Casino takings rise 23.7 pct in May

Macau’s gross gaming revenue in May rose 23.7 percent year on year to 22.74 billion patacas, posting a 10-month winning streak and beating analysts’ forecasts, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) yesterday.Reuters said that analysts had expected revenue growth to range between 15 percent and 20 percent.Last month’s growth rate was the highest since February 2014. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

June 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Student nabbed for hiring student to take exam

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a local university student for hiring a non-local student to take an exam for her, while the non-local student has been arrested for using a fake identity card, a PSP spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said an examiner of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) reported on Monday afternoon that one of the students did not resemble the photo on her student card, and therefore suspected that

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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No consensus on high-rise next to Muslim cemetery

Members of the Urban Planning Council (CPU) did not reach a consensus yesterday on a proposed high-rise project with a maximum height of 127 metres, on a plot of land next to the city’s only Muslim cemetery, located in Ramal dos Mouros.The Macau Islamic Association has asked the government for permission to build a residential high-rise there, with the aim of funding the cost of a new religious centre.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the council was the fourth time that the government

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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3-year-old boy allegedly hit by maid: police

A 3-year-old boy was allegedly slapped on the head by a Vietnamese domestic helper, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.The spokesperson said the boy’s mother reported the case yesterday afternoon, saying that the family’s domestic helper took the boy to a park earlier that day, but when he returned home, the boy appeared to have sustained slight injuries to his head.The mother told the police she suspected the domestic helper had smacked her son. The police said the

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Boy with severe flu leaves ICU: govt

A 6-year-old local boy diagnosed with the influenza A virus is recovering and has been transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU), a Health Bureau (SSM) statement said yesterday.The bureau said on Monday that the boy showed symptoms of the potentially fatal disease on Friday, such as fever, sore throat and cough, adding that he was admitted to the private Kiang Wu Hospital on Saturday.The bureau also said the boy’s condition worsened on Monday, after which he was transferred to the

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Transport bureau & police promote new helmet rule

Enforcement of the city’s new crash helmet rule, slated to take effect on June 13, would be mainly educational initially, Transport Bureau (DSAT) official Kam Chun Kit said yesterday.Kam made the remarks when speaking to reporters in Avenida Doutor Mário Soares near Praia Grande, where DSAT officials and Public Security Police (PSP) officers set up a roadblock to check motorcyclists’ crash helmets yesterday morning and promote the new rule.In order to regulate the safety standards of the

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt urges gaming operators to remain election-neutral

Officials held a meeting with representatives of the city’s gaming operators and junket promoters yesterday, briefing them on the newly amended Legislative Assembly Election Law which requires them to remain politically neutral in the upcoming legislative elections, Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Members of the government-appointed committee and officials from

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature passes non-mandatory provident fund bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the government’s bill on a non-mandatory central provident fund, which is slated to take effect on January 1 next year, after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session yesterday.The legislative process took the government about a decade and two public consultations to complete.The bill’s outline was passed in a plenum of the legislature in June last year. The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held 13 meetings to review

June 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Taipa terminal to open without shops on Thursday

The Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On will start operating at 6 a.m. on Thursday as its three ferry operators will transfer all sailings from the adjacent Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal to the new terminal, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) announced yesterday.During a press conference at the airport-sized terminal yesterday, Tong Iok Peng, who heads the bureau’s Port Control Department, said the temporary terminal would be closed for good after the last ferry leaves at 1 a.m. on Thursday.

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Police clarify fake news about ‘human meat for sale’ in Macau

The police have released a statement, complete with a screenshot of an article, titled: “Woman caught selling human meat at a restaurant in Macau”, on the Judiciary Police (PJ) website, clarifying that the alleged case never happened in the city and that the police never received any information about it.The statement, jointly released by the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Public Security Police (PSP) on Friday, also urged residents not to believe the story and not to share the

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt adjusts 2 bus routes serving UM

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday it will change two bus routes, route 71 and route 73, which serve the University of Macau (UM) campus on Hengqin, from Thursday.Currently, route 71 runs between Praça de Ferreira do Amaral and the UM campus, while route 73 runs between Areia Preta district and the campus. Both routes cross the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge (commonly known as the Old Bridge) and pass Ocean Gardens. Route 73 stops on either side of the main road going

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt, ex-live poultry vendors fail to agree on one-off payment

The government and the now-defunct live poultry sector failed to reach a consensus yesterday during a meeting on the amount of the one-off payment that the government said it would pay, as officials insisted on giving each vendor 240,000 to 480,000 patacas, while the vendors asked for a payment of 2 million patacas each, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday.The bureau announced late last month that the government decided to impose a permanent

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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6-year-old boy diagnosed with severe flu: govt

A 6-year-old local boy has been diagnosed with severe influenza, a Health Bureau (SSM) statement said yesterday.The statement said the boy showed symptoms of the potentially fatal disease on Friday, such as fever, sore throat and cough. He was admitted to the private Kiang Wu Hospital on Saturday.According to the statement, the boy’s condition worsened yesterday. It said the boy had been transferred to the intensive care unit, adding his pharyngeal specimen tested positive for the influenza A

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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GDP grows 10.3 pct in Q1

Macau’s gross domestic product grew 10.3 percent year on year in real terms in the first quarter of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.A DSEC statement attributed the return to double-digit growth to the “improving exports of services and investments, as well as a relatively lower base of comparison in the first quarter of last year.”External demand continued to expand, pushing up exports of services by 13.4 percent, in which exports of gaming services

May 30, 2017 | BY admin

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