Galaxy warns of ‘increasing regional competition’

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) warned yesterday of “increasing competition from regional integrated resorts that are actively targeting the [mainland] Chinese market.”The casino operator made the warning in a second-quarter earnings report to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the report, Galaxy said, “We do acknowledge that in the shorter term current international trade tensions may impact customer sentiment and spending habits.”This photo taken last night shows the exterior of Galaxy

August 14, 2019 | BY admin

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Building up culture is ‘crucial’ for GBA: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the building-up of culture was “crucial” to the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), adding that the sustainable development of the GBA needed to be backed by “a stable recognition of cultural identity”.Chui made the remarks in his opening speech at the International Forum on the “Cultural Mission of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area” at the Hyatt Hotel in Cotai.Central People’s

August 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Man who killed 2 inmates gets over 10 years in jail

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has denied an appeal submitted by a man who was found guilty of attacking four inmates, killing two of them, while he was in prison in 1998, for which the city’s top court upheld his jail term as being 10 years and six months, a TUI statement said yesterday.The defendant is a 54-year-old local surnamed Lei. He was sentenced to prison for five years and three months in 1998 after being caught for loan sharking, blackmail, and false imprisonment, according to

August 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho ‘heartbroken’ about HK protesters brandishing UK & US flags

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday he was “heartbroken” seeing protestors in Hong Kong brandishing UK and US flags, adding that the ongoing violent protests in the special administrative region may also be due to the “insufficiency and deficiency” of its national education.Ho, 62, also said that Macau should have a “pilot base” for patriotic education so that young local people would know more about the nation’s modern history.Ho attended a Q&A session with

August 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourist rapes tourist in hotel after drinking in Cotai disco: police

Police arrested a male tourist for allegedly raping a female tourist after the victim had got drunk in a disco in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the 29-year-old suspect is surnamed Yang. He told the police that he works as a businessman in the real estate sector on the mainland. The victim is a 23-year-old tourist. She told the police that she came to Macau with her boyfriend on Thursday. Her personal

August 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt authorises CEM to build, manage utility tunnels

The government will sign an authorisation allowing power utility CEM to construct and manage the city’s utility tunnels, according to a chief executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to Wikipedia, a utility tunnel is a passage built underground or above ground to carry utility lines such as electricity, steam, water supply pipes, and sewer pipes.The order pointed out that CEM is experienced in managing and constructing utility pipes, adding that transferring

August 13, 2019 | BY admin

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1,637 citizens vote in online ballot to elect CE by universal suffrage: NMA

A total of 1,637 citizens participated in an online vote on universal suffrage for electing the chief executive between Sunday, when the ballot was launched, and 4 p.m. yesterday, lawmaker-cum-activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou, vice-president of the non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA), told reporters yesterday.Representatives of the association spoke to the media yesterday afternoon on its premises in Rua do Tarrafeiro about the voting rate and their response to chief executive candidate Ho

August 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho pledges to streamline public administration

During a Q&A session with members of the Chief Executive Election Committee, chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that his government – if he succeeds in his election bid – will streamline Macau’s public administration system.The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission held a public session yesterday – the first day of the chief executive election campaign period – for Ho, the sole candidate, to present his political platform to the Chief Executive Election

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Street dance brings GBA youths together

An international street dance competition entitled “Unbeatable” was held yesterday in the Outer Harbour Youth Activity Centre, which brought over 100 street dancers from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) together as they battled it out on the dance floor.Organised by the Macau International Street Dance Association (MISDA) and a local street dance association named EF Crew, the one-day street dance competition, which has been organised for nine years, was part of the

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho announces political platform

Ho Iat Seng, the candidate for the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), announced his political platform yesterday, which focuses on economy and people’s livelihood.At a meeting held with the members of the Chief Executive Election Committee, Ho elaborated on his goals and plans for Macau’s future development if elected.He said his decision to run for the post was made from his love for the country and deep feelings for Macau, with a strong desire to

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau-Pyongyang flights delayed

Direct flights between Macau and Pyongyang, which were scheduled to be resumed after a 15-year hiatus this month, will only get off the ground in the middle of next month, Rádio Macau has quoted the local airport operator CAM as saying.The Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported on Thursday that according to an unnamed CAM source the final authorisation of the resumption of regular flights between Macau and the North Korean capital was still pending. The

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Group to host 20th Southeast Asia food-fest

The four-day Southeast Asia Food Carnival hosted by the Association of Returned Overseas Chinese Macau is happening from this coming Thursday at the “Three Lamps” (Rotunda de Carlos da Maia) roundabout and in Rua da Restauração.According to a statement provided by the organiser, there will be Myanmarese, Indonesian and Cambodian cuisines, from the region’s famous fish ball rice noodles to the coconut chicken noodles. Multiple authentic Southeast dishes will be served at the carnival.

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho calls for ‘healthy’ development of gaming sector

Chief executive candidate Ho Iat Seng called yesterday for the “healthy” development of the gaming industry and also for tightening its supervision.Ho held a press conference after presenting his campaign platform to the Chief Executive Election Committee at the East Asian Games Dome and attending a Q&A session for the committee members.Regarding the future of Macau’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions, a reporter asked Ho why in his platform and during the Q&A

August 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill on plastic bag charge scheme

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the implementation of a plastic carrier bag charge scheme for retail businesses in Macau.The bill will become law 90 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the law, the amount to be charged for each plastic carrier bag is to be determined by the chief executive in an executive order in due course.The government has proposed that one pataca should be charged per bag.The bill’s outline

August 9, 2019 | BY admin

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