Activists petition new liaison chief

Macau People Power activists including its high-profile Vice Chairman Cheong Weng Fat yesterday petitioned Wang Zhimin, the new director of the Liaison Office of Central People’s Government in Macau, urging Wang to look into the city’s social problems such as the high property prices which most locals can’t afford.Cheong and his fellow activists submitted their petition addressed to Wang to a staff member of the office in Zape. Wang, the central government’s top official posted to

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab croupier & HK man for cheating casino

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of a male croupier and a Hong Kong man on suspicion of cheating a casino in the peninsula out of cash chips worth at least HK$100,000. Addressing a regular press conference, a PJ spokesperson said the croupier was a 28-year-old local resident surnamed Kwan, while the Hong Kong suspect was a 64-year-old jobless man surnamed Leung. Both were arrested early Sunday morning in the casino. Kwan had worked for the casino as a croupier for

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Chui to visit Portugal in Sept: TDM

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay an official visit to Portugal in the second half of September, the Portuguese radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday.The unsourced report said that Chui was expected to meet Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Antonio Costa during the visit, Chui’s second to the Iberian nation in his capacity as chief executive. His first took place in 2010. The report described the upcoming visit as a

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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2 product fairs budgeted at 16 million patacas: IPIM

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Irene Lau Kuan Va said yesterday the joint budget for this week’s 2016 Macau Franchise Expo (MFE) and 2016 Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair (GMBPF) will be about 16 million patacas.  Lau made the remarks during a press conference at China Civil Plaza about the two fairs. The fairs will be jointly held at the Venetian in Cotai from Friday to Sunday. Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Local loses 103,200 patacas in online sex scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday an ongoing investigation involving a 29-year-old local man who reported that he had lost 100,320 patacas in a suspected online sex scam. A PJ spokesperson revealed details of the case during a regular press briefingThe spokesperson said the victim met a woman who claimed to be called “Ho Ho” via an App on Saturday, adding that “Ho Ho” asked the victim to become his friend, adding that “Ho Ho” offered to have sex with the

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Driving instructor & learner hurt in crash

A driving instructor in his sixties and his about 20-year-old female learner driver were slightly injured after their car was rear-ended by a dump truck near the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, according to a statement by the Fire Service Bureau (CB).The accident occurred at the junction of Avenida da Nave Desportiva and Rua do Tiro in Cotai at around 12:30 p.m. yesterday.According to the statement, the truck rammed into the car being driven by the learner driver, causing her to lose

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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3 urban planning councillors keen to keep Estoril façade

Three members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday urged the government to keep the façade of the dilapidated Hotel Estoril which appears to be destined for demolition. The trio made the appeal separately during a regular meeting of the council. Yesterday’s meeting, held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), included a discussion of the proposed legal conditions for the redevelopment of the plot where the Estoril Swimming Pool and Hotel Estoril are located. Only

July 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Hotel’s closure by govt won’t affect Macau’s image: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel in Taipa won’t have a negative impact on Macau’s image as an international tourist destination.  Tam said the hotel’s six-month closure by the government on Friday was necessary as the condition of the property constituted a public safety threat.Tam added that instead it would have had a negative impact on Macau’s image if the government had

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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S Korean visitors rise 49 pct in June

Macau’s South Korean visitor arrivals rose 49.5 percent to 47,957 in June, the highest increase of any visitor segment, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) last week.The total number of visitor arrivals rose 4.9 percent year-on-year to 2.36 million last month. However, month-to-month, the figure was down 4.8 percent.Overnight visitors rose by 13.9 percent to 1.22 million, accounting for 52 percent of the total. Same-day visitors dropped by 3.3 percent to

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Veteran lawmaker leaves group’s board

Political activists Scott Chiang Meng Hin, Jason Chao Teng Hei and Sulu Sou Ka Hou were re-elected as the president and vice-presidents of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) yesterday, respectively.Veteran lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong, a founding member of the association, for the first time is no longer a board member.Talking to The Macau Post Daily last night after the election, Chiang, who was re-elected, said that Ng did not stand.This photo taken early this year shows Scott

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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BNU grants 450,000 patacas to IFT fund

Local Portuguese lender BNU has granted 450,000 patacas to the government-owned Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) as a student scholarship fund.According to a BNU statement, the bank’s CEO Pedro Cardoso presented the grant in the form of a cheque to IFT President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan last week.The grant is based on the BNU IFT Mastercard, an affinity card for IFT staff, students and alumni. For each retail transaction settled with the credit card, a certain percentage is transferred to the

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Police dogs to get new home in Coloane

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday that a new headquarters with three floors for police dogs and four floors for administrative staff will be built in Coloane.Due to the increase in the numbers of police dogs and administrative staff, the Public Security Police’s (PSP) current facilities for their canine unit are no longer adequate, according to the statement.  The building will be built on a piece of repossessed land that was

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt lacks ‘guts’ for mandatory provident fund: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I criticised the government yesterday for not having the determination to implement a mandatory provident fund system even though it has repeatedly claimed its ultimate goal is to have such a fund in place.Lei, vice president of Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), made the criticism during an open-air forum in Iao Hon, held by local think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence, about the government’s bill on a non-mandatory provident

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Performers shine at int’l dance-fest

Hundreds of dancers from 17 countries and regions participated in a vibrant parade to kick off the International Youth Dance Festival 2016 at the St Paul’s Ruins yesterday. The opening ceremony took place at the landmark where 10 local dance groups and 17 dance groups from places like Australia, Greece, and Lithuania performed. They then paraded along Rua da Palha, Rua de S. Domingos ending at the Sao Domingos Church. Later in the evening, an outdoor performance titled “Youth Dance for

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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