Wynn sets aside 15 million patacas to help Hato-hit MSMEs

Wynn Resorts (Macau) President and Executive Director Linda Chen said yesterday that her company has set aside 15 million patacas to help local micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) hit hard by Super Typhoon Hato to get back on their feet.Chen made the announcement in a speech for the launch ceremony of the “Wynn Local SME Network” and the “Wynn Local SME Procurement Partnership Programme – Business Matching Session for Micro Enterprises, ‘Made in Macau’ and Young

September 27, 2017 | BY admin

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MGM vows extra care after 45 fall ill from eating oysters

MGM Macau said in a statement yesterday that it pays careful attention to food safety after the government revealed that 45 people fell ill from eating oysters in the hotel’s Rossio restaurant.It was the second incident of its kind at the restaurant. In February, six people fell ill with suspected gastroenteritis after having buffet there.The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement on Monday that 45 people suffered from stomach pain, diarrhoea, fever and vomiting after

September 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Junket rep busted with 1.8 million patacas worth of drugs

A local casino junket representative was caught last night for smuggling drugs that he bought in the mainland to sell in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman said last night after 1.8 million patacas worth of drugs had been found stashed in the suspect’s luxury flat in Areia Preta.The spokesman told reporters outside La Residencia in Areia Preta that the suspect is a 38-year-old Macau resident surnamed Lei who works as a VIP room promoter.The spokesman said that they received a report two

September 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Over 70 pct of infants use e-gadgets before 18 months: survey

Scholar Alice Lei Si Man yesterday presented the findings of a survey on Macau’s family environment and early childhood development, showing that infants who spend less time on e-gadgets tend to have better development in language, social communication, gross motor and fine motor skills, and cognition.Lei made the remarks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) in Rua de Campo.Commissioned by the association’s

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Construction site supervisor faces trial for fatal accident: police

A construction site supervisor facing trial for a fatal accident at the construction site of a hotel resort project in Cotai in June was transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said.According to Chan, the supervisor is a 57-year-old local man, surnamed Kwan, while the fatality was a technician who installed the air conditioning ducts.Chan did not identify the project.Chan said the technician from the mainland died on June 18

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato-hit Patane Library reopens tomorrow

The Patane Library whose facilities were severely damaged by floodwaters during the Super Typhoon Hato onslaught will reopen tomorrow, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.Patane is the Portuguese name for the district known in Chinese as Sa Lei Tau.The library is located in Rua da Ribeira do Patane, near the “Water Market”.The statement said that the equipment in the library, including its electricity supply and air-conditioning system, was severely damaged in the

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Angela Leong says arson attack set to delay Grand Lisboa Palace opening

SJM Executive Director Angela Leong On Kei said yesterday that Saturday’s suspected arson attack at the Grand Lisboa Palace construction site in Cotai was set to delay the opening of the integrated resort.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the launch event of Australian aromatherapy brand Canvas at JA Avenue, a one-stop beauty mall located in the yet-to-open Jai Alai hotel complex just a footbridge away from the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal.Asked if the two

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt announces smoking lounge standards

The government announced the officially required standards for casino smoking lounges in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The legislature passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill during a plenary session in July. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.The amendments state that smoking lounges with the officially required standards will have to be set up within a year of the law coming into force. The current smoking lounges and

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman cheated out of HK$1.75 million in online scam: police

A local woman has been cheated out of about HK$1.75 million in an online scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said yesterday.According to Chan, the victim, who is about 30 years old, works in a casino VIP room.Chan said the victim reported the case to the police on Friday, saying that she had met a man, claiming to live in the US, on messaging app WeChat in late-2015.According to Chan, the suspect told the victim in November 2016 that he needed some yuan to ease a cash-flow

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Local management skills improve from last year: survey

The findings of a survey carried out by the Macau Management Association (MMA) released yesterday show that management staff skills in local companies have improved this year.A press conference about the survey’s findings was held yesterday on the MMA premises in Zape.The survey was carried out from March to July, when the association collected 401 valid questionnaires from management personnel working in local companies.The survey is titled Macau Enterprises Management Ability

September 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt launches consultation on labour law changes

The government launches a 45-day public consultation today on proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Law, which proposes three to five days paid paternity leave and 14 unpaid days in addition to the current 56 days paid maternity leave in the private sector.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) in Areia Preta district. Four public sessions will be held up to November 8.The current Labour Relations Law, which took effect in

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police to probe charcoal-burning suicide in car

A 36-year-old local man surnamed Tam was found dead in his car yesterday after committing suicide by burning charcoal inside the vehicle, Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The car was parked in Rotunda da Aeronáutica – near the Grand Lisboa Palace project and Wynn Palace resort in Cotai – when the corpse was discovered, according to the statement.According to the statement, a construction worker working nearby saw the car parked there at 8 a.m. At 1:40 p.m., the worker

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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New liaison chief vows to grasp ‘public sentiment’ quickly

Newly-appointed Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong has vowed that he will familiarise himself with Macau’s “public sentiment’ as quickly as possible, according to a statement from the office on Friday.The State Council announced Zheng’s appointment on Friday, replacing Wang Zhimin as Beijing’s top official in Macau.Zheng, 58, was a vice minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC),

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Governments have to bear ‘2Rs’: HK think tank chief

Governments have to be responsive and responsible, known as the “2Rs” of governance, Hong Kong’s One Country Two Systems Research Institute Executive Director Cheung Chi-kong said yesterday, adding that residents just want government officials to be capable of governing instead of wanting them to step down when they have made a mistake.Speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Macau Civil Servants Federation (MCSF) about the development of

September 25, 2017 | BY admin

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