Macau inflicts first ‘victim’ in South Korea-Syria match

Suk Hyun-jun

South Korean start-striker Suk Hyun-jun will not join his team for their upcoming match against Syria, scheduled to take place on September 6, at Macau’s Olympic Stadium in Taipa in the evening (8pm).
Korean news agency Yonhap said Suk has been dropped from the national football squad for the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, due to the huge distance between the match location (Macau) and the players current club’s team home (Turkey).
According to the Korean Football Association, Suk will not be part of the team so that he could quickly adapt to his new club, Trabzonspor.
FIFA’s spokesperson told the Times yesterday that the match had originally been planned to take place in Beirut, Lebanon. However, the Syrian Football Association had requested the move to Macau for security reasons.

Consumer Council: Real estate top cause of complaints

The Consumer Council received 832 complaint cases in the first half of the year, with real estate ranking as the top cause of all received complaints.
It received some 36 million patacas’ worth of real estate-related complaints in the first half of 2016, more than thrice the number of cases received over the same period last year.
Over 70 percent of the real estate cases involved local citizens who purchased properties in mainland China, and were successfully transferred to mainland consumer organizations through protocols signed by multiple parties involved.
About 20 percent of the complaints involved mobile data service charges. Taxi services recorded 16 complaints during the period, 12 of which were filed by tourists about overcharging and bad service.
The Consumer Council said it had received a total of 3,322 cases in the first half of 2016; of which 832 are complaints, 2,464 inquiries, and 26 suggestions. The cases involve approximately 80 million patacas.