Anti-graft body slams policy research bureau’s staff recruitment

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement on Friday that most of the various allegations against Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) Director Mi Jian listed in an anonymous letter from “staff members” of the bureau that the anti-graft body received in June were untrue.However, the statement slammed the bureau’s recruitment of staff members for failing to comply with “the principles of fairness and openness” demanded by the public

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Local woman tries to smuggle 24 bottles of spirits into Macau: customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have found a local woman attempting to smuggle 24 bottles of spirits in her car into Macau via the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, exceeding the official maximum amount of spirits that a person is permitted to bring into the city.On Saturday, customs officers checked a car with a dual Macau-mainland registration plate driven by the 40-year-old woman returning to Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint, when they found 24

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab trio for HK$2.7 million casino fraud

Three men were arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Thursday night for defrauding a Cotai casino, while five suspects are still at large, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference on Saturday.Lei did not name the casino, adding that a criminal gang had recruited a dealer and paid him to cheat the casino by wearing a “specially made” ring on his pinky finger which he used to lift the corner of each card before putting the cards into an electronic dealing shoe on

November 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Xi says HK violence threatens ‘One Country, Two Systems’

BEIJING/BRASÍLIA – The unrest in Hong Kong has “seriously challenged” the “One Country, Two Systems” principle governing the special administrative region, President Xi Jinping said yesterday in comments reported by state media.Anti-government rioters choked the city with barricades and rallies for a fourth straight day yesterday, days after a policeman shot a student protester with a live round who apparently had tried to snatch his handgun and a man expressing pro-Beijing views

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab duo, including cabbie, for drug-trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two local men, including a taxi driver, on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during special press conference yesterday.The two men were hired by a gang on the mainland and had been selling drugs for three months.Two drug users – a local man and a local woman – were also arrested during the police operation.Drugs and other items seized in the drug-trafficking case are displayed in a pressroom of the

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Court rejects son’s request for father to pay child support until completion of master’s course

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has rejected an appeal by a young local man who requested that his father pay him child support until the completion of his master’s degree course, according to a statement by the office of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday.According to the statement, the ruling noted that while the law requires parents to pay child support for their offspring who have not completed their education, the requirement does not include a master’s degree or above. The

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Huff finishes quickest in Guia Race 2nd practice

Britain’s Rob Huff in Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ended yesterday’s second Suncity Group Macau Guia Race – FIA WTCR practice session with the fastest time ahead of three-time world champion Andy Priaulx of Great Britain.Sebastien Loeb Racing VW Motorsport driver Huff is chasing a record 10th win on the Guia Circuit this weekend, and stormed into top spot midway through the half-hour session with a 2:29.422 lap. That effort briefly put him eight tenths clear of the opposition, and even by the

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Hickman tops timesheets for motorcycle GP

In what might almost have been a re-run of yesterday morning’s 53rd Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix’s free practice session, Britain’s Peter Hickman topped the timesheets in the afternoon qualifying by more than a second from fellow Briton Michael Rutter, and upped the stakes once more.From the moment the MGM by Bathams BMW S1000RR completed its first flying lap of the 6.2-km Guia Circuit, Hickman went to the top of the leaderboard and stayed there until the chequered flag dropped, with a

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Hughes takes provisional F3 pole position

Britain’s Jake Hughes is the provisional polesitter for the 2019 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup after narrowly beating Germany’s David Beckmann in the first of two qualifying sessions.Hughes smashed yesterday morning’s unofficial lap record in the process of topping the session, his 2:06.793 time now the fastest ever Formula 3 lap around the Guia Circuit.It was New Zealander Marcus Armstrong who set the early qualifying pace, a 2:10.154 putting him a 10th clear of SJM

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Drivers test new cars, riders resume rivalry on upgraded Guia Circuit

After a battle in the kitchen and a taste of Macanese cuisine, drivers and riders got down to business at the Guia Circuit as they tested more powerful F3 cars and fine-tuned bikes on the upgraded track on the first day of the 66th Macau Grand Prix yesterday.Drivers and riders competing in the motor-racing event arrived in Macau a few days early to explore the city a bit and took part in some community activities.Some of them experienced making some classic Macanese dishes, and after showing

November 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Higher education chief urges Macau students in HK to stay away from violence

Higher Education Bureau (DSES) Director Sou Chio Fai yesterday urged Macau residents enrolled in universities in Hong Kong to stay away from “violent incidents” and remain in their halls of residence, privately rented accommodation or any other safe place.Sou made the remarks yesterday during a current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM.Hong Kong has been hit hard by a wave of violence and vandalism by

November 14, 2019 | BY admin

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1 caught for running fake base station, 9 nabbed in illegal inns: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a woman from the mainland on Tuesday night for operating fake base stations in three residential flats in Nam Van and Nape, while nine people were nabbed for staying in suspected illegal inns, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press announcement right after the 10 arrests.A fake base station is telecom equipment which sends out a signal, disconnecting mobile phone users in an area from their legitimate base stations and who then receive messages

November 14, 2019 | BY admin

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Criminalisation of illegal inns ‘wouldn’t be effective’ to tackle issue: govt

A report published by the government yesterday concludes that the criminalisation of the operation of illegal inns would not be an effective method of solving the long-standing problem, the Secretariat for Administration and Justice (GSAJ) said in a statement yesterday.The government set up an interdepartmental working group for studying the possible criminalisation of the operation of illegal inns in December last year.The government said in December last year that in view of Macau’s civil

November 14, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau artists’ creations shown in Beijing

BEIJING – An exhibition presenting works of art by 65 Macau artists is taking place at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.Under the theme of “Integration,” the exhibition features 76 selected artworks including calligraphy, paintings and sculptures.It offers a glimpse of the vitality, openness and diversity of contemporary art after Macau returned to the motherland 20 years ago, and is of great significance for helping improve Macau artists’ emotional exchanges with the

November 14, 2019 | BY admin

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