Parents praise DSEJ’s centralized application

Parents will no longer have to queue overnight outside different schools to apply for admission, as the central application system allows applicants to fill out their child’s information remotely and

Statistics | Currency in circulation fell 1.7 percent in November

The total currency in circulation fell by 1.7 percent from last month to MOP469.7 billion. For November, the share of currency in circulation denominated in MOP stood at 30 percent,

Macau Orchestra returns to Beethoven

The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s “String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor,” composed originally in 1826, which the Cultural Affairs Bureau says is both a technically challenging piece and a

Gaming | Angela Leong confirms HKD99.7 million junket theft

SJM Holdings executive director Angela Leong has confirmed that the company filed a police report for the alleged theft of HKD99.7 million from a junket company operating at L’Arc Macau. Ms Leong

Sporting players inspire Portuguese School students

Sporting Clube de Macau (SCM) conducted a workshop on education yesterday at the Portuguese School of Macau, where five of the club’s professional football players shared their experiences and answered

Coloane stilt houses could become cultural shops

A local government official has proposed the transformation of Coloane’s empty stilt houses into cultural and creative products stores in order to promote tourism, Macau News reports. Islands Community Services Consultative

WSJ lays it on the table: 2016 unlikely to see recovery

The Wall Street Journal predicts that the gaming situation in Macau is set to deteriorate further in 2016, due to an oversupply of gaming resorts and dwindling demand, which saw

US-Punjabi rapper to play LMA

American-Punjabi rapper Himanshu “Heems” Suri is set to perform a live show on Friday at 9:30 p.m. at the Live Music Association (LMA) in Macau. A former member of an alternative

Recipients of fashion design subsidies announced

Thehe Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has announced a total of eight candidates from the 2015 Subsidy Program for Fashion Design Marketing that are to be awarded subsidies of up to

Smiles all round as HK Jockey Club finds new revenue stream

The Hong Kong Jockey Club was celebrating this week after the New Year’s Day commingling numbers were ascertained, indicating better-than-expected results for the betting organization. According to the South China Morning

UK expresses alarm over missing booksellers

The United Kingdom has extended its concerns over the case of the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers, after it emerged that one of the missing could be a British

Realtor: housing regulations should be publicized to avoid disputes

The head of residential sales at Jones Lang LaSalle (Macau), Jeff Wong, argues that the government should be more open with the public on real estate regulations, in order to

IC opens original album subsidy program

Successful applicants will be awarded with a subsidy of up to MOP210,000 for the production of their album. Costs associated with album production can include that of song production, album

New junket fraud case involving L’Arc junket operator

The Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed yesterday that a senior executive at a junket operator is suspected of having stolen at least HKD99.7 million before disappearing. PJ received a report on January

Ambrose So says Casino Greek Mythology will reopen

Ambrose So announced yesterday that the Casino Greek Mythology has closed for ‘renovation works’ and is expected to reopen, although he did not provide a date. The executive director and CEO

Secretary says that Arnaldo Santos was his pick to head IH

Arnaldo Santos took office yesterday as the new president of the Housing Bureau (IH), replacing the former president Iong Kam Wa. The Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário

Credit Suisse: 2016 could see GGR growth

Credit Suisse has expressed its belief that the prospects for Macau’s gaming stocks appear far more promising in 2016 – the result of growing “high-end demand,” which began in the

Transport | 90 percent of Shenzhen taxis protest Uber, Didi Kuaidi

Up to 90 percent of Shenzhen’s taxi drivers went on strike on Monday to protest the use of ride-­hailing mobile application services such as Didi Kuaidi and Uber, according to

Japan to postpone casino bill

The Japanese government and the Liberal Democratic Party have decided not to pass the Integrated Resort Facilities Promotion Bill at the Ordinary Diet Session beginning this year on January 4,

Ng drops demand for speedy trial, motive remains unknown

Local billionaire and real estate developer Ng Lap Seng has now declined to go to trial immediately amid setbacks currently being faced at his companies, reports the South China Morning

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