25 tell police woman cheated them out of HK$167 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) received complaints by 25 people between December 11and yesterday, all saying that a local woman surnamed Cheang had cheated them out of money by claiming to provide an investment scheme with a high rate of return, according to a PJ statement yesterday evening.The statement said that Cheang claimed to be from a real-estate agency and told each of the victims that there was an investment scheme which could provide a high rate of return and persuaded them to put money

January 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourism chief welcomes competition among airlines

Macau’s top tourism official welcomed competition among airlines using the local airport, saying that it was “always advantageous to have more competition” as it would raise service quality. Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes made the remarks when asked by reporters about this week’s announcement by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) that it had decided not to renew the monopoly concession of Air Macau when it expires in November next

January 18, 2019 | BY admin

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VIP baccarat generates 55 pct of 2018 casino receipts

VIP baccarat generated nearly 55 percent of Macau’s gross gaming revenue last year, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced. VIP baccarat revenue reached 166.1 billion patacas, accounting for 54.8 percent of the 302.8 billion pataca revenue generated by games of chance last year.In 2017, VIP baccarat produced 56.7 percent of the Macau’s gross gaming revenue. Back in 2014, VIP baccarat accounted for 66.1 percent of local casinos’ gross gaming revenue. PLEASE READ

January 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Prada does Chinese New Year fun fair at Galaxy Macau

A Ferris wheel, swing carousels and red-and-white circus tents, Galaxy Macau has glammed up with Italian luxury brand Prada to usher in the Chinese New Year with shoppers at the mall.The installation located in the Pearl Lobby of The Promenade Shops is part of the pop-up “Prada Wonderland” showing the brand’s festive side with its classic characteristics, while offering visitors a fun and stylish shopping experience.The fun fair rides although big enough are not for people to hop on, as

January 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Phubbers: Turn off the phone

It’s a habit that many people have – snubbing someone in favour of a mobile phone.The term “phubbing” is the combination of “phone” and “snubbing”, coined by an Australian advertising agency as part of a marketing campaign with Macquarie Dictionary in 2012.So a “phubber” is a “phone snubber”, a person who does the phubbing, and this is the theme of a performance for the 18th Macau City Fringe Festival, themed on “Extra. Ordinary”.Cherrie Leong Ka Ian is the creator

January 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Property prices to drop up to 10 pct this year: JLL

Property prices will face a downward correction, with local Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) representatives yesterday forecasting a drop of up to 10 percent in prices of residential and retail units.The local office of the global real-estate services firm held its Macau Year-end Property Review 2018 press conference yesterday at its office in the Finance and IT Centre.“For the residential market, our view is that it’s not so optimistic,” JLL Macau’s residential property chief Jeff Wong Chi Wai

January 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Local oil company staff defrauded by email: police

A staff member of a local petroleum company has been defrauded out of US$13,750 (111,020 patacas) through email while contacting a company in Singapore to assess the oil industry in the Philippines, Judiciary Police (PJ) Choi Ian Fai spokesman said at a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said that the victim, whose gender was not revealed, is a non-resident worker employed by the local petroleum company. The employee was exchanging emails with a counterpart at a Singaporean firm that the

January 17, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Loansharks cheat loansharks’, 9 suspects nabbed: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested one female and eight male members of a casino loansharking gang from the mainland that specialised in cheating rival loansharksPJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai announced the “loansharks-cheat-loansharks” case during a special press conference yesterday. The nine suspects were arrested on Monday when security guards in a casino in Cotai called the police after a noisy row between members of two rival loansharking gangs – one of which allegedly defrauded the

January 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Worker falls to death at drainage project

A worker fell to his death in an industrial accident on a construction site for a rainwater drainage system project on the peninsula’s northern coast yesterday morning, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The police identified the victim as a 59-year-old local man surnamed Chan.The Fire Services Bureau (CB) transferred the case to the Judiciary Police at 8:46 a.m. for further investigation, the statement said.An excavator lifts the victim from the location where he fell to

January 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Parade to celebrate CNY

A parade will be held next month to celebrate the Chinese New Year (CNY), the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said at a press conference at Macau Tower yesterday. The event, to be held on the third day (February 7) and the 6th day (February10) of the Chinese New Year, will feature a range of activities such as a float parade, artistic performances, fireworks and a float exhibition.The annual CNY parade has gradually developed into one of Macau’s signature festive events, MGTO Director

January 17, 2019 | BY admin

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4-year-old flu girl dies of heart failure: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday evening that a four-year-old girl suffering from influenza died of heart failure resulting from hyperthyroidism complicated by dilated cardiomyopathy yesterday morning.The bureau made the announcement during a press conference about Macau’s latest situation of seasonal influenza. The presser took place at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.According to the press conference, the girl – aged four years and five months – was taken by her

January 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander dies after brawl in illegal inn: police

A 47-year-old male mainlander died yesterday morning after an argument which deteriorated into a brawl with two compatriots in a residential unit used as an illegal inn in Taipa, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that based on a preliminary investigation into the case PJ officers have ruled out homicide as the cause of death.The two other men were also injured during the brawl and taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre for outpatient

January 16, 2019 | BY admin

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English- and Portuguese-language media denote Macau’s multiculturalism: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that Macau’s Portuguese- and English-language media are an integral part of Macau’s multicultural environment, based on the city’s centuries-old history as a hub for Sino-Western cultural exchanges. Chui also said that Macau’s English- and Portuguese-language media play a crucial role in promoting further exchanges between East and West. Chui made the remarks in a speech during a Chinese New Year luncheon that he hosted for senior

January 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau’s quiet but beautiful medical education evolution

About eight years ago, I received a call to cover a medical conference organised by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST).What began as a small conference, the Sino-Luso International Medical Forum, has not only blossomed into a powerful scientific symposium for the region since 2011, but it is changing Macau’s medical history.In tandem with MUST’s Faculty of Health Sciences, the Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Centre, the Health Bureau (SSM), and

January 16, 2019 | BY admin

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