Suicides fall 9.4 pct in 1H

The 8th International Culture and Food Festival, featuring the nation’s gastronomic capitals Shunde and Chengdu, is slated to be held from September 30 to October 8 at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, Frederick Yip Wing Fat, who heads the festival’s preparatory committee, announced during a press conference yesterday.According to Yip, president of Macau Association of Retailers and Tourism Services, the food fair will feature Shunde and Chengdu, each listed as a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO, in

Two mainlanders’ bank accounts have been frozen after separately exchanging Hong Kong dollars into yuan with the help of an illegal currency exchange dealer at different casinos in Cotai last Tuesday and Wednesday, reporting their respective losses of HK$150,000 and HK$110,000 to the police, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said yesterday.According to the male duo’s separate reports, Chong added, both of their bank accounts were frozen by the mainland’s Public Security