97 pct surf Internet on their mobiles: survey

Findings show that 97 percent of the city’s netizens browse the Internet on their mobile phones, with 71 percent also using laptops and 67 percent tablets, Macau Internet Research Association (MAIR) Director Athena Seng I No said yesterday.Seng announced the findings of the 17th Macau Annual Internet Usage Survey, which was conducted by her association and e-Research Lab, during a press conference at the office of the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) in Nape.According to

March 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Shipwrights urge preservation of Lai Chi Vun

The owners of some of the dilapidated shipyards in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village urged the government yesterday not to demolish the buildings, so as to preserve a historic part of the city’s collective memory.They also slammed the government for fencing off 11 shipyards in May last year without telling them or saying why, so that they were unable to enter the properties to carry out repairs.An ad-hoc concern group for the preservation of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village held a press

March 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Pupil, 17, molests 11-year-old girl: police

A 17-year-old schoolboy was arrested on Monday for indecently assaulting an 11-year-old schoolgirl in the stairwell of a residential building in Fai Chi Kei on Friday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press briefing yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a F5 pupil surnamed Chan in a school in the northern district.According to Choi, the boy followed the victim into a tower block in Rua Sul do Patane on Friday. They took the same lift, and the suspect left

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmakers ask election committee for clear guidelines

Lawmakers yesterday expressed their individual concerns over the officially required declaration of their campaign activities, urging the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee to set up clear guidelines.Election candidates must declare the content, date and location of all their campaign activities, such as travelling and hosting luncheons and dinners during the campaign, to the committee, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said last week.The committee yesterday held a meeting

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 15 pct in January

Macau’s 107 hotels and guesthouses welcomed 1.04 million guests in January, a year-on-year growth of 15.6 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Chinese New Year fell on January 28 this year.Guests from the mainland (679,000), South Korea (38,000) and Hong Kong (127,000) recorded double-digit growth, up by 17.1 percent, 35.9 percent and 12.9 percent respectively. The number of Taiwan guests dropped 1.3 percent to 40,000.Tourists from the three Chinese regions

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Galaxy, SJM report 2016 results

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) and SJM Holdings reported yesterday their 2016 results.According to a GEG statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the company recorded a full-year net profit attributable to shareholders (NPAS) of HK$6.3 billion, an increase of 51 percent year on year including HK$500 million of non-recurring charges.Galaxy’s 2016 revenue increased 4 percent to HK$52.8 billion.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Fund grants 40.5 million patacas for cultural & creative projects in Jan-Feb

The Cultural Industries Fund (FIC) granted 40.5 million patacas for 13 projects during the first two months of this year, more than the 33 million patacas granted during the whole of 2016.The fund held a press conference yesterday to sum up its work last year and what it plans are for this year. The press briefing was held at the Village Mall, a three-floor retail space for locally-designed cultural and creative products at Broadway Centre in Rua do Campo.According to a statement released by

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Police probe fake joint school dating form

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement – titled “Serious Crisis” – yesterday that they have begun investigating an online application form of a fake joint school dating programme.According to the statement released on the PJ official website, the police became aware of the online form after school authorities and parents reported it.The Chinese-language online form, which offers its services free of charge, targets young people between 16 and 25. It consists of explicit questions

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau to get Senior Citizens Day: official

The city’s first-ever Senior Citizens Day may be celebrated annually on the same date as the traditional Chong Yeung Festival, Choi Sio Un, who heads the Social Solidarity Department of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), said yesterday.Choi made the announcement when briefing reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Senior Citizen Affairs Committee at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ).Choi said Senior Citizens Day in both the mainland and Taiwan is

March 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Auditor slams WiFi GO poor connection quality

The now defunct Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) failed to properly monitor and supervise its WiFi GO service so that a raft of WiFi GO service points in the city are affected by poor connection quality, the Commission of Audit (CA) said in a hard-hitting report yesterday.The government merged the Telecommunications Regulation Bureau and Macau Post Office into the Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) on January 1.The report says that the poor connection quality not only

February 28, 2017 | BY admin

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All 100 special taxis ready for use by end-May: chief

Macau Radio Taxi Corporation Chairman Cheong Chi Man said yesterday he expected the remaining 50 special radio taxis to be ready for use by the end of May, after the initial 50 taxis come into service in early April.Cheong added that his company will announce when the remaining 50 taxis hit the roads after reviewing its operation over the two months.Cheong made the remarks after his company showed the media how the rear seats in five of the taxis can be folded back to allow two wheelchair users

February 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Retail sales drop 6.6 pct last year

Macau’s retail sales last year fell 6.6 percent year on year to 57.51 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Last year’s retail sales corresponded to about a quarter of the city’s gross gaming revenue of 224.1 billion patacas during the same period.Retail sales of watches and jewellery reached 11.76 billion patacas, accounting for 20.5 percent of total retail sales last year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Retail sales drop 6.6 pct last year

Macau’s retail sales last year fell 6.6 percent year on year to 57.51 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Last year’s retail sales corresponded to about a quarter of the city’s gross gaming revenue of 224.1 billion patacas during the same period.Retail sales of watches and jewellery reached 11.76 billion patacas, accounting for 20.5 percent of total retail sales last year. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Jobless rate rises to 2 pct

Macau’s estimated unemployment rate rose to 2.0 percent in the three-month survey period to the end of January, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.A DSEC statement said that following the completion of a number of construction projects before the Chinese New Year, unemployment in the construction sector increased, bringing the general unemployment rate for the three-month period up slightly by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (October-December 2016) to 2.0

February 28, 2017 | BY admin

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