Drunk woman refuses to take alcohol tests, nabbed for disobedience: police

A local woman was arrested for refusing to undergo alcohol testing on Sunday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference on Monday.The suspect surnamed Ng, who is in her thirties, told the police that she works as a casino dealer.According to Choi, the Macau Customs Service informed the Public Security Police (PSP) on Sunday morning that customs officers on patrol at about 6 a.m. in Estrada Nordeste da Taipa saw that the front of a car and three

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Public Library launches its 23rd issue of ‘Books and the City’

The Macau Public Library has launched the 23rd issue of its Books and the City magazine, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday. The magazine is trilingual – Chinese, English and Portuguese.Themed “Smart Library Development”, the latest issue summarises the various smart services and facilities introduced by the Public Library in recent years, “and figures out how reading smartly plays its role in the central system of the ‘city’s brain’,” according to

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Local man involved in 2 sham marriages nabbed with his ‘ex-wife’: police

A local man and a woman were arrested on Thursday for entering into a sham marriage for which she paid him HK$40,000, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said at a regular press conference on Monday.The male suspect surnamed Cheang and the female suspect surnamed Guo are in their forties. They told the police that they are construction workers.According to Choi, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) informed the Public Security Police (PSP) recently that it suspected that

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

An excavator is removing debris from the former Luk Kok Tea House in Avenida da Almeida Ribeiro yesterday. The abandoned building, which was famous for its wooden ceiling complete with a large number of fans, collapsed years ago after decades of neglect. Photo: MPDGTwo men take their facemasks off to smoke and chat near Casino Oceanus on Monday. Photo: Camy TamA pile of President Xi Jinping’s book is displayed outside a shop’s entrance in Taipa, with a notice on the door

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US sanctions on Banco Delta Asia lifted: Stanley Au

Stanley Au Chong-kit, chairman of Delta Asia Financial Group, said in a statement with the title “Forgive and Forget” yesterday that he had received “the official confirmation from the US government that without further litigation, or any admission of liability by any party, the sanctions on Banco Delta Asia, imposed in 2005, have been formally lifted.”Au said his bank was “pleased with this action by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US government,” adding that

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Local pupils express ‘love in time of coronavirus’ with art

Calligraphies and paintings with encouraging words and colourful depictions of togetherness and people with facemasks are the creations of local pupils for an art activity recently organised by the Macau Chinese Culture and Arts Association.The activity, sponsored by gaming operator SJM, which urged local pupils to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with art, received a total of 1,489 entries from 52 local primary and secondary schools, according to a statement by the association last week,

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Sanctioning US individuals a just move to safeguard nation’s interests

Commentary     BEIJING – China on Monday announced sanctions against 11 US individuals with egregious records on Hong Kong affairs.This is a necessary move opposing the US anti-China forces’ flagrant interference in China’s internal affairs over a long period of time. It is also a solemn move to safeguard China’s national sovereignty, security and development interests.The anti-China forces in the United States have long been concocting rumors and fabricating accusations,

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NPC decides to retain entire Legco for a year

The standing committee of the nation's top legislature decided today to allow Hong Kong's entire Legislative Council (Legco) to stay on for a year, now that the election has been postponed until next September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the decision by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), four opposition Legco members will be able to retain their seats even though they were barred from running in the now-postponed polls for the next legislative

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HKMAO welcomes arrests of Jimmy Lai and others

BEIJING – The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) has welcomed the arrest of anti-Beijing Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, and others under the special administrative region's new national security law. In a statement, it called for people who had colluded with foreign forces and harmed national security to be severely punished. The office singled out Lai was one such figure. It accused him of planning and organising illegal protests, using his media platforms to

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HK ‘back on the right track’: Security Bureau

 HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Security Bureau yesterday gave its backing to the actions of the police, and their enforcement of the national security law, saying Hong Kong was being brought back "on the right track". The statement was made in the wake of yesterday’s high profile arrests under the new national security law and the searching of the Tseung Kwan O offices of the anti-Beijing Apple Daily newspaper. In response to media enquiries, the bureau said it would not

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Arrests linked to calls for sanctions: HK police

 HONG KONG – Hong Kong police said yesterday that the national security arrests they made shortly before raiding the offices of Apple Daily followed an investigation into a group which had been demanding sanctions by foreign countries against Hong Kong. At a press briefing, the police said a total of nine men and one woman had been arrested throughout the day, four on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces, four on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, and two on suspicion of both

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Mainland to lift quarantine for Macau arrivals from tomorrow

Issuing of Zhuhai residents’ travel permits to resume same dayAddressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus situation, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U announced that the central government will lift its 14-day quarantine requirement for all arrivals from Macau from tomorrow – meaning that they can enter all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the mainland without having to undergo quarantine from tomorrow.Ao Ieong also

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Macau Archives to host ‘Pirates in the Waters of Macau’ exhibition

Organised by the Archives of Macau (AM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), an exhibition entitled “Pirates in the Waters of Macau (1854-1935)”, will be held from next Wednesday to January 31, “presenting the phenomenon of piracy in the surrounding waters of Macau and the multiple meanings it had for Macau,” the bureau said in a statement yesterday. “The word ‘pirate’ [“hoidouh” in Cantonese] conjures up the stereotype of adventures, romances, cruelty and

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Chinese economy’s V-shaped* recovery becomes more prominent

Analysis by Xinhua writers Zhang Yiyi, Ding Yinghua, Hu Wenjia & Xu Xiaoqing– Mainland China’s economy is on track to a V-shaped recovery by returning to the pre-outbreak level, economists say, citing burgeoning signs in industrial chains and the services sector, as well as work resumption.– The recovery of the world’s second-largest economy is expected to boost the pace of other economies’ restoration, as China has proposed a new development pattern of dual circulation, which

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