27th occupational health & safety conference aims for better solutions: DSAL

About 450 participants comprising government officials, professionals, representatives of associations from the occupational health and safety sector, management personnel and guests from the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau have been invited to the four Chinese jurisdictions’ joint 27th Occupational Health and Safety Conference which aims to find better solutions to occupational health and safety (OHS) issues as well as promote the latest safety measures and different industries’ OHS

October 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Student steals 2 mobile phones from basketball courts: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local male university student in his twenties on Saturday for stealing at least one mobile phone from each of two outdoor basketball courts in Areia Preta district that their respective owners had left with their personal belongings while playing a game, a PSP spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The police meanwhile also arrested the owner of a mobile phone shop in Toi San district, a local man in his forties, who admitted

October 16, 2019 | BY admin

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IPIM chief stresses Macau’s role as ‘precise liaison window’

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Irene Lau Kuan Va stressed yesterday’s Macau’s role as a “precise liaison window” in a press conference about this week’s Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF).The 24th Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (24th MIF) and the 2019 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macau) (2019PLPEX) will be held concurrently from tomorrow until Saturday at the Venetian in Cotai. .Lau

October 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Elderly in wheelchair tries to smuggle 3,200 cigarettes into Macau: customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that a 70-year-old local man in an electric wheelchair attempted to smuggle 3,200 cigarettes into Macau via the Barrier Gate border checkpoint on Monday, with some of the cigarettes hidden in different parts of his wheelchair, while the remainder were concealed in his bag and around different parts of his body.At around 8 a.m. on Monday, customs officers found that the man, who was passing through the green channel in his electric

October 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui says Macau ‘is a friendly & open int’l tourism partner’

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged during yesterday’s opening ceremony of this year’s Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) that the local government will strengthen Macau’s role as a hub for linking the nation with the rest of the world, seeking to create broader and more comprehensive mutual benefits and gains for all.The two-day forum ends today. Its opening ceremony took place at MGM Cotai yesterday afternoon.The forum has been held in Macau annually since 2012. The annual

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander says lost 850,000 yuan in investment fraud

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man last week for defrauding a mainlander out of 850,000 yuan (943,600 patacas), claiming that he had a money exchange scheme with a one-percent return on investment (ROI) per day, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a 33-year-old mainlander surnamed He, who told the police that he is unemployed. His accomplice is also a mainlander, who was still at large at the time of the press

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Security forces discipline supervision committee gets more powers

The government-appointed Macau Public Security Forces Discipline Supervision Committee has been given more powers, according to an order by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promulgated in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The order takes effect today.The order states that from now the committee can carry out summary inquiries and directly deal with complaints about personnel of the Macau Public Security Forces (FSM).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Urban Planning Council suspends Portuguese School expansion project

The Urban Planning Council suspended yesterday the expansion project by Carlos Marreiros, one of Macau’s best-known architects, of the private Portuguese School near the Grand Lisboa hotel-casino tower.Consequently, the project will have to be re-assessed by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) and Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).The decision was made during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council in the wake of criticism by fellow architect Rui Leão, a member of

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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MSAR passport holders granted visa-free access to Argentina

Holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports will be granted visa-free access to Argentina, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, MSAR passport holders can stay visa-free in Argentina for up to 30 days. Likewise, passport holders of Argentina will enjoy 30 days’ visa-free access to the Macau.The reciprocal measure will take effect on November 13.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man busted for taking & selling drugs: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Saturday for taking and selling drugs, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the 44-year-old suspect surnamed Song told the police that he is unemployed.The police were tipped off recently that a local man was selling drugs in various districts. After investigating, police identified Song as the suspected drug pusher.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded drug-trafficking suspect to

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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2 Taiwanese caught smuggling heroin via Macau: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from Taiwan who were attempting to smuggle heroin with a street value of 170,000 patacas from their island to the mainland, when they arrived at the local airport on Sunday on a flight from Cambodia – where they had picked up the drugs after departing from Taiwan for the Southeast Asian country, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the two suspects as a 48-year-old surnamed Liu and a 51-year-old

October 15, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourism chief expects close to 40 million visitors this year

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes says her office expects Macau’s number of visitor arrivals this year to reach almost 40 million – another record and an increase of 438 percent compared to 1999, the year of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Senna Fernandes made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia – popularly known as “Three Lamps” – on Saturday on the sidelines of the

October 14, 2019 | BY admin

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HK tutor sentenced to 18 1/2 years for sexual abuse of schoolboys in Macau

The Court of First Instance (TJB) has sentenced a male tutor from Hong Kong working at a local private tuition centre to a prison term of 18 years and six months for repeatedly sexually abusing at least six schoolboys enrolled in the centre since he started working there in 2016 until he was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in November last year.The 36-year-old defendant, surnamed Tam, was found guilty of sexual abuse of children and sexual coercion on Friday when the court announced the

October 14, 2019 | BY admin

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Gov‘t plans to remove all 29 dog toilets

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) plans to remove all dog toilets and eventually replace them with dog excreta collection bins, IAM Vice Chairman Lei Wai Nong said during a regular meeting of the bureau’s Consultative Committee at its headquarters in Largo do Senado last week.According to Lei, the setting-up of the dog toilets took a relatively long period of time but the outcome was not as expected. Therefore, the bureau plans to remove the dog toilets and replace them with dog excreta

October 14, 2019 | BY admin

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