16 students lose over 5 million patacas in phone scams this year: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng said yesterday that this year up until last Thursday, 16 university students – including a postgraduate student – enrolled in Macau became victims of reported phone scams in which fraudsters pretended to be officials, involving a total loss of over five million patacas.Sit made the remarks at the PJ headquarters in Zape during a meeting between PJ officers and representatives from the local higher education sector about their joint efforts to

October 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Retired cop & sister blackmail casino worker: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) detained a retired PJ officer and his younger sister for allegedly blackmailing a casino public relations worker, demanding that he pay 154,000 patacas, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the male suspect is a 60-year-old retiree surnamed Cheong. He told the police that he had retired from the Judiciary Police in the middle of this year. The female suspect surnamed Cheong is 55-years old. She told the police

October 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Offences by cabbies last month drop 81.8 pct: police

The number of regulatory breaches by taxi drivers recorded last month decreased “noticeably” by 81.8 percent year-on-year from the same month last year, following the new taxi law which came into force on June 3, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.A total of 73 offences by cabbies were recorded last month, a decrease of 329 cases from September last year when the police recorded 402 offences, according to the statement.According to the statement, the 73 offences

October 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab serial thief targeting Caritas Macau donation boxes

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Thursday for at least four cases of theft from retail shops – including three Caritas Macau donation boxes – since late August, PSP spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kam identified the suspect as a 44-year-old man surnamed Ma. He told the police that he is employed as a construction worker.The thieving spree started on August 23. Three bakeries in Nape and the northern district separately reported

October 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Health Bureau launches Macau’s lung cancer screening scheme today

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it will launch a lung cancer screening pilot programme for residents today.The pilot scheme, a first for Macau, has 100 places, the statement said.Local residents aged between 50 and 70 meeting the following criteria are eligible to participate in the scheme free of charge: 1) A specified smoking indicator of 30, i.e. the number of packs of cigarettes smoked daily multiplied by how many years the person has been smoking and the result

October 9, 2019 | BY admin

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National Day Golden Week visitors rise 11.5 pct: MGTO

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced on its website yesterday that Macau recorded 984,996 visitor arrivals during the mainland’s seven-day National Day Golden Week holiday period from last Tuesday to Monday this week, an 11.5 percent increase compared to the same period last year.According to the website, the city recorded 798,443 mainland visitors during the seven-day period, a year-on-year increase of 9.4 percent. Mainlanders accounted for 81.1 percent of all visitor

October 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Xi extends Seniors’ Day greetings in reply to letter from Macau elders

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping wished senior citizens nationwide a happy Double Ninth Festival, also known as Chung Yeung Festival, which took place yesterday.Xi extended the greetings on Sunday in a written reply to a letter that he had received in August from 30 senior citizens in Macau.The seniors are volunteers for the I Chon Centre, which was established by the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau (generally known as Kai Fong, its Cantonese name) in 2007, which Xi visited

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman dies after hit by car in car park

A 68-year-old woman died yesterday after being hit and run over by a car when she was painting white lines in a car park in Nape, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement.According to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) yesterday, the victim surnamed Lam was a local resident. The 50-year-old male suspect surnamed Cheong told the police that he works as a casino dealer. He passed a breathalyser test.According to the statement, the accident happened at about 1:13 p.m. in the

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland transfers fugitive kidnapping convict to Macau

The mainland police transferred to the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Saturday a local man who was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison in Macau for his involvement in the kidnapping of well-known local Portuguese lawyer Jorge Neto Valente in 2001.Neto Valente, a former lawmaker, heads the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM).According to media reports at that time, the local police rescued Neto Valente in March 2001 from a local flat five days after he had been kidnapped in Sai Van when he was

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Japan wins fireworks contest

Japan has won the 30th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest, followed by teams from China and France as the first and second runners-up, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement on Saturday.The winners were decided by an MGTO-appointed jury.Japan’s winning display was held on Saturday, while the displays of the Chinese and French teams both took place on National Day, October 1.This handout photo provided by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) shows

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Fake police officer cheats 4 Indians out of 192,500 patacas in job scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Saturday for cheating four Indian males out of a total of 192,500 patacas, in collaboration with a still-at-large Filipina, in a job-seeking scam, by claiming that he could help them get jobs as security guards in the city, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference on Sunday.Lei identified the suspect as a 55-year-old retired public servant surnamed Silva Moura.According to Lei, the four Indian victims separately reported

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui urges committee to ‘tell good stories’ about Macau in BRI development

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday urged the members of the government’s working committee for the Development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to consolidate the consensus of local society, “tell good stories” about Macau and be a “promoter” in the process of building the BRI, according to a statement by the Macau Government Spokesperson’s Office.Chui also told the members of the government-appointed committee to “organically combine” the development of the BRI

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Ambrose So says visitor arrivals up but not gaming revenue

SJM Director Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that Macau’s visitor arrivals may have gone up last month but the increase was not reflected in the revenue his company got from its gaming tables.So made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the company’s cocktail reception to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at Macau Tower.As for the National Day Golden Week holiday which began on Tuesday, So noted that there are more visitors coming

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to issue 914 more delta bridge car permits

The Macau government announced yesterday that it will issue 914 additional permits for Macau-registered cars to enter Hong Kong via the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) – 558 for individuals and 356 for companies.According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, the application period started yesterday and will end on October 23. The 914 permits will be valid for three years. Applicants will enter a lucky draw to get a permit, the results of which will be

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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