Galaxy worker gets rubella after Jiangmen trip

A 45-year-old local woman who works at the Galaxy Macau casino-hotel resort in Cotai has come down with rubella (also known as German measles), pushing the total number of rubella cases reported in Macau to 34 so far this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the casino worker came down with a fever and a sore throat last Friday. She developed a rash on her face and neck last Saturday and then sought treatment at the Galaxy staff clinic.As

May 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Hearing-impaired man takes woman hostage

A man brandishing a knife who took a woman hostage in the Mong Ha neighbourhood on Saturday is hearing impaired and is undergoing a medical examination at the public hospital, the Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) Family and Community Services Department Chief Daniel Tang Yuk Wa said yesterday.The man, who is in his 50s, brandished a knife when he took the 28-year-old woman hostage in a take-away shop on the ground floor of the Trust Legend residential building in Mong Ha on Saturday at about 8

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Passport-style travel passes between mainland & HK or Macau to expire

BEIJING – The passport-style travel pass for use between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong or Macau will be phased out by September 13, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) Sunday.Afterwards citizens will not be able to use the old-style travel pass to apply for a travel permit, said an NIA statement, urging citizens to renew travel documents as quickly as possible.The new travel pass, which has been issued since September 2014, is in the shape of an ID card.Since April 1 this year,

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab trio for causing death of gambler owing them money

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three loan sharks on Friday for causing the death of a gambler who owed them money after holding him in against his will in the guestroom of an inn on the peninsula and physically attacking him there, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced during a special press conference on Friday.The three male suspects from the mainland sent the victim’s family video clips they had taken showing them violently attacking the victim, who is in his forties and a fellow

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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No need for newspaper to pay damages to developer: court

Macau’s Court of Second Instance (TSI) has ruled that Macau’s Chinese-language weekly Son Pou does not need to pay damages of 50,000 patacas to a local developer for alleged slander.Last Thursday’s ruling overturned a lower court decision that had imposed the payment on the newspaper.Legal sources told The Macau Post Daily at the weekend that the plaintiff, Polytex, could not take the case to Macau’s top court, the Court of Final Appeal (TUI). The developer of the ill-fated Pearl

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to allow crematoria outside cemeteries

The Executive Council has announced that the government has drafted a by-law which removes the current legal requirement that any crematorium must be located in a cemetery.Government-drafted by-laws, officially known as administrative regulations, do not require the legislature’s approval.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng speaks

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Coach crashing into café, no one injured

A coach believed to have suffered brake failure crashed into a café in Avenida de Sidónio Pais after coming out of the Guia Hill Tunnel last Thursday, the Public Security Police (PSP) has announced.The coach came to an abrupt stop after crashing through the pavement barrier in front of the café and damaging the metal gate of Café Rosa.The coach driven by a local resident surnamed Chu had 44 passengers on board – 43 tourists from Japan taking part in a tour group and a local male tour

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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May Day holiday visitor arrivals rise 37 pct: MGTO

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement early today that Macau recorded 636,644 visitor arrivals during the mainland’s May Day “Golden Week” from Wednesday to Saturday last week.This year’s “Golden Week” lasted four days.The statement noted that last year’s May Day Golden Week consisted of only three days – which was from April 29 to May 1, 2018. According to the statement, Macau recorded 531,503 visitor arrivals during the first three days of this

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab HK man in HK$3 million UK hacking fraud

A Hong Kong man surnamed Mak was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) when he went through immigration at the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal last Wednesday. Mak allegedly hacked the computer system of a UK medicine company to cheat it out of about HK$3 million, a PJ spokesperson said in a special press conference last Thursday.According to the spokesperson, the Public Prosecution Office (MP) received a report from the UK company in 2017 that Mak had allegedly hacked the company’s

May 6, 2019 | BY admin

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'Post-May Day' break

May 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui says Macau plays key role in Sino-Portuguese ties

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On highlighted yesterday Macau’s pivotal role in the amicable relationship between China and Portugal, pointing out that the special administrative region is in a privileged position to help advance cooperation between the two sides.Chui made the remarks in speech at a dinner banquet at MGM in Nape in honour of Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa last night.Rebelo de Sousa, who had arrived in Macau on Tuesday night after visiting Beijing and

May 2, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Family reunion’ protesters march again

Hundreds of people took part in a protest organised by the Macau Family Union Federation yesterday, urging both the local government and the central government to meet their long-standing demand that their grown-up mainland-born children be allowed to move to Macau.The organisers told reporters that about 560 people took part in the protest, while the police said that the protest drew about 280 demonstrators at its peak during the march.The family reunion protestors started the demonstration in

May 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Portuguese president meets pupils & artist

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited the Portuguese School and the Consulate General of Portugal yesterday afternoon.The school’s pupils gave various performances to welcome the president, such as dancing, singing and a play. Rebelo de Sousa delivered a speech and presented an award to the winning team of a football competition.A pupil from the football team, surnamed Wong, told The Macau Post Daily that his team won the competition last week and it was a pleasure that the

May 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotel guests grow 3.2 pct in March

Macau’s 177 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.18 million guests in March, a year-on-year growth of 3.2 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement on Tuesday, guests from the mainland (835,000) and South Korea (45,000) rose by 8.2 percent and 11 percent respectively, whereas those from Hong Kong (104,000) and Taiwan (37,000) dropped by 20.9 percent and 5.8 percent respectively.Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 70.4 percent and 8.7

May 2, 2019 | BY admin

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