Septuagenarian hangs himself in car park: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report from the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday at about 6:51 a.m. that a man was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself in a car park on the third floor of Concordia Square 1 in Rua Oito do Bairro Iao Hon, according to a message from PJ spokesman Cheong Kam Fai.The deceased is a local man in his seventies surnamed Chang.According to the message, a resident discovered a man hanging with a rope around his neck in the residential

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel guests drop nearly 90 pct in May

Macau’s 108 hotels and guesthouses recorded 116,000 guests last month, a year-on-year decline of 89.9 percent, the Statistics and Service Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, guests from the Chinese mainland (71,000) and Hong Kong (10,000) both decreased by over 90 percent. Guests’ average length of stay rose by 0.7 night to 2.1 nights. The average occupancy rate of guestrooms fell by 77.8 percentage points year-on-year to 12.3 percent.The

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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3 men, 2 women nabbed for sham marriages

Three men and two women were arrested on Friday in various locations in the northern district for their alleged involvement in two bogus marriage cases, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said at a regular press conference yesterday. The five suspects are a 54-year-old local woman surnamed Leong who told the police that she works as a cleaner for the Fire Services Bureau (CB), while her ex-husband a 63-year-old local man surnamed Lei told the police that he works as a

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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UM research team proposes new type of programmed cell death for cancer therapy

At the invitation of the international journal Pharmacology & Therapeutics, a research team at the University of Macau’s (UM) Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, led by Associate Professor Chen Xiuping, recently wrote a paper on a new type of programmed cell death and its molecular mechanisms induced by natural products, according to a statement by the public university last week.The paper is expected to provide new strategies for cancer therapy and has been published in the medical

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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92 million facemasks sold by Macau govt since January

The Macau government has sold 92 million facemasks since January 23, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced at a regular press conference today. Officials at the press conference said that the 17th 10-day round of facemask sales will start on Wednesday. As in the previous rounds, each resident and non-resident worker - including children - is entitled to buy 10 masks for 8 patacas (US$1). The government sells the facemasks through designated pharmacies, public

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Galaxy offers free stay or restaurant experience to ‘affected bookers’

Galaxy Macau said yesterday that it is offering complimentary accommodation or a restaurant experience for locals who successfully booked a stay at the hotel for 10 patacas (US$1.25) on the Internet but were told later it was invalid as it was the result of a system error.The statement, posted on the hotel’s social media page yesterday, came after the company last week suggested guests who managed to get the 10-pataca room deal on June 23 contact their online travel agencies (OTAs) for a free

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Residents returning from 6 countries must have NAT proof

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, announced that Macau residents who plan to return home from a list of six countries via Hong Kong using the Macau government’s special ferry service must present a nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate confirming that they have tested negative for COVID-19 before they can board the ferry from Hong Kong’s airport back

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Angela Leong clarifies son’s situation

SJM executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei clarified the situation of one of her five children in a Chinese-language statement published in Macau yesterday. In the statement, which was issued on Saturday and published in the Chinese-language Macao Daily News yesterday, Leong said that due to “physical reasons” her family had never released any information about one of her three sons, Ho Yau Bong. She said that in the wake of Stanley Ho Hung Sun’s passing last month, she had

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Travelling in our own city

Commentary by Swallow Xu*     “Saint Paul’s Church by moonlight is a most romantic object, really magnificent. It stands very high. I think I counted 70 steps before reaching the top, the whole width of the church. Add to all this the chiming of the bells, which they do very well – they have a very good set – a pleasant little party round the table, a fine cool breeze, and you will have us to a T[urner] tea party”.  (28.6.1830)– Harriet LowAn elderly couple

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Fast & furious fight night raises over 35,000 patacas for Macau Special Olympics

Saturday night saw local gym Macao Boxing House hold a charity boxing event with 35,730 patacas (US$4,480) raised going to Macau Special Olympics.Titled in Chinese “Once You’re High You Will Explode”, it was a night of fast and furious boxing and kick-boxing bouts in front of a boisterous capacity crowd at the Macao Boxing House gym in Areia Preta.The event saw amateur fighters from Macao Boxing House plus local gyms Life Project and Chong Wa Athletic Association taking part. There was

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Outgoing govt info chief hosts media dinner

Outgoing Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Victor Chan Chi Ping (centre, front) poses with senior English- and Portuguese media representatives and several GCS officials – including GCS Deputy Director Louie Wong Lok I (second row, third from left) – pose after a dinner hosted by Chan at L’Arc Macau on Saturday night. Chan will leave his post as GCS director tomorrow, after 20 years at the helm of the bureau. Chan, a former newspaper and broadcasting journalist, will take

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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‘Ambassadors’ take visitors on Dom Pedro V Theatre tour

A tour entitled “Journey through Dom Pedro V Theatre” organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) took place at the Dom Pedro V Theatre on Saturday and yesterday. The tour was co-sponsored by the Macau Dom Pedro V Theatre Owners Association and Lisbon-based Orient Foundation (FO), according to a leaflet about the two-day event published by the bureau. The bureau launched its so-called “cultural ambassador” programme last year with a string of training courses for residents

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Local artist ‘moves forward’

A painting exhibition entitled “Move Forward” by local artist Guan Quan Chang is being held by the Macau Foundation (FM) as part of the Macau Artists Promotion Project at the Hanover Gifts Museum of Macau. The event is sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), according to an article on Macau Foundation’s website.Guan was born in Nanhai city in Guangdong province in November 1940. Guan was inspired by his artist father from his early childhood and developed a strong interest in

June 29, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 pushes up jobless rate

The economic impact of COVID-19 pushed up Macau residents' unemployment rate by 0.3 percentage points to 3.4 percent between March and May from the February-April survey period, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Macau's general unemployment rate comprising local residents and non-resident workers grew 0.2 percent to 2.4 percent. According to Saturday's announcement, total employment stood at 394,600, including 280,100 employed residents, up by 400 and 2,200

June 28, 2020 | BY admin

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