Jobless man nabbed for sexual coercion of female netizen

An unemployed man with a criminal history of fraud, robbery and causing bodily harm was arrested on Friday for the sexual coercion of a woman in her flat on Thursday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 26-year-old local suspect is surnamed Tou. Choi pointed out that Tou has been involved in a number of criminal cases since 2016 and is awaiting trial. According to Choi, the victim, who is in her thirties and lives alone in a flat in

August 11, 2020 | BY admin

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Local woman cheated out of HK$1.94 million in phone scam: police

A 69-year-old retired woman reported to the police on Friday that she had been cheated out of HK$1.94 million in a phone scam last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the victim told the police that she received a call last month from a man who claimed that he was from the Public Security Bureau (PSB) in the mainland. He told the victim that her bank account in the mainland was involved in commercial criminal

August 11, 2020 | BY admin

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Overstayer gives birth, local husband arrested

The Public Security Police (PSP) has announced that a mainland woman who is an overstayer in Macau gave birth to a baby at a local hospital – and her husband was arrested.According to the statement, a member of the hospital staff informed the police last Monday about the matter. A PSP statement pointed out that someone told the police that the woman has been in Macau since mid-June. The woman’s husband, who is a Macau resident, was arrested for “sheltering an overstayer”, the statement

August 11, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 impact reduces Macau population by nearly 11,000

Due to the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Macau's population fell by 10,700 quarter-on-quarter to 685,400 at the end of the second quarter, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) today. A DSEC statement attributed the decrease to the reduced number of non-resident workers in Macau during the March-June period. At the end June, Macau's number of non-resident workers - mostly mainland Chinese, Filipinos, Indonesians and Vietnamese -

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau’s testing capacity rises to 23,000 per day: govt

Addressing Friday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said that Macau’s COVID-19 testing capability has been further raised from 16,000 to 23,000 people per day, equivalent to some 3.4 percent of the city’s population.According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), Macau’s population stood at 696,100 at the end of March.Macau’s COVID-19 testing capability was

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DSE runs programme to prepare SMEs for post-COVID-19 reopening

The Economic Services Bureau (DSE) reminded the public in a statement yesterday that its “special feature shops programme” was launched last month to promote 41 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and prepare them for the post-COVID-19 reopening of the city.According to the statement, the programme aims to improve local SMEs and enhance their overall service and brand image. The programme includes re-branding the shops’ image and helping stores to promote themselves on social media

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots from Sands Shopping Carnival

People queue up to enter the Sands Shopping Carnival.Each table in the food section has a plastic shield to separate patrons when eating as a way to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. Shoppers wearing facemasks browse around the venue comprising some 500 booths selling all sorts of products from snacks to flowers, toys to electronic appliances, cosmetics to clothes and shoes, and more.Photos taken on Friday by Monica Leong

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Random Thoughts

Commentary by Swallow Xu*It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way– Charles DickensDickens’ words in A Tale of Two Cities,

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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3 teens caught in drug bust: police

Three teenagers were caught in a drug bust last week, and two of them admitted that they worked for a Hong Kong drug-trafficking gang, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced. PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei told a special press conference on Friday that 44.67 grammes of cocaine, ketamine and Happy Powder with an estimated street value of 140,000 patacas were seized in the operation.The trio are local residents: a jobless 18-year-old male surnamed Wong who told the police that he dropped-out in

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Mainlander overstays for 2 years, uses fake S Korean passport

A mainlander was arrested on Wednesday for overstaying for two years and using a fake South Korean passport to stay in a local hotel, and he allegedly also used false ID data to fill out the Macau Health Code so that he could gamble in the casinos, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said in a regular press conference on Friday.A hotel front desk staff member was also arrested for aiding and abetting, Lai said.The 30-year-old man is surnamed Zhang. He holds an Exit-Entry Permit

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Influencers depict another side of Macau via social media

Social media turns the world into a global village and Macau’s very own influencers helped this city gain recognition in the village.Macau is outwardly known as Asia’s Las Vegas. Little did people overseas know that this city is more than casinos and hotels. In recent years, local social media influencers have been using their power on the Internet to let the world know that the city is more than its high GDP and gaming industry.Through the camera lenses of Ken Vong Cheng Wang and Sheila

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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US ‘sanctions’ do no good to China-US relations

Commentary      HONG KONG – Strained China-US relations were dealt another blow as the US Treasury Department announced the so-called sanctions against heads of Chinese government agencies responsible for Hong Kong affairs and officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).The US move blatantly violates international laws and basic norms governing international relations.The United States should genuinely eliminate the prejudice and hatred some of its

August 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau joins Organisation of World Heritage Cities

Macau has joined the Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), the local government announced yesterday. According to a statement by the government, an "affiliation ceremony" was held via video-conferencing in Macau yesterday. During the ceremony, the OWHC presented a certificate of membership to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), which was represented by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U. The statement pointed out that after

August 8, 2020 | BY admin

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UM, Caritas jointly launch health scheme for Filipino workers

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that it has launched a health intervention programme in conjunction with Caritas Macau for overseas Philippine workers in Macau.The statement did not say when the programme was launched.  The statement pointed out that like other demographic groups, non-resident workers from the Philippines have also experienced physical or mental health challenges caused by uncertainties during the COVID-19 pandemic.To better support this

August 8, 2020 | BY admin

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