1,600 kg of smuggled & uninspected food seized in 3 days

The Customs Service (SA) and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that over 1,600 kg of smuggled and uninspected meat, vegetables and seafood were found in restaurants, vegetable stalls and different border checkpoints within their three-day joint action earlier this month.The statement said that SA officers and IAM officials inspected various districts before the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, confiscating 324 kg of vegetables, 9 kg of meat and 14 kg of other food items

September 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Plastic bag levy is effective way to reduce plastic waste: eco-chief

Civil society has reached a consensus on the plastic carrier bag charge scheme, Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said yesterday, adding he believed that a significant effect on reducing plastic use would be seen already within the first year of its implementation.The Law on Restrictions on the Supply of Plastic Bags will come into force on November 18. It forbids retailers to give out plastic shopping bags for free and compels them to charge customers one

September 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Xi urges Ho to grasp Macau’s real situation & country’s strategic development needs

In a meeting with Chief Executive-designate Ho Iat Seng in Beijing yesterday, President Xi Jinping called for Ho to accurately grasp Macau’s real situation and the country’s strategic development needs, and unite and lead his new government and people from various segments of Macau’s civil society to strive for the city’s long-term development.Before meeting Xi yesterday afternoon, Ho received a State Council decree from Premier Li Keqiang yesterday morning designating him as the

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Pansy Ho condemns violent unlawful acts in HK at UN session

GENEVA – Pansy Ho Chiu-king, chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation of Women, yesterday condemned the “increasingly escalating violent acts” in Hong Kong.In an oral statement delivered at the ongoing 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council here in Geneva, Ho said that since June 6, Hong Kong people have been plagued with over 130 protests in which 110 ended in unprovoked violence and unlawful acts, driving hundreds of small businesses to close down and many workers jobless.“We

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Drunken female tourist attacks cabbie & 2 cops: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested yesterday a drunken tourist for attacking a taxi driver and two PSP officers, PSP spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the 18-year-old suspect is surnamed Jia, from Sichuan province and holds a Macau entry permit. The three victims comprise a local taxi driver and male and female police officers. Their personal information was not released.According to Choi, the incident was reported by the

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho Iat Seng vows to unite Macau society to take part in national development

Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s incoming chief executive, has pledged to unite Macau society and lead Macau to participate in the nation’s development.Ho made the remarks in an interview with Xinhua after he was appointed as the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) by the State Council on September 4.Ho won the chief executive election with 392 of 400 valid votes on August 25 and will assume office on December 20.In the interview, Ho stressed that he will

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland becomes pupils’ 1st choice for higher education: survey

About 40 percent of local senior high school pupils chose to study at the mainland’s universities for their higher education, a survey released by the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) showed yesterday.The association held a press conference at the U-go Centre in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais yesterday, to release its latest findings of local pupils’ intentions for higher education.The survey, conducted between June 24 and July 12, collected 1,128 valid questionnaires

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Financial reserves reach 571.7 billion in June

Macau’s financial reserves rose to 571.7 billion patacas – 0.571.7 trillion patacas – at the end of June, a year-on-year- increase of 2.4 billon patacas, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced yesterday.Macau’s quasi-central bank announced the figure in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the announcement, the financial reserves included 338.9 billion patacas in deposits and current accounts, as well as 152.2 billion patacas in negotiable instruments and 103.3 billion patacas

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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HK teen sells drugs in Macau: police

An 18-year-old male from Hong Kong was hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect is surnamed Choi. He told the police he works in the transportation industry in Hong Kong.According to the spokesperson, the Judiciary Police were recently tipped off that someone had been hired by a Hong Kong gang to sell drugs to customers in night entertainment venues in Macau. After

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho says still listening to opinions on choosing policy secretaries

Chief Executive-designate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that he was still listening to opinions from civil society about his selection of the government’s five policy secretaries in his upcoming administration.Ho, 62, spoke to reporters at the local airport yesterday morning before departing for a three-day working trip to Beijing where he will receive a State Council decree today designating him as the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Ho said that he

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Qingmao checkpoint project worker dies after fainting at work

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) in a statement yesterday expressed its sadness that a Qingmao project non-resident worker died after fainting at work, adding that the company who had hired him was requested to do its utmost to assist the worker’s family in coming to Macau to make arrangements for his funeral and to submit a report about the incident.According to the statement, the incident occurred shortly after midnight when the worker was feeling ill while working and then

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Rival firework teams offer ‘passion’ & ‘born afresh’ themes

Portuguese firework consultant Nuno Freitas and South Korean firework company managing director Chung Young-Mo said yesterday that their firework displays will be themed “fascination in a night of passion” for the Portuguese company and “born afresh in fireworks” for the South Korean company for their rival pyrotechnic displays on Friday that are part of the ongoing 30th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest.Both made the remarks during a press conference organised by the Macau

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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GGCT says no warning issued for travellers to avoid HK

The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) said yesterday in an English-language statement that it had never issued a warning for travellers to avoid visiting Hong Kong.Concerning recent comments posted on social media platforms claiming that the GGCT had urged Macau people to avoid non-essential travel to Hong Kong, the office insisted in the statement that it had never issued such a warning.The statement noted that GGCT is monitoring the current situation in Hong Kong and is reminding Macau

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Trio use picklocks to enter 3 flats, steal property worth 76,600 patacas: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two mainlanders on Monday for entering three flats by using picklocks and stealing jewellery, watches and cash worth a total of 76,600 patacas, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that at the time of the press conference the police were still searching for a third suspect. Choi did not elaborate on the gender of the third suspect and where he or she comes from.According to Choi, the first suspect surnamed Yang, in

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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