Govt saddened by death of park worker

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho yesterday called for the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) committee meetings to be held in public so that residents can monitor how bills are being discussed and what views lawmakers express during the meetings.Coutinho and fellow lawmaker Leong Veng Chai, both board members of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), held a joint press conference about their 2013-2017 legislative work at the association’s headquarters in Zape.Both Coutinho and

A mainland man cheated a male gambler from the mainland out of HK$175,000 in a chip-cash exchange scam last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to the press conference, the Judiciary Police (PJ) received a referral from the Public Security Police (PSP) early Friday about a fraud case, in which the male victim told the police that he and the 48-year-old suspect surnamed Xu met again at a hotel in Cotai last month after