Ng, Au to petition Zhang for universal suffrage

Grassroots lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San said yesterday that they will try to petition National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Zhang Dejiang tomorrow during his visit to the Legislative Assembly (AL) building, urging the state leader to be aware of the “necessity” of setting up electoral systems to elect the chief executive and all lawmakers by universal suffrage.The Government Spokesperson’s Office has announced that Zhang will pay a visit to the city

May 8, 2017 | BY admin

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6 rogue cops get up to 15 years behind bars

Six Public Security Police (PSP) officers were sentenced to between 21 months and 15 years in prison on Friday for a range of crimes such as offering banned travellers illegal entries, stays and exits in Macau for cash.The ruling was handed down by the Court of First Instance (TJB).The male sextet were arrested in January last year on suspicion of assisting a loan-sharking gang by leaking confidential police information, arranging illegal entries and exits for travellers banned from the city

May 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Population rises 17.8 pct in 5 years: govt

Macau had a population of around 650,000 last year, a 17.8 percent increase over five years, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.The findings of the 2016 Population By-census – conducted in August last year – were released on Friday.Macau had a population of 650,834 in August last year, a 17.8 percent increase from the 552,503 in the 2011 Population Census, attributable to a surge in non-resident workers and a rebound in the birth rate, the bureau said.PLEASE READ THE FULL

May 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Union petitions Zhang over trade union law

The New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union petitioned National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Zhang Dejiang yesterday, urging the nation’s third-highest ranked official to be aware of the fact that Macau still does not have a trade union law.According to the Government Spokesperson’s Office, Zhang will pay a fact-finding visit to the city from today until Wednesday.The Legislative Assembly has rejected different trade union bills eight times since the establishment

May 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum calls for harsher property measures

Panellists and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for harsher measures, in addition to the tightening of the city’s mortgage rules, to tackle speculation in the residential property market.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcast TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.On Thursday, the government announced a cut on home mortgage loans by between 10 and 20 percent for non-first time and non-local homebuyers, which took effect the following

May 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt tightens mortgage rules – local first-time buyers unaffected

The government had decided to tighten its mortgage rules from today, lowering the percentage of mortgage available to all except local first-time buyers, in order to ensure stability in the local housing market, Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Victor Chan Chi Ping, said yesterday.Chan, the government’s chief spokesperson, announced the measure during a hastily arranged press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday afternoon.Lau Hang Kun, the deputy chief of the Banking

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Sands to contribute to WWF eco-projects

Sands China will launch the “Just One” programme in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), giving its hotel guests the opportunity to contribute to the funding of two projects run by the world’s leading conservation organisation – a biomass fuel stove project for a rural area in the mainland and a local campaign which aims to raise awareness of environmental protection among local pupils.The WWF, set up in 1961, is headquartered in Switzerland.“Just One” is a scheme

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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School milk gone off due to damaged cartons: govt

A small number of cartons of milk for local schools went off due to damage to the cartons during transportation, Leong Vai Kei, chief of the Education Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a youth forum hosted by the bureau in memory of the 1919 May Fourth Movement, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.The bureau provides milk and soya milk, on alternate weeks, daily for pupils in kindergartens and primary

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Galaxy revenue rises 5 pct in Q1, SJM’s dips 5 pct

Casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said yesterday that its total revenue in the first quarter rose 5 percent year on year to HK$14.1 billion.Galaxy said in a statement that its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) jumped 31 percent year on year to HK$3.2 billion. Analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg had forecast EBITDA to reach HK$2.99 billion. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to hold Happy Family Month again

The Social Affairs Bureau (IAS) will link up with 38 community associations and local charity organisations to hold the 2017 Happy Family Month activity to promote familial harmony and reach out to families potentially in need, Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the bureau’s Family and Community Services, said yesterday.Addressing a press conference at the bureau’s Healthy Life Education Centre in Areia Preta, Tang said a string of informative and parent-child activities will be held from this week to

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Man attacked with glass bottle in botched robbery: police

A local man was attacked with a glass bottle by a man attempting to rob him of HK$1.5 million patacas in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai on Wednesday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the victim, in his fifties, received a phone call from a man on Wednesday, who asked him to exchange yuan into HK$1.5 million. The victim took the cash to a guestroom at the casino-hotel resort, where he had arranged to meet the man.The

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Police bust 3 illegal inns, nab 2 suspects

The Public Security Police (PSP) busted three illegal inns in a residential building in Zape yesterday.Two women from the mainland were suspected of running the illegal hospitality businesses in three flats where 15 “guests” were found during the operation, the Public Security Police said in a statement.According to the statement, during the operation that started yesterday morning and ended in the evening, PSP officers from the Intelligence Department checked a residential building in

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillor urges govt to build kitchen waste plant

The government should keep its pledge to build a kitchen waste composting plant as soon as possible, Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee Member Hoi Long Tong said yesterday.Hoi made the remarks before a regular meeting of the government-appointed Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee at the Government Service Centre in Areia Preta.The regular meeting was closed to the media.Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee member Hoi Long Tong

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Govt mulls moving Bobo to new home ‘to enjoy old age’

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is considering transferring ageing Asian black bear Bobo to Seac Pai Van Park in Coloane in order to allow him to enjoy his old age, IACM President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday.IACM Administrative Committee member Leong Kun Fong said on Monday that the physical condition of Bobo (which means “darling” in Cantonese), who is over 30 years old, was deteriorating and the enclosure in Flora Garden was no longer suitable for him, adding that

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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