Late Liaison Office director’s ashes interred at Babaoshan

The ashes of late Liaison Office of the People’s Central Government in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong were interred at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Saturday, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office Director Zhang Xiaoming, Deputy Director Huang Liuquan and other staff members of the Beijing-based office attended the interment ceremony. The statement said

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposal to raise age for HOS applications panned by most at forum

Most of the guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum panned the government’s proposal to raise the minimum age to apply for a subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flat from 18 to 25.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The Executive Council announced last week that the government has drafted a bill amending the current HOS law. The amendment bill proposes that an applicant must be a permanent

November 5, 2018 | BY admin

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It’s difficult to hire staff for weather bureau: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario admitted yesterday that the number of personnel in the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) is insufficient, adding that the government found it difficult to recruit more staff for the weather station with the aim of improving its forecasting.Rosario attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion presented by directly-elected non-establishment lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou on the issue.The

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Bus crashes into pavement barrier

A Transmac bus crashed into a pavement barrier in Fai Chi Kei yesterday morning, leaving a female scooter rider with slight injuries, after she fell when getting off her scooter as she avoided being rammed by the approaching bus, according to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM.The accident occurred at around 7 a.m. outside Mayfair Garden in Avenida do Conselheiro Borja – a two-way avenue running from Ilha Verde to Fai Chi Kei and Toi San districts.According to the TDM report, the

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Police nab Mongolian gang of thieves

Four Mongolian citizens are suspected of stealing credit cards in Hong Kong and using them in Macau on a shopping spree, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press conference yesterday. The suspects purchased brand-name clothes and jewellery worth a total of about 200,000 patacas. Two of them were arrested on Tuesday, according to a PJ spokesperson.One of the cards belonged to a male Hong Kong resident from the UK who was informed by his credit card company that his card had been

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Gaming revenue growth slows in October

Macau’s gaming revenue in October slowed to single-digit growth for a second straight month, providing further evidence that mainland China’s economic slowdown is taking a toll on the enclave’s casino operators.However, October’s revenue was the highest of any month so far this year. Gross gaming revenue rose 2.6 percent year on year in October to 27.3 billion patacas from a year earlier, according to data yesterday from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). That missed

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‘Bazaar’: a collective memory of generations

There are many events in Macau all year round and the annual Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar is no doubt a signature activity that has been bringing the community together for the past 48 years.The 49th Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar will take place tomorrow and on Sunday at the Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre, with the theme “With love, We build together”.This year, the bazaar will have 90 booths for games and other activities, as well as a number of donation counters, to raise money for a wide

November 2, 2018 | BY admin

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6 Filipinos injured in car wash accident

A Filipino employee of a car wash near the Barrier Gate border checkpoint is suspected of accidentally stepping on the accelerator of a car and ramming into two cars in front of him yesterday morning, injuring himself and five other workers – all of them Filipinos – who were cleaning other cars, according to the police.All of them are non-resident workers in Macau. Two of them suffered serious injuries, according to the police.The accident occurred at around 11 a.m. in the car wash in Rua

November 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Hotel guests in Sept rise 6 pct to 1.1 million

Macau’s 116 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.1 million guests in September, a 6 pct increase year on year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 69 percent and 11 percent of all guests respectively.While guests from the mainland and Hong Kong rose 8.1 percent and 12.3 percent respectively, those from Taiwan (41,000) and South Korea (40,000) dropped by 3.3 percent and 2.9 percent respectively. South Koreans continued to be the hotel

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Govt to consult public on 9 possible heritage properties

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that it has launched cultural heritage evaluation procedures for nine properties during which the government will determine whether they will be officially classified as cultural heritage sites.IC Acting President Leong Wai Man, Wong Iat Cheong, who heads the bureau’s Heritage Department and the bureau’s senior official Choi Cheng Cheng presided over a press conference on the IC premises to announce details about the nine

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Barrier Gate bus terminal to reopen next month: Rosario

The Barrier Gate underground bus terminal will reopen to the public next month, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario told lawmakers yesterday. The policy secretary participated in a plenary session in the Legislative Assembly’s hemicycle to discuss the issue. The government had earlier said that the terminal would only reopen in 2019.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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HOS applicants must be aged at least 25: govt

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill amending the law on its subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS). The amendment bill proposes that an applicant must be a permanent resident aged at least 25, as opposed to the current minimum age requirement of just 18.The bill also proposes that a points-based system be adopted for the allocation of HOS flats, replacing the current system in which applicants for HOS flats are divided into different groups.Leong

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Inner Harbour takeaway gas blast injures 4

A serious explosion occurred in a takeaway in the Inner Harbour area yesterday morning, which injured its four employees, three of them seriously, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Firemen said they suspected that the blast was caused by gas leaking from the takeaway’s LPG cylinders.The Fire Services Bureau later discovered that a document applying for a licence to run the takeaway by the owner shows that only electric cooking appliances are allowed to be used there. The Civic and

October 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Man assaults wife & daughter, aged 8

A jobless local man punched his wife four to five times on the head, slapped her face two to three times, and also slapped his daughter during a scuffle last Friday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a press conference in Zape yesterday.The 41-year-old suspect surnamed Wong allegedly assaulted his wife and daughter in their flat near Rua do Mercado Iao Hon, according to Lei.The couple has a son, aged 19, and an eight-year-old daughter.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

October 31, 2018 | BY admin

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