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Macau’s visitor arrivals up 2 pct year-on-year in October

Macau’s visitor arrivals up 2 pct year-on-year in October

Macau’s visitor arrivals increased by 2 percent year-on-year to 2,394,195 in October 2013, according to figures released on Friday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Of all the arrivals in October, 53 percent spent only one day. The average length of stay of visitors held stable from a year earlier at 1.0 day, […]
Manny Pacquiao defeated Brandon Rios em Macau

Manny Pacquiao defeated Brandon Rios em Macau

Manny Pacquiao defeated Brandon Rios by unanimous decision early Sunday to take the WBO international welterweight title and return to his winning ways after consecutive losses. Returning to the ring after almost a year’s absence, Pacquiao wore Rios down with his trademark combination punching and won 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 on the scorecards at The […]
HOS flats nearly 8 times oversubscribed

HOS flats nearly 8 times oversubscribed

The Housing Bureau (IH) announced Wednesday a list of 12,098 applicants for just 1,544 one-bedroom home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats in Seac Pai Van in Coloane, an oversubscription of about eight times the number on offer. The bureau said in a statement cited by The Macau Post Daily that it accepted 12,098 applicants from the 15,031 […]
Unlucky Korean gambler caught for killing spree threat

Unlucky Korean gambler caught for killing spree threat

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has caught an unemployed South Korean gambler for threatening the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) that he would go on a killing spree if the office did not give him a flight ticket to South Korea after losing all his money in local casinos. A PJ spokesperson said in a special […]
Drug trafficking crimes up between January and September

Drug trafficking crimes up between January and September

The number of criminal cases uncovered by police authorities in Macau rose by 8.9 percent between January and September this year. In a press conference held on Friday, the Secretary for Security, Cheong Kuok Va, also revealed that drug trafficking crimes have increased by 94.7 percent, with 89 more registered cases in comparison to last […]
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 […]
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