Beijing has ‘every confidence’ in Macau: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday that the central government has “every confidence that Hong Kong and Macau will develop and thrive together with the mainland.”Li made the remarks when delivering his annual government work report to the opening meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing.“We will support Hong Kong and Macau in integrating their own development into the overall national development,” Li said, adding that the central government

March 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander helps IIs enter Macau: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainlander yesterday for having assisted illegal immigrants to enter Macau from the mainland on multiple occasions since late last month, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 36-year-old surnamed Wang.The police also caught five illegal immigrants yesterday – three men and two women aged between 25 and 47, according to Yeung.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Police nab 3 young firebugs

The police have questioned three local schoolboys who set a fire in a shopping centre in the city centre, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said yesterday during a regular press conference.Yeung said that on Thursday the police received a suspected arson case from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) after some rubbish had been burnt in a shopping centre in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira.After checking CCTV footage, Yeung said, the police confirmed that three boys lit a fire in the

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Police bust pupil for DUI

A pupil was nabbed on Saturday for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and drugs, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei noted that the suspect is a local pupil in his twenties, who studies at a day school.According to Lei, on Saturday morning the police stopped the suspect’s car in a random vehicle check in Nape. During the check, police officers smelt alcohol on the suspect’s breath, and he also seemed to be

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Literature-fest confirms 3 authors’ ‘inappropriate presence’

Helder Beja, the programme director of The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival, told government-owned broadcaster TDM Radio Macau yesterday the organisers had been informed “semi-officially” that the presence of three writers invited for this year’s event was “inappropriate”.“We were told semi-officially that the arrival of those writers in Macau – Jung Chang, Suki Kim and James Church is not appropriate and, therefore, their entry into the territory could not be guaranteed

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Gambler robs student after bad streak: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Saturday for robbing a female student from the mainland in October after gambling away all his money, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 33-year-old surnamed Zhang from Heilongjiang province. The victim is a 19-year-old surnamed Liu studying at a local university.According to Yeung, the robbery occurred on the circular footbridge at Rotunda do Istmo in

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Govt extends e-taxi bid submission period

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that it will extend the period for submitting bids for 100 new common taxi licences – the owners of which are required to buy electric vehicles – until March 26, from the initial deadline on Thursday.The bureau said the decision was to give potential bidders more time to prepare and collect information concerning the specifications of e-taxis.The bureau announced on February 7 that the owners of 100 new common taxi licences will have

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Man upset about traffic fines damages police motorbike: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Thursday for damaging a police motorcycle, a PSP spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a part-time construction worker in his sixties surnamed Chan.According to the spokesperson, at around 3 p.m. on Thursday a traffic police officer was issuing tickets for vehicles parked illegally near the Barrier Gate border checkpoint. When he returned to his motorcycle an hour later he

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Woman falls to her death – man dies in work accident

A man died yesterday while working at a resort hotel in Cotai while a woman fell to her death in Avenida do Coronel Mesquita yesterday afternoon, according to two statements by the Judiciary Police (PJ).The deceased in the first case is a 45-year-old from the mainland surnamed Li, who worked in the engineering department of the hotel, the first statement said.At around 10 a.m. yesterday, according to the statement, Li was asked to take some pictures in an air-conditioning (AC) plant room on the

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Court ruling won’t delay LRT project: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On Chui Sai On said yesterday his government was confident that the Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) will come into operation next year as scheduled, in spite of a recent ruling by the Court of Second Instance (TSI) concerning the project.The court annulled the government’s contract with a company for the construction of the LRT depot and determined that the government would need to reassess the rival quotations submitted by seven construction

March 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Childbirth fee hike needed to safeguard services for locals: govt

The government’s proposal to raise the fees for its childbirth services at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre for non-local women whose husbands are also non-locals aims to safeguard the quality of the public hospital’s childbirth services for local residents, Lei Wai Seng, a senior doctor at the public hospital, said yesterday.Lei also said the government had fully taken into account the possible impact on non-resident workers when it proposed the new charging scheme.Lei made

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External powers try to introduce HK-style advocacy of independence to Macau: L O vice-chief

Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau Deputy Director Chen Sixi said yesterday that external powers were trying to introduce Hong Kong-style advocacy of independence to Macau, government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday.Chen, who is attending the so-called “two sessions” (“liang hui”) in Beijing – the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),

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Customs officers bust 4 IIs & ‘snakehead’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement on Saturday that its officers busted two illegal immigration cases.In the early hours of Friday, according to the statement, customs officers on patrol along the Taipa coast caught a male illegal immigrant on the shore outside Ocean Gardens. More officers were then deployed to search the area.The statement said that the officers later nabbed a female illegal immigrant there.This undated handout photo provided by the Macau Customs Service on Saturday

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Letdown for local boxer in 2nd pro fight

Local fighter Michael Ferreas Olfindo’s second professional fight at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena on Friday night did not have the outcome he had hoped, leaving him disconsolate.Olfindo was up against the mainland’s Su Xiaotao in a four-round bout in the “2017 IBF Silk Road Championship Tournament Finals and IBF World Title Eliminator Fight”“The Silk Road Championship Tournament” is part of the International Boxing Federation’s IBF Belt and Road Region made up of 70 countries.

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