SJM opens Jai Alai Avenue

Casino operator SJM opened Jai Alai Avenue yesterday, describing it as “Macau’s latest cosmetics and beauty landmark.”According to an SJM statement, Board of Directors Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer Angela Leong On Kei and Director Rui Cunha celebrated the opening of the new shop with over 100 guests. The statement pointed out that the about 2,800-square-metre shop showcases over 60 cosmetics and fragrance brands. According to the

April 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Police bust ‘drug parties’ in karaoke bar

A total of 39 suspects from Macau, Hong Kong and the mainland were nabbed on Sunday for selling and taking drugs during “drug parties” in a karaoke bar in Nape, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, 25 of the suspects are males. The spokesperson said the suspects include businesspeople, a nurse, a junket PR staff, plus the DJ and manager of the venue.When the police raided the bar in Nape, the officers found that the suspects were taking drugs in

April 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Culture bureau to axe AoS staff within a year: chief

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leung Hio Ming said yesterday his bureau would discontinue within a year the employment of 82 staff members who were hired on acquisition of services (AoS) contracts by the bureau.“About three quarters of the staff involved will be laid off between June and September,” said Leung, pointing out that the bureau would need a transition period for human resources and work arrangements.Leung made the remarks during a special press conference at the

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Local media reps learn about green tourism in Taitung

A local delegation of media representatives last week paid a visit to southeastern Taiwan, with the head of delegation, Jornal Va Kio editor-in-chief Leong Chi Sang saying that the policies for Taitung’s green tourism development and awareness of environmental protection are worthwhile for Macau to learn from.Leong also pointed out that both Taitung and Macau are multicultural cities, adding that Macau could learn from Taitung’s development experience.The local delegation, consisting of 25

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Protected teahouse’s exterior unchanged since 2014: govt

Choi Kin Long, the acting chief of the Division for Cultural Heritage Conservation of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), said yesterday that the exterior of the former Lok Kok tea house building has remained unchanged since 2014.The building was listed as a heritage site under the category of “buildings with architectural interest” in 1984.Choi made the remarks when speaking to reporters after a press conference about the bureau’s hiring malpractice at the IC headquarters in Praça do Tap

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Sin Fong evacuees upset over lack of reconstruction timetable

Flat owners of the ill-fated Sin Fong Garden Building in Rua da Ribeira do Patane, which was hastily evacuated after some of its main pillars burst in late 2012, yesterday expressed anger that the reconstruction of the high-rise still cannot get off the ground because of the ongoing lawsuit between the government and the building companies allegedly responsible for using poor building materials that ultimately caused the incident.The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society, which has promised to cover

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Visitors rise 5.7 pct to 2.5 million in March

Macau recorded 2.5 million visitor arrivals last month, averaging 80,684 a day, a year-on-year increase of 5.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Overnight visitors rose by 13.9 percent to 1.33 million, while same-day visitors dropped by 2.4 percent to 1.16 million.The average stay of overnight visitors dropped by 0.1 day to 2.1 days. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman loses 150,000 yuan in baccarat scam: police

A mainland woman was cheated out of 150,000 yuan (about 170,000 patacas) last week by a man who claimed he had a friend who had developed a software which could help its users win at baccarat, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the victim said she met the suspect in a casino late last month when he told her about the software.Starting on April 12, the suspect and the victim gambled together many times in casinos in the peninsula and Cotai, the

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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77-year-old plane on world tour reaches Macau

A twin-engine propeller-driven Douglas DC-3 that made its maiden flight 77 years ago is now flying around the world sponsored by Swiss watch manufacturer Breitling and touched down on Sunday for its local stopover. It is off to Taipei today.The plane took off on its round-the-world trip from Switzerland on March 9 to mark the day it first flew 77 years ago. The Breitling DC-3 HB-IRJ, parked in a hanger at the local airport, was originally a military aircraft and used as a bomber during World

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Scholar urges govt to educate public about heritage preservation

The government should put more effort into educating the public about preserving listed buildings and look into imposing higher fines on property owners of heritage-protectred properties under the Cultural Heritage Protection Law if they do not co-operate with the government in the preservation of the sites, Agnes Lam Iok Fong, assistant dean of the University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Social Sciences, said yesterday.Lam made the remarks after the opening ceremony of the four-day ‘UM

April 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui pledges new public housing application round

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has told the legislature that he expects the government to launch a new application round for public housing flats during his last term that ends in December 2019.Chui made the remarks during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on Friday.Chui attended the session to answer questions from 29 lawmakers in the 33-member legislature. Several lawmakers raised questions about the housing issue, such as public housing construction progress and public

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum speakers slam govt for axing HOS contracts

Guest speakers at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed dissatisfaction with the government for recently cancelling the HOS flat purchase contracts of several dozen applicants for subsidised home ownership scheme (HOS) flats.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The Housing Bureau (IH) said in a statement last month that it had cancelled the HOS purchase contracts for 61 applicants, after IH officials discovered that the

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Sands ‘co-operates’ with govt on Legionnaires’ disease

Sands China said in a statement sent to The Macau Post Daily last night that concerning the recently reported possible cases of Legionnaires’ disease at The Parisian it “has been contacted by the Macau Health Bureau, and is fully co-operating with their investigations”.According to Hong Kong media reports at the weekend, three Hong Kong men who caught the potentially fatal disease were found to have stayed at The Parisian separately between December and early this month. The male

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Sports Bureau to stop May 1, Dec 20 gigs: chief

The Sports Bureau (ID) will not be holding any concerts to celebrate May Day and the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in the future, the president of the bureau, Pun Weng Kun, said yesterday.The government has customarily organised concerts, featuring famous singers from various places, such as Hong Kong and the mainland, on Labour Day on May 1 and MSAR Establishment Day on December 20.Government critics have claimed that the concerts primarily aimed at keeping

April 24, 2017 | BY admin

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