3 left-behind greys take pioneering trip on bridge to HK airport

In a first for the greyhounds that have been left behind at (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd., three were driven across the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) yesterday to Hong Kong’s international airport to catch a flight to Philadelphia in an experiment by local animal protection group Anima to see if it was possible and, if so, it could see the animals leaving almost daily within the next few weeks or so.When the racetrack closed its doors at midnight on July 20, after five decades in

November 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Just 49 casino smoking lounges approved out of 437 so far: Health Bureau

The amended tobacco control law taking effective on January 1 requires casinos and other gambling premises to have smoking lounges of higher standards than previously, each of which must be approved by the government, but so far – out of a total of 437 applications – just 49 have been officially certified, according to Health Bureau (SSM) data released yesterday.The information was provided to reporters after Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng, accompanied by SSM

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Yat Yuen pays 3 million patacas for greyhound care since July: IACM

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Tavares told reporters yesterday that Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. has paid about 3 million patacas to the bureau as the cost of taking care of its hundreds of greyhounds that the company left behind in their kennels when the dog racetrack closed down for good in July.According to Tavares, the 3 million patacas payment Yat Yuen settled on Tuesday was for the cost of taking care of the greyhounds at the now defunct racetrack from

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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HK woman nabbed for stealing from mainlander 1 year ago

The police arrested a Hong Kong woman when she returned to Macau on Tuesday after having allegedly stolen HK$220,000 in cash and cash chips from a mainlander here last year, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the woman, a 25-year-old surnamed Fan, who claimed to be a bank employee, came to Macau in June last year where she befriended a mainland man in his thirties at a casino-hotel in Cotai, after seeing him putting his winnings from the gaming

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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3 more states offer visas on arrival

Three more states – Rwanda in central Africa, Togo in West Africa and Saint Lucia in the West Indies – are offering Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport holders visa-on-arrival entry, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) announced yesterday. According to a DSI statement, Rwanda offers MSAR passport holders entry by granting them a visa on arrival, or through an e-visa, for stay in the English- and French-speaking country for up to 30 days. The Togolese Republic

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Handouts to rise to 10,000 patacas: report

The government’s “wealth-sharing” handouts will be raised from 9,000 to 10,000 patacas, the Portuguese radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday. According to the unsourced report, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will announce the 11 percent increase in his 2019 Policy Address in the legislature this afternoon. According to the report, the increase would be the first since 2014. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to subsidise waste collection for recycling

The government will subsidise local companies which collect rubbish for recycling, Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday. Leong, who announced the government’s latest subsidy during a press conference about various issues at Government Headquarters, said the subsidy would help such companies buy equipment and/or vehicles. Each company, which must have been in business for at least a year, can apply for up to 1.5 million patacas in subsidies covering up to 50 percent

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui to deliver 2018 Policy Address today

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will deliver his 2018 Policy Address during a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) in the legislature’s hemicycle this afternoon. The session is slated to start at 3 p.m. Afterwards, Chui will hold a press conference at Government Headquarters. Chui’s second five-year term at the helm of the local government ends on December 19 next year. According to Article 48 of the Macau Basic Law, the chief executive “may service for not more

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Aristocrat presents its latest products at MGS

Local gaming equipment company Aristocrat is presenting is latest products at MGS at the Venetian in Cotai.The annual MGS Entertainment Show is organised by the Macau Gaming Equipment Manufacturers Association (MGEMA). This is the sixth year that MGEMA has organised the event which this year has two new local co-organisers. The three-day events ends today.For the first time Nam Kwong Culture and Creativity Industry Co. Ltd. and China National Machinery Industry International Co. Ltd. have been

November 15, 2018 | BY admin

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PhD graduate nabbed for ‘fake bribery’ of professor

A PhD student from the mainland enrolled in a university in Taipa allegedly told a fellow student last year he could help him pass two courses he had failed by bribing the professor in charge, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said yesterday.Leng did not identify the university.Speaking during a regular press briefing, Leng said the suspect cheated his fellow student out of 32,000 yuan (37,100 patacas).The suspect is a 32-year-old male surnamed Chen from the mainland who told police

November 14, 2018 | BY admin

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4 Malaysians caught smuggling drugs worth 19 million patacas – HK ‘mule’ also nabbed

Four Malaysians in two separate cases were caught arriving at the local airport from Kuala Lumpur yesterday smuggling heroin and methamphetamine, also known as Ice, worth a total of 19 million patacas, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman said at a press briefing at the airport in Taipa yesterday.PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said that police officers cracked the first case by stopping a 25-year-old Malaysian man surnamed Lam who was behaving suspiciously when he arrived at the airport at about 10

November 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass HOS amendment bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated 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

November 14, 2018 | BY admin

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HK court gives maid hospital order for killing boy

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s High Court yesterday imposed a hospital order on a domestic helper who strangled her employer’s two-and-half-year-old son.Arshdeep Kaur, 24, had earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter after attacking the boy at the family’s home in Tin Shui Wai two years ago.She has a mental illness and is to be treated in hospital for an indeterminate period.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Mick Schumacher eyes GP victory

BERLIN – Mick Schumacher will attempt to follow in his famous father’s footsteps on Sunday when he races in the Macau Grand Prix to decide arguably the world’s best Formula Three driver.“It’s great to be back in Macau, it was a fantastic season for the whole team and I’m proud to be coming here as European champion,” Mick Schumacher, 19, said after arriving in Macau with his Italian Prema Team.“This is the race that every Formula Three driver wants to win. I’ll try my best to

November 14, 2018 | BY admin

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