Sands give pay rise, bonus to full-time staff

Sands China said in a statement yesterday that it is giving an average of 2-6 percent pay rise to all eligible full-time staff, as well as a bonus equivalent to at least one month’s salary.The statement said that the pay rise would be effective from March 1 where eligible full-time staff earning monthly salaries less than or equal to 12,000 patacas (before tax) would receive a pay rise of 600 patacas – a salary increase of 5 percent. Eligible staff earning monthly salaries above 12,000

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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990 vehicles given up in first 20 days this year

In the first 20 days of this year 990 vehicle registrations were cancelled, up by 54 percent year-on-year, Kou Kun Pang, convener of the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council, said yesterday.Kou made the remarks when briefing reporters after the council’s first closed-door meeting this year at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).Kou said members of the council generally agreed with the partly contested increase in vehicle-related fees which took effect on New Year’s Day. “We can see

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt agrees to set up firm to lead urban renewal

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, who chairs the Urban Renewal Council, said yesterday that the government agrees to set up a company to lead the city’s urban renewal projects.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday after the council’s seventh meeting.The closed-door meeting was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT). The government-appointed council is tasked with advising the government on its urban renewal policies.During the council’s

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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KK to celebrate CNY with fight at Venetian

On Sunday and Monday nights – the second and third days of the Chinese New Year (CNY) – the Venetian in Cotai will be hosting the “2017 5th CCTV Chinese Lunar New Year Cup IBF World Championship” two nights of boxing, male and female, in which Ng Kuok Kun – aka “The Macau Kid” aka KK – will be competing. The two nights will be televised live on state broadcaster CCTV 5 Live on both nights. The spectacular will also involve pugilists from mainland China, Mexico, the

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Allegiance details to be announced later: election committee

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday his committee would announce how to determine whether candidates are “sincere” about upholding the Macau Basic Law and have “true” allegiance to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) after the issue has been discussed in future committee meetings.The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the Legislative Assembly Election Law amendment bill last month, which requires a declaration of allegiance,

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for abusing, raping wife: police

A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday that a local man was caught on Wednesday for allegedly physically abusing and raping his wife, adding that the man also self-harmed and swore at police officers who arrested and questioned him.According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Kuong, is a 44-year-old car wash owner while his wife works in a casino.The spokesperson said Kuong married his wife in the mainland in 2001. Kuong’s wife and their 14-year-old son started living

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Bird flu stops live poultry sales for at least 3 days: govt

The government announced yesterday that all sales of live poultry in the city will be stopped at least for the next three days from today after discovering the H7 strain of the avian influenza virus (AIV) in a chicken sample at the Nam Yue Wholesale Market yesterday.The ban takes effect on the eve of the Year of the Rooster of all years. Fresh chicken is a particularly popular dish during the Chinese New Year holiday. Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares

January 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up legislative election committee

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday appointed Court of Second Instance (TSI) Judge Tong Hio Fong as the president of the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) for this autumn’s direct and indirect legislative elections, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).The legislative elections take place every four years – normally in September.According to the recently-amended Legislative Election Law, which came into force in December last year, the CAEAL

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman scammed out of HK$12 million by mainland 'cop': police

A 65-year-old local businesswoman told the police on Tuesday that she had been cheated out of HK$12,070,000 by a mainland 'cop' in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday during a regular press briefing.Choi said the woman received a phone call from someone who claimed to be a mainland policeman when she was in Hong Kong in November. The “policeman” told her that more than 200 fake identity cards were found in a package sent in the woman’s name, and that

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Gambler robs casino worker: police

A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special briefing yesterday that a gambler from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for robbing a local casino worker of 900 patacas, adding that the male suspect quickly gambled away the money.  According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Wang, is 44 years old. The spokesperson said the victim told the police on November 28 last year that she was robbed by a man in the car park under the Arts Garden in Avenida da Amizade at

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillors ask for more info on plans for zones B & E1

Members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday asked the government to provide more detailed information on its plans for the construction of government buildings in two land reclamation areas known as Zone B and Zone E1.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the council, chaired by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).Zone B lies off the southern coast of the peninsula, from Macau Tower to the Macau Science

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Leong doesn’t promise minimum wage in 2019

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac yesterday declined to say whether the government could keep its promise that the city’s law on a statutory minimum wage for all workers will finally be implemented in 2019. According to a report in the Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News on November 23, Leong told reporters that the government would implement the statutory minimum wage in 2019, three years after the implementation of the minimum wage law for doormen and

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sticks to vehicle-related fee hike: Coutinho

The government insists that this month’s “steep” increase in vehicle-related fees is necessary, lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho said yesterday after meeting Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario at the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works yesterday afternoon.Coutinho had asked for the meeting to discuss the increase in vehicle-related fees which was promulgated by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On on New Year’s Eve and took effect the next

January 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt plans to repossess Taipa ocean park land: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government was planning to declare the invalidity of the land concession for a plot originally set aside for an ocean park project in Taipa.Rosario made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I during a plenary session of the legislature.Lei criticised the government for its slow progress in declaring the invalidity of provisional land concessions for

January 25, 2017 | BY admin

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