MGM promotes responsible gaming through initiatives

Integrated resort (IR) operator MGM said in a statement earlier this week that it has been promoting responsible gaming (RG) through various initiatives and has recently unveiled its “MGM Financial Education School Tour 2024 – Hero of Egg Waffle”.The tour, the statement said, aims to convey positive messages such as the prevention of problem gaming and financial awareness to students.The statement quoted MGM Gaming Operations & Strategic Marketing Executive Vice President Tian Han as

August 9, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Sands China brings back ‘Amazing Summer’

The Sands China Amazing Summer 2024 campaign kicked off on July 19 at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, marking the seventh year of the parent-child activity series for the company’s staff and their families, integrated resort (IR) Sands China said in a statement on Wednesday.The annual campaign is part of the company’s “ongoing commitment to the well-being and quality of life of its team members, both at work and at home”, having seen more than 2,700 participants over the past six

August 9, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CE hopes UM can take role supporting country’s education development

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that Macau is in a new stage of development, and the University of Macau (UM) should take the role of helping develop the nation into a leading country in education, promote the development of new quality productive forces, and support the country’s high-quality development.According to a UM statement, Ho made the remarks when he chaired the Joint Meeting of the University Assembly (UA) and University Council (UC) for the 2023/2024 academic year at

August 9, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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CAECE sets up mock polling station

The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE) has set up a mock polling station at the Macau Forum complex in Zape for the election of the Chief Executive Election Committee members, which will be held this Sunday.The mock station opened to the public yesterday and is open today from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.CAECE President Song Man Lei visited the mock polling station yesterday and simulated the voting procedure.After the simulation, Song told reporters at the complex that the seven polling

August 9, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Govt mulls more e-coupon consumption campaigns: Lei

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said yesterday that the government is reviewing its e-coupon consumption stimulation campaign for the peninsula’s northern district, which ended a few days ago, and studying the feasibility of launching similar ones for other districts as well, with the aim of continuing to support community consumption.Lei made the remarks when replying to oral interpellations by lawmakers during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The

August 9, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Foreign visitors talk about their experiences getting around Macau: vox pop

There are several ways for visitors to get around Macau. Some may choose to take public buses, catch a taxi or even hop on the city’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT), while information on how to get around is available around the city and its different tourist attractions. For foreign tourists, what has the experience been like for them as they navigate Macau? To find out, the Post interviewed several of them in the city centre yesterday.Visitors in their twenties John and Eugene, who are from the

August 9, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Ao Ieong vows to make good use of Macau’s 2025 Culture City of East Asia status

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U pledged yesterday that the local government will make good use of Macau’s “golden business card” as a culturally renowned city, considering that Macau has been chosen as a 2025 Culture City of East Asia.Ao Ieong made the remarks when replying to oral interpellations by lawmakers during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.In early June, Macau was chosen as one of the two Chinese 2025 Culture Cities of East

August 9, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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China’s new mega-constellation marks milestone in satellite internet

BEIJING – Industry analysts have hailed China’s newly-launched satellite group as both a technological leap and a strategic move in the low Earth orbit internet industry.The satellite group was sent into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province.The 18 satellites are the first batch of the first generation of Spacesail satellites. The Spacesail Constellation will provide global users with low-latency, high-speed and ultra-reliable satellite broadband

August 9, 2024 | BY admin

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Cross-platform interchange b/w LRT Taipa & Seac Pai Van sections ready Sept 1: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the cross-platform interchange connecting the current Light Rail Transit (LRT) Taipa-Cotai section and Union Hospital Station on the future Seac Pai Van section can open on September 1, enabling passengers to take trains on the Taipa-Cotai section from the Macao Union Hospital through an indoor corridor.Rosário made the remarks when replying to oral interpellations by lawmakers during a plenary session in the

August 8, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Crime prevention programmes foster youths’ civic engagement: Sit

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng announced during the 7th Community Safety Youth Leadership Project and 12th Junior Anti-crime Pioneers Programme opening ceremony at the Macau Polytechnic University (MPU) campus in Zape yesterday that 259 participants have graduated from the previous two crime prevention training programmes.The ceremony was attended by Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Acting Deputy Director Cheong Man Fai, Chinese Youth Advancement Association (CYAA)

August 8, 2024 | BY Leong Ian Kio

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Woman steals box containing 90 phones left on street

A local woman has been arrested for stealing a cardboard box containing 90 smartphones worth 180,000 patacas she found on the street, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said in a regular press conference yesterday.The 62-year-old suspect surnamed Lam told the police that she’s jobless.According to Cheong, a male resident reported to the police on Saturday that while pushing a cart filled with cardboard boxes, one of the boxes fell off and went missing. He told the police

August 8, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police bust new type of illegal currency exchange scam

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday that a man from the mainland has been arrested for involvement in a new type of illegal currency exchange scam tactic.The suspect is a 29-year-old male surnamed Liu. He told the police that he’s jobless.According to Leng, on Saturday Liu arranged a deal with a mainland male visitor at a Cotai hotel. The arrangement stipulated Liu acting as the intermediary between the visitor and another gambler. The

August 8, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police nab 5 mainlanders involved in ‘divine healer blessing scam’

Five mainlanders have been arrested for deceiving three local elderly women in a “divine healer blessing scam” and also robbing one of them, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a special press conference yesterday.The group of suspects consists of three women and two men, aged between 56 and 68, all from Guangdong.According to Leng, the Judiciary Police received a recent tip-off about a blessing scam gang planning to defraud locals in Macau. On Monday, the police reached

August 8, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Govt to study feasibility of using hydrogen energy: eco-chief

Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said yesterday that his bureau is studying the feasibility of incorporating a certain proportion of hydrogen energy in addition to the continued use of natural gas or carbon capture and storage technology, as well as the use of solar energy for power generation.Tam made the remarks during an oral interpellation plenary session yesterday in the legislature’s hemicycle, adding that the extent to which hydrogen energy could be

August 8, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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