Group vows to fight for casino workers’ interests

Direct legislative election group Gaming Front Line of Casino Workers said yesterday that its political platform proposes policies to improve casino workers’ benefits such as a five-day working week.The group’s eight candidates announced their political platform during a press conference at the joint office of grassroots lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San in Iao Hon.The group, No. 25 on the September 17 ballot, is led by high-profile activist Cloee Chao Sao Fong, who heads the New

September 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui to hold floodgate talks in Guangzhou today

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will hold talks in Guangzhou today to seek the Guangdong provincial government’s support for getting a floodgate construction project by the local government off the ground as soon as possible, according to a statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office on.The statement said the aim of the project was to “avoid flooding.”The statement also said that the government had submitted a proposal on the construction project to the central government and

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Observatory forecasts Talim stronger than Hato

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast yesterday that tropical storm Talim which recently formed near Guam will move to Luzon Strait and Taiwan later this week.The weather station also forecast that Talim will be stronger than Hato, which killed 10 and injured 244 when it descended on Macau last month.The government has said Hato was the strongest typhoon to have hit Macau in 53 years, coinciding with a storm surge that caused massive floods in the city’s low-lying

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Customs officer films in changing room: police

A male Macau Customs Service clerk was arrested last week for secretly filming at least eight men showering in a changing room in a tertiary education institution in Zape, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.The Macau Customs Service (SA) said in a statement on Friday it had launched disciplinary proceedings against the suspect, according to the website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS).The police identified the suspect as a 28-year-old surnamed U.A PSP spokesperson said during a press

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Top court doesn’t admit ex-prosecutor’s appeal

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) announced yesterday that it has “not admitted” an appeal by ex-chief public prosecutor Ho Chio Meng against his 21-year prison graft sentence.The city’s top court said in a statement that after its ruling to not admit the appeal, Ho’s sentence was final.Due to his former position as a principal official of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Ho was tried by the city’s highest court. Ho was arrested in February 2016 and charged with hundreds

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Govt reveals vehicle tax rebate details for Hato damage

Financial Services Bureau (DSF) Director Iong Kong Leong yesterday announced details of a vehicle tax rebate scheme for vehicle owners affected by Super Typhoon Hato.According to Iong, the government proposes a cap of 140,000 patacas on the tax rebate for cars.Iong first revealed the scheme last week during a press conference, jointly attended by officials from a number of government entities, about the government’s ongoing Hato disaster relief measures. The scheme will benefit vehicle owners

September 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Electoral group aims to solve Pearl Horizon row

Kou Meng Pok, who heads the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, says his electoral group Pearl Horizon Buyers Rights Defence Union (UPHDD) is running in the September 17 direct legislative election to urge the government to solve the long-running row so that its pre-sale buyers can finally move into their flats.Kou is the first-ranked candidate of the direct legislative election group (No. 24 on the ballot) while Hong Cheng Tun is the second-ranked candidate. Kou’s list

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Lawmaker hopes voters will remember his work

Lawmaker Au Kam San said yesterday he hoped voters will decide whether to vote for him or not in the September 17 direct legislative election by reviewing what he did in the legislature in the past 16 years.Au is the first-ranked candidate of the New Democratic Macau Association (ANMD), No. 13 on the ballot, while Helu Chan Kuok Seng, an e-commerce businessman who is in his twenties is the second-ranked candidate. Au’s list comprises six candidates.When Typhoon Hato hit Macau last month, Au

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Group wants public to get 10 pct of casino revenue

Lawmaker Si Ka Lon says his group, the Macau United Citizens Association (ACUM), No. 9 on the ballot, is proposing that the government set up a fund into which at least 10 percent of the city’s gaming revenues are funneled to be shared with the general public.Si heads the group while Kyan Su Lone, a newcomer and businessman, is the second-ranked candidate. Si’s group comprises 10 candidates.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on Wednesday when his group was canvassing support from residents in

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Student groups petition govt over special bus fares

The Macau New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA) and nine student groups petitioned the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday, urging the bureau to entitle students studying outside Macau to enjoy the government’s “Concessionary Bus Fare Scheme for Students”.Speaking to reporters after handing their petition to a DSAT official outside the bureau, Hong Chio Iam, who chairs the association’s Tertiary Students’ Affairs Committee, pointed out that the scheme is only available for full-time

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Police bust 5 IIs and ‘snakehead’ gang

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Macau Customs Service yesterday jointly busted a gang smuggling illegal immigrants into the city and arrested a 55-year-old local man, a suspected “snakehead” and five illegal immigrants from the mainland, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said yesterday.According to Lei, the police believe that the gang had been operating for at least three months – smuggling illegal immigrants by landing at the former temporary ferry terminal in Pac On in Taipa.The Taipa Ferry

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Through ‘Our Bodies’, Indonesian domestic helpers tell their stories

During the day, Ayu takes care of her employer’s two daughters, whom she has worked for 14 years. In the evening, after finishing work at the household, Ayu goes to learn dancing, and recently, she’s been busy practising her lines for a drama production called “Our Bodies” that explores the feelings of local Indonesian domestic helpers like Ayu.There are currently roughly 180,000 non-resident workers among Macau’s population of about 650,000, according the Statistics and Census Bureau

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Hato causes 11.47 billion pataca loss: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government estimates that last month’s Super Typhoon Hato directly and indirectly caused Macau financial losses of 11.47 billion patacas – about half of the gaming industry’s gross receipts last month.The gaming industry’s gross receipts in August amounted to 22.6 billion patacas, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).In the first seven months of the year, the government’s revenue

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Candidates not allowed Facebook ads: elex chief

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has told candidates to stop publishing commercial advertising on Facebook, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from last Saturday to next Friday.Speaking to reporters after a regular meeting of the government-appointed committee at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong, a judge by

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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