Retired policeman kills himself due to illness: police

A retired Public Security Police (PSP) officer killed himself with his handgun in his home in Taipa on Saturday night, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the deceased as a 56-year-old surnamed Tang who retired from the police in 2012.The Judiciary Police received a report from the Public Security Police at 10:10 p.m. on Saturday that a retired PSP officer was believed to have killed himself with a handgun in his flat in Rua de Coimbra, the PJ

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Local fighter opens 36th IBF Annual Convention boxing-fest

From Thursday to Saturday Wynn Palace Cotai was home to the IBF’s (International Boxing Federation) 36th IBF Annual Convention which culminated in a four-fight event on Saturday. Local boxer Alex Ao Hon Lek got proceedings underway in just the second professional fight of his career.The fight night went under the banner “Return with Glory Ultimate Confrontation”, which took place at the Wynn Palace Grand Theatre, consisting of four bouts with pugilists from Australia, Germany, the Chinese

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Man forcibly kisses woman in toilet, after she refuses his 10,000 pataca offer to ‘accompany’ him

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man last Thursday for forcibly hugging and kissing a woman in the women’s toilet of a restaurant in Areia Preta on the previous day, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference on Friday.Lam identified the suspect as a 26-year-old surnamed Hoi who told the police that he works in a shop.When the 20-year-old woman was walking in Rua Central da Areia Preta at around 9 p.m. last Wednesday, a man reeking of alcohol – Hoi –

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Casino receipts grow again

Gaming revenue returned to year-on-year growth last month, yet analysts cautioned that the modest gain is a sign that the world’s largest gaming hub still faces headwinds from regional competition and trade-war uncertainties.Gross gaming revenue was 15.9 billion patacas in May, up 1.8 percent from a year earlier, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ on Saturday. That was slightly worse than the median analyst forecast of a 3 percent increase, and

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Govt to study feasibility of stock market: monetary chief

The Macau government intends to hire a consultancy to study the feasibility of opening a stock market in Macau, Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Benjamin Chan Sau San says.However, Chan was quick to add that the feasibility study would focus on the opening of a securities market as the first step.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of Friday’s conference of central bank governors and other senior financial sector representatives from mainland China and Portuguese-speaking

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Pregnant woman diagnosed with rubella

A 32-year-old local woman who is 14 weeks pregnant and works at StarWorld Hotel has been infected with the rubella virus, Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Saturday.Rubella is also known as German measles.According to the statement, the woman, who lives in Zhuhai, had a rash on her chest and a sore throat on Thursday evening and went to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Friday morning after the rash had spread to other parts of her body, and was diagnosed with

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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2 sisters in hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning

Two sisters aged 15 and 20 were hospitalised yesterday after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in their Ilha Verde home, Heath Bureau (SSM) said yesterday.Both are locals. The statement said that the younger sister fainted in her bedroom after going into the kitchen at about 1 a.m. yesterday. The family called the police and she was taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital.Then at about 3 a.m., the older sister went into the kitchen to switch off the water heater, after which she felt dizzy

June 3, 2019 | BY admin

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Portuguese tourist scrawls graffiti on IAM headquarters to express love for girlfriend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced the arrest of a tourist from Portugal for scrawling graffiti on a wall of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) headquarters in the city centre last month.PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced the arrest during a regular press conference on Friday.After his arrest, the Portuguese man, who faces a charge of causing aggravated damage, told the police that on a sudden impulse he scrawled the graffiti on the wall to express his love for his girlfriend who lives in

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Teens vow to be responsible citizens

Patrick Chiu Chi Chong, a Pan Mac Junior Chamber event coordinator, said yesterday the aim of having the “2019 Adult Commitment Day” was to encourage teenagers who are “soon-to-be” 18 years old, to vow that they would be responsible citizens and “positive assets” to the city.Chiu spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the event organised by the chamber at the School of the Nations in Taipa. Chiu added he hoped that through the event, teenagers could learn more about being socially

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LRT subsidy to top 1 billion patacas per year: lawmaker

The government will subsidise the LRT skytrain operation with more than 1 billion patacas a year, Mak Soi Kun, president of the Legislative Assembly’s Public Finance Affairs Follow-Up Committee, has indicated.Speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee on Friday, Mak said – without mentioning any concrete figure – that the LRT subsidy would be “higher” than the one the government pays Macau’s public bus operators every year. He was quick to add that the LRT

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Mak Mak – Macau’s 1st IP brand for its tourism marketing strategy

“It is the first time that the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is using intellectual property (IP) branding, for Macau’s official mascot Mak Mak, as a tourism marketing strategy,” MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, said on the sidelines of the launch of a new financial support programme for cultural tourism branding yesterday.MGTO and the Cultural Industries Fund (FIC) launched the new programme at the Macau Young Entrepreneur Incubation Centre in Nape yesterday. “We

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Trio cheat 2 women by swapping genuine gold necklaces with fake ones: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three male mainlanders on Wednesday for two identical frauds, each time offering to sell the victim a gold necklace at a low price, showing the victim the genuine one, confirming its genuineness in a jewellery shop and swapping the genuine necklace with a counterfeit one when finalising the deal, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.In the two cases, which happened late last month and earlier this month respectively, the

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Melco buys 19.99 pct stake in Crown

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited announced that it bought yesterday a 19.99 percent stake in Crown Resorts Limited from CPH Crown Holdings Pty Limited.According to a statement by the Macau gaming operator, it executed a definitive purchase agreement through which a subsidiary of Melco will acquire 135.35 million Crown shares from CPH for a price of A$13.00 (72.70 patacas) per Crown share.The statement said that these shares represent an ownership interest of about 19.99 percent in

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Police subdue man resisting arrest with pepper spray

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a man from Tanzania near Avenida de Horta e Costa last week after he attacked two PSP officers, after one of the officers had approached him to question him in the street, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The two PSP officers finally subdued the man with pepper spray, Lam said.When the Tanzanian national was being chased by the two officers, he dropped a bag of Ice and a bag of cannabis on the ground, according to

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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