Galaxy bets on slot machines to woo mass market

Galaxy is betting on new slot machine games to woo the mass market to boost business during the summer.Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Corporate Office’s International Premium & Mass Market Development Director Raymond Yap Yin Min, who attended the launch of a new slot machine game at Galaxy Macau in Cotai yesterday, told reporters the group saw potential in the slot machine segment of the casino revenue as a way to push business while the economy is still not doing so well.“Although

June 28, 2016 | BY admin

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Less than half of 300 HOS applicants qualify: govt

The Housing Bureau’s (IH) Housing Allocation Division Chief Michael Mio Chan Seng said yesterday that of the first batch of 300 homeownership scheme (HOS) applicants, less than half qualified for the programme. The allocation process began at the bureau yesterday, according to which qualified applicants can choose from a total of 1,900 flats in eight HOS buildings, which include 845 single-bedroom flats, 888 two-bedroom flats and 158 three-bedroom flats.The government reopened the

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Coastal waters pollution seriously affects residents: lawmaker

The “increasingly deteriorating pollution” of the Macau peninsula’s coastal waters has been seriously affecting the daily lives of residents, legislator Ho Ion Sang said yesterday. Ho, a vice-president of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations, raised the concern in a written interpellation submitted to the government. The lawmaker sent copies of the interpellation to the media yesterday. His association is commonly known as Kai Fong. He quoted the official Report

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Local couple busted for cheating casino

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a local couple – a 32-year-old male dealer and his 30-year-old wife, on Friday on suspicion of cheating a casino out of HK$42,000.A PJ spokesperson revealed details of the case during a regular press briefing. A staff member from the casino in Cotai reported the case last Tuesday, the spokesperson said.The spokesperson said the dealer surnamed Che and his jobless wife surnamed Vong were arrested last Tuesday at different locations.

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Science & techno week to show ‘Intelligent Life’

The annual Science and Technology Week by the government-run Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) will kick off next week.This time, the week is themed ‘Intelligent Life’.Members of the fund – the convener of its working group for the popularisation of science Tong Chi Kin, executive members Mok Kai Meng and Cheang Kun Wai as well as Leong Pou Fong, who heads the fund’s activity support services – co-hosted a press conference at the headquarters of the fund in Nape

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Govt hopes panda cubs will meet public in 6 months

Macau’s first panda cubs, born in Coloane on Sunday afternoon, will hopefully make their first public appearance with their mother Sam Sam in six months time, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee Member Leong Kun Fong told reporters yesterday. Coloane’s Macau Giant Panda Pavilion, which houses the four-member panda family, will be reopened to the public on July 12, but only the cubs’ father Hoi Hoi will be available for the public to see because Sam Sam

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Court rules drunk driver must pay money insurance paid to victim

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that the Court of Second Instance (TSI) has ruled that a drunk driver involved in a severe traffic accident in 2006 will have to repay his insurance company the money it paid out to the victim.According to the statement, while driving along Avenida do Comendador Ho Yin in the early morning of January 14, 2006, the driver failed to give way to a scooter at a junction, causing severe injuries to the rider.On being breathalysed at the

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Artist shows ‘way to peak of artistry’

Mainland artist Han Tianheng is holding an exhibition at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) to show the public how he has pursued the way to the peak of artistry.Han’s “The Way to the Peak of Artistry” exhibition comprises various kinds of exhibits on display on the fourth floor of the museum.Apart from Chinese-style paintings and calligraphy, exhibits such as ink stones, writing brush pot, red stoneware utensils, water pots, paper-weights and screens, regarded carriers of the artist’s work,

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First-ever ‘made in Macau’ pandas born

For the first time a giant panda has given birth in Macau – and it was double happiness yesterday as not just one cub but twins were born – and both were even locally conceived.The “lovely giant panda twins” were born to eight-year-old Sam Sam and her mate Hoi Hoi, who is seven years old, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night. The bureau said both the mother and the elder cub, which weighs 135 grammes, were doing fine, adding that, however,

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Group warns of drug risk during summer holidays

Macau Health Association Vice Chairman Denis Vong Hou Piu said yesterday that as children may more easily come into contact with drugs during their summer holidays, parents should spend more time with their children, particularly during the holiday period.Vong made the remarks on the sidelines of an anti-drug activity in a sitting-out area in Lok Yeong Garden in Fai Chi Kei. Vong, an auditor by profession, was one of the guests officiating at the event.The Macau Health Promotion Association

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Lawmaker urges govt to release public housing plan for La Scala plots

Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San has urged the government to release as soon as possible its public housing plan for the five plots of land where the aborted La Scala residential project is located.The legislator says in a written interpellation submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday that the five plots should be big enough for at least 11,000 public housing flats.A copy of the interpellation was sent to the media.This photo taken last week shows the area where the graft-tainted La

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Donations steady despite economic slowdown: Orbis

Local donations for Orbis’ global sight-saving mission have remained steady even though Macau is going through an economic slowdown, Orbis Macau’s Director of Development Vivian Lo Pou San said at the weekend. Lo made the comment while speaking to reporters on Saturday during the opening of the local Orbis branch’s ‘Darkness To Go’ month-long campaign at Joy’s Salon in Nape.According to Lo, the local branch raised about 17 million patacas last year and looking at this year’s

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Wushu gathering to cost 10-20 million patacas: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he estimated the budget for the city’s  Wushu Grand Gathering to range between 10 million and 20 million patacas, adding that the exact figure will be announced by the Sports Bureau (ID) in the near future.  ‘Wushu’ is Putonghua for martial arts.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony for the Healthy Life Education Centre in Areia Preta.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture

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Govt forecasts Brexit impact will be ‘limited’

The impact of Great Britain’s referendum to leave the European Union (EU) will have a “relatively limited” impact on Macau, a statement by the office of Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac predicts. According to the statement issued on Friday, Leong held a meeting with the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) on Friday to assess Brexit’s impact on the local economy. The statement points out that the British pound accounts for merely 0.35 percent of the AMCM

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