UM says classroom CCTV cameras only to be used during exams

The University of Macau (UM) pledged in a statement yesterday that the CCTV cameras installed in some of its classrooms would only be switched on during exams, after some local media reported earlier this week that the public university was planning to install CCTV cameras in all its classrooms for security reasons.The statement was sent to local newspapers last night.Government-owned broadcaster TDM’s Portuguese-language radio channel – Radio Macau – on Monday reported that the

May 29, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Art Macao’ has 34.6 million pataca budget

The government-initiated “Art Macao”, a six-month-long international art festival organised in conjunction with Macau’s six gaming operators, has a budget of 34.6 million patacas, the co-organisers announced yesterday.According to the announcement, 16.6 million patacas will be borne by the government, while each of the six gaming operators will pay 3 million patacas.The budget was revealed on the sidelines of the art-fest’s cooperation agreement signing ceremony between the government

May 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Maid uses employer’s stolen ATM card over 80 times: police

A woman who works as a domestic helper has been arrested for using an ATM card stolen from her employer more than 80 times, withdrawing 230,000 patacas in total, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the 49-year-old suspect is surnamed Lan, a non-resident worker from Vietnam. She had worked as a live-in maid for her employer since 2013. The surname of the victim, who is in her sixties, was not released.The incident was

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Parking spaces in streets to be cut whenever needed: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the government will continue its policy to reduce the number of parking spaces for cars and motorcycles in streets whenever there is a need for it.Rosário made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by directly-elected lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle.In her interpellation, Wong said that the occupancy rates of parking spaces in some of the city’s

May 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Repeat offender gropes woman’s breasts in street: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a non-resident worker from the Philippines – a repeat offender – last Friday for groping the breasts of a local woman walking in a street in Taipa in the early hours of last Tuesday, PSP spokesperson Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the suspect in his twenties surnamed Vergara works as a waiter in Macau.When the woman in her twenties was walking in Rua do Minho – a street near the new Nova Grand

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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dermatologist's paintings show 'young spirit of the elderly'

Over 110 Chinese paintings have gone on display at the “Young Spirit of the Elderly – Choi Weng Chi Painting Exhibition” at the UNESCO Centre of Macau in Nape.Choi is a dermatologist by profession and painter and calligrapher by passion.The exhibition is hosted by the Macau Foundation (FM).The objective of the exhibition is to promote cultural exchanges in the calligraphy and painting sectors and also to foster the development of Macau’s cultural and creative industries, according to a

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Forum aims to help improve BRI infrastructure strategies

A forum to be held in Macau later this week aims to be a platform for leaders to exchange ideas and information on infrastructure strategies mainly in connection with the central government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Yu Xiaohong, vice-president of the China International Contractors Association, said yesterday.Yu also said that hosting the International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) will allow leaders from different countries and regions to interact.Yu also

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MPay payment on public buses to start on June 7

Public bus passengers can start to pay bus fares with the MPay application on their mobile phones from next Friday (June 7), according to a statement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday.The bus fares when using MPay will be the same as the fares when using MacauPass cards, according to the statement. MPay is a third-party mobile payment platform run by MacauPass.Currently, all passengers paying with cash pay six patacas per trip on all routes. Passengers using MacauPass cards pay three

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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CCTV cameras in 5th & 6th phases to come into use by 2023: govt

The government said yesterday that it planned to install 980 cameras in the fifth and sixth phases of the police forces’ citywide CCTV camera system and that it aimed to complete their installation by 2023.The CCTV cameras in the fifth and sixth phases will be installed in the city’s new land reclamation zones.Mui San Meng, an assistant to the commissioner-general of the Unitary Police Service (SPU), made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by indirectly-elected

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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General jobless rate stays at 1.7 pct

Macau’s general unemployment rate remained unchanged at 1.7 percent from February to April, as compared with that of the previous survey period from January to March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.3 percent from February to April this year, as compared with that of the previous survey period.The total labour force stood at 391,900 and the labour force participation rate

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Man steals friend’s valuables twice in same guestroom: police

The police arrested a mainlander for stealing his friend’s valuables on two occasions in a hotel guestroom in Zape last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) Lai Man Vai said in a special press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the 36-year-old suspect is surnamed Zhu. He told the police he works as a furniture carpenter on the mainland. The male victim is 46 years old.The thefts happened on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The victim reported the thefts to the police on Friday evening, according

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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9 deals bolster Guangdong-Macau cooperation

Yesterday’s Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Joint Conference has resulted in nine agreements covering the next phase of cooperation between the two areas, and reinforced their efforts to press ahead with the objectives envisaged under the central government’s Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui headed the

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Local, Zhuhai police nab 4 suspects in HK$3.1 million pepper spray casino chip robbery

The local police and their counterparts in Zhuhai have arrested four mainlanders – three males and a female – for their alleged involvement in Friday’s gambling chip robbery at the Plaza Casino in the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai in which two men robbed chips worth HK$3.1 million by attacking first a security guard and then a dealer with pepper spray, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press conference at the weekend.The press conference about the case, hosted by several PJ

May 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Retail sales drop 1.9 pct in Q1

Retail sales in the first quarter of this year fell by 1.9 percent year-on-year to 20.38 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.Quarter-on-quarter, however, sales were up by 2.6 percent.In the first three months of the year, timepieces and jewellery accounted for 20.9 percent of the total value of retail sales, followed by goods in department stores (17.6 percent), leather goods (13.6 percent) and adults’ clothing (12.4 percent).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

May 27, 2019 | BY admin

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