4 locals cheat VIP room out of HK$24 million with ‘tampered’ cards in 1/2 hour

A casino pit manager and three junket workers have been detained for using a pack of apparently tampered-with cards in a baccarat game and managed to cheat a VIP room out of HK$24 million in just 30 minutes of gambling.The Judiciary Police (PJ) held a special press conference yesterday during which PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said that the four are all local residents.According to Ho, the foursome consists of a pit manager surnamed Ao, aged 38, and three junket workers: a 39-year-old surnamed

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Worker injures head when falling from Grand Prix stands

A non-resident worker fell yesterday about five metres while setting up the seating in the stands for the Grand Prix at the Guia circuit’s Lisboa Bend in Avenida da Amizade The 45-year-old man sustained head injuries and a broken left arm, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said. The man was conscious when he was taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.The 63rd Macau Grand Prix will take place from November 17 to 20. Firemen attend to the injured worker on stretcher

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Ban on off-duty gaming staff entering casinos impractical: scholar

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) Professor Zeng Zhonglu said yesterday it was difficult to implement a ban on gaming workers from entering casinos during their leisure time. He also said it was important to strengthen newly-hired dealers’ awareness of the possible dangers of gambling.The Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) said in July that it was studying the feasibility of a ban on gaming employees from entering local casinos during their free time. The bureau said it

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Institute to launch trilingual medical lexicon

The Portuguese Orient Institute (IPO) will launch a trilingual medical lexicon– Portuguese, Chinese, English – on Thursday, the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday. According to the report, the lexicon consists of 5,700 medical terms, with Portuguese as the source language, comprising a range of medical fields such as paediatrics, ophthalmology, cardiology, dermatology, and psychiatry.  The Association of Portuguese-speaking

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to pay 1 billion patacas to new contractor for LRT depot

The government has granted China Construction and Engineering (Macau) Company Limited the contract for the construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) depot in Cotai, for 1.07 billion patacas, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).Earlier this year, the government said it had terminated the construction contract with the depot’s original contractor. The government said it had paid 85 million patacas to the original contractor for the work it had completed.The construction of the

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to improve property management bill

An ad-hoc group consisting of members of several property management committees yesterday opposed an article in a government-draft bill regulating the management of the common areas of residential buildings.The article states that property management committee members should be held responsible for jeopardising condominium owners’ interests if they wrongly implemented decisions made at the owners’ general meetings.Mok Kam Heng, the convener of the ad hoc group, spoke to reporters after he

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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2 nabbed for HK$1.1 million fraud, 1 at large: police

Two men were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of cheating a mainland man out of about HK$1.15 million, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular briefing yesterday.According to Ho, the local 31-year-old suspect, surnamed Kwan, is unemployed while the other suspect, surnamed Lam, aged 35, is a driver from Hong Kong. Ho said an unidentified suspect was still at large.Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced the casino fraud case during yesterday’s

September 27, 2016 | BY admin

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Peruvian mule swallows 50 condoms of liquid cocaine worth 10 million patacas: police

A Peruvian man was detained at the airport on Saturday for smuggling 1.6 kilogrammes of liquid cocaine worth about 10 million patacas.A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said it was the first time that the local police were able to nab a drug mule trying to smuggle liquid cocaine to Macau. The spokesperson said the police recently received a tip-off that a cartel had hired people to smuggle drugs to Macau. The police monitored a flight from Thailand on Wednesday and after it had landed,

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Over 50s to get free flu shots

Local residents aged at least 50 will be eligible for a free seasonal influenza vaccination later this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The minimum age for local residents to be eligible for the free vaccination will be lowered to 50 from 60, the statement said.To provide better flu protection to children as well as middle-aged and elderly citizens, the bureau will enlarge the group of recipients of the free vaccination, the statement said.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Doctor calls for awareness of colorectal cancer

Residents should find out more about colorectal cancer as the number of people suffering from the disease is increasing in Macau, Assistant Director and Consultant in Oncology to Kiang Wu Hospital Qiu Xi Bin said yesterday.Qin made the remarks on the sidelines of a forum on medical developments which was hosted by the Macau Medical and Health Federation at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf Convention & Exhibition Centre.Qin said that according to the Macau Cancer Registry 2014 Annual Report

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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‘People’s pharmacy’ to open branch in ex-notary office: report

The city’s old-established Farmacia Popular (“People’s Pharmacy”) chain of pharmacies will open a branch on the premises of the First Notary Office in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Holy House of Mercy in Largo do Senado, government-owned broadcaster TDM reported on Friday. Holiday House of Mercy President Antonio Jose de Freitas told TDM that the 10-year leasehold contract between the city’s oldest charitable institution and oldest Western-style pharmacy will be signed

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Forum backs joint uni admission exam

Both guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum supported the city’s joint tertiary education admission exam that will be implemented next year – for the academic year 2017/18.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The focus of yesterday’s forum was on whether the city’s joint tertiary education admission exam, to be held for the first time, will be beneficial to secondary school

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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August visitors fall 5 pct, S Koreans up 32 pct

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals last month fell 5 percent year-on-year to 2.88 million, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. While the number of visitor arrivals by sea and land fell 11.7 percent and 2.7 percent respectively, the number by air was up 15 percent. According figures released by the Macau International Airport Company (CAM) last week, the airport recorded a passenger movement of “over” 630,000 last month, up 10 percent year-on-year, the highest

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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Indian tourists’ complaints affect Macau’s image: MGTO chief

Admitting that several Indian tourists’ recent complaints about alleged discrimination by local immigration officers have affected Macau’s image to a certain extent, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes pledged yesterday that her office will strengthen communication with Indian tourists in the future. Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the sidelines of a prize-giving ceremony organised by the Scout Association of Macau at the Macau Federation

September 26, 2016 | BY admin

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