Coach and 3 cars crash on bridge

A coach hit two cars yesterday morning on Friendship Bridge, and one of the two cars then rear-ended a third car, apparently after the coach experienced brake failure. The driver of one of the cars and four passengers on the coach suffered minor injuries.Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lei Wa Seong said during a regular press conference yesterday that shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday the coach, a Taipa-bound  shuttle bus carrying staff members, first sideswiped a car, after the

October 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to regulate e-cigarettes

The Smoke-free & Healthy Life Association of Macau (SHLAM) urged the government yesterday on the sidelines of a press conference to regulate the selling and production of electronic cigarettes as soon as possible.The press conference at the Finance and IT Centre of Macau in Nam Van yesterday was about an anti-smoking quiz contest to be held by the group at the University of Macau (UM) on October 30, to raise teenagers’ awareness of the health hazards of smoking.Brenda Chen Yajin, the

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Govt to celebrate panda twins’ 100-day birthday

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will hold a special 100-day birthday party for the locally conceived and born baby panda twins Kin Kin and Hong Hong on Monday in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van Park, according to a statement released by the bureau yesterday.Kin Kin and Hong Hong, the twins’ names in Cantonese, means “healthy” when combined as “kin hong” in Chinese.Their Putonghua names are Jian Jian and Kang Kang.This handout photos provided by the Civic and Municipal Affairs

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1 million hotel guests in August, up 7.7 pct

Macau’s 105 hotels recorded 1.07 million guests in August, a year-on-year increase of 7.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Guests from the mainland (688,000), Hong Kong (178,000) and Taiwan (40,000) rose 5.5 percent, 14.3 percent and 11.8 percent respectively. The number of guests from South Korea leapt 40.3 percent to 28,000. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Imports in August rise 1st time in a year

Macau’s merchandise imports in August rose 1.8 percent year-on-year to 6.9 billion patacas, the first increase since the same month of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Total exports rose 8.4 percent to 973 million patacas. Domestic exports, which accounted for 18.1 percent of all exports, jumped 94.7 percent. Exports of tobacco and wine rose 85.8 percent to 559 million patacas, accounting for 8.1 percent of all exports. PLEASE READ THE FULL

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Wynn Macau gets new president

Wynn Resorts said in a statement yesterday that Ian Michael Coughlan “has assumed leadership responsibility” for both Wynn Palace Cotai and Wynn Macau in Nape. The statement said that in his “expanded role”, Coughlan had been appointed president of Wynn Macau, the parent company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Coughlan was previously property president of Wynn Macau. The statement also said that earlier yesterday that Gamal Aziz resigned from his post as president

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KK pulls out of ‘Battle of Victors’ on Oct 8

It was to be KK’s (9W- 0L 5 KO) 10th fight next Saturday as he was due to be part of the undercard in the “Battle of Victors” in which Hong Kong’s Rex “The Wonder Kid” Tso Sing-yu (19W – 0L, 12 KO), will be fighting Ryuto Maekawa (11W-0L-1D) of Japan for the vacant WBO International Junior Bantamweight (115lbs) title.However, Ng Kuok Kun, widely known as KK, told The Macau Post Daily over lunch in a restaurant in the city centre yesterday that he has decided to pull out of this

October 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman puts ‘bomb inside’ note in cake box to surprise boyfriend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) questioned a 24-year-old local woman on Wednesday on suspicion of what in legal parlance is known as “threatening to commit a crime”. The woman put a slip of paper, on which “bomb inside” was written in Chinese, inside a cake box holding a birthday cake. She asked a staff member in a hotel to take the box to a guestroom in which her boyfriend was staying, to give him a “surprise”. In fact, the woman did not put a bomb in the box, according to the

September 30, 2016 | BY admin

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2 nabbed for duping gamblers with fake banknotes

Two men from Zhejiang have been detained after allegedly exchanging fake HK$1,000 banknotes with gamblers while betting at gaming tables, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Eric Choi Ian Fai said yesterday.Choi spoke to reporters outside City of Dreams’ Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai where PJ officers showed reporters 200 fake HK$1,000 banknotes.According to Choi, the PJ received reports from eight casinos between September 12 and 23 about the fake banknotes. In the 20 cases, police seized 36 fake

September 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Group to hold anti-smoking ‘Quit & Win’ contest

The Smoking Abstention and Good Health Association will organise an anti-smoking activity called “Quit & Win” in November, with the aim of encouraging more local smokers to eschew tobacco.A press conference about the activity was held yesterday on the premises of an online media company in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais.Speaking to reporters at the press conference, Denis Vong Hou Piu, the deputy chairman of the association, said that “Quit & Win” was a worldwide quit-smoking

September 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to hold Wushu Master Challenge next year: official

The government will hold the Wushu Masters Challenge again next year as the findings of a survey show that the event was popular among tourists and residents alike, Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun announced during a press conference at the Federal Restaurant in Zape yesterday.Pun made the remarks during the press conference about the findings of a survey on this year’s Wushu Masters Challenge conducted by the E-Research & Solutions (ERS), a local research firm which was

September 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Diversification opens more opportunities for Aussies: envoy

The local government’s effort to diversify the economy away from gaming has attracted Australians to come to Macau for work, business and travel, Australian Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macau Paul Tighe said yesterday.Tighe made the comments while speaking to The Macau Post Daily prior to attending a farewell reception in his honour at Galaxy Macau organised by AustCham’s Macau Business Network.Over the past five years as down under’s top diplomat in Hong Kong and Macau, Tighe said

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4 groups, 1 resident to protest on National Day: police

A total of four groups and one resident will be holding protests on tomorrow’s National Day, according to a statement released by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.The police said that the People Power union, Macau Bar Benders Association and Macau Democratic Action Association would march from Iao Hon Market Garden.People Power’s protest march will start at 2:30 p.m., while the Macau Bar Benders Association and Macau Democratic Action Association will start marching around 3 to 4

September 30, 2016 | BY admin

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MGM chief doesn’t support ban on off-duty gaming staff entering casinos

MGM China Holdings Executive Director and CEO Grant Bowie said yesterday that he did not support a proposed ban on gaming workers entering casinos during their leisure time.Bowie also said it was more appropriate that education and assistance be provided to those addicted to gambling, to tackle the issue.Bowie made the comments while speaking to reporters at MGM in Nape where he attended the opening ceremony of the MGM Local Talent Continuing Education Series.MGM China Holdings Executive

September 30, 2016 | BY admin

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