Leong says won’t seek NPC re-election

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming election for local deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC).Leong made the remarks when speaking to reporters after submitting an application to register as a member of an electoral council that will elect twelve local deputies to the 13th NPC later this year.The submission of registration applications began yesterday at an office temporarily set up by the

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Eat, shop, learn: Help Orbis let blind see again

The local office of global sight-saving organisation Orbis has launched its annual fund-raising campaign and the easiest way for the general public to help those who are needlessly blind to see again is to eat, shop and learn from 60 local businesses.Following the success of last year’s “Darkness To Go” campaign, Orbis Macau has expanded the scope of this year’s “Darkness To Go” campaign with about 60 participating local merchants each offering selected items or services of which

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge Polytec to act on lawmakers’ proposals ASAP

Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers yesterday petitioned Polytec, the developer of their ill-fated residential project, urging the company to act on the proposals submitted by nine lawmakers to the government and solve the dispute as soon as possible.The project has been mothballed since the government decided in late 2015 to axe the troubled project’s temporary land concession that had expired. The government has repeatedly said that the issue must be solved in strict adherence with the Land Law.

July 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Group wants Young Entrepreneur Scheme to include GBA

The government should allow applicants of its Young Entrepreneurs Aid Scheme to start their start-ups in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, not just in Macau, Marble Mak Ka Pou, vice-president of the Macau Wisdom Convergence think tank, said yesterday.Mak made the appeal on the sidelines of a forum hosted by the think tank in Fai Chi Kei where he was a guest speaker. About a dozen members of the public attended the open-air forum which was about how to encourage young people to

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Illegal taxi cases rise 236 pct in H1: police

A total of 976 cases of passenger transport services provided by unlicensed taxis were recorded during the first six months of the year, a 236.6 percent year-on-year, the Public Security Police (PSP) has announced.During the same period of last year, 290 such cases were reported, according to a PSP statement on Friday.The statement said that 850 out of the 976 cases involved mobile apps, a fivefold increase over the 170 cases reported during the first six months of last year.This undated

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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4 more groups submit political platforms, final lists of candidates

A total of four groups, headed by lawmakers Wong Kit Cheng and Mak Soi Kun, former Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) inspector Nelson Kot Man Kam and Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President Kou Meng Pok submitted their respective groups’ final lists of candidates and political platforms to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) on Friday for the upcoming direct legislative election by popular vote.The direct and indirect legislative

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Forum calls for e-sports development

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for the development of the electronic sports sector in Macau as it is an emerging industry in neighbouring regions and countries.However, some guest speakers and members of the audience warned that many local teenagers are addicted to video games.The weekly debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Guest speakers and audience members attend TDM’s Macau Forum in Areia

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Union urges govt to tackle illegal drivers

Activists of the Macau Drivers Will Win Rights Union yesterday urged the government to tackle the issue of non-local residents working illegally as drivers and reduce the number of non-local workers in the city.The union voiced their position during a press conference at the office of lawmakers Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San in Iao Hon district.Ng and Au are seeking re-election in the September direct legislative election. However, both were conspicuous by their absence from the press

July 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Kawase is director-in-focus in local documentary film fest

Internationally acclaimed and a Cannes favourite, Japanese director Noami Kawase will be the “Director-in-Focus” for this year’s international documentary film festival where she will be in town on Sunday to share her experience with local film buffs.The 2nd Macao International Documentary Film Festival (MOIDF), jointly organised by Cinematheque.Passion and Comuna de Han-Ian, will start rolling tomorrow at the cinema near Saint Paul’s Ruins. It will wrap up on July 30.Themed “Image of

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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7 groups submit final lists of candidates, political platforms

Grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) Vice-President Sulu Sou Ka Hou, lawmakers Jose Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai, Macau Civic Power (ECM) Chairwoman Agnes Lam Iok Fong, labour rights activist Lee Sio Kuan and lawyer Hong Weng Kuan submitted their respective groups’ final lists of candidates and political platforms yesterday to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) for the upcoming direct legislative election by popular vote.Two groups headed by indirectly

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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KYC improves information exchange with mainland: regulator

Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) Director Ng Man Seong speaks to reporters at Sands Cotai Central yesterday. Photos: Tony WongSecretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac delivers a speech during yesterday’s opening ceremony of the plenary meeting of the 24th Egmont Group, at Sands Cotai Central’s Conrad hotel. Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) Director Ng Man Seong said yesterday that the Know Your Customer (KYC) security feature installed in the city’s ATMs will

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for slapping gambling wife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 41-year-old local man surnamed Choi for slapping his wife who had gambled away almost all of the family savings, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to the spokesperson, Choi was arrested on Tuesday night in his flat in Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa where he lives with his wife and their two daughters aged seven and nine.The spokesperson said Choi, who is engaged in parallel

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Cyclist dies after being hit by tanker

A 69-year-old male cyclist died yesterday after he was hit by a petrol tanker near the greyhound race track in Fai Chi Kei, according to the Public Security Police (PSP).At about 1 p.m. yesterday, the petrol tanker hit the bicycle at the junction of Avenida do General Castelo Branco and Avenida do Conselheiro Borja. The local cyclist suffered serious head injuries. He was rushed to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the police.The junction is

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt prepares FSS expansion

The government will expand the organisational structure of the Social Security Fund (FSS) as the Law on the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System will come into force on January 1, Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced yesterday.During a special press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday, Leong announced that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has completed its discussion on the draft of the by-law (administrative regulation) on the fund’s

July 7, 2017 | BY admin

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