Cambodia aims to draw local investment

A local business association yesterday organised a business introduction session, with the aim of encouraging local businesses to invest in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province.The event, which was organised by the Association of Four Chinese Regions for Trade, Commerce and Culture Promotion, took place at Macau Tower.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the event, the association’s Director-General Pun Chong Man said that as operational costs in the mainland have been rising in recent years,

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab cabbie for attacking passenger

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a taxi driver on suspicion of attacking a passenger from the mainland following a row over the fare.Addressing a regular press conference, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam identified the suspect as a 40-year-old man surnamed Cheng.Ho said at a press conference on August 12 that the Judiciary Police had arrested a taxi driver earlier that day, surnamed Tang, who allegedly told Cheng to attack the passenger who disagreed to pay the exorbitant

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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New rules may allow Macau to join Olympics: official

It’s “people who set up regulations”, so Macau might be able to take part in the Olympic Games in the future, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said on the sidelines of a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.Tavares said he had visited the Rio Olympics as a consultant to the Organising Committee of the Association of the Portuguese-speaking Olympic Committees (ACOLOP).Tavares also said the organising committee had arranged his trip,

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt expects up to 15 pct more visitors to revamped Taipa-Houses Museum area

The number of people visiting the Taipa-Houses Museum area was expected to rise 10 to 15 percent after the five mansions there have been renovated, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday.She made the remarks while addressing a press conference headed by Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng. Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan was also present at the press conference held at the

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Tennis Civil to hold ’90-year-old doubles’ contest

The venerable Macau Tennis Civil Club, which celebrated its 90th anniversary on August 10, will hold a “90-year-old doubles” tournament next month to mark the occasion. The club announced the event in a statement this week. SJM is the title sponsor of the Macau Tennis Civil Club Open Tennis 90-Year-Old Doubles Tournament.This photo taken yesterday shows the 90-year-old Macau Tennis Civil Club in Avenida da Republica. Photo: Steve Kok Please read the full article in our print

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Sands hosts contest to inspire creative talent

Sands China has launched a creative art competition through which the US gaming company aims to stir local art enthusiasts’ creative inspirations as they discover the past and present of the ever-changing face of the city.Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying Wai made the announcement during a press conference at the Venetian yesterday about its Macau’s Past & Present Creative Arts Competition.Sands is organising the contest in co-operation with the Macau Artist Society, Macau

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Visitors rise in July

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose by18.5 percent month-to-month and 5.5 percent year-on-year to 2.79 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Overnight visitors rose by 12.4 percent year-on-year to 1.45 million, representing 12 consecutive months of year-on-year growth since August last year. However, same-day visitors dropped by 1.0 percent year-on-year to 1.34 million.Visitors’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.2 days. Overnight

August 24, 2016 | BY admin

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Illegal taxi cases rise 56 pct in H1: Wong

The number of reported cases of passenger transport services provided without a taxi licence rose by 55.9 percent during the first six months of the year compared to the same period of last year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday. Wong made the announcement during a press conference about the city’s crime statistics for the first half of the year, at the Judiciary Police (PJ) Building in Cotai. Four senior police officers also attended the briefing.A total of 7,125

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Wynn says Wynn Palace a ‘gift’ to community

Wynn Palace opened last night, drawing big crowds to Cotai to try their luck in the new casino, while Wynn Resorts Chairman & CEO Steve Wynn told a ballroom full of guests that the new US$4 billion resort that took six and a half years to build was a “gift” to the community.“It’s our gift to the community, to the public,” Wynn was quoted as saying in a statement from Wynn Palace.While hundreds of people gathered around the approximately 27,000-square-metre musical fountain for the

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab illegal cabbie

A driver was caught providing illegal passenger services last week, a spokesperson for the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a regular briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the local suspect surnamed Lei is in his twenties. He told the police that he worked as a salesman.The spokesperson said the suspect was caught during an action combating illegal passenger services near the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Thursday afternoon.Please read the full article in our print edition.

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawyer urges firms to register trademarks in mainland

Businesses in Macau should register their trademarks in the mainland for brand protection, mainland lawyer Dong Yidong said yesterday at the Macau Economic Services Bureau (DSE) on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a mainland trademark consulting service centre.The mainland trademark consulting service centre, located in Nam Van, has been set up by the Macau Chain Stores and Franchise Association. It is supported by the Macau Economic Service Bureau.Dong, one of the guests of the

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt publishes heritage evaluation consultation report

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said yesterday in a statement that a consultation report on its cultural heritage evaluation of 10 old properties will be online from today.Late last year, the bureau initiated cultural heritage evaluation processes for 10 old properties.According to the statement, the consultation was carried out from December 28 last year to February 25.Please read the full article in our print edition.

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmaker slams govt over Taipa-Houses Museum plan

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho yesterday criticised the government for appearing to be destroying the historical characteristics and tranquillity of the Taipa-Houses Museum, in its project to convert the site into another leisure attraction with cultural and creative elements.Coutinho made the comments in a group interview at the headquarters of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), which he heads.The proposal to modify the five buildings and the area next to a mangrove,

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Gaming sector jobs fall 3 pct in Q2

Macau’s vitally important gaming sector had 55,708 full-time employees at the end of the second quarter, down by 3.0 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. According to a DSEC statement, the number of dealers (croupiers) fell by 3.1 percent to 24,285. Shift-working staff accounted for 92.7 percent of the sector’s total number of employees. Please read the full article in our print edition.

August 23, 2016 | BY admin

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