Transport chief backs taxi fare hike

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday the bureau agreed to raise the city’s taxi fares, proposing the flagfall be increased and the distance for incremental charges be shortened.Lam made the remarks when briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting with the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council at the bureau.In February, representatives of several taxi groups submitted a joint application for a taxi fare hike to the bureau, proposing the flagfall be raised

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Residents with disabilities can only receive 1 subsidy: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that residents with disabilities who are receiving the government’s Temporary Measure of Income Subsidy are not entitled to receive the government’s disability pension or provisional disability subsidy.According to Leong, disabled residents can only receive one kind of subsidy from the government.Leong made the remarks yesterday when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng during a

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Chan vows to review Election Law, draft bills more carefully

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday the government would review the Legislative Assembly Election Law, with the aim of checking whether there are discrepancies between the Portuguese and Chinese versions of the law.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a plenary session of the legislature.Activists of the New Macau Association (NMA) told reporters on Sunday that, according to the Legislative Election Law, each voter can sign

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Mongolian nabbed for shopping with stolen credit cards

A 33-year-old man from the Republic of Mongolia has been arrested for stealing credit cards and making 250,000 patacas worth of purchases with them, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the police received separate reports from a Swiss woman and a local man saying their wallets had been stolen, one in a Cotai hotel and the other near the Ruins of St Paul’s, in December 2015.A total of

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Enjoy Yunnan dishes at Beijing Kitchen, win a stay at Grand Hyatt Lijiang

It’s a culinary experience that will literally take diners to Yunnan.Grant Hyatt Macau is launching “The Taste of Yunnan” at its Beijing Kitchen restaurant where guests ordering from the special menu of Yunnan dishes will have a chance to win a two-night stay at Grand Hyatt in Yunnan province.The two-night stay is for two people (breakfast included), in the “Grand” suite that has a balcony overlooking the beautiful landscape of Lijiang where the stunning Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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From tradition to training, dragon boat festival unites communities

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the several Chinese traditions that have grown into a major sports event bringing together different sectors of local communities and people from around the world.To most in the West, the festival is a team-paddling sport. The event, in fact, is originated from an age-old Chinese tradition known as “Tuen Ng Jit” in Cantonese or “Duanwu Jie” in Putonghua.“Tuen Ng Jit” is a day to commemorate patriotic poet and minister Qu Yuan (340-270 BC) who

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau film ‘Roulette City’ gets mainland distribution

Filmed in Macau, “Roulette City”, written and directed by Singaporean Thomas Lim, will be distributed on pay-per-view streaming in mainland China from June 8.The distribution will be made through “Being Pictures”, an online movie distribution and production company based in the mainland.“Being Pictures” has also redesigned the film’s poster for its mainland release. The film gets a new Chinese title, which literally means “Roulette City: God of Gamblers” and the original

May 26, 2017 | BY admin

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2 men caught in mainland for local murder 11 years ago

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrests of two men in the mainland on suspicion of killing a female student from the mainland who was studying in Macau, after they broke into her flat and robbed her of her valuables 11 years ago.PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan announced details of the case during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Yeung, the two men have been arrested in the mainland and are now being held in police custody

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Committee says Portuguese version of Election Law ‘more accurate’

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday that the Portuguese version of the Election Law is “more accurate” than the Chinese one, urging registered voters to sign no more than one election candidature nomination form.The legislative election will take place on September 17.Both Chinese and Portuguese are official languages in Macau.Speaking to reporters after a regular meeting at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong,

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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4 locals nabbed for online fraud: police

Four locals have been arrested for allegedly using fake credit card information to purchase airline tickets and book hotel rooms online, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The four suspects – two males and two females – were apprehended on Tuesday.According to the spokesperson, three of the suspects, surnamed Lao, Wong and Lau, are 21 years old while the fourth suspect, surnamed Lam, is 22 years old. Lao and Lam are a couple while Wong and Lau are lovers. The spokesperson

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Fake employment case resolved: official

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Acting Director Chan Un Tong said yesterday that a recent case involving a local hotel, which had been suspected of employment fraud, was in fact a misunderstanding.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of an award ceremony for a health and safety programme for restaurant workers at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.DSAL Director Wong Chi Hong told reporters last month that the bureau had received complaints from four locals, saying they had been hired by a hotel

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Moody’s keeps Macau’s ratings at ‘Aa3’

Moody’s Investors Service announced yesterday that it maintained Macau’s long-term issuer ratings at “Aa3” and upgraded the rating outlook to “stable” from “negative”, according to a statement by the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM).      Moody’s pointed out, according to the AMCM statement, that the preservation of fiscal and external buffers provides significant room for Macau to counter negative shocks and ongoing progress on diversification bolsters

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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1Q retail sales rise 12 pct to 16.6 billion patacas

Macau’s retail sales for the first quarter increased 12 percent year on year to 16.6 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Month-to-month, the figure was up 4.3 percent.Watches and jewellery accounted for 23.2 percent of the total retail sales, followed by goods sold in department stores (15 percent), adults’ clothing (12.8 percent), leather goods (11.8 percent), and goods sold in supermarkets (7.1 percent).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Level 1 travel alert issued for UK

The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) has issued a Level 1 travel alert for the UK, according to a statement released by the office last night, as the UK this week raised its terror threat level from “severe” to “critical”.A packed Manchester pop concert was bombed on Monday, killing at least 22 people including an eight-year-old girl and injuring 59. Level 1 represents an imminent threat to personal safety, so that residents should be vigilant about their own safety,

May 25, 2017 | BY admin

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