Mainlander gets HK$59,000 with ‘DIY’ bank cards: police

A mainlander has confessed to making his own bank cards with which he managed to withdraw a total of HK$59,000 from a number of a local bank’s automated teller machines (ATMs), the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press conference yesterday.According to a PJ spokesman, the 30-year-old suspect, surnamed Liu, claimed to be unemployed. He was nabbed on Saturday at the Barrier Gate checkpoint when he was about to leave Macau.The spokesman said that PJ officials received a report from

September 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Initial design of 4th bridge to cost 75 million patacas

The initial design project for the fourth bridge connecting the peninsula and Taipa will cost over 75 million patacas, according to the Official Gazette (BO).The gazette yesterday showed that the government has granted the initial design project to Beijing-based CCCC Highway Consultants Company Limited for a fee of 75.19 million patacas. The same company is working on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project.Macau currently has three bridges that connect the peninsula and Taipa, the oldest

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Councillors call for higher Nam Van govt buildings

Several members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday urged the government to consider constructing government buildings on a plot in Nam Van that would be higher than what it proposed.Yesterday’s meeting, held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), included a discussion of the proposed legal conditions for the plot where the government proposes to erect a 18-metre-tall building and another 25.9-metre-tall building which would include an exhibition hall, a convention centre

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Urban planning councillors oppose Nam Van central library project

Several members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council yesterday rejected the government’s proposal to turn the Old Courthouse in Nam Van into the city’s new central library. While they agreed that a new central library is needed in Macau, they questioned whether it is the right location for it.Several councillors made their opposition known during a regular meeting of the council.Pedestrians walk outside the Old Courthouse in Nam Van yesterday. – Photo: Debby SengPLEASE

September 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Local nabbed for hammer attack

A local man was arrested on Sunday for attacking another man with a hammer, a spokesperson for the Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Ieng, is in his forties, while the victim, surnamed Leong, is in his fifties, the spokesperson said. The spokesperson said the victim suffered slight injuries to various parts of the body, adding that the victim had meanwhile been discharged from hospital.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

September 6, 2016 | BY admin

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Travel agencies call for Beijing Imperial Hotel probe

The currently mothballed Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel is suspected of having cheated 30 travel agencies by overselling hotel rooms to the tune of over HK$250 million, Macau Travel Industry Council President Andy Wu Keng Kuong said at a press conference yesterday.The ad hoc group, loosely translated as Victims Group, consists of travel agencies from Macau, Hong Kong and the mainland, as well as some individuals, who had booked the guestrooms, according to Paul Wong Fai, the organiser of the

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Group promotes health benefits of breastfeeding

Many residents in Macau are still not receptive to the practice of mothers breastfeeding in public places, Macau Breastfeeding Association President Edith Long I Man said yesterday, urging local residents to accept mothers feeding their babies in the way which, she said, is much more beneficial to the child’s development than infant formula.Long spoke to The Macau Post Daily at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf where her association held a sharing session between mothers who breastfeed their

September 5, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt grants The Parisian 150 tables

The government has authorised The Parisian to install 150 gaming tables until over three phases until 2018, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Saturday.Leong, whose portfolio oversees the gaming industry, made the remarks on the sidelines of a public function, responding to reporters’ questions. According to Leong, Sands’ The Parisian has been authorised to start with 100 mass-market gaming tables when it opens on September 13, to be followed by an

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Govt reaffirms ‘One China’ stance vis-à-vis Taiwan

The government said in a statement last night that it would always defend the “One China” stance and principle. The government also said that concerning all questions and matters related to Taiwan it would always defend the “One China” principle, based on the fact that Macau is a special administrative region ruled by the “One Country, Two Systems” principle. The government said it issued the statement in response to requests for clarification by some local media companies

September 5, 2016 | BY admin

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Protesters call for more public transport choices

Participants in a protest rally yesterday in support of Uber urged the government to introduce “more choices” of public transport to Macau and authorise Uber’s ride-hailing app service. The US-based global ride-hailing giant said in a statement on August 22 that it may suspend its local service on September 9. The protest rally was organised by the grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI). It aimed to urge the government to allow Uber’s continued operation in

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Uber row divides forum

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum were starkly divided on whether Uber’s operation should be allowed in Macau. Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San, one of the five guest speakers, said that as it wasn’t technically difficult to draft legislation to regulate ride-hailing app operators like Uber, it was obvious that the government isn’t considering drafting legislation for such operators and just intends to maintain the “status quo” of the city’s

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Macau has ‘high chance’ of imported Zika cases

After Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong recently confirmed cases of the Zika virus, the director of the local Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Lam Chong, has warned that the chance of Macau getting imported Zika cases is “quite high”.Lam made the comment on the sidelines of a session about the Zika virus, such as test procedures, observation methods and prevention measures, for medical practitioners from the private and public sectors on Friday.With more confirmed Zika cases

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Group marks 60th anniversary by showing late members’ work

The Macau Museum of Art (MAM) and the Macau Artists Society are co-hosting an exhibition to mark the group’s 60th anniversary.The exhibition comprises 60 pieces of artwork created by 36 of its late members, at the Macau Handover Gifts Museum in Nape.Founded in 1956, the group is one of the most influential associations of its kind in Macau and has made a remarkable contribution to local art development, according to the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) webpage.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

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Casinos end 26-month revenue drop

Macau’s casinos last month reversed their 26-month slump in gaming revenue as new resorts, including one by Wynn Resorts, attracted visits from mass-market gamblers.Casino shares rose in Asia and the US yesterday as investors now look to see whether Macau’s gaming operators can sustain the momentum through the mainland’s National Day holiday week starting on October 1.  Gross gaming revenue rose 1.1 percent year-on-year in August to 18.8 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and

September 2, 2016 | BY admin

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