Man nabbed for robbing casino chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Wednesday on suspicion of robbing gambling chips from a female gambler from the mainland in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the 38-year old suspect as surnamed Gan and the victim as a 25-year-old surnamed Xu.According to Yeung, Xu met Gan for the first time earlier this week when Gan bought gambling chips from Xu. Early Wednesday morning,

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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GDP falls 2.1 pct in 2016, improving from 2015

Macau’s gross domestic product shrank by 2.1 percent year on year in real terms last year, an improvement from the 21.5 percent drop in 2015, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday. According to a DSEC statement, GDP contracted by 9.7 percent in the first half of 2016, but rebounded by 5.7 percent in the second half. The statement attributed last year’s economic contraction mainly to the weakening of total demand. Domestic demand dropped 5.8 percent, private consumption

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Visitors rise 17.6 pct to 2.8 million in January

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 17.6 percent year on year to 2.87 million last month, boosted by the start of the Chinese New Year on January 28, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Month-on-month, the number was up by 2.2 percent. Overnight visitors increased 18.9 percent year on year to 1.36 million, while same-day visitors rose 16.4 percent to 1.51 million. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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CEM expects new power station in 5 years

CEM expects its new power plant in Coloane to be up and running in five years time, Bernie Leong Wa Kun, chairman of the electricity utility’s executive committee, said yesterday.Leong made the announcement on the sidelines of a Spring Festival media luncheon at Wynn Palace in Cotai yesterday.Leong also said that the demolition of the former CEM power station on the peninsula was in progress, adding he expected the project to be competed in 18 months time when the company would hand the

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillor urges govt to submit urban renewal bill

Urban Renewal Council member Ron Lam U Tou said yesterday he hoped that the government will, as promised, submit its urban renewal amendment bill to the legislature by the end of June so that the Building Redevelopment Fund and the cancellation of the double payment of stamp duty can get off the ground as soon possible.For the bill to become law, it must be passed by the Legislative Assembly and promulgated in the Official Gazette (BO).Lam, a member of the government-appointed Urban Renewal

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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‘North’ and ‘South’ latest gastronomic gems at MGM

After undergoing a US$7 million reconceptualisation, the “Square Eight” restaurant at MGM has been transformed into a culinary hot spot, offering the best of the northern and southern regions of mainland China in a lively yet sophisticated environment at a very reasonable price.The two restaurants North by Square Eight and South by Square Eight are side-by-side but offer a very different atmosphere as with the very different flavours the two regions offer.Serving signature dishes from the

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Rosario keeps mum on shipyards

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that he had “nothing further to add” regarding the fate of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village, one day after Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told reporters that right now he was unable to say how the government will preserve and redevelop the village.Rosario spoke to reporters after attending a regular meeting of the Urban Planning Council at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).Chui told reporters on Wednesday that public

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Freezing moments: Creating stories

The presence of smartphones that feature built-in cameras complemented with all the fancy filters nowadays makes everyone a photographer, even those who don’t usually take pictures will snap away to record virtually every moment of their life.Joao Miguel Barros, who opened his photo exhibition “Between Gaze and Hallucination” at the Creative Macau gallery yesterday, wanted to take the opportunity to show what photography means to him.Barros told MPD Weekender in an e-mail interview

February 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt decision on smoking lounges to heed public interest: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the government had not made a final decision on the possible retention of casino smoking lounges, pledging that the government’s decision on the matter will heed the public interest.Chui spoke to reporters at the airport before departing for a working visit to Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian province, for talks with the provincial government on their joint participation in the development of the central government’s ‘One

February 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Primary pupil knifed classmate

A primary school pupil was cut on his thigh with a Swiss Army type penknife yesterday by his classmate for having allegedly doodled on his homework, according to a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson.The boys are P5 pupils in an unnamed school in Taipa. The cut on the victim’s right thigh was 1 centimetre deep and 12 centimetres long, according to the police.He was taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) around 4 p.m. and released a few hours later. The pupil

February 23, 2017 | BY admin

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4 men busted in 2 drug-trafficking cases: police

A Hong Kong man, a local taxi driver and two local ex-casino workers were busted for their alleged involvement in two separate drug-trafficking cases on Tuesday and yesterday respectively, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the Hong Kong man, surnamed Cheung, is a 22-year-old commercial vehicle driver while the local taxi driver, surnamed Chui, is 34 years old.The spokesperson said the police had received a tip-off that Cheung was selling drugs to

February 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman dies after hit by car on zebra crossing

A 59-year-old woman from the mainland was hit by a car on Tuesday night on a zebra crossing near Ponte 16, and died yesterday morning from serious head injuries, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.The spokesperson urged witnesses to the accident to contact the police.According to the spokesperson, the woman was reportedly walking across the zebra crossing in Rua do Visconde Paço de Arcos at about 11 p.m. when the accident happened. The car was being driven from Patane

February 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Culture bureau to join shipyard redevelopment: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) would participate in the redevelopment of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the airport before departing for a working visit to Fujian province.A total of 11 dilapidated shipyards out of 14 in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village will be demolished starting next month due to their state of disrepair causing a potential safety hazard, according to the

February 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Leong urges non-gaming industries to boost competitiveness

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac urged non-gaming industries yesterday not to wind down but continue to enhance their competiveness, irrespective of the continuous growth in gaming revenue over the past six months.Leong, who was a businessman before becoming a policy secretary, made the remarks while addressing an annual conference hosted by the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) in Zape.Businessman Alexandre Ma Iao Lai, a member of the Executive Council, chairs the chamber

February 23, 2017 | BY admin

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