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LRT peninsula route shouldn’t be decided yet: Rosario
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario insisted yesterday that the government won’t give up its plan to build the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system also on the Macau peninsula, but he was quick to add that the route should not be decided yet.  Rosario made the remarks while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual ‘Walk for a Million’ charity event in Nape. “The Taipa section [of the LRT] linking Seac Pai Van and Barra takes priority over the
December 12, 2016
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Withdrawal cap aims to stabilise financial system: Leong
Aiming to stabilise Macau’s financial system and cash flow, the government has set the limit per ATM withdrawal with bank cards issued in the mainland at 5,000 patacas or HK$5,000, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday.Mainland-issued credit cards’ local cap on withdrawals took effect on Friday. The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced the measure on Friday in a statement, saying that the daily cap and annual limit on withdrawals remains unchanged
December 12, 2016 | BY admin
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KK wins belt in 10th fight of his career with KO in 2nd round
Saturday night in Fuqing, Ng “The Macau Kid” Kuok Kun – aka KK – took on Thailand’s Weerachit Kitee in his 10th professional fight with a China Professional Boxing Union (CBPU) belt on the line.True to form KK KO’d Weerchat in 1.28 minutes of the second round and came home having achieved a goal.It’s the first time that KK has been able to challenge for a belt of any type and the fact that he was not fighting in Macau or Hong Kong was bittersweet for many of his fans.KK reacts as
December 12, 2016 | BY admin
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Japan lifting casino ban won’t greatly impact Macau: scholar
A green light for casinos to operate in Japan is unlikely to have a significant impact on the gaming industry in Macau, Davis Fong Ka Chio, who heads the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming at the University of Macau (UM), said this week.Fong made the remarks in an interview with The Macau Post Daily on Wednesday in his office on the UM campus in Hengqin.The lower house of Japan’s bicameral parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to lift the country’s longstanding ban on casino
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Govt to cut unnecessary outlays: Tam
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng promised yesterday that the government will cut unnecessary expenditures and only approve funds for projects that benefit the city.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a charity event held by the Macau IN Volunteers Group at the airport.Tam said the government had decided to subsidise the 3rd Cross-Strait Summit of Nursing Forum & Seminar which begins today because about 88 percent of the participating
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Govt expects legislation on carrier bag charges next year
The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) says that the government is drafting a bill on the implementation of plastic shopping bag charges, and that it expects the bill to go through a legislative process next year.The bureau made the announcement in a formal reply to a written interpellation by legislator Zheng Anting made in October. A copy of the reply was released to the media yesterday.In late August, the bureau published a public consultation report on the possible implementation of
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Filipino nabbed for raping drunken colleague
A 35-year-old Filipino man was arrested for allegedly raping a 24-year-old female compatriot who works with him, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Espanola, is a chef in a restaurant in Fai Chi Kei where the victim works as a waitress. The spokesperson said the restaurant owner invited more than 10 of his employees, including Espanola and the victim, to have dinner at a
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Lawmaker urges coach ban ‘every day’ in Kou Ün Kai
Not only at weekends should the government prohibit tourist coaches from picking up passengers along Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro – Kou Ün Kai in Cantonese – but they should be banned from that street near the Ruins of St Paul’s every day, lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang said yesterday during an interview at her office.The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced last week that it would ban tourist coaches from picking up passengers along Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Local group holds European Charity Carnival in Taipa
As the festive season is here, there are many activities going on around town, and among them some are for a good cause, such as the “European Charity Carnival” at Carmo Fair in Taipa Village.The carnival is organised by the Taipa Village Cultural Association with the aim of preserving while enriching the cultural and historic beauty of Taipa Village, while raising funds for charity in support of the Salvation Army’s effort in helping the less fortunate members of the community in Macau,
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Meet Santa Ron at Galaxy Macau
Galaxy Macau has flown in the “real” Santa Claus, Ron Campbell, all the way from the US and he is now waiting to meet visitors to take selfies at the integrated resort in Cotai.Campbell is an animator, director, and producer, best known for his work on the 1960s “The Beatles” television series, as well as the animated feature film “Yellow Submarine”. He also worked on several other cartoons such as The Smurfs, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Rugrats and The New Adventures of Winnie the
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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French drama ‘Polina’ opens star-studded film-fest
French drama ‘Polina’ about a young woman’s journey to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow opened the 1st International Film Festival & Awards • Macau (IFFAM) at the Macau Cultural Centre yesterday.The 2016 film, directed by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj, is based on the graphic novel Polina by Bastien Vivès. The film was screened as part of the Venice Days programme at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.The IFFAM is organised by the Macau Government Tourism Office
December 9, 2016 | BY admin
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Seac Pai Van hit by 2 domestic violence cases
Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate has been hit by two domestic violence cases, the police announced yesterday. A 63-year-old local man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of having set his home on fire after arguing with his wife, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said a woman reported to the police on Thursday that her husband had set their bed on fire. She called the police after she had burnt her right hand
December 7, 2016 | BY admin
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Police station to be set up in Seac Pai Van
The Public Security Police (PSP) has confirmed that a police station will be set up at Ip Heng Building of the sprawling Seac Pai Van public housing estate next year, Sin Chi Young, a vice-convener of the government-appointed Islands Community Services Consultative Committee, said yesterday.Sin briefed reporters after attending the committee’s closed-door meeting which was held at a community service centre in Taipa run by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM).Judiciary Police (PJ)
December 7, 2016 | BY admin
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Pearl Horizon buyers to stop paying mortgages
About 300 to 400 pre-sale buyers of Pearl Horizon flats will stop paying their mortgages to local banks, the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association announced yesterday in a press conference at the group’s office.The Pearl Horizon residential project has been mothballed since the government decided late last year to axe the ill-fated project’s temporary land concession that had expired. The government has repeatedly said that the issue must be solved in strict adherence with the
December 7, 2016 | BY admin
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PISA 2015 ranks Macau 3rd globally in maths
Macau pupils’ mathematical literacy ranked third globally with a score of 544 in the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) announced yesterday during a press conference at the bureau. Singapore and Hong Kong ranked first and second respectively. Taiwan and the mainland ranked fourth and sixth respectively.  DSEJ Director Leong Lai, University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Education (FED) Professor Cheung Kwok Cheung, who
December 7, 2016 | BY admin
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