Trio ‘steal’ points from gamblers’ membership cards: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrests of a local man and two male mainlanders in a fraud case in which the local man allegedly cheated his employer – a casino-hotel – out of HK$32,000 on at least 15 occasions late last month by booking guestrooms with casino patrons’ membership cards and then handing the respective room key cards to the two mainlanders and other suspects – still at large – who then rented the guestrooms out to others.PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man

April 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Shopkeeper forces saleswoman to perform oral sex: police

The manager of a clothes shop in a shopping mall in Cotai was arrested on Saturday for forcing a female staff member to perform oral sex on him over 10 times, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular conference yesterday.According to Chan, the victim is 26-year-old local who works as a sales assistant in the shop. Her surname was not released. The 30-year-old suspect is a local surnamed Sun.The abuse started in December last year, about a week after the victim had

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter rider dies in crash in Coloane

A scooter rider died after his vehicle crashed into the hillside in Estrada de Cheoc Van in Coloane at around 11 p.m. last night, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement. The Fire Services Bureau (CB) identified the victim as a 24-year-old local man.The police said they believed that the rider lost control of his scooter while driving along the road and then crashed into the hillside.Firemen and paramedics rushed to the scene where they were unable to detect the rider’s

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Drug user robs photo processing shop of 200 patacas: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Tuesday for robbing a photo processing shop in Patane district of 200 patacas when he told the female staff member on duty that he needed money to buy drugs, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 44-year-old unemployed man surnamed Ma, who was released from jail one year ago after serving time for the robbery of a convenience store in 2015.On Monday afternoon, Ma went into the

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Filipino has handcuffs in luggage: police

The police arrested a Filipino on Tuesday morning at the airport for carrying a pair of handcuffs in his luggage on his way back to the Philippines, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson Choi Iok Kin said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the police identified the suspect as a 40-year-old Philippine national surnamed Lingad. The pair of handcuffs in his luggage was discovered by security guards when Lingad was about to depart. Airport security reported the case to

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Rubella cases reach 24: Health Bureau

Two MGM MACAU employees have been infected with rubella, and the total number of rubella patients so far this year has reached 24, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the two patients are local residents born on the mainland, a 34-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, adding that the male patient had been to Fujian province during his rubella incubation period, while the female patient did not leave Macau during her incubation period.The statement

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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MSO vows to help vulnerable groups integrate into society

The awareness of caring for vulnerable groups has been increasing in Macau but there is still room for improvement in eliminating discrimination and increasing social acceptance, such as pupils with special needs facing bullying at schools, Macau Special Olympics (MSO) Chief Executive Officer and National Director Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said yesterday.Siu made the comments during a media briefing on the MSO premises in Toi San district about the situation of vulnerable groups in Macau, and how MSO

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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PJ officer caught for DUI

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday that they have launched disciplinary proceedings against a PJ officer who was caught driving under the influence (DUI) while on duty last week.According to a PJ statement yesterday – which did not mention the officer’s gender, the officer was driving a PJ car while on duty last Friday afternoon, during which the car collided with a scooter.According to the statement, the PJ officer failed to pass a breathalyser test and therefore the Traffic

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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MSAR land area grows by over 1/3 since 1999

The total land area the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) reached 32.9 square kilometres at the end of last year, an increase of 38.2 percent from the end of 1999, when the MSAR was established and its land area stood at 23.8 sq. km.During the same period, Macau’s population rose by 52.4 percent, from 438,000 at the end of 1999 to 667,400 at the end of last year.According to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) this week, the MSAR’s land area grew by 2.1 sq. km

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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NPC greenlights Ho's CE bid

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing yesterday passed a decision to approve a request by Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng to resign from the nation’s top legislature, according to a statement published on the official NPC website.The decision clears the way for Ho’s bid for chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR)The statement did not mention Ho’s reason for having tendered his resignation.Yesterday’s

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation rate hits 2.84 pct in March

Macau’s inflation rate reached 2.84 percent last year, slightly higher than February’s growth of 2.79 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.A DSEC statement attributed last month’s increase in the composite consumer price index (CPI) to the rising cost of eating out and renting a flat, as well as rising prices of cars, gasoline, vegetables and fruit.The price indices of education and transport grew by 5.89 percent and 5.40 percent respectively.PLEASE READ

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Easter visitor arrivals rise 39.3 pct: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) announced in a statement yesterday that they recorded 556,193 visitor arrivals during the four-day Easter holiday period from Good Friday to Easter Monday, a 39.3 percent increase compared to the corresponding period last year.The previous four-day Easter holiday period was between March 30 and April 2, 2018, according to the statement.This time, the police recorded some 2.46 million entries and exits at the city’s eight border checkpoints during the four-day

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Over 10 million visitors in Q3, up 21 pct

Macau recorded 10.36 million visitor arrivals in the first quarter of the year, a year-on-year increase of 21.2 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.In 2000, the first full year after the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the number of visitor arrivals stood at 9.1 million.Overnight visitors (4.7 million) and same-day visitors (5.6 million) rose by 9.3 percent and 33.4 percent respectively.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject trade union bill for 10th time

Only 13 out of 29 lawmakers who were attending yesterday’s plenum voted yesterday in support of a trade union bill proposed by legislator-cum-unionist José Maria Pereira Coutinho.The legislature has 33 members.Yesterday was the 10th time the legislature has rejected a trade union bill since the establishment of the Macau Special Administration Region (MSAR) in 1999.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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