4 injured in traffic accident on Friendship Bridge

Three men and a woman were slightly injured in a traffic accident involving three cars and a scooter on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge yesterday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement.The accident happened at around 12 noon in the direction from Taipa to the peninsula. The four people were taken to hospital for treatment. There was no follow-up information by the authorities on their condition.The accident caused a major traffic jam as traffic police officers were investigating

November 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Filipino removes parts from 2 motorbikes, sells them back home: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a male non-resident worker from the Philippines on Monday for removing parts from two motorcycles parked around Rua do Almirante Sérgio in the Inner Harbour area and then selling them in the Philippines last month, PSP spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect stole parts from the two motorcycles on a total of three occasions – parts from one of the two motorcycles twice and parts from the other motorcycle

November 29, 2019 | BY admin

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New pact exempts local govt from income tax on mainland investments

The local government will be exempted from income tax when investing in the mainland, once a new deal under the Mainland-Macau agreement to avoid double taxation comes into effect, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday.The Fourth Protocol to the Arrangement between the Mainland and the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Evasion of Income Tax exempts from income tax investments made by the local

November 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt launches new round of HOS applications, 1st since 2013

The government launched a new round of applications yesterday for 3,011 subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats on the land reclamation area officially known as Zone A.The application period will end on March 26 next year.A press conference about the new round of applications for the 3,011 units was held yesterday at the Housing Bureau (IH) in Ilha Verde.The 3,011 HOS flats, which will be built on three plots on Zone A, comprise 760 one-bedroom units, 998 two-bedroom units, and 1,253

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt mulls building lifts from Seac Pai Van to Coloane Hill

Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) Vice President Lo Chi Kin said yesterday that his bureau plans to build lifts connecting Coloane’s huge Seac Pai Van public housing estate and Coloane Hill, adding that his bureau aims to complete the project in 2021.Lo made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by non-establishment lawmaker Au Kam San during a plenary session of the legislature.According to Lo, the purpose of the project is it to make it more convenient for residents living in the

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Locals’ jobless rate dips to 2.4 pct

Local residents’ unemployment rate stood at 2.4 percent in the August-October employment survey period, down by 0.1 percentage point from the previous survey period of July-September, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, Macau’s overall unemployment rate – which comprises local residents and non-resident workers – remained unchanged at 1.8 percent.The total labour force amounted to 394,300, while the labour force participation rate

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Philippine tourist nabbed with axe in luggage at airport: police

The police nabbed a tourist from the Philippines at the local airport on Monday for possession of an axe, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the 46-year-old suspect as a male tourist surnamed Liquran. He told the police that he is unemployed, the spokesman said.According to Ho, Liquran was scheduled to depart from the airport at midnight on Monday. When he was going through the airport ’s security check, security

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust loan-sharking gang, nab 8 suspects

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted a loan-sharking gang and nabbed eight mainlanders, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday, pointing out that the gang’s two kingpins were still at large at the time of yesterday’s press conference.According to Choi, the eight suspects are mainlanders, mostly from Guangdong province. Their surnames are Feng, Liang, Ma, Xu, Wu, Yang, Zheng and Liang. The Liangs are not related. The suspects are aged between 23 and 49. One of

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Drones banned for 9 days around MSAR anniversary: govt

The government will ban all drone activities for nine days around the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), in order to ensure that the celebrations will take place in a “safe environment”, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) said in a statement yesterday.The government’s aviation regulator will implement the drone-flying ban over the city’s skies between December 14-22, in accordance with Article 66 of the Air Navigation

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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62 kg of unquarantined dried seafood seized: customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers cracked a case of dried seafood smuggling at the Barrier Gate land-border checkpoint on Tuesday, seizing 62 kilogrammes of unquarantined dried seafood from the mainland.According to the statement, when a local dual-plate vehicle was entering Macau through the checkpoint, the Customs Service’s risk management system informed the officers that the vehicle required a “comprehensive inspection”.The customs officers then

November 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau, Zhuhai police nab 55 loan sharks in joint operation

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau (PSB) on Monday jointly busted a loan-sharking gang controlled by a local kingpin with a triad background and arrested 55 suspects, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said in a special press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the joint operation held on Monday was named “Double Arrows”, which was the same name as last month’s “Double Arrows”, an operation which aims to combat cross-border crimes.According

November 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Customs busts 3 smuggling cases in 3 days

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers busted three separate smuggling cases at the Macau checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.According to the statement, customs officers seized the contraband from a car with a dual Macau-mainland registration plate and two tourists. According to the statement, the three people in the three cases are a female mainlander, a male mainlander and a Filipina respectively.According

November 27, 2019 | BY admin

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DUI driver flees after crash in Coloane: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) nabbed a woman on Sunday for driving under the influence (DUI) and evasion of legal responsibility when she drove into roadside barriers in Coloane and fled the scene, PSP spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 32 year-old surnamed Chong who told the police that she is a businesswoman.Ho said that Chong’s car crashed into roadside barriers on the pavement in Rotunda das Palmeiras in Colane at

November 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Consultation on 60 billion pataca fund to start mid-2020: monetary chief

Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Benjamin Chan Sau San said yesterday that the government will launch a public consultation in the middle of next year on the possible establishment of a company tasked with managing the local version of a “sovereign wealth fund” – officially named Macau Investment and Development Fund Management Limited.Chan made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-civic leader Alan Ho Ion Sang during a plenary

November 27, 2019 | BY admin

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