Woman cheated out of over 2 million patacas in lottery scheme

The police arrested a woman from the mainland last Saturday for cheating a female compatriot out of over two million patacas by persuading the victim to put money into a scheme for them to jointly run a lottery website, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 38-year-old surnamed Weng who told the police that she is unemployed. The victim is a businesswoman in her thirties.According to Leng, the suspect decided

February 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Health Bureau says overseas eye surgery for local domestic violence victim ‘very risky’

In a special press conference yesterday evening, the Health Bureau (SSM) defended its decision not to grant financial aid to a victim of severe domestic violence to undergo specialist surgery outside Macau to restore her eyesight.SSM Director Lei Chin Ion said that surgery was not the best option for the victim to have her eyesight restored, irrespective of where the operation is carried out.Lei did not recommend surgery, but neither did he recommend any other solution to the condition.Conde de

February 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Macao Water vows to ‘optimise’ its facilities

Macao Water will continue to “optimise” its facilities, the company’s executive director, Nacky Kuan Sio Peng, promised yesterday. Kuan made the pledge in a speech during the public utility’s Media Spring luncheon at Macau Tower. The event was attended by dozens of representatives of Macau’s Chinese-, English and Portuguese-language print and broadcasting media. Kuan said she expected that construction of the fourth raw water pipe from the mainland to Macau will be completed in

February 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Scholar vows local colleges will nurture more talents for GBA

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) Vice-President Lei Ngan Lin said yesterday that for local tertiary education institutions to better participate in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), nurturing more talents was the key.Lei made the remarks in her opening speech at the Youth Form for the Planning Guidelines for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) hosted by the institute on its campus in Zape yesterday.A symposium on the

February 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust loan-sharking gang, nab 71 suspects

The police arrested 71 men and women on Saturday for their alleged involvement in a loan-sharking gang controlled by a triad organisation, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a special press conference yesterday.Leng did not name the triad organisation that controlled the gang.According to Leng, the 71 suspects are from Macau, Hong Kong, the mainland, and Thailand, comprising 60 males and 11 females, aged from 23 to 65 years.One of the suspects, a 53-year-old mainlander

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui to visit Beijing for GBA talks, NPC opening

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, will travel on Thursday to Beijing to attend a meeting on Friday of the central government’s leading group for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, Chui will also attend next Tuesday’s opening of the second session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC). While in the national capital, Chui will meet

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Non-resident workers exceed 188,000

Macau’s number of non-resident workers rose by 4.3 percent year-on-year to 188,321 at the end of last month, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) announced yesterday, citing immigration statistics from the Public Security Police (PSP).According to the data, mainlanders accounted for 62 percent of the total number of imported labour. The number of non-resident workers from the Philippines stood at 31,924, the second-biggest imported labour segment. Other major segments came from Vietnam (15,267),

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Taipa Ferry Terminal’s 3rd phase starts: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the third-phase construction of the Taipa Ferry Terminal has get off the ground, which will have a passage connected to the restricted area of the adjacent airport.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Plaza Restaurant in Zape on the sidelines of a reception hosted by the Macau Women’s General Association (commonly known as Fu Luen) to celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day on March

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Beauty therapist loses HK$150,000 in online love scam: police

A local beauty therapist has fallen victim to an online love scam, in which she lost HK$150,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng said that the victim surnamed Chao is a beauty therapist in her forties. According to Leng, Chao told the police that she met a man who told her that he was an engineer from the US through an online social platform last month, after which they started an online relationship and stayed in touch

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Joint Hengqin checkpoint to use new clearance mode: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak reaffirmed yesterday that a new mode of clearance based on the so-called “joint inspection and one-time release” principle will be adopted at the future mainland-Macau joint checkpoint on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai.Under this new customs and immigration clearance system, travellers are required to pass border controls only once when completing their departure and arrival formalities.The policy secretary described the relocation of Macau’s Lotus Flower

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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PJ officer suspended for ‘unexplained wealth’

A Judiciary Police (PJ) officer has been suspended for the possession of unexplained wealth, the website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said yesterday.The Secretariat for Security uploaded yesterday an update on the progress of the handling of the case, which was first revealed by the office on its website in April 2015.The website said yesterday that the Judiciary Police have completed a disciplinary procedure against the officer, and Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak ordered the

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab 70 from ‘triad-backed’ loan-sharking ring

The police have detained 70 men and women for their alleged involvement in a loan-sharking racket “controlled by a triad organisation”, a message from the Judiciary Police (PJ) said last night.The message said that details of the case would be released in a press conference today.

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Chan in Beijing to discuss transfer of convicts

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Soi Fan will lead a delegation to the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing this week to discuss cooperation in the mutual transfer of convicts, Chan’s office said in a statement yesterday. The four-day working visit begins today. According to the statement, the delegation will also be briefed on the development of “smart courts” on the mainland. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Visitors’ non-gaming spending rises 13.6 pct in 2018

Visitors’ non-gaming spending rose by 13.6 percent to 69.7 billion patacas last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Overnight visitors’ non-gaming spending grew by 13 percent to 56.2 billion patacas. Same-day visitors’ non-gaming spending rose by 16.2 percent to 13.4 billion patacas. Visitors’ per capita non-gaming spending rose by 3.5 percent to 1,946 patacas last year. Mainlanders’ per capita non-gaming spending grew by 1.8 percent to 2,242 patacas,

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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