Ex-chief-of-cabinet sworn in as IAM vice-president

Newly sworn-in Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) Vice President O Lam pledged yesterday that she will listen to opinions from various segments of civil society and advance the city’s municipal work “in line with the times”.O made the remarks while delivering a speech during her swearing-in ceremony at the IAM headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.The bureau’s Administrative Committee consists of a president, two vice-presidents and five members.Newly-appointed Municipal Affair Bureau

January 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Senior police officer caught for DUI: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) nabbed a senior police on Sunday for driving under the influence (DUI) when he crashed his scooter into the roadside barriers on a flyover and subsequently failed a breathalyser, PSP spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the 40-year-old suspect surnamed Chao joined the Public Security Police in 1999 and is now a senior PSP officer.According to Choi, Chao crashed his scooter on the flyover in Avenida do

January 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt says steps in place to respond to ‘Wuhan virus’

The local government has taken multiple steps to monitor developments and respond locally to reports of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday.“The steps have been taken in order to minimise the risk of such cases having any impact on Macau,” the statement said.The statement noted that the local government issued on Sunday a Level 3 alert in response to the Wuhan pneumonia

January 7, 2020 | BY admin

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UM-developed Cantonese-Putonghua translation system now available online

The University of Macau (UM) said yesterday that it has achieved “yet another breakthrough in machine translation.”According to a UM statement, a research team from the public university recently developed a new system for translation between Cantonese and Putonghua (Mandarin).The system can “efficiently and accurately” translate text between the two Chinese tongues, the statement said.The members of the UM Cantonese-Putonghua translation system team pose in this undated handout photo

January 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Traffic lights outside Morpheus to start tomorrow

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that it has installed traffic lights on the zebra crossing outside the Morpheus hotel at the City of Dreams complex in Cotai, and they will come into use tomorrow.The bureau has decided to change the zebra crossing to a traffic light-controlled crossing with the aim of making it safer for pedestrians to cross the avenue – Avenida Doutor Henry Fok, the statement said.“With the use of the traffic lights, the Transport Bureau will pay

January 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Burglars break into flats with picklock: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male mainlander on Saturday for burgling two flats with an accomplice near the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The accomplice was still at large at the time of the press conference.The duo managed to get into the two buildings by pretending to be residents and broke into the two flats with various tools such as a picklock.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded burglary

January 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Vietnamese worker, 20, dies in Friendship Bridge traffic accident

A 20-year-old non-resident worker from Vietnam died yesterday afternoon after being hit by a seven-seater people carrier on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge when he was pushing his employer’s lorry which had broken down on the bridge, the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.It was the second traffic accident on the bridge in as many days. On Friday, two coaches collided on the bridge, resulting in a huge blaze but no serious injuries.The lorry had two

January 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau raises infectious disease alert level over Wuhan virus

The local government yesterday raised its infectious disease alert level to 3, which denotes a “serious” situation.Level 3 indicates a medium risk, 5 being the highest alert level.The decision was taken in the wake of an increase of viral pneumonia cases in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion (left) and Disease Prevention and Control Centre Director Lam Chong attended yesterday’s press conference about the potential “Wuhan virus” threat to Macau,

January 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Korean saxophonist plays for charity

South Korean saxophonist Park Gwang Sik played a charity concert at D. Pedro V Theatre on Saturday night, titled “The Dawn of Spring Rain”, organised by CBMC Macau (Christian Business & Marketplace Connection). The old quaint theatre was almost full to capacity with the members of the association.Park and South Korean singer Kim Da Young, famous for her 2015 single “What If It Was Going”, which for five days was top of Melon’s (South Korea’s biggest music streaming site) music

January 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Offences by cabbies drop 48.2 pct in 2019: police

The number of regulatory breaches by taxi drivers recorded last year decreased by 48.2 percent from the previous year, the Public Security Police (PSP) have announced in a statement.In a statement on Friday, the police said that the number of violations by cabbies recorded between June 3 – when the new taxi law came into force – and December 31 decreased “noticeably” by 85.1 percent year-on-year from the same period of 2018.A total of 3,172 offences by cabbies were recorded last year, a

January 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Mainlander steals items worth 58,000 patacas from jewellery shop: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male mainlander on Friday for stealing two diamond rings and a platinum necklace worth over 58,000 patacas from a jewellery shop in San Kio district last month, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference on Saturday.The suspect managed to steal the three items that the shop owner had taken from the display cabinet, after asking the latter to give him a plastic carrier bag.Ho identified the suspect as a 51-year-old surnamed Chen who told

January 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Minibus rams casino shuttle bus on Friendship Bridge, both gutted in blaze

A minibus used as a tourist coach crashed into the back of a casino shuttle bus on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge on Friday morning, resulting in a huge fire that gutted the two vehicles, the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.Only the female driver of the minibus, which did not have any passengers, was slightly injured.The casino shuttle bus had about half a dozen passengers on board when the accident happened.Firefighters and police work on Friendship

January 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Visitors rise 10 pct to nearly 40 million last year: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) recorded over 39.4 million visitor arrivals last year, a new record, up 10 percent from 2018 when the city logged 35.8 million visitor arrivals.Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes forecast late last year around 40 million visitor arrivals in 2019.According to a PSP statement on Wednesday, the police recorded some 28 million mainland visitors in 2019, accounting for 71 percent of all visitor arrivals, followed by Hong

January 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt beefs up health control measures at airport over Wuhan health scare

Health control measures, such as requiring air passengers arriving in Macau from Wuhan to fill in a form regarding their health condition, are in place at the local airport, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that in response to the cases of viral pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, the bureau has deployed more staff to all border checkpoints to beef up health inspection measures, especially at the airport.According to the statement, three local residents

January 3, 2020 | BY admin

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