Macau-Cagayan maiden flight to mark new airport opening

The maiden flight between Macau and Cagayan in the Philippines’s Luzon Island will take off soon when the Cagayan North International Airport (CNIA) opens later this month, it was announced recently.The announcement was made by Pai Hao Investment Immigration Consultant Managing Director Lei Tak Kin during a press conference held at Dom Pedro V Theatre.Lei said the maiden round-trip flight will be sponsored by his company and Fortune Luck Travel Agency, with the support from Party Beach

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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EduWise & Coca-Cola join Orbis campaign

EduWise and Coca-Cola are among the roughly 60 local businesses that are participating in Orbis Macau’s “Darkness To Go” fundraising campaign where they will donate part of their proceeds to the global non-government and non-profit-making organisation to help restore the sight of those who are needlessly blind.Local education centre EduWise said in a recent statement that it is joining the campaign this year to raise awareness among the young people who are taking summer courses there, in

August 4, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt needs to study residents’ happiness: Chui

Tony WongChief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday the government would need to study the reasons why local residents don’t appear to be as happy as one could expect them to be, abearing in mind that the city has enjoyed rapid economic development during the past decade.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-civic leader Si Ka Lon’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.In his question, Si said that local residents’ happiness did not

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Elex chief warns candidates against pre-campaigning

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday that the candidates running in the upcoming legislative elections are not allowed to talk in public about their political platforms before the official campaign period starts next month, adding that, however, they can openly discuss other issues, such as social affairs.The direct and indirect legislative election will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from September

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui expects public health care spending to double

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he expected the government’s annual expenditure on health care to double after the public hospital complex in Cotai starts operating and a number of public health facility expansion projects have been completed.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-businessman Tommy Lau Veng Seng’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday. Lau asked how the government would promote the development of the city’s

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Ambrose So blames ‘bad luck’ for profit dip

SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that it was “bad luck” that his gaming company suffered a dip in profit in the first half of this year.SJM’s profit fell 12.9 percent year on year, according to a stock exchange filing released on Tuesday.So made the comment while speaking to reporters after hosting the 13th Annual SJM Scholarship Awards where the company gave out scholarships to 40 children of its employees.SJM Chairman of the Board of Directors Ambrose So Shu Fai (right)

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Dance piece ‘Puzzle’ lets babies experience art

A dance play created by a Lithuanian dance group using differently shaped colourful cushions will ignite babies’ imagination and channel their “inner performer” even though they are under three years old.Since its debut in 2012, “Puzzle” by the Dansema Dance Theatre has toured the world where the reactions from the very young audiences have all been the same: they dance, play and don’t want to leave, and one can expect that the little ones in Macau when they see the show will not

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt mulls regular social housing applications: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told lawmakers yesterday the government would study the feasibility of accepting applications for social housing units on a regular basis.Chui made the remarks when answering lawmaker-cum-civic leader Song Pek Kei’s question in a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.Social rental housing is restricted to low-income households.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (left) speaks during yesterday’s Q&A session while Legislative

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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Man uses stun gun in robbery: police

A mainland man was nabbed on Tuesday for using pepper spray and a stun gun in a robbery last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Tam Weng Keong said yesterday.According to Tam, the 20-year-old suspect, surnamed Liu, is unemployed.Tam said the robbery took place in a guestroom in a Cotai resort hotel on July 17. Liu and an accomplice had told the victim and a friend of the victim that he wanted to exchange 350,000 yuan into HK$380,000. Tam said the victim and his friend make a living by

August 3, 2017 | BY admin

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PLA garrison vows to boost Macau’s prosperity & stability

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison Commander Wang Wen pledged yesterday that the garrison will make greater contributions to maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Macau.Wang made the remarks in a speech during a reception to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the PLA, at the garrison’s Taipa barracks.According to a statement from the garrison, about 500 people attended the reception, including local government officials, central government officials posted to Macau,

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Wynn donates 80 million patacas to UM

Wynn Resorts (Macau) recently made a donation of 80 million patacas to the University of Macau Development Foundation (UMDF) to support the long-term development of the University of Macau (UM) and its Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management (APAEM), Wynn said in a statement yesterday.A cheque presentation ceremony was held last month where Wynn Resorts (Macau) President and Executive Director Linda Chen presented a cheque to UM Council Chair and Chair of the Trustees Committee of UMDF

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Newborn girl dumped in restaurant toilet

A newborn girl was discovered in a restaurant’s toilet in a hotel in Nam Van yesterday afternoon and was pronounced dead at the public hospital, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.In a statement yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) identified the restaurant as Royal Kitchen on the ninth floor of Grand Emperor Hotel.According to the PJ statement, the baby was found in a rubbish bin by a female cleaner at 2:10 p.m. when she was cleaning the toilets. The baby was

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Candidates should remove elex info before Thursday: govt

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday issued a set of new guidelines, requiring that all groups running in the upcoming legislative elections remove all campaign related-information or messages released to the publilc, including those on the Internet, by midnight today.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17 while the campaign period runs from September 2-15 during which candidates can display election campaign information

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Lawmakers hold presser about ill-fated placard ban

Lawmakers Jose Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai held a press conference yesterday, expressing their opposition to the controversial draft resolution that would have barred lawmakers from displaying placards during plenary sessions – if it had been passed by the legislature.Last week, the amendment was abruptly retracted by the Legislative Assembly’s Committee on House Rules.Vong Hin Fai, president of the committee, said last month that in order to maintain the legislature’s solemnity

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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