Man stabs wife with scissors over gambling row

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Tuesday for stabbing his wife with a pair of scissors, requiring the victim to undergo emergency surgery, as he was angry that she had gambled away HK$70,000, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a 45-year-old driver surnamed Zhou and his wife as a 44-year-old housewife. The couple have been married for seven years.According to Choi, Zhou, his wife and their

June 15, 2017 | BY admin

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Record No. of lists vie for seats in legislature

The number of groups who have submitted nomination signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) already exceeds the number of lists who ran in the last direct election, official data showed yesterday.CAEAL President Tong Hio Fong underlined yesterday that 21 groups have already submitted nomination signatures to stand in the upcoming direct legislative elections. Fourteen seats will be directly elected by popular vote.Four years ago, the committee received 22

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2 men nabbed for selling iPhones

Two men surnamed Deng from the mainland have been arrested by Macau Customs Service and Public Security Police (PSP) officers for selling fake iPhones, according to a statement by the Macau Customs Service yesterday.A local resident reported to the Public Security Police on Thursday last week that a man had sold him two counterfeit iphones for HK$1,000 each in Patane district the previous day, the statement says.The case was then transferred to the Customs Service for investigation.This undated

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Lawmaker wants hiring of more young bus drivers

Directly-elected lawmaker Mak Soi Kun yesterday urged the city’s three public bus operators to attract more young local people to work as bus drivers, as the average age of their bus drivers has been rising, which he said was not good for the safety of public bus operations.The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society yesterday held a meeting for residents to express their opinions about the city’s bus services. About 80 people attended the meeting at the association’s service centre in Rua da

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Group suggests schools & sport facilities for dog track

Local think tank Choi In Tong Sam yesterday suggested the government should build schools and sport facilities on the plot of land in Fai Chi Kei leased by Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. which is slated to be vacated next year.The think tank’s members elaborated on their suggestions for the possible uses of the plot during a special press conference at the group’s office in Rua das Lorchas.The company has been operating greyhound races on the plot for over half a century, but has been

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Man cheats 50 in job referral scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 56-year-old local man surnamed Kou for cheating 50 workers from the mainland out of 120,000 yuan in a job referral scam, a PJ spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, a man and a woman who are job agents in the mainland reported to the police on May 31 that Kou had cheated them.The duo told the police that Kou claimed that he was undertaking a big construction project in Macau and needed to hire a large number of non-local workers. He

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Council backs temporary housing on new plots

Members of the Urban Renewal Council yesterday agreed that the government should designate new plots of land for the construction of temporary housing.Members of the council yesterday also rejected the feasibility of allocating some public housing units to be used for temporary housing purposes.A closed-door meeting of the council, chaired by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario, was held yesterday at the Transport Bureau (DSAT). The government-appointed council is

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14-year-old boy commits suicide: police

The police believe that a 14-year-old schoolboy, whose body was found floating in the Inner Harbour late last week, committed suicide, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the body was found floating off Fai Chi Kei in the afternoon on Friday. The corpse was pulled out of the water by Macau Customs Service officers. The case was then transferred to the Judiciary Police for investigation.Choi did not say how the boy killed himself.PLEASE

June 14, 2017 | BY admin

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Man, 69, sexually abuses little granddaughter: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 69-year-old local man surnamed Ng for sexually assaulting his granddaughter several times when she was five and six years old, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday.Choi announced the case during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters.According to Choi, the girl and her mother moved from the mainland to Macau to live with the mother’s parents in a public housing flat in Seac Pai Van in 2015.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

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Ilha Verde Hill landowner pledges clean-up: group

A company which owns a big plot of land on Ilha Verde Hill has promised to clean up the hill, Ilha Verde District Welfare and Mutual Help Association Cheong Chit said yesterday.Commentators and lawmakers have complained about environmental problems caused by large amounts of rubbish and construction material waste piling up there.Speaking to reporters near the foot of the hill, Cheong said his group had recently contacted the company which promised to clean up the hill and put up metal

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Coutinho, Leong seek re-election

Lawmakers Jose Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai submitted a list of registered voters’ signatures they have collected to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Speaking to reporters at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Coutinho, who has been a legislator since 2005, said he will be the first-ranked candidate while Leong will be ranked second on the list

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Young people need better preparation for start-ups: group

A youth entrepreneurship group said yesterday that some young people are not sufficiently prepared to start their own business so that it eventually goes belly up.William Kuan Vai Lam, who heads the “Youth Entrepreneurship Think Tank Association”, made the remarks during a ceremony at the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) in Nam Van.The association held the ceremony to appoint a number of “mentors” for the group’s mentor scheme with the aim of assisting young people in their business

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Govt collects residents’ opinions on city’s GBA participation

The local government announced yesterday that it started to collect residents’ opinions on Macau’s participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.The gathering of residents’ opinions, which will end on June 28, aims to encourage civil society to take part in the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the government said.The government made the announcement in a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday. Kou Chin Hung, an advisor to the

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Construction site accident claims 2nd fatality

A second construction worker died yesterday morning after being hit by an I-beam on the construction site of the new Public Prosecution Office (MP) Building in Zape on Monday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday.While two workers died in the accident, two others have been severely injured. The four non-resident male workers, all of them in their forties, were hit on the head by the I-beam.The Macau Post Daily has been unable to confirm if all of the workers wore hard hats at the

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