Devoy urges domestic violence culprits to bear consequences

Good Shepherd Centre Director Juliana Devoy said yesterday she hoped that the victims of domestic violence realise that the culprits need to bear the consequences of what they did so that they could change and improve themselves.The Law on Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence, which came into effect on October 5, defines domestic violence as a public crime – which allows the police to investigate without the victim’s consent. A defendant convicted of domestic violence faces up to five

November 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Casino revenues rise for 3rd straight month

Macau’s casinos have reported a third straight month of revenue gains in October, boosted by gamblers during the week-long Golden Week holiday.Gross gaming revenue rose 8.8 percent to 21.8 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) reported on Friday. That compares with the median forecast for 5.5 percent growth in a Bloomberg survey of seven analysts.The growth builds momentum in reversing a 26-month slump as the world’s biggest casino hub strives to transform

November 3, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman pimps 14-year-old girl in Cotai: police

A woman from Guizhou province was arrested on Saturday for pimping a 14-year-old girl from the same province in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, a security guard at a hotel in Cotai had suspicions about the victim, which were not elaborated on in the briefing, when he called the Public Security Police (PSP) on Friday. The case was then transferred to the Judiciary Police for further investigation.The

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Caritas expects fewer donations from casinos

Caritas Macau Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng said yesterday he expected casino operators’ donations during this year’s bazaar to be 100,000 patacas less than those of last year because of Macau’s economic downturn.Pun made the remarks during a press conference at Sao Joao de Brito School about the 47th Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar on Saturday and Sunday.Addressing the press conference, Pun said: “As Macau is going through a stage of economic adjustment, I think the money donated by

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Councillors oppose public housing only on ex-Scala plot

Several members of the Urban Planning Council yesterday voiced disagreement with the government’s plan of a huge public housing project with a proposed height limit of up to 155 metres, on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport.In early September, the government announced the final version of its first-ever Five-Year Development Plan, which says that more than 8,000 public housing units could be built on the plot.Some members of the government-appointed

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Win a Macau GP garage tour with SJM Theodore Racing

Want to go behind the scenes at the Macau Grand Prix? Here’s your chance. This year’s Macau Grand Prix takes place from November 17 to 20. As the title sponsor of SJM Theodore Racing for this year’s FIA F3 World Cup at the Macau Grand Prix, SJM is giving fans the chance to win an exclusive garage tour of the SJM Theodore Racing team on November 19, where they will also meet the team’s F3 drivers and get a souvenir from the team, an SJM statement said yesterday. The SJM

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Dance adaption of ‘Carmen’ offers 2 interpretations of femme fatale

The dance adaption of opera masterpiece ‘Carmen’ will be performed in two shows this week with each night featuring a different lead performer, offering the audience two different interpretations of the femme fatale in an intense and modern choreography.The ‘Carmen’ that will be appear on stage at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on Thursday and Friday is presented by the National Dance Company of Spain (CND).While the original opera written by French composer Georges Bizet in 1875 is

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Charity drive aims to ‘scan away hunger’

Local e-commerce platform Macau Central launched its ‘Scan away Hunger’ online charity drive yesterday to help World Vision end world hunger. The campaign was announced during a press conference at the Macau Square office of co-organiser Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre (Manetic).  Participants can enjoy discounted meals from more than 40 local restaurants, which have sponsored the campaign, by purchasing the meals beforehand via credit card on Macau Central’s online

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Councillors slam govt’s Zone B proposal

Several members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday slammed the administration for rushing to propose the construction of government buildings in the eastern part of a land reclamation area known as Zone B off Nape, without providing “sufficient” details.Some members also urged the government to withdraw the proposed construction plan, before the publication of an urban development plan for Zone B.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the council, held at the Transport

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Man abusing wife for 8 years nabbed: police

A local man was arrested on Sunday for physically and psychologically abusing his wife for eight years, a spokesperson for the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a special briefing yesterday. It was the second arrest since the Law on Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence has come into effect on October 5. The first case was last week.The law states that domestic violence be defined as a public crime – which allows the police to investigate without the victim’s consent. A defendant

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 20 pct in Sept

Macau’s 107 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.02 million guests in September, up 20.2 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Guests from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan accounted for 62.8 percent, 12.2 percent and 4.6 percent respectively, up 20.9 percent, 12.5 percent and 40.6 percent respectively.The number of guests from South Korea leapt 75.5 percent to 29,000.Guests’ average length of stay remained unchanged year-on-year at 1.4

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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New vehicle registrations fall 32 pct in Jan-Sept

The number of new registrations of motor vehicles dropped 31.7 percent year-on-year to 10,078 in the first nine months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.The number of new registrations of motorcycles fell 25.3 percent to 5,785, while the number of new registrations of light automobiles decreased 41.9 percent to 3,785 between January and September.In September, the number of new registrations of motor vehicles fell 40.1 percent year-on-year to 979.PLEASE

November 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Man dumps half-naked, near-dead colleague in rubbish after raping her: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday arrested a blue-card holder from the mainland for attempting to kill his colleague on Saturday after raping her in a drinks outlet in Fai Chi Kei where they worked and dumping her in a rubbish collection point.  According to the Judiciary Police, the suspect put the victim, whom he thought was dead, inside a cardboard box and dumped her half naked, in the rubbish collection point near the shop after cutting her neck. The victim was not in a

October 31, 2016 | BY admin

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Vehicle imports fall 55 pct in Jan-Sept

Macau’s motor car and motorbike imports fell 55.6 percent year-on-year to 911 million patacas in the first nine months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Mobile phone imports fell 44.9 percent to 3.06 billion patacas. Watch imports dropped 31.9 percent to 3.3 billion patacas. Gold jewellery imports decreased 31.4 percent to 4.2 billion patacas.Food and beverage imports shrank by 5.2 percent to 8.5 billion patacas. Total imports fell 17.8

October 31, 2016 | BY admin

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