Firefighters remove loose 15th floor window

Firefighters were deployed to remove a loose window at a residential building near Hotel President in Zape yesterday afternoon.According to a spokesman for the Public Security Police (PSP), the Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a report yesterday that an aluminium-framed window was at risk of falling from a flat on the 15th floor of the building. The Fire Services Bureau deployed several firefighters and a fire engine to remove the window.Some police officers warned people not to get near to

March 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Police now have mobile police stations: commissioner

Public Security Police (PSP) Commissioner Leong Man Cheong said yesterday that the police started to use a number of mobile police stations in popular tourist spots last month.Leong made the remarks while delivering a speech during a dinner that marked the 327th anniversary of the establishment of the police force on March 14, 1691, at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.Leong did not specify the exact locations where the mobile police stations are located.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak

March 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Local athletes launch Parisian’s ‘Light The Night Run’

The Parisian Macao will be holding the Light The Night Run at the Eiffel Tower replica in Cotai on April 28, and yesterday the US gaming company kicked off the charitable event by getting local athletes, boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK and triathlete Chi Wai Kuok, to run the 750 steps up to the 37th floor observation deck finish line.Before the runners set off there was a show with dancers twirling light swords accompanied by a violinist and speeches by Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying Wai and

March 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt urges public to avoid beaches over ‘black substance’

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) urged the public yesterday not to go to the city’s two beaches as a “black substance” had been found there.According to a DSAMA statement, the “black substance” arrived with the tide and was spotted on the sand at Hac Sa Beach on Sunday and Cheoc Van Beach yesterday, adding that Macau Waste System Company (CSR) staff were still cleaning up the beaches yesterday. A notice was also put up at the two beaches in Coloane advising beachgoers to stay off

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Infrastructure chief passes away

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that its director Chau Vai Man passed away as the result of an illness on Tuesday last week.The statement said that the staff of the office have expressed their deep sadness and conveyed their condolences to the bereaved family.The statement said that the home page of the GDI website will be in black and white until Friday.Infrastructure Development Office Director (GDI) Chau Vai Man addresses a press conference in

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Man tries to blackmail owner of lost phone: police

A man from the mainland has been arrested for keeping a mobile phone a passenger left on a bus and then trying to blackmail him, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said yesterday during a regular press conference.According to Fong, the suspect is a 38-year-old decorator from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, surnamed Huang. The victim, Gou, is a 20-year-old man from the mainland studying at a local university.Fong said that on Monday afternoon Gou got on a bus in Taipa

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmaker slams proposed changes to protest rules

Suspended directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou yesterday criticised the government for its “wrong” decision of proposing an amendment bill to the existing assembly and demonstration law – under the proposed amendments, groups planning to hold an assembly or protest will be required to inform the police in advance.Sou, a vice-president of the non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA), made the remarks during an annual press conference about the group’s planned activities for

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie keeps passenger’s laptop: police

A taxi driver kept a passenger’s laptop that had been left in his cab, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said yesterday during a regular press conference.Fong identified the suspect as a 57-year-old man surnamed Lei while the victim is a 20-year-old woman from the mainland surnamed Li.According to Fong, Li got into the taxi in Avenida Doutor Mário Soares and asked to be taken to the Barrier Gate checkpoint on February 10. After getting out of the taxi, she realised that

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Legislature’s car park project to start in H2: govt

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday that it expects the construction of an underground car park project outside the Legislative Assembly (AL) building in the Nam Van Lake area to get off the ground in the second half of this year.The bureau unsealed bids submitted by nine construction companies for the design and construction of the project yesterday.The plan for the project released by the bureau last year shows that the car park will be built

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau’s youth don’t think they are as good as mainlanders: survey

Local youths feel that they are not as good as their mainland counterparts in terms of creativity, flexibility, learning ability, and professional competence, according to the findings of a survey about young Macau people’s job prospects on the mainland.The survey was conducted by the Macau Youth Federation last year. The findings were released in a press conference on the federation’s premises in the city centre yesterday.The survey aimed to look into the views of local youths aged between

March 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Movers throw chairs off balcony: police

Two home removal company workers were nabbed yesterday for throwing chairs off the balcony of a flat at Largo de Santo Antonio recently, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said during a regular press conference yesterday.Fong said the police had noticed a video circulating online about chairs being thrown off the balcony on the second floor of a flat in the area. An investigation led the police to the two suspects.According to Fong, the suspects are a 67-year-old local man

March 13, 2018 | BY admin

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2 men pickpocket 16 women’s mobile phones: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two mainlanders on Saturday for pickpocketing 16 women’s mobile phones, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.Choi identified the two suspects as a 38-year-old surnamed Meng and a 36-year-old surnamed Qin – both from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.According to Choi, a woman reported to the Judiciary Police on January 19 that her mobile phone worth 5,500 patacas had been stolen. After scrutinising CCTV footage, PJ

March 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Tanzanian arrested for robbery: police

A man from Tanzania has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a robbery, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the suspect is a 23-year-old surnamed Walles while the victim is a male non-resident worker in his forties whose surname was not revealed.Chan said that on early Saturday morning the victim was drinking at a bar in Zape. After becoming drunk the victim and two female friends left the bar at around 6 a.m.

March 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers suspect ‘illegal’ smoking lounges at Wynn Palace

Four lawmakers-cum-unionists urged the government yesterday to ensure that gaming operators always strictly obey the anti-smoking law and, consequently, always ensure that gamblers do not smoke in no-smoking areas on their premises.The four legislators, Ella Lei Cheng I, Leong Sun Iok, Lam Lon Wai and Lei Chan U, all of them from the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), also said they suspected that Wynn Palace in Cotai has illegally set up smoking lounges in its

March 13, 2018 | BY admin

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