Problem gambling may rise with mass-market boost: experts

Cases of problem gambling are likely to get worse as the city’s gaming sector shifts its focus from the high-rolling market to the mass market where gamblers place smaller bets but in a continuous manner that can deteriorate into an addiction, experts in responsible gambling said yesterday.Davis Fung Ka Chio, an associate professor in Hospitality and Gaming Management at University of Macau (UM), and Bo Bernhard, executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute from Las Vegas,

August 10, 2016 | BY admin

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Man caught for illegal dumping of firecrackers: police

A spokesperson for the Public Security Police (PSP) said at a press conference yesterday that a local man has been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for dumping 94 packets of firecrackers in the peninsula and Coloane on July 31.The spokesperson said the case was related to a similar case on July 21 in which another local man dumped firecrackers in Coloane.According to the spokesperson, the suspect surnamed Fong, who is in his 60s, is in charge of a temple in the peninsula, while

August 10, 2016 | BY admin

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Man lies about being robbed: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 25-year-old local man on Sunday on suspicion of telling lies to the police that he had been robbed of HK$100,000.A PJ spokesperson said at a special press conference yesterday that the suspect, surnamed Leong, was asked by his friend to withdraw the HK$100,000 cash from his friend’s account in a VIP room on Sunday. After Leong obtained the money, he used HK$80,000 of it to repay a gambling loan.As Leong had embezzled the money and was unable to hand the

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Coach accident victims still in ICU

The government’s Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) said in statement last night that three female victims of Monday’s accident in which a tourist coach with 44 mainland tourists crashed into the ground floor clinic of a residential building in Rua da Entena were still being treated in the intensive care unit of Kiang Wu Hospital.The statement also said 32 tourists were injured in the accident, adding that apart from the three victims who are in a serious condition seven other victims

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Group slams police, IACM over ‘hindered’ vigil

Love Macau Association President Chao Sao Fong slammed the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday for its handling of the group’s request for a public area for a candle light vigil and for “misinterpreting” the law regulating public assemblies.Chao also criticised the Public Police Security (PSP) for “illegally hindering” their vigil, which was scheduled to be held on Monday in Largo do Senado, but was abandoned since PSP officers did not allow them to hold it. Chao,

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Lawmakers pass legislative election bill

The outline of a government-initiated bill to amend the Legislative Assembly Election Law was passed in its first reading during a plenary session of the legislature yesterday, with four lawmakers voting against and 28 lawmakers voting for the bill.A total of 32 lawmakers cast their votes. As is customary, the speaker of the legislature refrained from voting. Grassroots lawmakers Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San as well as lawmakers-cum-unionists Jose Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng

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14 mayors to visit Macau this month

The Office of the Foreign Ministry Commissioner announced yesterday that mayors from 10 foreign and four mainland cities will visit Macau on August 21-25.Senior official Li Yang made the announcement at a press conference at the office in Zape. Li Yang, deputy director-general of the office’s Department of Policy Research, Li Nan, director-general of the office’s Department of Public Diplomacy and Information, and Yang Shijun, director-general of the office’s Department of General

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Man probed for ditching 1,224 bullets kept at home

The Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday that they have transferred a case in which a local man disposed of 1,224 bullets illegally, to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for further investigation. A PSP spokesperson made the announcement during a special press conference.According to the spokesperson, the man surnamed Chan, who is in his 60s, is an unemployed Macau resident who previously worked as a casino security guard. A total of 1,224 bullets seized from a former local

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Coach crashes into clinic - 32 tourists injured, 1 critical

A coach carrying 44 tourists from the mainland yesterday crashed into a Chinese chiropractor’s clinic in Rua da Entena near Kiang Wu Hospital, injuring 32 of them, including a 46-year-old woman who sustained life-threatening injuries and was still being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital at the time of going to press.Among the injured, two other women, aged 42 and 63 respectively, were in serious condition and were also being treated in the ICU of the private hospital

August 9, 2016 | BY admin

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Edmund Ho’s wife passes away

Former chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah’s wife Tatiana Lau Vai Cheng passed away at a local hospital after a long illness on Sunday afternoon, a source close to the bereaved family said last night. The funeral will be held on Saturday. 

August 9, 2016 | BY admin

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Public works chief says not involved in Iec Long land swap row

Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Cangfeng said yesterday that he had not been responsible for land management matters during his tenure as the bureau’s deputy director in 2001 when a land swap deal involving the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory in Taipa was inked.Li made the comments after attending a press conference about yesterday’s tourist coach accident at Government Headquarters.The land swap was deemed invalid by the Commission Against Corruption

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Group urges ban on firms registering as ‘election campaign supporters’

Activists of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) yesterday called for the government to bar all companies from registering as “election campaign supporters” when further reviewing its legislative election amendment bill. The group also said associations which received subsidies from the government in the 12-month run-up to the legislature’s direct and indirect elections should also be barred from registering.The activists held a press conference at their office yesterday about

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Group says 24-hour supermarket prices are ‘competitive’

Macau Importers & Exporters Association Vice President Sunny Ip Sio Man said yesterday he believed that 24-hour supermarkets are competitive since their prices are lower than those at convenience stores.Ip, chairman of Vang Kei Hong Trading Company Ltd, made the remarks to the media on the sidelines of the opening ceremony for the company’s fourth 24-hour supermarket.Talking to reporters, Ip said the prices of goods sold at local 24-hour supermarkets are lower than those at convenience

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Committee urges govt to submit revised provident fund bill by year’s end: Kwan

The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee yesterday finished reviewing a bill on the government-proposed non-mandatory central provident fund system, according to lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who chairs the committee.Kwan also said that lawmakers on the committee hoped the government would submit a revised version of the bill by the end of the year.The lawmaker made the remarks after a closed-door meeting with government officials at the Legislative Assembly (AL).The legislature’s

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