Macau wins ‘Best MICE City – Asia’ award

The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) announced in a statement that Macau won the “Best MICE City – Asia” award at the “1st M&C Asia Stella Awards 2019” event in Singapore yesterday.The event was organised by the Northstar Travel Group, and the award was accepted by an IPIM delegate, the statement said.Northstar Travel Group describes itself as “the leading B-to-B information and marketing solutions company serving all segments of the travel industry

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Beijing wants Philippines to stop all online gambling

BEIJING – The central government wants the Philippines to stop all forms of online gambling, as it continues cracking down on a practice it says causes illegal outflow of money.While Beijing appreciates the move to halt the issuance of new licenses, “we hope the Philippines will go further and ban all online gambling,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said, according to the transcript of his regular presss briefing in Beijing on Tuesday posted on the website of the Chinese embassy

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Galaxy to sponsor Macau Int’l Marathon for 10.5 million patacas over 3 years

Gaming operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) will sponsor the annual Macau International Marathon for 10.5 million patacas over three years, the co-organisers announced yesterday.The 38th Macau International Marathon, slated to take place on December 1, expects12, 000 runners to compete in the three different distances, the Sports Bureau (ID) announced at a press conference in Cotai.The joint organisers – the Sports Bureau (ID) and General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM) in

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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One-way LRT trip takes 20 minutes

During a media trip to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system yesterday, Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) Director Ho Cheong Kei pointed out that a whole one-way trip on the LRT Taipa section takes about 20 minutes.Ho also said that his office will announce the LRT fare system in the near future. Ho also reaffirmed that the government aims for the Taipa section to come into service before the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland on December 20.Yesterday’s media trip

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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On-duty cop nabbed for DUI

An on-duty Judiciary Police (PJ) officer was caught driving under the influence (DUI) when the officer’s police car hit a motorcycle in April, according to a statement on the website of the Secretary for Security earlier this week.The PJ officer’s personal information was not revealed in the statement.According to the website, the accident happened in the afternoon on April 19. The officer was driving the police car to a junction between Rua de Londres and Alameda Dr. Carlos

August 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Police confirm 7 questioned over banned assembly, ‘but no arrests’

The Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday that seven people were taken for questioning to a police station on Monday night from the city’s main square since their personal information needed to be further verified or because they could not provide identity documents at the scene, PSP spokesman Lei Tak Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters, adding that none of them were arrested.Lei also said that the police had checked the seven

August 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Home fire possibly due to overheating fan motor: firemen

A flat in a residential building in Taipa was on fire last night, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB), which said that firemen suspected that the fire was caused by the motor in an electric fan overheating.The fire broke out at around 7 p.m. in a flat on the 18th floor of Lei Man Building in Rua de Tai Lin.Firemen rushed to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze. About 150 residents self-evacuated during the fire, firefighters said. No one was injured.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE

August 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Gongbei Customs busts luxury goods smuggling gang

Gongbei Customs announced in a press conference yesterday that it has busted a gang that smuggled luxury products – including leather products and watches – from Macau to the mainland.The gang’s modus operandi was that some of its members travelled to Europe to buy the luxury products and sent them to Macau by express courier, after which the same or other members smuggled the products from Macau to Zhuhai via the Gongbei checkpoint by carrying only a small number of the products each

August 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho calls for Macau-Wanzai ferry route to divert visitor flow

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday there was a need to reopen the ferry route between Zhuhai’s Wanzai Port and Macau’s Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal, with the aim of relieving the pressure on various border checkpoints and diverting the flow of visitors.The shipping company operating at the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal at that time announced in 2016 that all routes from the terminal to Wanzai had ceased following the cancelling of the ferry service.Ho attended a Q&A

August 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Dead female found in Nam Van Lake: police

A female body was found floating in Nam Van Lake on Monday evening, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement.The police said the woman was believed to have been in her twenties or thirties, Monday’s statement said.The body was found near the Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

August 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Urban renewal public consultation to be held by year-end earliest: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday he expects the government to carry out a public consultation at the end of this year at the earliest on how the city’s urban renewal process should go ahead.Rosário made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council which lasted two hours.The current government’s five-year term ends at midnight on December 19.Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do

August 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Student loses 28,504 patacas in credit-for-sex-scam: police

A student in his twenties fell for a credit-for-sex scam on Friday, losing a total of 28,504 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during in a regular conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Lei, the victim is a local student. The spokeswoman did not reveal whether he is a university student or secondary school pupil.According to Lei, the victim befriended a female online on Friday afternoon. She later told the victim through a social messaging

August 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Plastic bag law to start on Nov 18

According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, in accordance with Law No. 16/2019 on Restrictions on the Distribution of Plastic Bags, the anti-plastic bag law will take effect on November 18, i.e. 90 days after the date of the law’s promulgation.Violators of the law will be fined 1,000 patacas.The aim of the law is to reduce the adverse impact on the environment with the use of plastic carrier bags in the retail sector, according to the Official Gazette.PLEASE

August 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Including disabled in minimum wage would reduce their job opportunities: Ho

During a visit to the Pou Lei Centre of the Fuhong Society of Macau yesterday, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng told reporters that including employees with disabilities in the city’s future minimum wage system would reduce their employment opportunities.The Pou Lei Centre in Areia Preta district, established in 2003, provides occupational rehabilitation and employment support services for people with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities aged at least 16. The services include work

August 20, 2019 | BY admin

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