February 23, 2008The Macau government has selected seven international companies to present proposals for consultation on the first phase of construction of the light railway that is due to be finished in 2011, officials said Thursday.
Extending over 20 kilometers, the light railway is expected to cost around 4.2 billion patacas (US$525 million).
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February 20, 2008[ April 25, 2008 8:00 pm to April 27, 2008 8:00 pm. ] “Art”, one of the most awarded and accomplished theatre comedies in the world, is set to be staged at the Macau Cultural Centre in April.
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January 31, 2008The Macau government put its proposal for a law to regulate the real estate brokerage sector out to public consultation, which will require agents to be registered and to pass an examination.
The Macau real estate sector has attracted real estate agencies from Hong Kong to Macau and led to the opening of several specialized companies, which will now be subject to regulation.
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January 30, 2008The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, said he believed that the verdict passed today by the Court of Final Appeal on Ao Man Long, a former official, was just.
This was the CE reaction to the news that Macau’s highest-level official ever convicted of corruption was sentenced to 27 years in prison Wednesday for taking contract kickbacks in the construction boom that’s turning the Chinese gambling enclave into a Las Vegas-style vacation destination.
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January 24, 2008The Macau Government is to come down hard on the employment of illegal workers by increasing penalties of up to 1.5 million patacas or three years imprisonment.
These proposals, discussed by the Executive Council and contained in a bill to be sent to the Legislative Assembly, are aimed at regulating the employment of imported labour.
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January 11, 2008Yesterday’s grand opening of the Macau International Jewellery and Watch Fair on the Cotai Strip was invaded by two purported buyers who allegedly swapped a genuine three-carat diamond with a replica.
The stall holder soon realised the switch and called the Judiciary Police who arrested the pair.
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December 25, 2007As was about to happen sooner or later, the Venetian Macao has won the title of having the first murder case at its Cotai Strip Casino. The 39-year-old Mainland woman linked to the Venetian fire was established by the Judiciary Police as having been strangled. Police arrested the alleged murderer on Friday before he managed to leave Macau. The woman also died that day, two days after the fire that broke out at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel on Wednesday.
The suspect was a 38-year-old surnamed Tan who traveled to Macau from China’s Zhuhai city on a Chinese pass on December 12. The Mainland man had already admitted to police that he had murdered the woman in the hotel room as he was unable to repay a US$25,000(200,000 Pataca) loan after gambling the money away, police spokesman Choi Iat Peng said.
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December 22, 2007
MacauDailyBlog.com like to wish our readers a wonderful festive season and great 2008. We ourselves will be busy, thanks to the continued increase and support from our loyal readers and to offer them faster site, and going to move our site to a new server over the holiday period.
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