Sands launches 5-day paid paternity leave

Sands China said in a statement yesterday that from Friday, the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Dog, it will grant paid paternity leave.Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying-wai said in the statement that the new benefit was the company’s acknowledgement of the important role of fathers in the family.“With this new policy, fathers of newborns will have time to be with their families to enjoy this important milestone of life and to support them, helping maintain a harmonious

February 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Jung Chang heads Script Road guest list

British Book of the Year 1994 winner Jung Chang is among more than 60 guests joining The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival this year.According to a statement by the festival organiser, Chang “heads” this year’s guest list.The organiser held a press conference yesterday about the details of this year’s event at the IACM Building Library yesterday.Macau Literary Festival Director Ricardo Pinto speaks during a press conference about next month’s event, at the IACM Building Library

February 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab rogue cabbie after seeing online video

The police arrested a female taxi driver on Friday for attempting to overcharge a passenger from the mainland after seeing a video clip taken by the male passenger capturing the incident.The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Friday that its officers caught the driver at 3:50 p.m. on Friday outside the Venetian in Avenida Cidade Nova.According to a report by local Chinese-language daily Macao Daily News, which posted the video clip on its Facebook page after the passenger

February 12, 2018 | BY admin

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New mortgage rules can’t help young people: forum

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed the view that the government’s new mortgage rules have nothing to do with solving the fundamental problem of the city’s residential property market – housing prices that are too high so that residents in general, including young people, cannot afford to buy a flat.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The government announced last week new

February 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 30 illegal casino money changers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 30 men and women from the mainland at Galaxy Macau in Cotai yesterday for illegally engaging in currency-exchange activities, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday.Choi briefed the media yesterday evening at Galaxy Macau after PJ officers continued their action to combat unlicensed money-changing activities on the premises or margins of local casinos.According to previous news reports, scores of illegal money changers walk around casinos asking gamblers if

February 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Firemen suspect arson at building project

The police received a report from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) about suspected arson at the construction site of Waterfront Duet, a residential building project in Rua de Fai Chi Kei, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Saturday.The statement said that at around 10 a.m. on Saturday, a site supervisor discovered that a number of door frames and plastic piping on the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and the 25th floors had been charred. He decided to deal with the damage later that

February 12, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Office Exploded 2018’ ends in blast of punches

Macao Boxing House held its 4th white-collar charity boxing event on Saturday night, pitting pugilists from Macau, Guangdong and Hong Kong in a seven-bout contest that had amateurs from all walks of life fighting each other after intensive training especially for the night. The bout between teacher Long Chien Hou and casino worker Ivan Lou Pak Tou ended the evening with the crowd whistling and cheering as the two pummelled each other at top speed.All takings totalling about 16,000 patacas from

February 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Liaison chief says his office will cooperate with anyone ‘acknowledging the nation’

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Zheng Xiaosong told a Spring Festival reception yesterday that his office will cooperate with any Macau people as long as they “acknowledge the nation” and respect the powers held by the central government in accordance with the nation’s Constitution and the Macau Basic Law.Zheng also called for Macau’s civil society to continue to promote the “Macau Spirit”, namely loving the country and Macau, favouring harmonious relationships

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs seize bogus pills from pharmacy

Customs officers raided this week a pharmacy and the warehouse of its supplier that allegedly connived in the selling of counterfeit health care pills, according to a statement by Customs Service.According to the statement, a customer reported having purchased bottles of suspected counterfeit Tin Hei Pills, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for amenorrhea, at a pharmacy in Nam Van. After investigating the pharmacy, officers seized 108 bottles of bogus Tin Hei Pills on Tuesday. Later that day

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Police crack 2 theft cases

The police arrested a woman from the mainland and another from Indonesia for their involvement in two separate theft cases, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Choi identified the suspect in the first case as a 32-year-old woman from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region surnamed Sun.According to Choi, three men from the mainland reported on separate occasions to the police they had either money or valuables

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Coloane plot probe will be fair & objective: top prosecutor

Public Prosecutor-General Ip Son Sang said yesterday that the Public Prosecution Office (MP) has launched an investigation into possible criminal offences concerning a plot at the bottom of Coloane Hill, on which a high-rise residential building project was previously planned.The circumstances surrounding the controversial plot were revealed by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) in a hard-hitting report earlier this week.Ip stressed that anyone, including former officials, allegedly

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt eases mortgage rules for first-time young home buyers

The government announced yesterday details of new mortgage rules for first-time young home buyers – aged between 21 and 44 – increasing the percentage of mortgage rates available to them.The details were announced during a press conference at the Finance Services Bureau (DSF) in Nam Van.The government announced the new rules for local first-time young home buyers earlier this week.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Wynn raises wages by up to 7.2 pct

Wynn Macau announced in a statement yesterday a 2.5 percent to 7.2 percent salary increase, effective from March 1, for all eligible employees – excluding senior management staff – of Wynn Macau in Nape and Wynn Palace in Cotai, representing nearly 98 percent of the company’s 13,100 workforce.According to the statement, eligible staff with a monthly salary of 16,000 patacas or below will receive a wage hike of 600 patacas, equivalent to an increase of 3.8 percent to 7.2 percent.Eligible

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Mutts dominate CNY markets

Just like there are Christmas markets for Christmas, there are Chinese New Year Markets for the Chinese New Year. As it is the Year of the Dog this time, canine-themed ornaments and decorations are everywhere.In Macau, there are two government-organised Chinese New Year (CNY) markets, one in Praça do Tap Seac and the other in Iao Hon Garden.According to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), the Praça do Tap Seac market has 24 stalls selling festive gifts and decorations, six selling

February 9, 2018 | BY admin

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