Draw decides 27 electoral group numbers on ballot papers

A draw was held yesterday to assign each of the upcoming direct legislative election’s 25 candidate groups and two groups running in the indirect election of the professional sector a number on the ballot papers.The draw was held at the Public Administration Building.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.The numbers of those running in the direct election are as follows: candidate group No. 1 is New Ideals of Macau, led by activist Carl Ching Lok

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt plans 4 phases for La Scala public housing: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the construction of a huge public housing project on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport will be carried out in four phases.Rosario made the remarks yesterday when replying to oral interpellations by several lawmakers during a plenary session of the legislature.The government announced last year that it plans to build the huge public housing project providing 8,000 units on

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JA Avenue to hold singing contest

One-stop beauty mall JA Avenue located at SJM’s Jai Alai complex will be holding a singing contest where the winner will get a musician contract worth 65,000 patacas.A press conference about the “Jai Alai Sidewalk Café Singing Contest” was held at Jai Alai in Zape yesterday where SJM Managing Director Angela Leong On Kei said she hoped that the contest could provide a platform for young people to showcase their musical talent and realise their dream of becoming a musician.“What’s

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Police punish 127 officers for loafing

A total of 127 Public Security Police (PSP) officers have been punished for having left their posts without permission while they were on duty during Chinese New Year last year, the Secretariat for Security said on its website yesterday.According to the website, a number of PSP officers were discovered to have left their posts while they were on duty in police stations over a period of five days during Chinese New Year early last year. Consequently, disciplinary proceedings against the officers

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Boxing House hosts ‘Original Intention’ card

There is a lot of activity for Macau’s fight enthusiasts’ tomorrow night, if boxing is your sport of choice: Macao Boxing House is holding its “Original Intention” fight night with five of the gym’s amateur boxers facing up against other amateurs from Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan.Tomorrow night’s nine-bout card is one of the regular competitions that Macao Boxing House puts on with the aim of promoting boxing in the city. Macao Boxing House also organises White Collar Fight

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Macau-Cagayan maiden flight to mark new airport opening

The maiden flight between Macau and Cagayan in the Philippines’s Luzon Island will take off soon when the Cagayan North International Airport (CNIA) opens later this month, it was announced recently.The announcement was made by Pai Hao Investment Immigration Consultant Managing Director Lei Tak Kin during a press conference held at Dom Pedro V Theatre.Lei said the maiden round-trip flight will be sponsored by his company and Fortune Luck Travel Agency, with the support from Party Beach

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EduWise & Coca-Cola join Orbis campaign

EduWise and Coca-Cola are among the roughly 60 local businesses that are participating in Orbis Macau’s “Darkness To Go” fundraising campaign where they will donate part of their proceeds to the global non-government and non-profit-making organisation to help restore the sight of those who are needlessly blind.Local education centre EduWise said in a recent statement that it is joining the campaign this year to raise awareness among the young people who are taking summer courses there, in

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Govt needs to study residents’ happiness: Chui

Tony WongChief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday the government would need to study the reasons why local residents don’t appear to be as happy as one could expect them to be, abearing in mind that the city has enjoyed rapid economic development during the past decade.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-civic leader Si Ka Lon’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.In his question, Si said that local residents’ happiness did not

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Elex chief warns candidates against pre-campaigning

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday that the candidates running in the upcoming legislative elections are not allowed to talk in public about their political platforms before the official campaign period starts next month, adding that, however, they can openly discuss other issues, such as social affairs.The direct and indirect legislative election will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from September

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui expects public health care spending to double

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he expected the government’s annual expenditure on health care to double after the public hospital complex in Cotai starts operating and a number of public health facility expansion projects have been completed.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-businessman Tommy Lau Veng Seng’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday. Lau asked how the government would promote the development of the city’s

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Ambrose So blames ‘bad luck’ for profit dip

SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that it was “bad luck” that his gaming company suffered a dip in profit in the first half of this year.SJM’s profit fell 12.9 percent year on year, according to a stock exchange filing released on Tuesday.So made the comment while speaking to reporters after hosting the 13th Annual SJM Scholarship Awards where the company gave out scholarships to 40 children of its employees.SJM Chairman of the Board of Directors Ambrose So Shu Fai (right)

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Dance piece ‘Puzzle’ lets babies experience art

A dance play created by a Lithuanian dance group using differently shaped colourful cushions will ignite babies’ imagination and channel their “inner performer” even though they are under three years old.Since its debut in 2012, “Puzzle” by the Dansema Dance Theatre has toured the world where the reactions from the very young audiences have all been the same: they dance, play and don’t want to leave, and one can expect that the little ones in Macau when they see the show will not

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Govt mulls regular social housing applications: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told lawmakers yesterday the government would study the feasibility of accepting applications for social housing units on a regular basis.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-civic leader Song Pek Kei’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.Social rental housing is restricted to low-income households.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (left) speaks during yesterday’s Q&A session while Legislative

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Man uses stun gun in robbery: police

A mainland man was nabbed on Tuesday for using pepper spray and a stun gun in a robbery last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said yesterday.According to Tam, the 20-year-old suspect, surnamed Liu, is unemployed.Tam said the robbery took place in a guestroom in a Cotai resort hotel on July 17. Liu and an accomplice had told the victim and a friend of the victim that he wanted to exchange 350,000 yuan into HK$380,000. Tam said the victim and his friend make a living by

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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