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Month: November 2013

Lynn triumphs in tense Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix (SPORTS)

Lynn triumphs in tense Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix (SPORTS)

British pilot Alex Lynn won the 2013 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, beating Portuguese António Félix da Costa in a tense encounter.   Barely more than a second covered the pair throughout the second half of the race, Lynn showing nerves of steel to take his first win in Macau at just his second attempt. […]
Ian Hutchinson won Motorcycle Macau Grand Prix.

Ian Hutchinson won Motorcycle Macau Grand Prix.

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Ian Hutchinson won Saturday the 47th Motorcycle Macau GP. The Englishman fended off Michael Rutter and Gary Johnson to secure his first win at the 3.8-mile Guia Street Circuit. “It’s probably one of the most special wins I’ve ever had with what’s gone on in the last few years, but hopefully now I […]
Graft buster says city’s public bus system is ‘illegal’

Graft buster says city’s public bus system is ‘illegal’

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a report Thursday that the city’s three bus operators are operating “illegally,” based on a service provider system set up by the government in 2011 that, according to the report, amounted to a “serious violation” of the public interest. The graft-buster urged the government to void the city’s […]
Nearly 8 million hotel guests in 9 months

Nearly 8 million hotel guests in 9 months

Macau’s 98 hotels and guesthouses welcomed 7.99 million guests in the first nine months of this year, an increase of 13.9 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Thursday. At the end of September, Macau’s hospitality industry provided 27,807 guestrooms, up 6.7 percent from a year earlier, of which 5-star hotels accounted for […]
Chui says emotions, luxury flats fuel property market

Chui says emotions, luxury flats fuel property market

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Wednesday that the price of private property was high which, however, could not just be linked to “some basic factors”. Chui also said it was a fact that the local property market is currently ruled by emotions, luxury flatsdominate the market, and buyers prefer to invest in property […]
Customs bust 5 pharmacies for selling bogus Dove body lotions

Customs bust 5 pharmacies for selling bogus Dove body lotions

The Macau Customs Service announced Wedensday in a press conference that officers had seized 1,430 counterfeit Dove body lotions from five pharmacies and a storage lock-up, collaring three men and five women. A Customs Service spokesperson told The Macau Post Daily that the Consumer Council referred complaints from the general public to officers, indicating that […]
Chui vows to set ratio for local casino staff in managerial positions

Chui vows to set ratio for local casino staff in managerial positions

Chief Executive Chui Sai On said  Tuesday that the government would study the feasibility of setting a ratio for local employees working in managerial positions in the city’s casinos. Chui also that the government would make a deal with Macau’s six gaming operators to make sure that local casino employees be given more professional training […]
Population reaches almost 600,000

Population reaches almost 600,000

Macau’s population reached 598,200 at the end of the September, an increase of 6,300 from the end of June,  the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Monday. The city’s population has gone up by 36.5 percent since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in December 1999, when the population stood at 438,100. […]
SME reps urge govt to simplify hiring of non-locals

SME reps urge govt to simplify hiring of non-locals

About 40 businesspeople from a number of associations representing different sectors of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) urged the government Thursday to simplify the hiring of non-local workers. They also expressed their opposition to the Federation of Labour Unions’ recent call for a specific law to ban non-locals from working in certain sectors. The businesspeople […]
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