Sands China, Star CM Holdings to deepen partnership

Gaming resort operator Sands China announced in a statement on Wednesday the deepening of its “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Star CM Holdings Limited from this year onwards.The statement noted that the two companies will take their long-term partnership to a new level with the aim of “creating more diverse tourism projects” and supporting the city into becoming a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure, all the while maximising their respective advantages.The statement added

March 31, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Blame game gets ready for prime time

China Daily Editorial        Blaming China and blaming each other for “ceding the future” to China has not only become part and parcel of the political circus in Washington, it has become pretty much the only act on show.Both the Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of being eager to “please” or even of “surrendering” to China, no matter what the issue is. They each claim the other’s policies are not tough enough and so are allowing China to win “the

March 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt, group to host 9 months of events marking Basic Law’s 30th anniversary

Li Hongzhong to attend commemorative conference tomorrow Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) Acting Director Lou Soi Cheong announced yesterday that his bureau, in conjunction with the Macau Basic Law Promotion Association (ADLBM), Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ), and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) Administrative Committee, will jointly launch between tomorrow and November a string of events marking the 30th anniversary of the promulgation of the Macau Basic Law.Lou made the remarks

March 30, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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A forum covering 1/5 of humanity that has raised Macau’s status – Editorial

Editorial        The Macau-based Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (aka Forum Macao) was showered with praise by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng when he addressed its 20th anniversary reception at its headquarters in Nam Van on Tuesday. Ho commended the 10-nation forum for its “encouraging results” over the past two decades. Forum Macao has got the praise that it deserves. The central government’s top

March 30, 2023 | BY admin

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NOVA Mall breaks Guinness world record with largest display of origami stars

NOVA Mall has broken the Guinness world record for having the “Largest Display of Origami Stars” containing 57,552 stars, on display in the mall’s atrium.The mall, according to the Guinness World Records website, reached the achievement on February 10, while an unveiling ceremony was held yesterday. The record was achieved by inviting members of the public to write their wishes on origami paper and fold them into the shape of stars, which were then placed inside its wishing bottle.In a

March 30, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Civil aviation authority gets new chief

The government has appointed Pun Wa Kin, who had been the vice-president of the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM), as its president effective from today, succeeding Simon Chan Weng Hong who has become the chairman of the Macau International Airport Company Limited’s (CAM) executive committee.According to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário, who oversees the Macau Civil Aviation Authority, has

March 30, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt to build footbridge near Pousada Marina Infante & Galaxy Macau

The government has launched a public tender for the design and construction of a footbridge crossing the busy Avenida Marginal Flor de Lótus in Cotai near Pousada Marina Infante hotel on one side and the Galaxy Macau casino-hotel resort on the other, according to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to the announcement, potential bidders are required to submit their quotations by May 29. The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) will unseal the submitted bids the

March 30, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Not appropriate’ for veterinary committee to include lay people ‘for now’: André Cheong

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill to licence and regulate the city’s veterinarians, veterinary clinics and other animal businesses, and Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said it was  “not appropriate” to  include non-professional people on the government-appointed veterinary committee “for now”.The bill provides for the setting-up of a committee consisting of seven veterinary professionals tasked with

March 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Duo scam ‘blue card’ seeker: police

Two men have scammed a mainlander by claiming that they could arrange a local work permit (colloquially known as “blue card”) for his wife, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said during a regular press conference yesterday.The mainland suspect, a 51-year-old non-resident worker (NRW) surnamed Zhang, is a construction worker, while the local suspect, a 56-year-old surnamed Fong, owns a renovation company.According to Leong, the victim was introduced to Zhang last June who

March 30, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Post bureau urges public to beware of bogus govt calls

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) urged the public yesterday to beware of phone calls made by purported CTT officials intending to obtain personal information.According to a CTT statement, the bureau has recently received reports from residents that they had received phone calls from fake CTT officials, claiming that “the packages that were addressed to them were involved in criminal activities”. The bogus officials also claimed that CTT had been entrusted by the mainland

March 30, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man wrecks friend’s hotel room over gambling loss: police

A male mainlander has been arrested for vandalising a hotel guestroom registered in his friend’s name after they gambled away their money, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference yesterday.The 31-year-old suspect surnamed Zhou told the police that he’s jobless.According to Lei, Zhou and his friend travelled to Macau and gambled on March 7 and 8, staying at a Cotai hotel where they lost several hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars in the casino there,

March 30, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Overstayer’s flight leads to cop’s injuries: police

A mainland overstayer has been arrested for resisting arrest and injuring a police officer, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 34-year-old suspect surnamed Hou told the police that he’s jobless. He had been overstaying in Macau since August 31 last year.According to Leong, a police officer saw Hou acting suspiciously while on patrol in Avenida da Amizade on Saturday. Hou immediately fled when the officer approached him,

March 30, 2023 | BY William Chan

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HK visitor arrivals reach 75 pct of pre-pandemic levels: MGTO chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that the number of Hong Kong visitors to Macau has recovered to 75 percent of the pre-pandemic level, while mainland visitors are still “less than half” of the numbers in 2019.Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the sidelines of a Shenzhen tourism promotion activity yesterday afternoon at Galaxy Macau’s Banyan Tree hotelShe pointed out that Taiwanese and foreign visitors have only recovered to

March 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO hosts S Korean travel trade reps

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has hosted 14 representatives of top travel agencies from South Korea for their first post-pandemic familiarisation trip and networking seminar since the easing of COVID-19 pandemic border restrictions, MGTO said in a statement yesterday.South Korea was ranked as Macau’s “top international source market” before the COVID-19 pandemic, the statement noted, with Macau having logged 740,000 visitor arrivals from the country in 2019. The trip and

March 30, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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