Police nab 7 for helping gang launder money

Six locals and a woman from the mainland have been arrested for assisting a “guess who I am” fraud gang to launder money, Long Hon Wai, who heads the Judiciary Police (PJ) IT Crimes Division, said in a special press conference yesterday.According to Long, the police received reports from three local residents in recent months, who fell victim to the “guess who I am” scam, collectively losing over 100,000 patacas.The investigation revealed that the victims were transferring money to the

January 16, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Public concerns grow on rodent infestations

Members of the public raised concerns yesterday about poor hygiene conditions in “three-nil” buildings – those which don’t have an owners’ corporation (OC), no tenants’ organisation, and no property management company (PMC), which has led to rodent infestation, urging the government to assist in dealing with the problem.Addressing a current affairs phone-in programme, Ou Mun Gwong Cheung, hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi – the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM,

January 16, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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‘Flu hasn’t spread in schools yet’: DSEDJ chief

Macau has entered its peak flu season, but Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Director Kong Chi Meng told the media yesterday that influenza has not yet spread in local kindergartens and schools, underlining that that the flu vaccination coverage rate of Macau’s primary and secondary school and kindergarten students was “very high” thanks to the government’s school-based influenza vaccination programme, with more than 70 percent of them having been jabbed against the flu

January 16, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lawmaker calls for noise pollution solution

In a recent written interpellation, directly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I has raised concern over the rising instances of noise pollution in Macau, particularly the disturbances caused by everyday din.Lei submitted the written interpellation in November, and the reply from the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) was sent to the media on Sunday.According to the findings in the “Macau Environmental Condition Report 2023,” which revealed an upward trend in noise complaints

January 16, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Eurasian otters reappear in Macau after decade: group

Eurasian otters, which had not been seen in Macau for more than a decade, seem to have reappeared, as evidenced by their droppings and footprints that have been found by local eco-enthusiasts who are members of the “Chief of Macau Ecology” group since September last year along city’s coastline.“Chief of Macau Ecology”, a Facebook page created by two local environmental protection activists, have recently posted that “since September last year, we have found a total of 20 faecal

January 16, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man keeps extra cash in currency deal: police

A man from the mainland was arrested on Saturday for knowingly keeping extra cash from a currency exchange deal, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Wong, the suspect is surnamed Cai, who is in his fifties and works as a driver.Wong pointed out that when Cai was exchanging currency at a pawn shop on Saturday at around 11 a.m., he gave a pawn shop employee 776 yuan in exchange for HK$800. The staff member accidentally

January 16, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Govt says still finalising Hac Sa youth adventure camp project’s design

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) underlines that after gathering and assessing opinions and suggestions from various segments of civil society, it is still improving and finalising the design of its youth adventure camp project near Coloane’s Hac Sa Beach, before announcing the details “in due course”.The bureau has yet to reveal when it expects construction to finally get off the ground after first announcing the large-scale project in 2023.The bureau made the remarks about the latest

January 16, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Philip Colbert’s lobsters take over Macau in city-wide exhibition

Interview by Rui Pastorin        UK contemporary pop artist Philip Colbert’s iconic Lobster cartoon persona is back in Macau, this time in a city-wide multi-venue exhibition presented by integrated resort operator Sands China titled “Coastal Fantasia: The Lobster King’s Vacation in Macao”.Colbert’s has held over 50 solo exhibitions in different parts of the world, with many in Asia. His Lobster persona is the central character of his works. He had previously

January 16, 2025 | BY admin

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GEG staff to get pay rise starting April

Integrated resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) announced in a statement yesterday that eligible staff members at Senior Manager grade and below will receive a salary increase effective from April 1, being set to benefit around 98 percent of staff.The statement noted that staff who joined the company before January 1, 2025 and have a monthly base salary and guaranteed tips (if applicable) of 16,000 patacas or below will receive an increment of 600 patacas.Meanwhile, staff who joined

January 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China, EU can continue to contribute to each other’s success by strengthening partnership

China Daily Editorial        Beijing has repeatedly said that it remains ready to work with Brussels to ensure that China and the European Union remain firm partners. It has called for Brussels to deepen strategic communication to enhance mutual understanding and political trust so as to promote the sound and steady development of China-EU relations and make new contributions to world peace and development.China and Europe have generally been on good terms since China

January 16, 2025 | BY admin

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AI curbs show Biden’s rejection of cooperation

China Daily Editorial        Looking back over the past four years, from its first sit-down with the Chinese side in Anchorage in March 2021, the Joe Biden administration has shown no qualms about carrying out its China policy from “a position of strength”.That explains why, even though it has repeatedly claimed that cooperation is one of the three pillars of its China policy, it has never worked with Beijing to leverage the strength of that pillar as a stabilizer of

January 16, 2025 | BY admin

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Sam urges media to show ‘One Country, Two Systems’ achievements to world

During last night’s dinner reception for Macau’s Chinese-language media, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai urged them to showcase to the world Macau’s significant achievements in the successful implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle through various means and channels, telling the global community the good stories of China and Macau.In his speech delivered during the reception, Sam urged them to convey information to the international community about the values embodied

January 15, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau reaches flu peak as daily emergency dept visits exceed 1,300: SSM

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said yesterday during an inter-departmental press conference on the government’s response to the influenza (flu) peak that the virus is currently active and has entered its peak period. In the past week, he said, the daily average number of residents visiting medical institutions’ emergency departments exceeded 1,300 people.According to Dr Lo, 1,000 of the patients were adults and 300 were children, 125 of whom had flu symptoms. The flu virus

January 15, 2025 | BY William Chan

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5-year Physical Fitness Monitoring campaign starts

Macau’s 5th Residents Physical Fitness Monitoring & Assessment campaign was launched yesterday, with 9,990 valid samples being collected from four age groups: kids, teenagers, adults-at-work and the elderly – and Sports Bureau (ID) President Luís Gomes said that by collecting physical fitness data from local residents aged between three and 79 through “scientific sampling”, the campaign would help the government better formulate its policies or implement measures in the fields of

January 15, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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