iFood to help local brands vie in Oscars of China hotel industry

One-stop dining management company iFood Macau is expecting to recommend about 100 brands to represent Macau in the China Hotel Golden Horse Awards which will take place in Hainan on March 22.iFood Macau held a press conference with representatives from the China Hotel Golden Horse Awards on Friday to officially start the nomination and evaluation process for the Macau region.The China Hotel Golden Horse Awards are likened to the ‘Oscar’ of the China hotel industry. Brands are nominated

February 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs officer nabbed for cheating friend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested an officer of the Macau Customs Service on Tuesday for cheating his friend out of HK$200,000, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the alleged fraud involved a bank loan for the purchase of a car.Ho identified the suspect as a 38-year-old local man surnamed Choi, who joined the Customs Service in 1998. Choi and the victim have been friends since secondary school.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Deputy weather chief quits

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has approved Florence Leong Ka Cheng’s request to resign from her post as the bureau’s vice-director effective from March 1, according to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The weather bureau has a director and a vice-director.The announcement, signed by SMG Director Raymond Tam Vai Man earlier this month, stated that Leong had requested the “termination of her appointment” as the bureau’s vice-director

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs officers bust 3 IIs, 1 ‘snakehead’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers recently busted two illegal immigration cases.On Saturday night, officers of the Customs Service on patrol along the coast saw a suspicious boat moving towards the oil depot at Ka Ho on the north-eastern shore of Coloane. The officers informed their superiors of the situation and a Customs Service speedboat was deployed to intercept the vessel, according to the statement.The statement said that customs officers caught a

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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600 Macau cars get green light for HK: govt

The Macau government has announced that 600 permits will be issued for Macau-registered private vehicles to travel to and from Hong Kong once the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge opens.Among the 600 permits under the cross-border initiative, a total of 500 will be valid for one year, while the other 100 will have a six-month validity.The regular quota for Hong Kong private vehicles entering Macau via the delta bridge has been set at 300 permits, each with a three-year validity.PLEASE READ

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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II nabbed in illegal inn: police

The police on Monday caught two mainlanders, one for having entered Macau illegally and the other for running an illegal inn, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lei Wa Seong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspects as a woman from Shanxi province in her 20s surnamed Wang and a man from Henan province in his 30s surnamed Liu, with both claiming to be unemployed.Lei said that the police recently received a tip-off about an illegal immigrant staying in a

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Melco raises wages up to 8.1 pct

Melco Resorts & Entertainment announced yesterday that a one-month discretionary bonus has been paid to all eligible non-management staff in the run-up to the Chinese New Year.The gaming company also said that effective April 1; all eligible non-management employees will receive a salary increase ranging from 2.5 percent to 8.1 percent “in recognition for their hard work and contribution to the company”.Effective April 1, all eligible full-time, non-management staff earning a monthly

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Body found floating near Barra bus terminal

A female corpse was found yesterday floating in the harbour near the bus terminal in Barra, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ).According to the statement, the body was discovered by a local man at around 1 p.m. yesterday while he was sailing off Barra. He called 999.The Customs Service sent a boat to the scene and the body was pulled from harbour and taken aboard the vessel. The corpse was then taken to the Customs Service base in Ilha Verde.The statement said that the

February 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Fitch upgrades Macau to AA – ‘stable outlook’

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Macau’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to AA from AA-, pointing out that “the outlook is stable”.Fitch Ratings Hong Kong announced the upgrade in a statement yesterday. The upgrade has lifted Macau to the agency’s second highest rating for Long-Term Foreign Currency IDRs.According to the US agency’s Rating Definitions, “IDRs opine on an entity’s relative vulnerability to default on financial obligations.”PLEASE READ THE FULL

February 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Man caught for embezzling dad’s cash: police

A man from the mainland was arrested last Thursday for embezzling his father’s money, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho noted that the suspect is a 29-year-old driver surnamed Li while the victim is his father, both from Shanghai.According to Ho, on the evening of September 16 last year, the two were visiting Macau and went to a casino in Nape. Before entering the casino to gamble, the victim left his bag with HK$80,000 cash in it

February 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Police bust HK man for drug trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong yesterday for selling drugs in Macau, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference.Ho identified the suspect as a 26-year-old surnamed Kung.According to Ho, the police recently received a tip-off that a Hong Kong man had been hired by a drug-trafficking gang there to sell drugs in Macau. After investigating, PJ officers identified Kung as the suspect.Cocaine, cash and a mobile phone seized from the Hong Kong suspect are

February 14, 2018 | BY admin

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2 jewellery shop staff nabbed over missing HK$2 million

Two local men have been arrested over the disappearance of HK$2 million in cash from a jewellery shop in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspects as a 25-year-old manager surnamed Wong and a 46-year-old staff member surnamed Yip.According to Ho, the victim, who is from the mainland, opened the jewellery shop in Cotai in 2016. Late last year, he realised that operating cash of HK$2 million had gone missing. He

February 14, 2018 | BY admin

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MGM COTAI vows more non-gaming options

MGM China Co-Chairperson and Executive Director Pansy Ho Chiu-king said yesterday that the gaming operator was prepared for the nation’s new development and opportunities with the opening of its 27-billion-pataca MGM COTAI integrated resort providing new tourism experiences.Ho made the comments while delivering a speech during a press conference at MGM COTAI prior to the property’s opening ceremony later in the evening, which was attended by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.Ho said that

February 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Old Courthouse arsonist taken to psychiatric centre

The police yesterday solved the high-profile case in which a woman poured paraffin outside the Old Courthouse in Nam Van on Monday. The woman was taken to the Health Bureau’s psychiatric centre in Taipa for treatment after police officers found her in her family home yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the woman as a 32-year-old unemployed local resident surnamed Chu.At around 4 p.m. on Monday, a passer-by saw a woman – Chu – pouring

February 14, 2018 | BY admin

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