Group urges govt to toughen up illegal inn law

The Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) urged the government yesterday to toughen up the illegal inn law – in order to make those providing illegal accommodation criminally liable – with the aim of turning it into a more effective deterrent.The association held a press conference about the matter yesterday on its premises in Areia Preta.Law 3/2010 on the Prohibition of Providing Illegal Accommodation came into force in 2010. Any amendments to the law proposed by the

June 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Police catch 12 casino loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 12 men and women from the mainland on Monday for belonging to a loan-sharking gang offering casino patrons instant gambling loans.According to the police, the gang was “in business” for at least 11 months.PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man announced details of the case during a special press conference yesterday. The three male and nine female suspects are aged between 25 and 63, Chan said.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the 12 hooded loan-sharking suspects

June 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Food poisoning hits detention centre

Meals provided by Lakeport Party Paradise, a restaurant at Lago Building in Taipa, caused food poisoning to five people in custody at the Public Security Police’s (PSP) Detention Centre, according to a statement by the Health Bureau (SSM) late last night.The detention centre ordered takeaways from the restaurant between Monday and yesterday midday. Five people who were in custody awaiting deportation began to feel sick yesterday afternoon after eating the food provided by the restaurant.The

June 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Gambler poses as monk to sell amulets

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a tourist from the mainland for pretending to be a monk to sell charms and amulets after having gambled away all his money, a PSP spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said PSP officers saw two men, one of them dressed as a monk, selling charms and amulets as well as reading palms near the Secretariat for Security (GSS) in Calçada dos Quartéis on Friday afternoon.On questioning the duo, the officers found

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Privacy chief to return to court post: report

Vasco Fong Man Chong will leave his post as director of the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) to return to his previous position as a judge at the Court of Second Instance (TSI), the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday.The Radio Macau report did not say how it obtained the information.Fong has headed the city’s privacy office since December 20, 2014 on secondment from the Court of Second Instance. His term was extended for two years on

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Groups petition govt over Hac Sa route change

Activists from the New Macau Association (NMA) and the People Power group yesterday separately petitioned the Transport Bureau (DSAT) about the recent change to public bus route 25.The groups’ signed petitions were received by a DSAT official in front of the bureau.The terminus of route 25, originally in Hac Sa, has recently been changed to Coloane Village.NMA Vice President Sulu Sou Ka Hou told reporters his group had collected nearly 600 signatures from residents and tourists. The group set

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Smelliest alley has been cleaned up: govt

After cleaning up an alley near Seng Yee Building in Iao Hon district, it’s not smelly anymore, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday.Pointing out a recent media report about the malodorous problem near the building, Ma Chi Heng, a member of the IACM Consultative Committee, urged the bureau during yesterday’s regular meeting at the bureau’s headquarters to improve the cleaning of the city’s residential areas.According to a Macao Daily

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Health Bureau probes 3 clinics for illegal IVF service

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday that three private clinics were suspected of having provided in vitro fertilisation (IVF) services without a licence. The bureau stressed that only the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre is allowed to provide artificial insemination services.The bureau made the announcement in a special press conference at the public hospital yesterday.The bureau said that if a medical institution plans to provide assisted reproductive technology medical

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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New Sino-PSC office chief vows to boost platform role

Mok Iun Lei, the newly-appointed coordinator of the Support Office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), said yesterday she would strive to assist the forum’s secretariat to develop the city into a business-service platform between China and PSCs, by making use of her extensive experience working in the government.Mok made the remarks in a speech after her swearing-in ceremony, on the premises of

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt expects reports on casino security ‘in a week’: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government hoped that the city’s six gaming operators will submit their reports on enhanced casino security measures to the government in a week.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-appointed coordinator of the Support Office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), Mok

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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2 nabbed for stealing 70,000 patacas from temple: police

Two mainland men were nabbed on Sunday for allegedly breaking into a local temple in 2015 and stealing 70,000 patacas from donation boxes, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the two suspects, both surnamed Qin, are from the same area in the mainland. The spokesperson did not elaborate. One of the suspects is 33 years old while the other is aged 35. The temple is in Avenida do Almirante Lacerda, the spokesperson said.The spokesperson said the

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Croupier & friend nabbed for stealing chips 116 times

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a local dealer and a friend of his for stealing casino chips 116 times since mid-April, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho said security staff of a casino in Cotai reported to the police on Wednesday they suspected one of their croupiers of stealing casino chips with the help of a man who pretended to be a customer.According to Ho, the 42-year-old dealer surnamed Chao realised that he was not required to spread

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Caritas raises concerns about neglected children

Caritas Macau Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng yesterday urged residents to reach out to children who are neglected due to difficult family conditions.Pun made the remarks on the sidelines of an International Children’s Day bazaar hosted by the Catholic welfare organisation at Flower City Garden in Taipa.Pun said children whose parents are recovering from mental illness might sometimes be neglected.Caritas Macau Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng speaks to reporters on the sidelines of an

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Cash handouts start next month

The government will start to distribute its annual “wealth-sharing” cash handouts to residents from early next month, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng has announced.The amount for the handout scheme this year is 9,000 patacas for permanent and 5,400 patacas for non-permanent residents, both unchanged from last year, Leong said at a special press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.The last batch of beneficiaries will receive their cash handouts in September,

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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