Tag: Briefs
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Briefs | Melco announces discretionary bonus payout
Melco Resorts & Entertainment announced yesterday that a one-month discretionary bonus will be paid to all eligible non-management employees before the Chinese New Year. Lawrence Ho, ... -
Briefs | One more site to become available in Busking Program
The Calçada da Igreja de São Lázaro is going to be included in the Busking Program starting from next year, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced ... -
Briefs | New themed resort announced
A new themed resort located in Cotai was presented yesterday. Lisboeta, a HKD5 billion resort, will be developed by Macau Theme Park and Resort Limited. The ... -
Briefs | Qatar Airways starts cargo services to Macau
The aeronautical authorities of Macau and the State of Qatar concluded bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA) discussions yesterday in Macau and reached an agreement for the ... -
Briefs | Airport conducts fuel farm exercise
The Macau International Airport carried out a fuel farm exercise to simulate a fire in the farm. The drill, which lasted for 45 minutes and involved ... -
Briefs | Fong Soi Kun to receive MOP80,000 per month
The former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, is to receive a pension of approximately MOP80,000 per month. A notice posted ... -
Briefs | Hypertension affects many middle-aged residents
Forty percent of Macau’s middle-aged residents suffer from hypertension (persistently elevated blood pressure in the arteries), according to a report by Macao Daily News. During a ... -
Briefs | Five local residents injured in fight over taxi queue
A fight broke out yesterday morning at the Border Gate taxi station when three local men cut into a taxi queue. According to a report by ... -
Briefs | Gov’t to provide 100 additional special taxis
The government’s plan to increase the number of special taxis this year was announced through a reply to lawmaker Lei Chan U’s written inquiry. According to ... -
Briefs | Overcharging taxi drivers may have license revoked
The President of the Associação dos Comerciantes e Operários de Automóveis de Macau, Leng Sai Vai, suggested revoking the driving licenses of taxi drivers who consistently ... -
Briefs | Sonia Chan joins ‘Korea-Macau Friendship Night’
Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, yesterday participated in the “Korea-Macau Friendship Night,” where she represented the Macau government. Noting that “Macau and Korea have ... -
Briefs | National Anthem Law draft to be concluded next month
The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, said on Saturday that the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) is currently finalizing the legislative procedures of the “National ... -
Briefs | 30pct of local labor force have degrees
The Talents Development Committee revealed that one-third of Macau’s current local labor force has a tertiary education degree. According to Macau’s first five-year plan, by 2020, ... -
Briefs | ‘Piano poet’ to play at Cultural Center
The Macau Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Jean-Philippe Tremblay, will join forces with French pianist Alexandre Tharaud for a concert on Sunday night at the ... -
Briefs | Cinematheque Passion to host talk
The Cinematheque Passion, under the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will host a talk titled, “Cinematography: Creativity Behind the Viewfinder”, on June 18, from 3 p.m. to 5 ... -
Briefs | Hospital claims that it is not the source of wastewater leak
Recently, some neighboring residents of the Macau Public Hospital (CHCSJ) have expressed concerns over the possibility of a leakage in the sewage system in front of ... -
Briefs | Chief Executive visits Jiangsu
The Chief Executive (CE), Chui Sai On, will lead a delegation from Macau to visit the cities of Nanjing and Changzhou in Jiangsu Province on March ... -
Briefs | Woman swindled out of MOP29,000
An English-speaking Indian man, claiming to be a clairvoyant, has swindled a 28-year-old woman out of MOP29,000 at St. Francisco Garden. According to a police report, ... -
Briefs | CE attends Coloane center unveiling
Chui Sai On yesterday attended the unveiling ceremony of the new Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane. The Chief Executive presided over the formal opening ceremony ... -
Briefs | Light Festival extended to New Year’s Day
The Tourism Office has announced the extension of the “Macau Light Festival 2015 – Journey of Lights” to January 1, 2016, so that visitors and residents ... -
Briefs | Chui forms committee to enhance city’s int’l role
The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, has assembled a new committee to formulate policies in line with the region’s role as a world travel and leisure ... -
Briefs | Large number of dead fish found in Fai Chi Kei
Personnel from the Macau Marine and Water Bureau removed around three tones of dead fish floating off Fai Chi Kei’s north bay yesterday morning. The authorities ... -
Briefs | T’Way Air to launch Macau–Seoul route
South Korean low-cost carrier T’Way Airlines has announced that it will be launching a new Seoul–Macau route starting in late November. The service will include five ... -
Briefs | UM student wins award for best paper
Ip Chi Wai, a Master’s student from the University of Macau’s Department of Electromechanical Engineering, recently won a best paper award at the Third International Symposium ... -
Briefs | Real estate mortgage loans decrease 23.9 pct
The new real estate mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by Macau banks decreased 23.9 percent year-on-year in July, according to figures released by the Monetary Authority of ... -
Briefs | Local deposits decrease 0.8 pct
Residents’ deposits decreased by 0.8 percent month-on-month in July to MOP473.7 billion. MOP and USD deposits increased 3.4 percent and 7.7 percent respectively, while those in ... -
BRIEFS | Special Olympics delegation brings home 87 medals
The local delegation participating in this year’s Special Olympics in Los Angeles has claimed a total of 87 medals, including 35 gold, 24 silver and 28 ... -
BRIEFS | Typhoon signal 1 hoisted
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday raised typhoon signal number 1 as typhoon “Kujira” approaches Hainan Island. SMG had said that raising a higher signal ... -
BRIEFS: EPM launches Open Day
The Portuguese School of Macau (EPM) will be holding an Open Day tomorrow addressing its current student community, prospective students and the public in general, said ... -
BRIEFS: Inflation over 4 pct in January
Macau’s Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January went up by 4.75 percent compared with the same period last year, according to figures released yesterday by ... -
BRIEFS: Vietnam sees rise in exports to Macau
Vietnam’s exports to China’s Hong Kong and Macau grew impressively in 2014, state-run Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported on Friday. The broadcaster quoted the Vietnamese ... -
BRIEFS: Residential mortgage loans rose by 9.7 pct
New residential mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by Macau banks increased 9.7 percent month-on-month, reaching MOP3.7 billion in December. 95.3 percent of these were extended to residents. ... -
BRIEFS: 3 hospitalized after apartment fire
The authorities are still trying to identify a woman who was sent to hospital after being found standing outside a burning residential apartment in Fai Chi ... -
BRIEFS: Cape Verdeans organize disaster relief event
The recently created Association for the Promotion of Cape Verdean Culture is today organizing a cultural event to show solidarity toward the residents of Ilha do ... -
BRIEFS: Sydney – Nagasaki cruise with free stays in Macau, Hong Kong
“Spend one night in cosmopolitan Hong Kong and two nights in the gambling mecca of Macau for free as part of a new holiday package to ...
