Police nab 8 in 2 separate drug cases

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrest of eight people on suspicion of trafficking and taking drugs, in two separate cases.A PJ spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday that the police received a call from a security guard in a casino-hotel in Cotai on Tuesday night that drugs had been found in a hotel room. The security guard caught an 18-year-old woman from Taiwan at the scene, said the spokesperson, adding that PJ officers then arrested a further five

August 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Union complains about dealers’ sacking

Backed by the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, two former casino employees, who claim that they were fired “unreasonably”, complained to the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday afternoon.Chloee Chao Sao Fong, who heads the union, told reporters outside the bureau her group had received “about five to six” complaints by former employees of a local casino operator’s table games department who said they had been fired after receiving three warning letters each about falling

August 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt warns residents not to eat King’s Potong ice cream

A range of “King’s Potong” ice cream from Malaysia may contain metal nuts, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night, warning residents not to eat the products  The statement said the bureau had informed all suppliers and retailers to stop selling the batch of King’s Potong ice cream with the “best before” date of July 22, 2018.The ice cream concerned are King’s Potong Red Bean Ice Confection (Multipack and Single), King’s Potong Black

August 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Nation’s Olympic gold medallists to pay 4-day visit

The nation’s Olympic gold medallists will visit Macau from Monday to Thursday next week, the government announced yesterday.According to Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun, the medallists will visit Macau’s cultural heritage sites, meet about 1,500 young people, take part in three events, and visit community facilities during the four-day visit.The delegation will arrive in Macau after a three-day visit to Hong Kong.Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Director Leong Lai (first

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Man petitions Chui over public hospital’s ‘malpractice’

A local man yesterday submitted a petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, urging him to provide assistance over alleged medical malpractice in which his wife died of cancer after the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre refused his request to transfer his wife to a hospital outside Macau for treatment, according to local Chinese-language online media All About Macau.In response to the petition, the hospital said in a statement last night that it assesses every

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Cambodia aims to draw local investment

A local business association yesterday organised a business introduction session, with the aim of encouraging local businesses to invest in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province.The event, which was organised by the Association of Four Chinese Regions for Trade, Commerce and Culture Promotion, took place at Macau Tower.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the event, the association’s Director-General Pun Chong Man said that as operational costs in the mainland have been rising in recent years,

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab cabbie for attacking passenger

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a taxi driver on suspicion of attacking a passenger from the mainland following a row over the fare.Addressing a regular press conference, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam identified the suspect as a 40-year-old man surnamed Cheng.Ho said at a press conference on August 12 that the Judiciary Police had arrested a taxi driver earlier that day, surnamed Tang, who allegedly told Cheng to attack the passenger who disagreed to pay the exorbitant

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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New rules may allow Macau to join Olympics: official

It’s “people who set up regulations”, so Macau might be able to take part in the Olympic Games in the future, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said on the sidelines of a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.Tavares said he had visited the Rio Olympics as a consultant to the Organising Committee of the Association of the Portuguese-speaking Olympic Committees (ACOLOP).Tavares also said the organising committee had arranged his trip,

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt expects up to 15 pct more visitors to revamped Taipa-Houses Museum area

The number of people visiting the Taipa-Houses Museum area was expected to rise 10 to 15 percent after the five mansions there have been renovated, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday.She made the remarks while addressing a press conference headed by Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng. Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan was also present at the press conference held at the

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Tennis Civil to hold ’90-year-old doubles’ contest

The venerable Macau Tennis Civil Club, which celebrated its 90th anniversary on August 10, will hold a “90-year-old doubles” tournament next month to mark the occasion. The club announced the event in a statement this week. SJM is the title sponsor of the Macau Tennis Civil Club Open Tennis 90-Year-Old Doubles Tournament.This photo taken yesterday shows the 90-year-old Macau Tennis Civil Club in Avenida da Republica. Photo: Steve Kok Please read the full article in our print

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Sands hosts contest to inspire creative talent

Sands China has launched a creative art competition through which the US gaming company aims to stir local art enthusiasts’ creative inspirations as they discover the past and present of the ever-changing face of the city.Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying Wai made the announcement during a press conference at the Venetian yesterday about its Macau’s Past & Present Creative Arts Competition.Sands is organising the contest in co-operation with the Macau Artist Society, Macau

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Visitors rise in July

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose by18.5 percent month-to-month and 5.5 percent year-on-year to 2.79 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Overnight visitors rose by 12.4 percent year-on-year to 1.45 million, representing 12 consecutive months of year-on-year growth since August last year. However, same-day visitors dropped by 1.0 percent year-on-year to 1.34 million.Visitors’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.2 days. Overnight

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Illegal taxi cases rise 56 pct in H1: Wong

The number of reported cases of passenger transport services provided without a taxi licence rose by 55.9 percent during the first six months of the year compared to the same period of last year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday. Wong made the announcement during a press conference about the city’s crime statistics for the first half of the year, at the Judiciary Police (PJ) Building in Cotai. Four senior police officers also attended the briefing.A total of 7,125

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Wynn says Wynn Palace a ‘gift’ to community

Wynn Palace opened last night, drawing big crowds to Cotai to try their luck in the new casino, while Wynn Resorts Chairman & CEO Steve Wynn told a ballroom full of guests that the new US$4 billion resort that took six and a half years to build was a “gift” to the community.“It’s our gift to the community, to the public,” Wynn was quoted as saying in a statement from Wynn Palace.While hundreds of people gathered around the approximately 27,000-square-metre musical fountain for the

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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