Woman beats colleague, bites police officers

A local woman was arrested on Friday for attacking her colleague with a stick and biting two police officers, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday. The suspect, who is in her thirties, told the police that she works as a cleaner. According to Choi, a Filipina in her thirties, reported to the police at about 4 p.m. on Friday that she had had a dispute with her colleague about their working hours while cleaning a public

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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HK legislation attacks show why it’s vital

China Daily editorial     The “grave concern” the G7 foreign ministers expressed in the joint statement they issued last Wednesday over China’s decision to introduce a national security law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is misplaced and hubristic.To begin with, the proposed legislation that they are so strongly critical of, claiming it undermines the region’s legal and political institutions and thus its high degree of autonomy, targets four illegal

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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New law to plug HK’s national security loopholes

Commentary by Li Xiaobing*     The National People’s Congress (NPC), the nation’s top legislature, has authorized its Standing Committee to enact national security legislation for Hong Kong to plug the national security loopholes in the special administrative region. The new law will be incorporated into Annex III of the Basic Law of Hong Kong so it can be implemented in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).The decision is a significant move to plug the

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Draft law shows lawmakers have clear idea of how to protect national security

China Daily editorial     It is enforcement that makes a law effective. Those who have drawn up the draft law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) seem to have borne that in mind, since apart from the conventional content of such a law, they have proposed establishing two bodies in Hong Kong directly related to enforcement of the proposed law.The draft, which the country’s top legislature has now completed its first review of,

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A lifeguard (centre) walks around the swimming pool in Central Park in Taipa, which reopened over the weekend. Photo: Monica Leong A man teases his bird in a cage in Camões Garden yesterday.Men gather to watch people play Chinese chess in Camões Garden. Photos taken yesterday by Camy Tam 

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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World's COVID-19 cases top 9 million, no cases in Macau for 75 days

The world's number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease cases has gone beyond nine million, according to worldmeters.info. According to the real-time statistics reference website, the number of global COVID-19 cases stood at 9,064,745 at 5 p.m. (Macau time) today, when the number of deaths amounted to 470,981. The US and Brazil had the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths. In the US the number stood at 2.35 million cases with 122,248 deaths, while the number in Brazil

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt says tender for Cinematheque•Passion was fair

The tendering process for the operation of Cinematheque•Passion was fair and transparent, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Department Chief for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries Ho Hong Pan said on Friday.Ho made the comments during a press conference about the tendering evaluation process for the operation of the cinema, after some commentators and film buffs last week cast doubts on the company that won the bureau’s recent tender.The bureau opened a tender for the commercial

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Police nab 14 suspects involved in smuggling codeine cough syrup

Fourteen suspects belonging to two gangs were recently arrested for smuggling codeine cough syrup from Macau to the mainland, and the local and mainland police seized 741 bottles in the operation, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference on Friday.According to Ho, Gongbei Customs recently launched a cross-border joint operation with the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau and Macau Judiciary Police to bust a string of cases of smuggling codeine cough syrup to

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau non-resident workers living in Zhuhai exempted from quarantine from today: govt

The Macau government will exempt from today all Macau non-resident workers living in Zhuhai from the current 14-day quarantine imposed on non-resident workers from the mainland, according to an executive order signed by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng and published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Friday.According to Friday’s executive order, the non-resident workers must obtain an official confirmation from the Zhuhai authorities that they have their habitual residence there so that they can

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Wynn closes issuance of senior notes worth US$750 million

Gaming operator Wynn Macau announced on Friday the closing of the issuance of senior notes worth US$750 million. The company made the announcement on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. According to the announcement, the senior notes have an interest rate of 5.500 percent per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 each year. Interest started to accrue on Friday. The maturity date is January 15, 2026, unless earlier redeemed, while the first interest

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Civil servant cheated out of 1.04 million patacas in UK property deal: police

A local woman was arrested on Thursday for cheating a female civil servant out of about 1.04 million patacas to purchase two properties in the UK, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference on Friday.The 45-year-old suspect surnamed Lo told the police that she works as a catering manager.According to Ho, the 34-year-old victim met Lo in 2016 when they met in the UK and became friends. Lo returned to Macau in March 2018 and convinced the victim in

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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China-EU Summit to offer certainty in uncertain time

Commentary by Gao WenchengBEIJING – Amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, today’s 22nd China-EU leaders’ meeting is expected to boost much-needed confidence in the global fight against the novel coronavirus and offer more certainty in a time of unprecedented instability.This year marks the 45th anniversary of China-EU diplomatic relations, and with cooperation and consensus always greater than competition and differences, China and the EU have proven themselves to be long-term,

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Local artist showcases Thin Gold Chinese calligraphy

An exhibition entitled “The Great Way is not difficult” showcases Chinese calligraphy in thin gold style by local artist Healy Lei Hio I at the Youth Art Exhibition and Performance Hall.Lei told The Macau Post Daily in a phone interview last week that she graduated at Hou Kong Middle School and Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU. She has been deeply inspired by the secondary school’s emphasis in the Chinese cultural atmosphere and education, and started to develop her interest in Chinese

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Filipino found dead while on duty at satellite station

A 38-year old security guard from the Philippines was found dead by his colleague at a satellite station in Coloane’s Hác Sá area yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in statement last night.According to the statement, the deceased is surnamed Tolentino. He was carrying out his shift at the satellite station in Caminho do Quartel de Hác Sá.The statement said that a colleague went to the satellite station for his shift at 8 p.m. there and found Tolentino, who was sitting on a chair,

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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