Forum calls for harsher property measures

Panellists and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for harsher measures, in addition to the tightening of the city’s mortgage rules, to tackle speculation in the residential property market.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcast TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.On Thursday, the government announced a cut on home mortgage loans by between 10 and 20 percent for non-first time and non-local homebuyers, which took effect the following

May 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt tightens mortgage rules – local first-time buyers unaffected

The government had decided to tighten its mortgage rules from today, lowering the percentage of mortgage available to all except local first-time buyers, in order to ensure stability in the local housing market, Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Victor Chan Chi Ping, said yesterday.Chan, the government’s chief spokesperson, announced the measure during a hastily arranged press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday afternoon.Lau Hang Kun, the deputy chief of the Banking

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Sands to contribute to WWF eco-projects

Sands China will launch the “Just One” programme in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), giving its hotel guests the opportunity to contribute to the funding of two projects run by the world’s leading conservation organisation – a biomass fuel stove project for a rural area in the mainland and a local campaign which aims to raise awareness of environmental protection among local pupils.The WWF, set up in 1961, is headquartered in Switzerland.“Just One” is a scheme

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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School milk gone off due to damaged cartons: govt

A small number of cartons of milk for local schools went off due to damage to the cartons during transportation, Leong Vai Kei, chief of the Education Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a youth forum hosted by the bureau in memory of the 1919 May Fourth Movement, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.The bureau provides milk and soya milk, on alternate weeks, daily for pupils in kindergartens and primary

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Galaxy revenue rises 5 pct in Q1, SJM’s dips 5 pct

Casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said yesterday that its total revenue in the first quarter rose 5 percent year on year to HK$14.1 billion.Galaxy said in a statement that its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) jumped 31 percent year on year to HK$3.2 billion. Analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg had forecast EBITDA to reach HK$2.99 billion. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to hold Happy Family Month again

The Social Affairs Bureau (IAS) will link up with 38 community associations and local charity organisations to hold the 2017 Happy Family Month activity to promote familial harmony and reach out to families potentially in need, Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the bureau’s Family and Community Services, said yesterday.Addressing a press conference at the bureau’s Healthy Life Education Centre in Areia Preta, Tang said a string of informative and parent-child activities will be held from this week to

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Man attacked with glass bottle in botched robbery: police

A local man was attacked with a glass bottle by a man attempting to rob him of HK$1.5 million patacas in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai on Wednesday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the victim, in his fifties, received a phone call from a man on Wednesday, who asked him to exchange yuan into HK$1.5 million. The victim took the cash to a guestroom at the casino-hotel resort, where he had arranged to meet the man.The

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Police bust 3 illegal inns, nab 2 suspects

The Public Security Police (PSP) busted three illegal inns in a residential building in Zape yesterday.Two women from the mainland were suspected of running the illegal hospitality businesses in three flats where 15 “guests” were found during the operation, the Public Security Police said in a statement.According to the statement, during the operation that started yesterday morning and ended in the evening, PSP officers from the Intelligence Department checked a residential building in

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillor urges govt to build kitchen waste plant

The government should keep its pledge to build a kitchen waste composting plant as soon as possible, Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee Member Hoi Long Tong said yesterday.Hoi made the remarks before a regular meeting of the government-appointed Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee at the Government Service Centre in Areia Preta.The regular meeting was closed to the media.Northern Districts Social Services Consultative Committee member Hoi Long Tong

May 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt mulls moving Bobo to new home ‘to enjoy old age’

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is considering transferring ageing Asian black bear Bobo to Seac Pai Van Park in Coloane in order to allow him to enjoy his old age, IACM President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday.IACM Administrative Committee member Leong Kun Fong said on Monday that the physical condition of Bobo (which means “darling” in Cantonese), who is over 30 years old, was deteriorating and the enclosure in Flora Garden was no longer suitable for him, adding that

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam saddened by pupil’s suicide

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng is saddened by the suicide of a female pupil, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement urged young people to cherish their lives and to seek assistance from their family members, teachers, counsellors or others who they trust if they feel they are going through a difficult time or are feeling emotional.The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that when getting home at

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Saleswoman steals clothing worth 130,000 patacas

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a 30-year-old local saleswoman earlier this week on suspicion of stealing a number of items of men’s clothing from the shop she was working in, a PSP spokesperson said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect surnamed Lam started to work in the shop in a casino-hotel resort in Nape in February.Lam handed in her resignation on Tuesday last week which came into effect on Sunday, the spokesperson said.PLEASE READ

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt urges live poultry vendors to work with wholesaler: IACM chief

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is suggesting that live poultry vendors co-operate with the Nam Yue Supply Market to import freshly slaughtered chilled poultry for retail sales in Macau, IACM President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday, adding that, however, the possible co-operation deal would be a commercial decision in which the government had no say.Tavares made the remarks on the sidelines of a closed-door meeting with the Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) of

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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31 domestic violence cases in 3 months: govt

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said yesterday that among the hundreds of cases of family incidents that were reported to the bureau during the first three months after the city’s anti-domestic violence law came into force in October last year, 31 were classified as domestic violence cases.Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the bureau’s Family and Community Services Department, spoke to the media after a closed-door meeting of the Women and Children’s Affairs Council at the Tourism Activities Centre

May 3, 2017 | BY admin

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