Risk of dealers developing gambling disorder set to rise: scholar

The risk of casino dealers developing a gambling disorder are set to rise and banning them from entering local casinos when off-duty would help prevent problem gambling issues from occurring, newly-appointed lawmaker and gaming industry scholar Davis Fong Ka Chio said yesterday.Fong made the comments while speaking to reporters after attending a graduation ceremony of Sands employees who completed the company’s in-house training programme on responsible gaming.Fong heads the Institute for the

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders busted for drug-trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from the mainland on Sunday for drug-trafficking, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The police also arrested three people for taking drugs on the same day, a man and a woman from the mainland, as well as a man from Taiwan, according to Lei.Lei identified the two drug-trafficking suspects as a 24-year-old surnamed Li and a 25-year-old surnamed Huang.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Tourism is a win-win situation: UNWTO chief

Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and honorary chairman of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), said yesterday the challenge for every country was to ensure that growth and sustainability, progress and preservation go hand in hand.Rifai, a former minister of tourism of the Kingdom of Jordan, made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai.“Sustainability means to elevate life on Earth to a higher level for our

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature’s speaker re-elected – but new VP

Businessman Chui Sai Cheong – the elder brother of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On – was elected vice-president of the legislature yesterday, while businessman Ho Iat Seng was re-elected president.Chui Sai Cheong, an auditor by profession, told reporters after he had been elected that he would assist the legislature’s president in carrying out his duties well, apart from helping him monitor the government’s activities.Ho and Chui Sai Cheong, both indirectly-elected lawmakers, were

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau shouldn’t pursue explosive growth: Pansy Ho

Pansy Ho Chiu King, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), said yesterday that Macau shouldn’t pursue explosive tourism growth in numbers, but steady and healthy growth instead.She made the remarks during a meeting with the press on the forum’s opening day at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai.Ho, vice-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, made the remarks when she was asked by a reporter about the local government’s tourism policies

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Man robs woman after sex, uses pepper spray: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday for robbing a female compatriot of 1,000 patacas and HK$8,000 in a hotel guestroom in Zape where he had sex with the victim before attacking her with pepper spray, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 30-year-old computer technician surnamed Xue and the victim as a 30-year-old.According to Lei, the victim met Xue in the lobby of a hotel in Zape at 5 a.m. on

October 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Typhoon Khanun spares Macau major damage

The observatory kept the No. 8 storm warning signal hoisted for 11 hours yesterday but Severe Typhoon Khanun spared the city major damage, causing only minor flooding in some low-lying areas in the Inner Harbour area.Local residents and tourists appeared to agree that rogue cabbies overcharging passengers were the most negative aspect of yesterday’s “typhoon day”.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On personally oversaw his government’s civil protection measures to deal with the typhoon

October 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab gang of 41 loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 41 men and women from the mainland in Taipa on Friday for alleged membership of a loan-sharking gang which for a year had offered casino patrons instant gambling loans.The 36 male and six female suspects are aged between 23 and 60. The suspects told the police that their gang had been operating for a year, PJ spokesman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference on Friday.According to Yeung, PJ officers raided four flats in Kings Ville in Avenida

October 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature starts new term today

The new term of the Legislative Assembly (AL) starts today, when its 33 members will take their oaths overseen by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On. At the same time the president, the vice-president, the first secretary and the second secretary of the legislature’s executive board will be elected.The oath-taking ceremony will take place at midday at Government Headquarters, before lawmakers attend a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle in the afternoon where they will vote for

October 16, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt proposes tax rebate for hiring disabled

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday the government was proposing a special tax rebate for those hiring disabled residents, with the aim of encouraging the employment of people with disabilities.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, had completed its discussion of a government-drafted bill on tax benefits for those employing disabled people.According to the bill, employers are eligible

October 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt proposes framework bill for elderly rights

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the council has completed its discussion of a government-drafted bill on the framework for the protection of senior citizens’ rights. The bill aims to create a more senior citizen friendly society.The council is the government’s top advisory body.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong noted that the number of elderly people in Macau has been rising, adding that senior citizens are forecast to account

October 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Safe & positive environment is needed: MGM

Grant Bowie, chief executive officer and executive director of MGM China Holdings yesterday commented on the proposed off-duty gaming staff casino entry ban, saying there should be a safe and positive environment for the employees of the gaming industry.He was asked by reporters at the Oktoberfest Macau festival at MGM Macau in Nape whether he thought it was difficult to implement the government-proposed ban on off-duty gaming staff from entering local casinos.Currently, the city’s six gaming

October 13, 2017 | BY admin

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UM hosts MOOC talk, inks deal with platform provider

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that it held a talk on massive open online courses (MOOC) on its Hengqin campus.According to the statement, Nie Fenghua, deputy director of the Ministry of Education Research Centre for Online Education, deputy secretary-general of Tsinghua University and director of that university’s Online Education Office, and board chairman of Beiing Muhua Information Technology, was the keynote speaker.During the talk, Nie

October 13, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM lowers IDD tariffs by up to 45 pct

Local telecom operator CTM announced yesterday that it will lower its IDD (international direct dialling) tariffs effective from December 8 and that the average rate of reduction will be up to 45 percent.The company held a press conference yesterday about its new IDD tariff scheme at its headquarters in Taipa.Following the “comprehensive” tariff reduction on the IDD service in 2013, the company said it was “once again” introducing a tariff reduction scheme, adding it expected the new

October 13, 2017 | BY admin

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