20 pct of local youths affected by gambling problems: survey

Over 20 per cent of young local people’s gambling problems may affect their studies, relationships with their families and interpersonal relations, according to a survey conducted by the Bosco Youth Service Network (BYS).A BYS statement said the survey on young people’s gambling problems was conducted last year. A total of 1,108 questionnaires were collected between January and December, 1,036 of which were valid. The respondents were aged between 13 and 21.Addressing a press conference

January 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Man has 30,000 yuan stolen from hotel room

A mainland man’s bag which contained 30,000 yuan (35,000 patacas) went missing from his hotel room on Monday, suspecting a woman he had spent the night with of stealing it, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the suspect was a mainland woman in her twenties while the victim is 49 years old.According to the spokesperson, the victim arrived in Macau on a visitor permit on Saturday. He met the suspect in a casino in Cotai on

January 12, 2017 | BY admin

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All suspects in drug courier case to await trial in jail: official

According to a statement by the Public Prosecution Office (MP) last night, all three suspects who were arrested last month for drug trafficking by having marijuana delivered to Macau from overseas through a courier service, have been remanded in custody.According to previous media reports, two of the suspects are brothers, surnamed Coutinho, who have been identified as the sons of lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho. The remaining suspect is reported to be a local man surnamed Wong.Last night’s MP

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Regulator says new standards for slot machines this year

Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Deputy Director Leong Man Ion said yesterday new standards for slot machines will be out this year.Leong made the remarks yesterday while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of SJM’s Grand Lisboa Palace Dealer Uniform Design Contest Awards Presentation Ceremony at Grand Lisboa.Leong said there was a basket of regulations the bureau is amending, among them the proposed banning of dealers from gambling in casinos, adding that the bureau was

January 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming workers want 5-7 pct pay rise: survey

The findings of a survey conducted by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions show that gaming workers want a 5-to-7 percent pay rise.The federation released the findings yesterday.Leong Sun Iok, a vice-director of the federation, announced the findings of the survey during a press conference at the union’s headquarters in Estrada Marginal do Hipodromo.The union conducted the survey between December 26 and January 6 and collected 7,646 responses from 16,098 gaming workers who had been contacted

January 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for licensing of doormen

The Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) yesterday called for the licensing of doormen employed by the property management sector, with the aim of improving the management service quality for residential buildings.Cheng Son Meng, who heads the association’s Building Affairs Committee, made the remarks when delivering an annual briefing about its work assisting residents in building management issues.The press conference, co-hosted by Cheng and Chon

January 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Land scarcity hinders Macau’s non-gaming revenue growth: analyst

Praveen Choudhary, managing director and head of Hong Kong Property, Hong Kong/China Conglomerates and Asia Gaming Research at Morgan Stanley, said yesterday it was very difficult for Macau to massively increase its non-gaming revenue percentage due to the city’s limited land resources.Macau’s land area covers 30.5 square kilometres.Choudhary made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a press conference at Galaxy Macau about the upcoming 11th G2E Asia gaming expo,

January 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Ball to raise funds to revamp Good Shepherd Sisters Centre

The France Macau Business Association (FMBA) will host its annual gala dinner on Friday, January 20, where it will sell raffle tickets to raise money for Architecture Sans Frontière – Macau (ASFM) to revamp the local Good Shepherd Sisters Centre (GSSC).A press conference was held at MGM Macau yesterday where FMBA Chairman Rutger Verschuren announced details of the gala dinner, themed “Le Grand Bal Masqué de Versailles”, at MGM Macau, the event’s venue partner.Verschuren said that it

January 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Off-duty cop nabs robber

A mainland man was arrested by an off-duty Judiciary Police (PJ) officer yesterday on suspicion of robbing a South Korean tourist of a handbag, a PJ spokesperson said.The spokesperson announced the case during a special conference.The spokesperson said the suspect, surnamed Wang, is a 35-year-old unemployed man.The spokesperson said the PJ officer heard shouting and saw Wang running with a handbag in his hand, when he was walking in Rua Cidade do Porto in Nape early yesterday morning.PLEASE

January 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers, BOC lock horns

The local branch of Bank of China (BOC) has asked the pre-sale buyers of Pearl Horizon flats to pay their mortgages after some of them have refused to pay the monthly instalments, the president of the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, Kou Meng Pok, said yesterday.Speaking to reporters outside the state-owned bank’s Villa de Mer sub-branch after a meeting with BOC representatives, Kou said the buyers would not pay the monthly instalments until there was a breakthrough in the

January 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges Macau to prioritise conferences

Wang Rui, the deputy director general of the Exhibitions and Events Department of the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC), urged Macau yesterday to prioritise the organisation of conferences for which it already has developed special advantages.Wang made the remarks at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape where he co-hosted a press conference about the 13th China Expo Forum for International Co-operation (CEFCO 2017).Wang said there was a raft of advantages in Macau to

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Re-appointed official vows to promote Sino-PSC platform measures

Echo Chan Keng Hong, the re-appointed deputy secretary-general of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), said yesterday she was glad that she has been re-appointed to the post after she resigned in late 2015.Chan said her important tasks would include pushing for the implementation of the various support measures announced by the central government last year.Chan made the remarks while speaking to

January 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Death education promotes quality of life: scholar

The goal of death education is to encourage people to live a better life, and it should be popularised in Macau, Kiang Wu Nursing College (KWNC) Professor Michelle Zhu Mingxia, who is in-charge of the college’s death education course, said yesterday.According to Wikipedia, death education – scientifically known as thanatology – is education about death that focuses on the human and emotional aspects of death.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily during an interview at the college yesterday,

January 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Union calls for gaming workers’ pay rise

Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association (MGESA) Secretary General Kelvin Choi Kam Fu said yesterday that a recent survey conducted by his union showed that the city’s gaming workers want their salaries to be raised by five to seven percent this year.The union is affiliated with the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), the city’s biggest labour union.Choi made the remarks on the sidelines of a press conference about the federation’s upcoming 2017 Union Day

January 10, 2017 | BY admin

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