3 cross-border drivers smuggle US$1.7 million: Gongbei Customs

Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that its officers busted three currency smuggling cases at the Cotai-Hengqin border checkpoint last week, involving a total of US$1,725,000 (13.9 million patacas) in cash.According to the statement, the joint operation was conducted by two of its subordinate departments –Hengqin Customs and the Anti Smuggling Bureau of its Hengqin Division – at about midnight on August 27. During the operation, customs officers checked cross-border drivers and

September 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander nabbed for stall investment scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainland man on Sunday for cheating a fellow mainlander by claiming he was a former member of the management staff of the local wholesale market who could arrange for the victim to be put on a priority list to buy a stall in a future wholesale market in Ilha Verde, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the 38-year-old suspect is surnamed Zhou. He told the police that he is unemployed. The personal

September 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Auditors slam govt’s public servant central recruitment method

In a hard-hitting report published yesterday, the Commission of Audit (CA) criticises the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) for its “unreasonably low efficiency” in recruiting public servants for the public administration through its centralised recruitment method which has undergone various changes since 2011.The commission slams the bureau for failing to foresee the possible difficulties in implementing its centralised recruitment rules over the past decade.The report

September 4, 2019 | BY admin

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17-year-old tourist nabbed after losing fake entry permit: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have caught a teenage tourist after he lost a bogus entry permit that he had bought on the mainland with the intention of gambling in Macau’s casinos, PSP spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the 17-year-old suspect surnamed Wu is from the mainland. He told the police that he is unemployed.The incident was reported by the security management of a casino-hotel resort in Cotai on August 25. According

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Motor vehicles rise to 238,383 in July

Macau’s number of licensed motor vehicles rose by 152 year-on-year to 238,383 at the end of July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Light automobiles increased by 0.9 percent to 108,258, while heavy motorcycles rose by 1.8 percent to 98,136.New registrations of motor vehicles in July increased by 0.8 percent to 1,130, with new registrations of light automobiles rising by 1.1 percent to 537 and those of heavy motorcycles dipping by 0.4 percent to 537.PLEASE READ THE

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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New radio channel on air in GBA

BEIJING – A radio channel covering the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) started broadcasting at 7 a.m. on Sunday.The channel, airing on FM 101.2 and MW 1215, will broadcast 21 hours a day mainly in Cantonese but also include programs in Hakka, Teochew and the Shantou dialects, its operator China Media Group said in a statement, adding that it will also have accounts on social media platforms.The move aims to promote the GBA’s comprehensive advantages, enhance cooperation

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 1.8 pct to 8.1 million in Jan-July

Macau’s 1,190 hotels and guesthouses recorded 8.16 million guests in the first seven months of the year, up by 1.8 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.The average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouse rose by 1.1 percentage points to 91.4 percent in the seven-month period. Guests’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.5 nights.In July, the hotel sector recorded 1.25 million guests, a year-on-year growth of 3.5 percent. Mainlanders,

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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CE election result published in Official Gazette

The result of Macau’s fifth chief executive (CE) election, which had already been verified by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) last month, was published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.Macau’s top court verified the result and confirmed Ho Iat Seng as the Chief Executive-elect, the gazette announced.Since no judicial appeal against the election process was filed within the statutory period, the Court of the Final Appeal verified the election result and the name of the elected

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders rob Vietnamese flatmate of 45,000 patacas : police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man on Sunday for robbing 45,000 patacas in cash from a Vietnamese woman in a shared residential flat, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the two male suspects are from the mainland. The personal information of the first suspect who was still at large at the time of yesterday’s press conference was not released. The second suspect surnamed Wu is 31 years old. He told the police that he is

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Electoral body confirms single list for business-sector by-election

Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong has announced that a single list has been confirmed for the by-election of a business sector seat in the Legislative Assembly (AL) on November 24.Tong made the remarks on Friday while speaking to reporters after a regular closed-door meeting of the commission at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo.The indirect election by the city’s business sector constituency will be held in the wake of Ho Iat

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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IAM fines resident for keeping monitor lizard

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) told The Macau Post Daily on Friday that a resident who smuggled a monitor lizard into Macau has been fined by the bureau for keeping the endangered species as a pet.The monitor lizard measuring 1.30 metres in length was found crawling in the street in San Kio district on August 23. The reptile is believed to have fallen from a nearby building and smashed the windscreen of a car parked in the street before it landed on the ground.The huge lizard then started

September 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Rosário reassures public over Taipa-Barra LRT safety concerns

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário promised yesterday that the government will ensure that its ongoing project to build the Light Rail Transit (LRT) section between Taipa and Barra at the southern tip of the peninsula will not affect the structure of Sai Van Bridge.The Taipa-Barra LRT section will run through the lower enclosed deck of the bridge, which currently has a vehicular lane in each direction for cars and emergency vehicles when typhoon signals No. 8, 9 or 10

September 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Mixed bag of results for Macau boxers in 1st local all pro event

An enthusiastic crowd on Saturday saw local boxers Cheong Lap Cheong, Michael Olfindo and Andre (Jay) Angelo Adangla Fernandez fighting opponents from Yunnan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong respectively, ending in a mixed bag of results – a win for Cheong, while Olfindo and Fernandez had their fights stopped.Local gym Macao Boxing House held the “Guangdong-Hong Kong – Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) Professional Boxing Championship” on Saturday, the first time that an all professional boxing

September 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Hengqin checkpoint busts 3 cars smuggling US$1.7 million in cash

Gongbei Customs said in a statement on Friday that officers of Hengqin Customs – which is under the administration of the Gongbei Customs – separately busted three cars with dual Macau-mainland registration plates in the early hours of last Tuesday for attempting to smuggle a total of US$1.725 million (13.9 million patacas) in cash from the mainland to Macau via the Hengqin border checkpoint.In the early hours of August 27, customs officers at the Hengqin checkpoint seized US$600,000 each

September 2, 2019 | BY admin

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