandatory implementation of real-name registration for the provision of telecom services – i.e. customers will be required to provide their real identification data to telecom service operators, including when a customer buys a pre-paid SIM card.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the S. Francisco Barracks. The public consultation will end on January

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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NPC election presidium confirms 15 candidates for 12 seats

The presidium of the electoral conference for local deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) yesterday endorsed 15 local residents as candidates for the election of 12 local NPC deputies that will take place on Sunday.Of the 15 local residents, eight are sitting deputies in the 12th NPC, which will end in March. Each NPC term is five years.Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s only member of the NPC Standing Committee, is among the eight sitting local NPC

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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LRT project to be filmed for 5.4 million patacas

The Macau government has authorised the signing of a 5.45 million pataca deal with a multimedia firm to film the ongoing Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, according to an executive order signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.The order was published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to the order, the contract has been awarded to Salon Multimedia (Macau) Ltd. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming union asks for 6 pct wage hike

The New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union handed a petition to a government representative yesterday, urging the government to push the city’s six gaming operators to increase their workers’ salaries by at least six per cent.Cloee Chao Sao Fong, the union’s high-profile leader, told reporters outside Government Headquarters, after handing in the petition, that the six gaming operators last year told employees to expect a raise from 2 to 6 percent. However, according to Chao, most of

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Brigitte Bardot urges CE to ‘save’ greyhounds

French film star Brigitte Bardot has written a letter to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, asking him to save the Canidrome greyhounds to prevent Macau from being identified globally as a “town of suffering” where “innocent animals die running for their life”.The letter, dated May 15 this year in St Tropez and signed by Bardot writing “with all my heart and all my wishes”, was posted on Facebook last night by local animal welfare and protection group Anima President Albano

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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23 mainlanders nabbed for loan sharking, illegal credit card deals: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 23 suspects yesterday in raids on two addresses in Taipa for their alleged involvement in casino loan sharking and illegal credit card transactions.The suspects belonged to two separate gangs.PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan announced details of the arrests during a special news conference in Taipa near the two flats where the suspects were arrested.Police officers escort some of the 23 suspects from the mainland to a police vehicle in Taipa yesterday.

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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New culture chief is capable: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he believes that the president-designate of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Cecilia Tse Heng Sai, is “capable” of working in her new position as she has extensive work experience in the public administration and sound managerial skills.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual “Walk for a Million” charity event in Nape.Tse, one of the two vice-directors of the Macau Government Tourism Office

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Officers’ punishments for upside-down flag ‘not lenient’: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the various punishments recently imposed on three Macau Customs Service officers who mistakenly raised the national flag upside down earlier this year “were not lenient”.The Macau Customs Service fined two officers and suspended another for mistakenly raising the national flag upside down earlier this year, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said in a statement last week.Wong also said yesterday that the government will not reveal the

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Guangdong-Macau meeting ‘rescheduled’

The annual Guangdong-Macau Joint Cooperation Conference has been rescheduled sine die, the Macau Government Spokesperson Office has announced. The one-day conference had been scheduled to take place in Guangzhou today.Friday’s announcement said the rescheduling of the conference had been requested by the Guangdong government. The announcement did not give a reason for the change in schedule. It said that the new schedule for the conference would be announced in due course. PLEASE READ THE

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Film-fest starts with Renner on red carpet

The 2nd International Film Festival and Awards – Macau (IFFAM) kicked off on Friday with a star-studded red carpet event which included Hollywood star Jeremy Renner, but was marred by “equipment failure” for the screening of “Rashomon” on Saturday.The festival’s opening ceremony took place at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) with “Paddington 2” as the opening film, which had its world premiere in London on November 5.This year’s festival is themed “A New Avenue to the World

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Local patient may have CJD: Health Bureau

A 60-year-old local woman is believed to have contracted Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), an invariably fatal brain disorder, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.According to an SSM statement on Friday, the patient fell ill during a visit to the United States in October, when her condition showed various symptoms such as hemiparesis, muscle weakness and difficulty with speech. She sought medical treatment in the US, Zhongshan and Hong Kong before returning to Macau on December 7 when she

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Even fewer ‘La Scala’ public housing units possible: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the number of units in the government’s large-scale public housing project on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury real-estate project in Avenida Wai Long could be lowered again.Rosario made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual charity event “Walk for a Million” yesterday.According to Rosario, as some citizens have expressed the view that the plot faces pollution issues due to sewage and the

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Chief prosecutor: no political motive behind lawmaker’s prosecution

Public Prosecutor-General Ip Son Sang said yesterday there was no political motive behind the decision of the Public Prosecution Office (MP) to prosecute directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou earlier this year of alleged aggravated disobedience.Ip made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual “Walk for a Million” charity event in Barra.Last week, Sou was suspended from the Legislative Assembly (AL), when 28 out of 33 members of the legislature voted for his

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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