Casino takings rise 246.9 pct in March

Macau's gross gaming revenues leaped 246.9 percent year on year to 12.7 billion patacas (US$1.57 billion) in March, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.Month-on-month, according to DICJ data, Macau casinos' takings rose 23.3 percent. Last month's receipts were the highest so far this year. They also recorded the highest year-on-year growth since July 2021.The Macau government started to ease its nearly three-year-long COVID-19 travel curbs early this

April 1, 2023 | BY admin

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2 ex-public works directors sentenced to 24, 20 years' jail

Two former directors of Macau's public works bureau have been sentenced today to 24 and 20 years behind bars respectively for bribe-taking, money laundering, organised crime and other serious crimes by the Court of First Instance (TJB), according to a statement by the office of the president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) tonight.Former public works bureau director Li Canfeng was sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment. Li was remanded in pre-trial detention last year.Former public works

March 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Macao SAR marks 30th anniversary of promulgation of Basic Law with ceremony

China's Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) has held this morning a ceremony at the Forum Macao complex to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law of the MSAR.Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, attended the ceremony and delivered a keynote speech.Li said over the 30 years after the promulgation of the Basic Law of the

March 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Rosário doesn’t expect LRT passengers to return to pre-COVID-19 level ‘for some time’

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário acknowledged yesterday that for the foreseeable future, he does not expect the daily average number of Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers to return to the around 30,000 when the LRT system came into service in December 2019, despite the fact that Macau’s tourism sector is recovering.Rosário made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed president of the Macau Civil Aviation

March 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Seniors’ health improves: Sports Bureau

The Sports Bureau (ID) presented new data relating to senior citizens at yesterday’s regular meeting of the government-appointed Senior Citizen Affairs Committee, reflecting an improvement in the overall physical fitness levels of the elderly in 2020 compared to 2015, according to a Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) statement yesterday.During the committee’s first regular closed-door meeting for this year, the Sports Bureau presented its “Physical Fitness Assessment Report of Macau Residents

March 31, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Airport’s passenger flights return to 50 pct of pre-pandemic level: new civil aviation chief

The newly-appointed president of the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM), Pun Wa Kin, said yesterday that the number of passenger flights at the local airport has now returned to around 50 percent of the level recorded in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.Pun made the remarks while speaking to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony at the AACM office in Nape.Pun’s one-year appointment as the AACM president started yesterday.Pun was sworn in by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo

March 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Final submissions for dragon boat entries tonight: ID

The Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement yesterday that organisations interested in competing in the upcoming 2023 SJM Macao International Dragon Boat Races should submit their team entries by 10 p.m. tonight before registering to participate in which race categories, starting on Monday.The races are slated to be held on June 17, 18 and 22 at the Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre, the statement noted.Team entries can be submitted at www.cmdragonboat.org.mo to obtain an online account, after which

March 31, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SMG expects 5 to 8 tropical cyclones to affect Macau this year

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) predicted in a statement yesterday that there will be five to eight tropical cyclones affecting Macau during the year, which would be “normal to high”, with the possibility of severe or super typhoons.According to the statement, the typhoon season this year will start in mid-June or even earlier, slightly earlier than the climatic average, with the La Niña phenomenon in the equatorial Pacific fading, which may develop into an El Niño

March 31, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO hosts 2 more HK travel trade associations

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has hosted the visit of the Hong Kong Japanese Tour Operators Association and the Society of the Golden Keys of Hong Kong to Macau for familiarisation visits, altogether comprising around 70 members, MGTO said in a statement yesterday.The statement underlined that MGTO aims to garner the associations’ support to draw Japanese and international visitors for “twin-destination travel to Hong Kong and Macau”, which will diversify source markets.The

March 31, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Art installations featuring blossoming flowers shown at GLP

Large-scale art installations featuring blossoming flowers in springtime curated by six artists from the Macau Youth Art Association are being showcased in an exhibition at the Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) from today through September, according to a recent statement by SJM Resorts.The statement said that the six artists taking part in the “Blossoms at Grand Lisboa Palace – A Group Exhibition by Macau’s Emerging Artists” are watercolour artists Julia Lam and Kuok Hoi Leng, gongbi painting

March 31, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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South China Book Festival kicks off at GroupPoint Youth Centre

The Macau Pavilion of this year’s South China Book Festival kicked off yesterday at the Macau Federation of Neighbourhood Associations’ GroupPoint Youth Centre on Avenida do General Castelo Branco, showcasing nearly 1,000 books and more than 100 cultural and creative products published in the mainland and Macau.The annual book fair has been co-hosted by the Guangdong provincial government since 1993.The book festival, which is being held under the guidance of the Publicity and Culture

March 31, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Transport Bureau open to regulating ‘designated drivers’

Responding to media concerns about the regulation of designated drivers, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday that Macau’s current laws do not clearly regulate such drivers but, he was quick to add, his bureau has “an open attitude” towards the possible regulation of so-called designated drivers.The Britannica Dictionary defines a designated driver as a person who agrees not to drink alcohol on a particular occasion so that he or she will be able to safely

March 31, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau Basic Law 30 years since its Promulgation

Commentary by Calvin Tinlop Chui*        The Macau Basic Law stems from the national policy of “One Country, Two Systems”. It is the national policy of China coming to fruition in the form of a legal instrument, enshrining the principles and values that are dear to the return of Macau to China.The Basic Law was enacted in accordance with the Constitution. The relationship between the Constitution and the Basic Law is analogous to that of a parent and child, which

March 31, 2023 | BY admin

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MGM, Art Basel HK presents ‘Long Time No See’

Gaming resort operator MGM partnered with Art Basel Hong Kong to present the recently held “Long Time No See” Sector Party in Hong Kong, according to an MGM statement last week.The statement noted that the celebration was hosted by MGM China Holdings Limited’s Co-Chairperson and Executive Director Pansy Ho Chiu-king and Art Basel Hong Kong Director Angelle Siyang-Le to support creative energy returning to Hong Kong as the city welcomes back local and international visitors.The statement

March 31, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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