Govt to listen to public about tougher penalties for Ponzi schemes: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the government will listen to the public on whether to toughen the punishment for Ponzi scheme instigators.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening session of the Tai Hu World Cultural Forum at the Venetian in Cotai. Three local men were arrested last month for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme which they started in 2014 involving at least HK$66 million and at least 50 victims.Secretary for Economy and

June 9, 2016 | BY admin

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Developer slams govt for ‘not comprehending’ Xi’s remarks

As far as its handling of the city’s so-called idle plots of land is concerned, the government has failed to comprehend the remarks President Xi Jinping made during his inspection visit to Macau in 2014, developer Ung Choi Kun, who heads the Association of Property Agents and Realty Developers of Macau, said yesterday.Ung also said that the Land Law should be amended as soon as possible.Ung, a former lawmaker, made the remarks when addressing a reception celebrating the association’s 22nd

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Bosses & staff each to pay 5 pct of wages into central provident fund: bill

The government’s top advisory Executive Council (ExCo) announced yesterday that it has completed its discussion of a government-drafted bill on the city’s long-planned non-mandatory central provident fund system.The bill proposes that the city’s employers and employees each pay at least five percent of the basic wages into a provident fund account in the name of the employee.ExCo spokesman Leong Heng Teng made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters.Social

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Exhibition shows USJ design students’ take on ‘commute’

Students from the Faculty of Creative Industries at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) majoring in design are holding a graduate exhibition aimed at exploring their interpretation of a common global phenomenon  – “commute”.The “Commute – Design Graduate Exhibition” of creations by 13 graduate students is on display at Ponte 9 Creative Platform in the Inner Harbour area.The students were asked to develop the theme “commute”: an individual design journey, according to a

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Exhibition shows Bucket King’s magical journey

An exhibition for a children’s book of illustrations is being held on the first and third floors of Fantasia 10.The exhibition, named after the locally produced book, is titled “The Magical Journey of the Bucket King” and will run until June 19. It has been jointly organised by Case Station Advertising & Planning Co. Ltd, the Sao Lazaro Parish Creative Industries Promotion Association, and the Fantasia 10 gallery. Please read the full article in our print edition.

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Police bust 21-year-old flasher

A 21-year-old local man was arrested on Monday for exposing himself to two teenage girls in the city centre last week, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press briefing yesterday. According to the spokesperson, the two victims went to the police with their parents on Friday, telling the police that on Thursday, as they were heading home from the school in the city centre where they study, the suspect exposed himself to them.The spokesperson said the two girls

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Customs bust 10 IIs incl 17-year-old ‘snakehead’

Customs officials busted three illegal immigration cases yesterday, in which 10 illegal immigrants (IIs) including four suspected “snakeheads” were arrested, according to a statement from the Macau Customs Service yesterday.The IIs and the “snakeheads” are all from the mainland.One of the four male “snakeheads” is a 17-year-old boy, according to the statement.This photo released by Customs Services yesterday shows the 10 IIs – including four suspected “snakeheads” taken into

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Coloane shipyards’ fate still to be decided: official

The government has yet to make a decision on whether it will preserve or demolish the several long-abandoned shipyards in Coloane’s Lei Chi Vun Village, Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng said yesterday. Li was asked by reporters about the shipyards after attending a lecture by Liu Jiayi, the central government’s auditor-general, at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai. The DSSOPT chief said his bureau would “definitely” assess the

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Residents petition CE over flats in Zhuhai

Several residents handed a petition to the government yesterday, asking for help in solving their dispute with the developer of the flats they bought in Zhuhai. Along with lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho, the residents handed the petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, to an official outside Government Headquarters.Speaking to reporters, Mak Chang Keong, a representative of the local buyers, said that when they bought their residential units in Hills Beyond

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Govt axes tender for wastewater plant over legal row

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that due to a case pending in the Administrative Court (TA) about the Macau Wastewater Treatment Plant, the opening of the sealed bids for the plant’s operating and maintenance concession, which was originally scheduled to take place yesterday morning, was suspended sine die.   Talking to The Macau Post Daily over the phone last night, a DSPA spokesperson said that as “someone has submitted an application to

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Photos show old Macau, nature, surf, and Tibet

Several dozen photos depicting Macau in the 1940s, nature, surfing and the beauty of Tibet are on display in the corridor gallery of The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.To celebrate its 37th anniversary, the Photography Salon Society of Macau is holding an exhibition in the corridor gallery.The society was established in 1978 with the main aim of promoting the artistic skills of local photographers and photographic activities, as well as exchanges with photographers around the world.Please read the

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Developer slams govt for ‘ignoring’ housing in 5-year plan

Association of Property Agents and Realty Developers of Macau Chairman Ung Choi Kun yesterday criticised the government for not stating its medium-term housing policy in its first Five-Year Development Plan, which is still being drafted.Ung, a former legislator, made the complaint when addressing a meeting yesterday held at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.The association hosted the meeting to discuss the five-year plan and the city’s housing policy. Several dozen representatives from the

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Thai woman caught smuggling drugs into Macau: police

The police arrested a 50-year-old Thai woman yesterday, who was smuggling drugs from Hong Kong into Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a special press briefing, the spokesperson said that based on a tip-off, the police arrested the suspect as she was entering Macau via the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal.The spokesperson said the police found 56.36 grammes of Ice on the suspect, which has an estimated street value of 188,000 patacas.Please read the full

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Residents less satisfied with eateries: survey

The findings of a survey conducted by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) released yesterday show a decline in customer satisfaction with local restaurants, recording just 69.8 points, a decrease of 0.9 point compared to the same survey conducted last year.Chan Lai Kow, who heads the university’s Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), released the results of the survey during a press conference on the MUST campus in Taipa.According to the scholar, the survey, titled

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