Rubella cases reach 24: Health Bureau

Two MGM MACAU employees have been infected with rubella, and the total number of rubella patients so far this year has reached 24, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the two patients are local residents born on the mainland, a 34-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, adding that the male patient had been to Fujian province during his rubella incubation period, while the female patient did not leave Macau during her incubation period.The statement

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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MSO vows to help vulnerable groups integrate into society

The awareness of caring for vulnerable groups has been increasing in Macau but there is still room for improvement in eliminating discrimination and increasing social acceptance, such as pupils with special needs facing bullying at schools, Macau Special Olympics (MSO) Chief Executive Officer and National Director Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said yesterday.Siu made the comments during a media briefing on the MSO premises in Toi San district about the situation of vulnerable groups in Macau, and how MSO

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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PJ officer caught for DUI

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday that they have launched disciplinary proceedings against a PJ officer who was caught driving under the influence (DUI) while on duty last week.According to a PJ statement yesterday – which did not mention the officer’s gender, the officer was driving a PJ car while on duty last Friday afternoon, during which the car collided with a scooter.According to the statement, the PJ officer failed to pass a breathalyser test and therefore the Traffic

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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MSAR land area grows by over 1/3 since 1999

The total land area the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) reached 32.9 square kilometres at the end of last year, an increase of 38.2 percent from the end of 1999, when the MSAR was established and its land area stood at 23.8 sq. km.During the same period, Macau’s population rose by 52.4 percent, from 438,000 at the end of 1999 to 667,400 at the end of last year.According to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) this week, the MSAR’s land area grew by 2.1 sq. km

April 25, 2019 | BY admin

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NPC greenlights Ho's CE bid

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing yesterday passed a decision to approve a request by Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng to resign from the nation’s top legislature, according to a statement published on the official NPC website.The decision clears the way for Ho’s bid for chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR)The statement did not mention Ho’s reason for having tendered his resignation.Yesterday’s

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation rate hits 2.84 pct in March

Macau’s inflation rate reached 2.84 percent last year, slightly higher than February’s growth of 2.79 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.A DSEC statement attributed last month’s increase in the composite consumer price index (CPI) to the rising cost of eating out and renting a flat, as well as rising prices of cars, gasoline, vegetables and fruit.The price indices of education and transport grew by 5.89 percent and 5.40 percent respectively.PLEASE READ

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Easter visitor arrivals rise 39.3 pct: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) announced in a statement yesterday that they recorded 556,193 visitor arrivals during the four-day Easter holiday period from Good Friday to Easter Monday, a 39.3 percent increase compared to the corresponding period last year.The previous four-day Easter holiday period was between March 30 and April 2, 2018, according to the statement.This time, the police recorded some 2.46 million entries and exits at the city’s eight border checkpoints during the four-day

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Over 10 million visitors in Q3, up 21 pct

Macau recorded 10.36 million visitor arrivals in the first quarter of the year, a year-on-year increase of 21.2 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.In 2000, the first full year after the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the number of visitor arrivals stood at 9.1 million.Overnight visitors (4.7 million) and same-day visitors (5.6 million) rose by 9.3 percent and 33.4 percent respectively.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject trade union bill for 10th time

Only 13 out of 29 lawmakers who were attending yesterday’s plenum voted yesterday in support of a trade union bill proposed by legislator-cum-unionist José Maria Pereira Coutinho.The legislature has 33 members.Yesterday was the 10th time the legislature has rejected a trade union bill since the establishment of the Macau Special Administration Region (MSAR) in 1999.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Gang provides ‘fraud training’ for cheating loan sharks: police

The police arrested on Monday a female and six male members of a fraud gang from the mainland that provided its members with “fraud training” specialising in cheating casino loan sharks in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Chan, the seven suspects, aged between 25 and 51, are from Guangxi, Henan and Heilongjiang, surnamed Bai, Huang, Sun, Wang, Xie, Xu, and Yu. The gang’s five

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject Sou’s appeal over his CE election bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday roundly rejected an appeal by non-establishment lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou against a decision by the legislature’s executive board which had prevented Sou from initiating a bill proposing that the chief executive election must have at least two candidates by amending the Chief Execution Election Law.Yesterday’s plenary session, which was chaired by Legislative Assembly Vice President Chui Sai Cheong, was attended by 30 lawmakers. Four non-establishment

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt promotes citywide reading culture

In celebration of yesterday’s World Book Day, the local government organised a citywide half-hour reading activity called “April 23 Reading in the City” at 3:30 p.m. with nearly 20,000 people reading at the same time in Macau, Hong Kong and Guangdong, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian said yesterday.The Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) co-organised the reading activity at the Old Courthouse in Avenida da Praia Grande. Mok talked

April 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Housewife robs moneychanger after spiking drinks with sleeping pills

The police arrested a woman from the mainland on Sunday for robbing a female money-changer in a lobby in a Cotai casino resort, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.The victim is a 37-year-old woman from the mainland. Her surname was not released. The victim told the police that she runs a currency-exchange business via text messages, according to Chan. The suspect is a 35-year-old woman from the mainland

April 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab ex-staff for stealing 2 diamonds rings from boss 6 years ago

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Saturday for stealing two diamond rings worth 300,000 patacas about six years ago from a jewellery shop where he worked at that time, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, who went to the mainland on the same day after committing the theft and pawning the two diamond rings in May 2013, was arrested on Saturday when he returned to Macau via the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, according to Chan,

April 23, 2019 | BY admin

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