Ex-chief prosecutor says needed to rent villa, denies running criminal group

Standing accused of spending public funds on renting a villa in Coloane for his personal use, former ex-chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng insisted yesterday that it was necessary to rent the mansion in Coloane to entertain important guests and officials from outside Macau when they visited the Public Prosecution Office (MP).Ho made the remarks in his defence on the second day of his trial by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday.The trial is taking place in front of a panel of three judges,

December 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Nursing college to provide dementia tests

Urging the public to pay more attention to dementia, the private Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau (KWNC) announced yesterday that it will provide free cognitive tests to detect the disease in the elderly.Addressing an on-campus press conference in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, KWNC President Florence Van Iat Kio said the college would collaborate with the Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation and the Macau Alzheimer’s Disease Association (MADA) to provide the test at three elderly

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Wynn donates 500,000 patacas to Tung Sin Tong

Wynn has made a 500,000-pataca donation to the local Tung Sin Tong Charitable Society, and a cheque presentation ceremony was held at Wynn Palace in Cotai yesterday.Wynn Macau President and Executive Director Ian Michael Coughlan, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director Linda Chen and Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace Vice President of Communications Katharine Liu as well as a delegation from Tung Sin Tong including Chui Sai Cheong, the organisation’s president, and Deborah Vong, a member of

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2 Taiwanese nabbed at airport with weapons

Two men from Taiwan were caught at the airport on Sunday morning for attempting to carry prohibited weapons, a telescopic stick and five stun guns, onto an aircraft, a spokesperson for the Public Security Police (PSP) announced yesterday.The spokesperson said one of the suspects, surnamed Huang, is an unemployed man in his forties while the other suspect, surnamed Chang, is a businessman in his fifties. The spokesperson said that although the suspects were booked on the same flight the two

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Over 60 pct less than 3 years in current job: survey

According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Macau Management Association (MMA) which were released at a press conference yesterday, 60.8 percent of the respondents have been in their current job for less than three years.The association conducted the survey about local residents’ job mobility between August and October by choosing people randomly in the streets to provide answers to questionnaires, 1,308 of which were valid.Over half of the respondents were between 21 to 30 years

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Ex-chief prosecutor says accusations are ‘unfactual’

Former ex-chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng insists that the accusations against him are “unfactual”. Ho made the remarks on the first day of his trial by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) on Friday.Ho also denied that he rented office space using public funds for his personal use.  Ho is being tried for over 1,500 charges, including alleged fraud, abuse of power, money laundering, illicit participation in business activities, document forgery and membership of a criminal organisation.A

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More than half of film-fest tickets for sale: chief

More than half of the 1st Macau International Film Festival and Awards’ (IFFAM) tickets could be bought by members of the public, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday.Fernandes, who heads the festival after internationally renowned “festival maker” Marco Mueller abruptly quit last month, told reporters on the sidelines of yesterday’s ‘Walk for a Million’ charity event that about 10 percent of the tickets had been reserved for

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Govt to review rules on self-defence guns: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday the government would consider reviewing the regulations on owning firearms for self-defence and requiring all firearm owners to submit their handgun’s ballistic fingerprint record.Wong made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual ‘Walk for a Million’ charity event.Commenting on the 58-year-old retired custom officer who committed suicide with a handgun on Friday in Taipa, Wong said he was upset about the officer’s death, adding that

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LRT peninsula route shouldn’t be decided yet: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario insisted yesterday that the government won’t give up its plan to build the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system also on the Macau peninsula, but he was quick to add that the route should not be decided yet.  Rosario made the remarks while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual ‘Walk for a Million’ charity event in Nape. “The Taipa section [of the LRT] linking Seac Pai Van and Barra takes priority over the

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Withdrawal cap aims to stabilise financial system: Leong

Aiming to stabilise Macau’s financial system and cash flow, the government has set the limit per ATM withdrawal with bank cards issued in the mainland at 5,000 patacas or HK$5,000, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday.Mainland-issued credit cards’ local cap on withdrawals took effect on Friday. The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced the measure on Friday in a statement, saying that the daily cap and annual limit on withdrawals remains unchanged

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KK wins belt in 10th fight of his career with KO in 2nd round

Saturday night in Fuqing, Ng “The Macau Kid” Kuok Kun – aka KK – took on Thailand’s Weerachit Kitee in his 10th professional fight with a China Professional Boxing Union (CBPU) belt on the line.True to form KK KO’d Weerchat in 1.28 minutes of the second round and came home having achieved a goal.It’s the first time that KK has been able to challenge for a belt of any type and the fact that he was not fighting in Macau or Hong Kong was bittersweet for many of his fans.KK reacts as

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Japan lifting casino ban won’t greatly impact Macau: scholar

A green light for casinos to operate in Japan is unlikely to have a significant impact on the gaming industry in Macau, Davis Fong Ka Chio, who heads the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming at the University of Macau (UM), said this week.Fong made the remarks in an interview with The Macau Post Daily on Wednesday in his office on the UM campus in Hengqin.The lower house of Japan’s bicameral parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to lift the country’s longstanding ban on casino

December 9, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to cut unnecessary outlays: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng promised yesterday that the government will cut unnecessary expenditures and only approve funds for projects that benefit the city.Tam made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a charity event held by the Macau IN Volunteers Group at the airport.Tam said the government had decided to subsidise the 3rd Cross-Strait Summit of Nursing Forum & Seminar which begins today because about 88 percent of the participating

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Govt expects legislation on carrier bag charges next year

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) says that the government is drafting a bill on the implementation of plastic shopping bag charges, and that it expects the bill to go through a legislative process next year.The bureau made the announcement in a formal reply to a written interpellation by legislator Zheng Anting made in October. A copy of the reply was released to the media yesterday.In late August, the bureau published a public consultation report on the possible implementation of

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