Kou elected president of legislature with over 90 pct of votes

Veteran lawmaker-cum-business executive Kou Hoi In was elected president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) by his peers yesterday, with 90. 6 percent of the votes cast, succeeding chief executive hopeful Ho Iat Seng who resigned from the legislature early this month.Following Ho’s resignation, the legislature currently has 32 members.Yesterday’s plenary session, in which the 32 lawmakers elected their new president, was chaired by Legislative Assembly Vice President Chui Sai

July 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Man admits to groping woman’s bottom on bus

A local woman in her twenties reported a man to the police after he had allegedly groped her buttocks while on a bus, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Ho Ka Kit said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the incident took place on Monday while the woman was on the bus heading from Avenida de Horta e Costa to Avenida do Almirante Lacerda.Ho said that the suspect, surnamed Chen, is a non-resident worker from the mainland in his thirties, who told the police that he’s a

July 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Wong fires officer for slot machine fraud

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has ordered the dismissal of a Public Security Police (PSP) officer for cheating a casino out of money by modifying slot machines in the casino with a blank card so that he or she could always win money, according to an announcement released by Wong’s office yesterday.The announcement did not name the casino.The rogue cop had worked as a slot machine technician before joining the police, according to the announcement, which did not mention when he joined

July 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Fire incidents drop 3.88 pct in 1H

The number of fire incidents decreased 3.88 percent between January and June year-on-year, illustrating the increase in fire safety awareness, Fire Services Bureau (CB) Assistant Chief Cheong Chi Wang told a press conference about the fire brigade’s work in the first half of the year.Cheong pointed out that most common causes of fire are electrical equipment short circuits and people forgetting to turn off gas stoves.The bureau held the conference at its headquarters in Sai Van district.Fire

July 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Police arrest 2 pimps of Russian & Venezuelan ‘masseuses’

The police arrested two suspected pimps from the mainland of three “masseuses” working in local saunas, one from Russia and two from Venezuela, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the first suspect is surnamed Qiao who is in his twenties. The second suspect is surnamed Li who is about 35-years-old. The three “masseuses” are in their twenties and thirties.Ho referred to the women as “masseuses”.This

July 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Schedule of by-election procedures is ready: govt

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission Elections (CAEAL) announced yesterday the schedule for the by-election of a vacant business-sector seat in the Legislative Assembly, according to a statement by the Government Information Bureau (GCS).The statement was released after the commission’s first regular meeting. The commission was set up on Tuesday.According to the statement, the by-election is scheduled to be held on November 24 to fill one of the four indirectly-elected seats

July 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt vows to continue crackdown on online gambling

The government has been cracking down on illegal online gambling and will continue to do so, resulting in over 300 websites being shut down between 2016 and last year, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday.Chan pointed out that many of the now defunct websites had illegally used the name of Macau.Chan’s bureau, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) and the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming (ISCG) at University of Macau (UM)

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Shop manager steals HK$1.65 million from own shop, female friend helps

A jewellery shop manager was questioned at a police station on Monday about the theft of HK$1.65 million in cash from his shop in Zape, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Lei, the 34-year-old local suspect is surnamed Chan. He told the police that he works as a manager of a jewellery shop in a shopping mall of a hotel in Zape. The female accomplice is from Jiangxi province. Her personal information was not

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt launches mobile app for extreme weather warning

The government’s civil protection structure introduced a mobile application and an official WeChat account yesterday for users to receive details of weather hazards and information about public transport, shelters and schools during extreme weather conditions.The announcement for the new application was made by Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun yesterday during a press conference by the government’s civil protection structure – which consists of 29 government

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Weather station issues heat stroke warning

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) issued yesterday a heat stroke warning.According to an SMG statement yesterday evening, a tropical depression to the east of the Philippines has intensified into a tropical storm, named Danas. The statement said that Danas was expected to move towards the north of the Philippines and Taiwan. “Affected by its outer subsidence air, it will be very hot in Macau in the next few days,” the statement said, adding that the maximum temperate will be

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui swears in by-election’s affairs commission’s 6 members

The six members of the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission took their oaths of office during a ceremony conducted by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On at Government Headquarters yesterday.The commission will oversee the by-election for the business sector’s seat in the Legislative Assembly (AL) which will be held on November 24.The indirect election by the city’s business sector constituency will be held in the wake of chief executive hopeful Ho Iat Seng’s resignation

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Wushu Masters Challenge attracts more teams from B&R, GBA

The city’s fourth Wushu Masters Challenge, slated to take place from August 1 to 4 will spotlight major wushu competitions and performances, as well as a string of workshops, a wushu summer festival and other activities.The joint organisers – the Sports Bureau (ID) and Wushu General Association of Macau (WGAM) – announced the programme during a press conference at the Macau Science Centre in Nape yesterday.The Cultural Industries Fund, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Cultural

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Group says lockers quickest way to tackle overweight schoolbags

Installing lockers and bookshelves in classrooms or in school corridors are the best short-term solution to tackle the overweight schoolbag issue that local pupils are suffering from, Macau Jiangmen Communal Society Executive Vice President Carmen Lo Choi In said yesterday.Lo made the comments in a media briefing on the association’s premises in the Chamber of Commerce Building, following the recent discussion about heavy schoolbags at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ).According

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Local couple help overseas gang’s HK$630,000 love scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local couple on Monday for working with an overseas gang which had cheated a local woman out of HK$630,000 in a love scam by receiving the ill-gotten money in their bank accounts and then transferring the money to bank accounts overseas used by the gang, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson did not explain why the couple assisted the gang in cheating the victim.The spokesperson identified the male suspect as a

July 17, 2019 | BY admin

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