Up to 755 passengers can use Inner Harbour ferry pier simultaneously

The Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal can accommodate up to 755 arriving and departing passengers simultaneously, according to figures revealed by officials yesterday.In a media briefing about the facilities at the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal in the run-up to tomorrow’s resumption of the Macau-Wanzai ferry service, the officials said that the arrivals area of the terminal will have a maximum capacity of accommodating 465 passengers simultaneously, while the departure and embarkation areas

January 22, 2020 | BY admin

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UM research project on autonomous vehicles gets key R&D funding

A research project by the University of Macau (UM), titled “Research on Key Technologies and Platforms for Collaborative Intelligence-Driven Autonomous -Driving Vehicles,” has been listed under the Macau Funding Scheme for Key R&D Projects, becoming one of the largest research projects in Macau’s history, the public university said in a statement yesterday. “Thanks to this research project, the university’s faculty members and students will hopefully be able to experience

January 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Gambler robs woman walking alone: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male gambler from the mainland on Monday for robbing a local woman of her handbag with an accomplice on Friday night when she was walking alone near Macau Stadium in Taipa, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The accomplice was still at large at the time of the press conference.The suspect and his friend decided to rob someone after gambling away all teir money. The victim lost cash and valuables worth 9,000 patacas.Lai

January 22, 2020 | BY admin

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New centre to strengthen response to Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: govt

The local government announced yesterday the immediate setting-up of a centre tasked with responding to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak and coordinating the local authorities’ measures to tackle the public health menace. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre is also responsible for coordinating the measures by public and private entities in the prevention, control or treatment of any infection that might occur

January 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass Judiciary Police bill creating 7 new units

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill amending the current law regulating the powers, functions and duties of the Judiciary Police (PJ), which proposes to expressly grant the Judiciary Police “exclusive competence” to investigate crimes endangering national security and crimes related to cybersecurity.According to the bill, the government proposes that the Judiciary Police will have a new division for preventing and investigating terrorist

January 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Legislature passes joint Hengqin checkpoint bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill enabling Macau’s Lotus Flower border checkpoint to be relocated to the new Hengqin border checkpoint building.The bill proposes to apply local law on the Macau-side zone of the new Hengqin checkpoint and adjoining areas.Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The bill is

January 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Knife attack suspect has no ‘acute mental illness’: hospital

The suspect, who told police that she felt dizzy after killing a woman and injuring two others with a knife in an Areia Preta housing estate on Sunday, does not suffer from an acute mental illness, Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre Medical Director Lei Wai Seng said yesterday.On Sunday evening, a woman in her 30s from the mainland went looking for a man living in the estate. After being told the man was not at home, the woman barged into flat with a knife and attacked the man’s

January 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt pledges vigilance on Wuhan pneumonia virus

The local government said in a statement yesterday that it is staying vigilant about the latest developments concerning the Wuhan pneumonia virus situation. In the statement released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), the government reassured the public that it has improved preventive work to minimise the risk of such cases affecting Macau.Between 5 p.m. on Saturday to 5 p.m. on Sunday there were no reports of any local people returning from recent trips to Wuhan and

January 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Prison guard cheats pawnshop, faces fraud charge

The Office of the Secretary for Security (GSS) said in an online statement yesterday that the Judiciary Police (PJ) detained a prison guard last Thursday for allegedly pawning a counterfeit watch.A pawnshop in Nape reported to the Judiciary Police on November 1 that it had been cheated by a man who pawned a fake expensive watch for which he received HK$110,000 on August 27, 2019, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the pawnshop discovered that it

January 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Woman attacks 3 people in their flat, 1 dead, 2 injured

A woman attacked three people in their flat after finding out the man she was looking for was not at home, killing one and injuring two, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday.A Judiciary Police statement said that a woman in her 30s went looking for a man living in an Areia Preta housing estate at about 7 p.m. yesterday, and when she was told he was not at home, the woman, with a knife in her hand, charged into the flat and attacked the man’s mother, his wife and his five-year-old

January 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau people oppose chaos: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Friday that Macau people have safeguarded, on their own initiative, the “insurmountable line” of opposing political chaos, based on their “excellent tradition” of loving the motherland and their hometown. Ho made the remarks in a speech at the Spring Festival reception at Macau Tower hosted by the local Central People’s Government Liaison Office. The chief executive underlined as the “most satisfactory” situation in Macau last year that all

January 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Liaison office vice-director appointed Guangdong CPPCC vice-chairman

Xue Xiaofeng, one of the four deputy directors of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, has been appointed as a vice-chairman of the 12th Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Xinhua reported last week. Xue had served as a deputy director of the office since September 2016, after serving as the Communist Party of China (CPC) secretary of the Zhongshan Municipal Committee for five years. His successor has still to

January 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Liaison chief urges Macau to keep strong confidence in ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying has called for Macau to maintain its strong confidence in the “One Country, Two Systems” principle by “not being confused by external interference”.Fu made the remarks while delivering a speech during a Spring Festival reception on Friday. The annual reception hosted by the office took place at Macau Tower, with about 1,900 people attending, according to the office, including Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s

January 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Tutor forges postmarks on envelopes to promote his business

A local tutor stamped bogus postmarks on letters containing promotional leaflets about his private tuition business before putting them into letter boxes of residential buildings late last year, as he wanted to make his advertising campaign more effective, Judiciary Police (PJ) Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference on Friday.The suspect paid 70 yuan via the Internet to ask someone on the mainland to create the forged postmarks. The suspect fraud was discovered by the Post and

January 20, 2020 | BY admin

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