Victoria’s Secret opens flagship lingerie store in Venetian

US lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret opened its flagship store at the Venetian yesterday.With a retail space of 12,000 square foot, the lingerie store is an extension of its former store also in Venetian that was only selling its beauty and accessories.It is also the brand’s first lingerie store in Macau and Hong Kong.The new shop has six sections, each themed according to its lingerie collection and apparel line.Photos: Monica LeongPLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to widen eligibility for low-income subsidy

The government’s top advisory Executive Council (ExCo) announced yesterday that it has completed its discussion of a government-drafted regulation on the so-called Temporary Measure of Income Subsidy.The draft regulation proposes renewing the subsidy for low-income residents and to widen its eligibility requirements for applicants with disabilities. The subsidy was first implemented in 2008 and has been renewed annually since.ExCo spokesman Leong Heng Teng made the announcement during a press

April 28, 2017 | BY admin

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8,600 bids approved for SME Aid Scheme: govt

The SME Aid Scheme launched by the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) has approved over 8,600 applications since it started in 2003, amounting to about 2.39 billion patacas, Lau Wai Meng, the bureau’s deputy director, said yesterday.Lau made the remarks during a forum hosted by the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) at its headquarters in Areia Preta about the difficulties which small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing. Lau was one of the panellists at the

April 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Former & current culture chiefs face disciplinary action: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the government has decided that the former and current chiefs of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will have to subject themselves to disciplinary proceedings – including ex-president Guilherme Ung Vai Meng.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday after attending the opening ceremony of a responsible gaming promotion forum organised by the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) at Grand Lisboa.A

April 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Newborn boy found inside backpack in rubbish pile

A newborn Asian boy was discovered inside a zipped blue backpack amid a pile of rubbish in Areia Preta district early yesterday morning, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said yesterday.Lei announced details of the case during a regular press conference.According to Lei, the baby was found by a street cleaner clearing up a pile of rubbish between Avenida do Dr. Francisco Vieira Machado and Travessa 1º de Maio, near the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), at around 4:45 a.m.The baby, with

April 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt maintains child porn offence: lawmaker

The revised version of the government-initiated amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code proposes that the production, sale, import, export, dissemination, display or distribution of pornography involving minors be prohibited, unchanged from the original draft version of the bill, Cheang Chi Keong, who chairs the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, said yesterday.Cheang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials at the Legislative Assembly

April 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Observatory sets up outdoor activity guidelines

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that it has set up recommendations for residents to check whether the air quality is suitable for outdoor activities or not.According to the statement, the guidelines have three levels, namely “suitable” or “unsuitable” for outdoor activities, or whether residents “should not” take part in outdoor activities.The bureau will determine the three levels of recommendations for outdoor activities based on its

April 27, 2017 | BY admin

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No complaints by school staff: election committee

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has so far not received any complaints from staff members of schools who are allegedly being forced to sign election candidature nomination forms, CAEAL President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday, appealing to those affected to ask his committee for assistance.Self-declared election monitor Jason Chao Teng Hei said last Wednesday that his new platform, “Project Just Macau”, had received three election-related complaints about teachers

April 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to set new code of practice for mobile shops

Consumer Council (CC) Executive Committee President Wong Hon Neng said yesterday he hoped a new code of practice for certified mobile phone retailers could be released within this year.Wong made the remarks on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of a co-operation agreement between the local and Gansu province’s consumer councils at the CC headquarters in Avenida de Horta e Costa.According to a statement released by the council on April 12, the Macau Mobile Phone Retailers Union has removed

April 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Security chief to make final decision on dog-abusing cop

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that he had recently received the file of a Judiciary Police (PJ) officer who was filmed abusing his dog earlier this year, and would make the final decision on the case.Wong made the remarks on the sidelines of a ceremony to award service medals to firefighters at the Fire Services Bureau (CB) in Sai Van yesterday.The officer, surnamed Chan, was filmed by someone kicking, beating and throwing the dog around on the verandah of a residential

April 27, 2017 | BY admin

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Taipa pier finally to open by July: marine chief

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susanna Wong Soi Man said yesterday she expected the Pac On Ferry Terminal in Taipa to be finally operational by the end of this quarter – 10 years behind schedule and more than six times its original budget.Wong was quick to add that the government had not yet decided on the exact date to open the terminal.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Customer Liaison Group (CLG) of utility Macao Water at

April 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum backs lower percentage of owners to rebuild

ce of a forum held by the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (UGAMM) Northern District Office yesterday called for a lower percentage of condominium owners required to agree before a dilapidated building can be rebuilt.The union, commonly known as Kai Fong, organised the forum to discuss the government’s “indefinite timetable for redevelopment of old urban areas”. About 30 residents of the northern district attended the forum.According to the government, there are over

April 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Seac Pai Van project to start this year: Macao Water

Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng said yesterday she expected construction of the Seac Pai Van water treatment plant in Coloane to get off the ground within this year, adding that the facility was slated to be operational in 2019.Kuan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the utility’s Customer Liaison Group (CLG) at Mandarin Oriental Macau in Nape.The company said early last year that it aimed to start construction of the plant by the

April 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt needs ‘few days’ to find HOS contracts solution: lawmaker

According to Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, the government needs “a few days” to find a solution to the possible cancellations of the home ownership scheme (HOS) purchase contracts of applicants who themselves, or members of their households, have become owners of a private residential property while waiting for the HOS deeds to be signed, lawmaker Kwan Tsui Hang said yesterday.The Housing Bureau (IH) said in a statement last month that it had had cancelled

April 26, 2017 | BY admin

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