Govt to help low-lying area shops install cargo lifts: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government would assist businesses in the city’s low-lying areas in the installation cargo lifts in their shops so that they can lift their goods off the ground quickly if flooding hits their neighbourhoods.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after overseeing the swearing-in ceremonies of newly-appointed Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Chan Sau San and newly-appointed Financial Intelligence

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato insurance claims reach 2.9 billion patacas: new monetary chief

Newly-appointed Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Benjamin Chan Sau San said yesterday the latest figures showed that the insurance claims filed in the wake of Super Typhoon Hato have reached 2.9 billion patacas.Hato hit Macau hard on August 23, resulting in severe flooding.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony, at the Secretariat for Economy and Finance in the Bank of China (BOC) Building in Nam Van.Chan said that until last Monday the local

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Electoral arithmetic

Some Hong Kong journalists and academics have described the outcome of Sunday’s post-typhoon election as an “unprecedented” victory for Macau’s so-called “pro-democracy” forces. Unprecedented? According to their comments, the “pro-democracy” forces garnered five of the 14 directly-elected seats. Five? Well, let’s check the facts, based on primary-school level arithmetic: Four groups widely seen as representing “pro-democracy” forces won a total of four seats on Sunday –

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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SMEs confidence indices rising: think tank

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 has been increasing since the second quarter of last year.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.ACM Vice President Frederico Ma Chi Ngai said during the press

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman steals watch worth HK$170,000: police

A woman was caught on Monday for stealing her friend’s luxury watch worth about HK$170,000, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, both the suspect and victim are from the mainland. The suspect, surnamed Tao, is 27 years old. The victim is a businessman. The spokesperson did not reveal the victim’s surname or age.The spokesperson said the victim reported to the police last Monday night that he met Tao, whom he had known for about a year, in a

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui congratulates newly-elected lawmakers

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday congratulated the city’s newly-elected lawmakers on their success, vowing that the government and the legislature will continue to adhere to the principle of “one country, two systems” to serve Macau people.A statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office yesterday quoted Chui as saying that he would like to express gratitude to all candidates and voters on behalf of the government for their participation in Sunday’s direct and

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming regulator urges ‘more humane’ staff treatment

Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday his bureau had urged the city’s casino operators to ensure a “more humane” treatment of their employees.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremonies of the new heads of the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) and Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) at the Secretariat for Economy and Finance at the Bank of China Building.Chan said the bureau made the appeal in the wake of

September 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato-hit Barrier Gate bus terminal to reopen in 2019: govt

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday that the government would undertake major work to improve the ventilation in the bus terminal at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint while carrying out repairs to the equipment and facilities damaged by the severe flooding caused by Super Typhoon Hato.Lam also said the government expected the underground terminal to be partially operational in the second quarter of 2019.The underground terminal was seriously damaged by floodwaters

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Commonalities between typhoons & elections

Typhoons and elections share certain commonalities – their outcome is hard to predict and they tend to spring surprises.This is what happened when Super Typhoon Hato hit Macau on August 23. Besides, Sunday’s post-typhoon election was virtually unpredictable and, consequently, sprang a major surprise resulting in three newcomers to the legislature and two failed re-election bids, apart from a raft of other surprises.No doubt, the top winners of the direct election are the Macau-Guangdong

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Angela Leong buys US$338 million building in London: sources

Macau casino executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei has bought a historic building in London’s Aldwych district for about £250 million (US$338 million), informed sources said yesterday.Leong, who is married to casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung Sun, has completed the purchase of Aldwych House from Rowan Asset Management and GI Partners, the sources said, asking not to be identified because the deal is confidential. The 174,000 square-foot (16,200 square-meter) building near Covent Garden has

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Youngest lawmaker urges residents to monitor him, govt

Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a newcomer to the incoming legislature, said yesterday he hoped residents would continue to “monitor” him and the government.Speaking to reporters when he was thanking voters for their support in Rua da Emenda, Sou, 26, who will be the legislature’s youngest lawmaker, said he had demonstrated how to “stand out” in the election without having financial support from big companies, adding he hoped he could encourage more young people to participate in politics.Sou said

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Scholar says she will be middle-of-the-road-lawmaker

Agnes Lam Iok Fong, one of the incoming legislature’s newcomers, said yesterday that she would be a middle-of-the-road-lawmaker and she would try to listen to opinions from both pro-democracy and pro-government sides.Speaking to reporters at the Red Market when she was thanking stall owners for their support, Lam, who finally won a seat in the legislature on her third attempt, said her excitement at getting elected was very short-lived as she quickly realised that she had a lot of work to

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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School computers attacked by ransomware: police

A case of cybercrime was reported to the police on Friday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The case was reported by a computer teacher, working at a local school, responsible for maintaining the school’s IT facilities.According to the spokesperson, earlier that day, when the teacher went to the school, he found that some of the files on the computer were missing. Meanwhile, a file popped up on the screen, asking for his nationality and to send an e-mail to an unknown

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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2 men caught bringing illegal weapons into Macau

The police arrested an Indonesian man on Sunday afternoon at the airport for bringing an illegal weapon into Macau, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the police identified the suspect as an Indonesian national in his forties surnamed Vernjo. He was found carrying a knuckleduster in his suitcase when he arrived at the airport in Taipa.The police said that Vernjo is a Putonghua-speaking businessman. He told the police that he purchased the

September 19, 2017 | BY admin

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