Sands clarifies plastic straw ban at ‘self-owned outlets’

Sands China says in clarification of The Macau Post Daily article entitled “Gaming operators reduce plastic footprint, ditching straws”, published on Friday, that it has stopped using single-use plastic only at its “self-owned outlets”, in response to a photo taken on Thursday and published with the article showing a container of plastic straws on a food court counter at Sands Cotai Central.The gaming operator on Wednesday said in a statement that it “has discontinued its use of

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Chui briefs top officials on spirit of Xi’s speeches on 40th anniversary of reform, opening up

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has called on government officials to abide by the aspirations set out by President Xi Jinping, in order to lead Macau to grasp opportunities that arise from the country’s reform and opening-up policies.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Chui briefed dozens of senior officials during a so-called sharing session on Friday on Xi’s speeches on last year’s 40th anniversary of the nation’s reform and opening up.

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Flat fire probably caused by burning joss papers: firemen

A fire blazed in a residential flat near the Luso-Chinese Professional Technical School in the city’s northern district yesterday afternoon, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Firefighters said they suspected that the fire was caused by burning joss papers, which are ritual offerings to the deceased, spirits and deities.The fire broke out at about 1 p.m. in a flat on the 10th floor of Block 10 of the U Wa residential estate in Rua 1 de Maio, a fire officer told reporters.Firefighters

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Security guard dies from heart attack at work: police

A security guard had a heart attack while at work in a car park at a wholesale market in Avenida do Parque Industrial in Ilha Verde district yesterday afternoon, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement yesterday.The statement said that the Judiciary Police received a report at 3:03 p.m. yesterday from the public Conde S. Januário Hospital Centre that a man had died of a heart attack before the body’s arrival at the hospital.At 1:20 p.m. yesterday, the 65-year-old local resident

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Mainlander remanded in custody for attacking cop in smoking row – 2 other suspects released on bail

A man from the mainland who allegedly attacked a policeman during a brawl over smoking in a non-smoking area on Thursday night has been remanded in custody, according to the Public Prosecution Office (MP).Two male mainlanders allegedly involved in the case, which occurred in a no-smoking area in front of the Galaxy Macau casino-hotel resort in Cotai, were released on bail of 50,000 patacas each, according to an MP statement on Saturday.The statement came after the policeman fired a warning shot

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

China lands probe on moon’s far side in global first

BEIJING – A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon yesterday, in a global first that boosts the nation’s ambitions to become a space superpower.The Chang’e-4 probe touched down and sent a photo of the so-called “dark side” of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications to controllers on Earth, the national space agency said on its website.Beijing is pouring billions of yuan into its space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Gaming operators reduce plastic footprint, ditching straws

Gaming operators such as Sands China and MGM have pulled the last straw as part of their effort to reduce their plastic footprint.MGM announced last September that it had started phasing out single-use plastic straws at its restaurants in the previous month and would stop altogether using single-use plastics such as straws, cups, take-away containers and cutlery this year.Sands China said in a statement earlier this week that it has “discontinued” its use of plastic straws at all its

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

MJC pledges to invest up to 4.5 billion patacas

The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) has promised to spend between 3.5 billion and 4.5 billion patacas on revamping its racetrack in Taipa, lawmakers were told yesterday. Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan and MJC Executive Director-cum-CEO Thomas Li Chu-kwan yesterday briefed the Legislative Assembly’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs about the racetrack’s development plans. Chan and legislator Ella Lei Cheng separately talked

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Cop fires warning shot during brawl over smoking in no-smoking area

A policeman fired a warning shot last night outside Galaxy Macau’s Diamond Lobby during a brawl over smoking in a non-smoking area, a Public Security Police (PSP) statement said early this morning.A video that has been circulating online shows four to five people speaking Putonghua in a clash with the policeman. Several of the hotel’s security guards were there but didn’t manage to stop the brawl, and even after a gunshot was heard, the pushing and shoving continued.A PSP statement

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Police nab duo for stealing from 6 restaurant guests

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from the mainland on Wednesday for stealing valuables from six restaurant guests since last month, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the two suspects as a 52-year-old wall-and-floor tiler surnamed Mo and a 53-year-old farmer surnamed Xie.The six victims separately reported to the police between December 12 and Tuesday this week that their valuables had been stolen when they were having lunch or

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Airport logs record 8.2 million passengers in 2018

Macau’s airport handled a record 8.26 million passengers last year, a 15 percent growth year-on-year, its operator announced yesterday.According to a statement by the government majority-owned Macau International Airport Company (CAM), the number of aircraft movements (touchdowns and takeoffs) rose 12 percent to 65,000 last year.The statement pointed out that last year 27 airlines connected Macau with 51 destinations in mainland China and Taiwan as well as several foreign countries in Asia,

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Govt to build interim fire station in Ilha Verde

The government will first build a temporary fire station in Ilha Verde to cope with the ongoing urban development of the densely populated neighbourhood in the short term, according to a statement by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.In the long term, the government will construct a permanent one on a plot that will be made available by an updated version of the urban development plan for the district in the future, according to the statement.The bureau unsealed

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

HK man ‘suffering from depression’ sets 5 bins on fire at delta bridge checkpoint: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong on Wednesday for setting five rubbish bins on fire at the Macau checkpoint building and nearby bus stop of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect admitted to having set the rubbish bins on fire but did not reveal his motive, merely saying that he was suffering from depression, according to Ho.Ho identified the suspect as a 33-year-old real-estate

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0

Xi says nation ‘must be, will be reunified’

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday said that China must be and will be reunified, as he addressed a gathering in Beijing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chinese mainland’s Message to Compatriots in Taiwan.“It is a historical conclusion drawn over the 70 years of the development of cross-Strait relations, and a must for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era,” said Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and

January 3, 2019 | BY admin

Comment: 0