Functions of possible municipal body won’t overlap with IACM: official

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the functions of a possible non-political municipal organisation will not overlap with those of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM).Chan announced in November last year she expected a new non-political municipal organisation to be set up in 2017.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of the local panda twins’ 100th-day birthday party yesterday, saying that either the bureau would be abolished once the

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Former Radio Macau director dies

Alberto Alecrim, a former director of Radio Macau, passed away yesterday, government-owned broadcaster TDM reported. According to the report, the 84-year-old retired media worker died after a prolonged illness. Alecrim, who later worked for the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) until his retirement, was born in Porto in 1932. He was captured by the Indian army when it invaded the then Portuguese-ruled Goa in 1961. He settled in Macau in 1965 where he took the helm of Radio

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Activist slams proposed ban on off-duty gaming staff entering casinos

Local activist Lei Kuok Keong, a former gaming worker, yesterday criticised the government’s proposed ban on gaming workers entering casinos during their leisure time.Lei, who heads the Macau Youth Dynamics group, made the comments during a group interview in Iao Hon.The Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) said in July it was studying the feasibility of banning gaming employees from entering local casinos during their free time. The bureau said it was also analysing whether such

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4 groups incl Pearl Horizon buyers march on Oct 1

Four groups, comprising three small trade unions and the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, and a lone protester demonstrated on Saturday – National Day.The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement after the protests had finished that about 900 people participated in the marches, of which about 600 were from the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association.The three trade unions were the People Power union, Macau Bar Benders Association and Macau Democratic

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Residents celebrate Kin Kin & Hong Hong’s 100-day birthday

Several dozen residents joined a string of activities held by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van Park to celebrate the 100-day birthday of locally born baby panda twins Kin Kin and Hong Hong yesterday.Kin Kin and Hong Hong, the twins’ names in Cantonese, mean “healthy” when combined as “kin hong” in Chinese.Their Putonghua names are Jian Jian and Kang Kang. They are the first giant pandas born in Macau. Keepers show the twin panda cubs Kin

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59 taxi breaches in 1st 2 days of Golden Week: police

In the first two days of the mainland’s National Day Golden Week holiday, the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) recorded 59 cases of cabbies violating the law, according to a PSP statement yesterday.Official figures showed that 37 cabbies were fined for overcharging and 17 for refusing to take passengers. The two kinds of violations amounted to 54 cases, or 88 percent of the total. In addition, the police fined 18 unlicensed taxis, among which 17 involved

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Police don’t intend to ‘hide from media’: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday the police didn’t have any intention of “hiding from the media”, when asked whether it was appropriate that the police informed the media two hours after receiving a call that a bomb had been put in a casino-hotel –which turned out to be false alarm.Wong made the comments while speaking to reporters at the Macau Chamber of Commerce in Zape where he attended a reception to celebrate National Day.According to local Chinese-language media

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Gambling credit database must comply with law: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the junket sector’s plan to set up a centralised gambling credit database has to comply with the Personal Data Protection Law.Leong made the comments while speaking to reporters at the Macau Chamber of Commerce in Zape where he attended a National Day reception. The government’s mid-term evaluation report about the gaming sector’s performance, released in May, points out that the lack of a centralised gambling

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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

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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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