Govt should pay seniors 10,000 patacas a month: UMG

Lawmaker-cum-building contractor Mak Soi Kun said yesterday he and fellow legislator Zheng Anting were confident of winning at least two seats in the September 17 direct legislative election, adding that as a lawmaker he had the responsibility to fight for grassroots residents’ interests.Mak also said the government should pay senior citizens 10,000 patacas a month.Mak, who has been a lawmaker since 2009, is the first-ranked candidate of the Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG) (No. 20), while Zheng,

September 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Locals cheated in wedding banquet, rental scams: police

A man believed to be the same person has cheated a local man and a woman out of HK$15,000 and HK$35,000 respectively in two separate scams, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said yesterday.According to Lei, the woman read a status update posted by the suspect on social media on August 27 that a residential flat in Areia Preta was available for rent. The update said the rent was HK$12,000 per month.The woman contacted the suspect, Lei said, adding she viewed the flat with the suspect

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Govt removes 3 tonnes of dead fish

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday that its staff members yesterday removed a total of three tonnes of dead fish from the waters off Fai Chi Kei and Ilha Verde.According to the statement, officials from the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) believe that the low level of dissolved oxygen in the Inner Harbour’s brackish water had killed the fish.The bureau dispatched a number of boats to remove the dead fish after receiving reports about a large quantity of

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UPP aims to help residents solve problems

Direct legislative election group Progress Promotion Union (UPP) said yesterday that its political platform puts special emphasis on policies to improve residents’ daily lives while the group is also calling for the implementation of an accountability system for government officials.The election group’s nine candidates announced their political platform during a press conference yesterday at Pak Wai Activities Centre.The centre is run by the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations

September 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Civic Watch stresses institutional reforms

Civic Watch members yesterday stressed the importance of institutional reforms for tackling the city’s various issues, insisting that their political platform’s proposals are feasible.Civic Watch is led by Agnes Lam Iok Fong, assistant dean of the University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Social Sciences. The group is vying with 23 other groups for 14 directly-elected seats in the Legislative Assembly.The group’s five candidates announced their political platform during a press conference

September 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Seasoned lawmaker wants to witness passing of era

Seasoned lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong said yesterday he was keen to witness the passing of an era, adding that his electoral group aimed to win at least two seats in the September 17 direct legislative election.Ng, who has been a lawmaker since 1992, is the first-ranked candidate of the Democratic Prosperous Macau Association (APMD), while Luis Leong Pok Man, a staff member of the University of Macau (UM), is the second-ranked candidate.Ng’s list comprises six candidates.Speaking to The Macau Post

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Official election campaign kicks off

Candidates running in the September 17 legislative elections and their supporters gathered in Praça do Tap Seac around midnight on Friday to mark the official start of the two-week official campaign period by putting up their respective electoral groups’ campaign posters.Reporters said about a thousand people were present.Officially, the campaign started at 0:00 on Saturday and ends on September 15 at 11:59 p.m. No campaigning is allowed on the eve of polling day. Campaigning is also

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Typhoons slow casino revenue growth in August

Macau’s casino revenue growth slowed in August after accelerating for three consecutive months as two typhoons disrupted operations in the city.Gross gaming receipts rose 20.4 percent year on year to 22.67 billion patacas last month, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) on Friday. That exceeds the median estimate for an 18.5 percent increase in a Bloomberg survey of eight analysts. Gaming revenue climbed 29.2 percent to 22.96 billion patacas in

September 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato fiasco reveals deep-rooted problems: academic

The Hato disaster could push the 24 election groups in the direct legislative election on September 17 to pay more attention to the solving of deep-rooted problems in Macau’s civil society, Chan Chi Wang, an academic from the University of Hong Kong, said yesterday.Chan made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a forum about the landscape of the direct legislative election.The forum, organised by the local Catholic publication Observatório de Macau (“Macau

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Ex-liaison chief axed, Zhuhai mayor probed

The former director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, Li Gang, has lost his National People’s Congress (NPC) seat and is under investigation for “severe violations of party discipline”, according to a statement on the NPC website on Friday.Li was abruptly removed from his post as deputy chief of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council late last month. He had held the post since July last year.Observers have pointed out that the 62-year-old

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Group quits election race ‘to help Hato victims’

Lei Kit Meng, who heads the electoral group Pink Loves the Population, said yesterday his group had decided to withdraw from the September 17 direct legislative election since his group wanted to use its “limited time and resources” to help those who were affected by Typhoon Hato which hit Macau last week.It is the first time since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) that a group has quit the election race after it had officially joined it.The direct and

September 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Sands China to chip-in 65 million-patacas for Hato relief

Gaming operator Sands China said in a statement yesterday that it will donate 65 million patacas to assist with long-term relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts in Macau in the aftermath of Typhoon Hato.According to the statement, the 65 million patacas is a combination of 30 million patacas from Sands China and 35 million patacas from the Adelson Family Foundation.“We are saddened by the loss inflicted on so many, but inspired by the perseverance and dedication of all those who have already

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Group urges Chui to quit over Hato fiasco

The New Macau Association (NMA) said yesterday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On should take full responsibility for the Hato debacle by resigning, because as the head of the city’s civil protection he performed poorly when responding to the disaster that killed 10 and injured over 200.The association held a press conference yesterday at its office in Nam Van about the aftermath of the super typhoon which hit Macau last Wednesday and how the government should be held accountable for

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Lawmaker urges govt to raise transparency

Lawmaker Ho Ion Sang urged the government yesterday to raise its level of transparency and implement an accountability system for senior officials to minimise any damage to Macau like the aftermath of Typhoon Hato.Ho made the remarks at a press conference yesterday about his 2013-2017 legislative work, at the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations’ community service centre in Toi San district. The union is widely known as Kai Fong, its name in Cantonese.Ho said the aftermath of Hato

September 1, 2017 | BY admin

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