COVID-19 reduces crime by 28 pct in Q1: official

Macau's number of reported crimes fell 28.3 percent year-on-year to 2,412 in the first quarter of the year, the office of Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced today. The first-quarter crime figures were released in a statement by the office. In the past, quarterly crime statistics were announced during a press conference headed by Wong. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has reduced the number of regular press conference, with the notable exception of the daily press

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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New measure on nucleic acid test certificate needed to protect Macau & Zhuhai: clinical director

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said a new measure concerning the validity of a nucleic acid test certificate obtained by those travelling between Macau and Zhuhai that merely indicates that they have had their sample collected was needed to protect the two cities from the COVID-19 risk.Since last Monday, all arrivals from the

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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CTM to invest 2 billion patacas to optimise 5G network

Telecom operator CTM has completed the construction of the core network for its 5G service, vowing to invest another 2 billion patacas in the network for five years to continuously optimise the network.The announcement was made by CTM Network Services Vice President Declan Leong Pui Hong, Commercial Affairs Vice President Ebel Cham Pou I and Corporate Communications Director Eliza Chan during a press briefing about the 5G network.According to Leong, the first stage of the core network

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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One more suicide reported in Seac Pai Van

The Police Reporting Centre received a call from the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Friday at 7:50 p.m. stating that a man had committed suicide by hanging himself in the staircase of a residential building in Seac Pai Van in Coloane, according to a message from Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei early Saturday.Lei’s message said that the local man was certified dead at the scene.The victim was identified as a 62-year-old local man surnamed Kuok.According to

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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New gaming inspectorate chief to be sworn in on June 10: Lei

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong has told reporters that the new director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Adriano Marques Ho, will be sworn in on June 10.Lei made the announcement on the sidelines of a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) on Friday.Ho, a former chief of the gaming crime investigation unit of the Judiciary Police (PJ), is currently an advisor to Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak. The policy secretary overseeing the

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Local woman interrupts COVID-19 testing: police

Addressing Friday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Ma Chio Hong, who heads the Operations and Communications Division of the Public Security Police (PSP), said that a local woman had been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for follow-up investigation after she interrupted the operation of the local government’s nucleic acid testing (NAT) station at the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On earlier that day by shouting and hitting the

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Another Cetacean found on city’s shore

The carcass of Cetacean was found floating in waters along the Oriental Pearl shoreline on Friday with bruises around its fins and tail, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement.It was the second Cetacean carcass found around the city’s waters, following a dolphin that was washed ashore along the rocky shore in Coloane on Thursday.According to the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA), they received a report about  what appeared to be a dolphin carcass floating in waters between

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill raising maternity leave, creating paternity leave

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed on Friday a government-initiated amendment bill which will raise the number of days for statutory paid maternity leave to 70 days from the current 56 days in the private sector.The bill amends the Labour Relations Law, which took effect in 2009. The Labour Relations Law regulates the private sector employment. The public sector has its own employment regulations that are much more generous than those in its private counterpart.The Labour Relations Law

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Firefighters control smoke caused by fumigators

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a call yesterday afternoon about what appeared to be a smoky fire in a flat on the 11th floor of Block 12 of Kwong Wa San Chuen Building in Avenida do Nordeste.When the firefighters arrived at the scene, they quickly realised that the smoke was not caused by a fire but by a number of fumigators in the flat, the heavy smoke of which led residents in the building to believe that a fire had erupted and therefore called 999.According to a message by the Fire

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Chinese American girl’s English learning program expands global reach

CHICAGO – In the summer of 2016, six-year-old Joy He Zhiya and her elder brother left their home in New York for the mountain area of Longlin county in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to experience a different life.They lived at a host family, ate and worked together with the family members. They found that many local children wanted to learn English in order to be able to communicate with them, but there was no English teacher.The pair returned to Mowo village in Longlin during the

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Guangdong, HK, Macau studying mutual recognition of quarantine measures, COVID-19 testing

HONG KONG – Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee said yesterday that Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau are discussing mutual recognition of quarantine measures and novel coronavirus testing.Addressing a regular press conference, Chan pointed out Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau have taken different epidemic-prevention measures but are now discussing how to achieve mutual recognition of these measures. The public will be noticed once a specific plan and a timetable are in

May 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau's ex-sports chief suggests moving Grand Prix to Cotai

Macau's former sports chief Manuel Silverio has suggested moving the Macau Grand Prix from its traditional Guia Circuit on the Macau peninsula to Cotai, the city's gaming precinct. Silverio, who headed the Macau Sports Bureau (ID) between 1996 and 2008, made the suggestion in an interview broadcast by the Portuguese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM yesterday. In the Radio Macau interview, Silverio said that now was "perhaps" the right time to think about a

May 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Only 1 of 45 COVID-19 patients still in hospital

Only one of Macau's 45 COVID-19 patients is still hospitalised, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced at its daily press conference about the disease today.A 27-year-old woman from South Korea was discharged from isolation treatment today, after 62 days of hospital treatment, the Health Bureau (SSM) said at the press conference. She was immediately transferred to a quarantine section of the Public Health Clinic in Coloane for 14 days of isolation and medical

May 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Thailand removes Macau from COVID-19 risk list: report

The Thai government has decided to remove South Korea as well as China, including its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, from its list of Disease Infected Zones for COVID-19 as it further relaxes measures against the outbreak by allowing more businesses, including shopping malls, to open tomorrow, the Bangkok Post reported today.China and South Korea had been on the Thai Public Health Ministry list since March 6 when the situation was still highly volatile, just before Prime

May 16, 2020 | BY admin

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