Ching Ming holiday notice

Due to it being the Ching Ming Festival – aka Tomb-Sweeping Day – today, most of The Macau Post Daily editing team will be off,  returning to work on Sunday so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on Monday. However, our digital version on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations are also available on various LinkedIn, Twitter

April 4, 2024 | BY admin

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HK senior dies after fainting at Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal

A male senior citizen from Hong Kong, who fainted on the second floor of the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal in Zape on Tuesday, was pronounced dead later that evening after unsuccessful attempts to revive him, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ) early yesterday morning.The statement by PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou noted that the Judiciary Police were notified of the death by the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre’s emergency department at 9:41 p.m. on Tuesday, pointing

April 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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33 locals fall for phishing scams

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said at a press conference yesterday that the police received separate reports from 33 local residents saying that their credit card information was stolen as a result of clicking onto phishing links earlier this week.The victims comprise 24 females and nine males, with 24 of them being middle-aged, five elderly, and four under the age of 30. Nearly 30 cases were related to the e-payment platform “Union Pay,” while the remaining cases were linked

April 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police nab 2 thieves

The Public Security Police (PSP) have separately arrested two suspected thieves, PSP spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.The Hong Kong suspect in the first case surnamed Kuong is a cleaner in her fifties. The victim is a man from the mainland.According to Kong, the victim fell asleep on a sofa in a massage parlour in Zape on Sunday. When he woke up, he discovered that his mobile phone worth 5,000 yuan had vanished and reported the case to the police.After

April 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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3 men nabbed for currency exchange fraud

Three men from the mainland have separately been arrested for their involvement in two currency exchange-related fraud cases, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the suspects are a 26-year-old man surnamed Liu and a 40-year-old man surnamed Wu. They are both currency exchange dealers.According to Lei, the male victim encountered the duo at a Cotai hotel resort lobby on Monday and engaged in a currency transaction, where

April 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Air con seller loses HK$90,000 in mattress scam

An air conditioner shop owner has been defrauded out of HK$90,000 in a scam involving 50 mattresses that she had ordered, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said at a press conference yesterday.According to Lei, the female victim received a phone call from an individual claiming to be an employee from a school surnamed Lei on Sunday. Lei claimed that all the air conditioning units in the school required additional refrigerants. The two arranged a meeting at the school gates the

April 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Amagao Gallery marks biennial with ‘Year 2 Exhibition’

Amagao Gallery at Artyzen Grand Lapa in Nape recently celebrated its second anniversary with the launch of the “Year 2 Exhibition”, showcasing the works of 34 artists until May 5.The gallery is managed by Galeria 57 (Macau) in partnership with the hotel operator.The artists showcasing their works are from Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), and among them are Alexandre Marreiros, Alice Ieong, Catarina Cottinelli da Costa, Denis Murrell, Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro and Lai Sio Kit.

April 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Gongbei Customs nab man smuggling 407 dried seahorses

A man was caught smuggling 407 dried endangered seahorses from Macau to the mainland when he was intercepted by customs officers in Zhuhai last month, according to a Gongbei Customs statement yesterday.According to the statement, the man entered the mainland in a hurry through the “nothing to declare” channel at Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs checkpoint on March 9.Customs officers intercepted him and found that the shopping bag he was carrying contained a packet of dried seahorses hidden in a

April 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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CTT offers postmark cancellation for ‘10th Anniversary of a Holistic Approach to National Security’

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a statement yesterday that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at the General Post Office’s (GPO) Philatelic Shop in Largo do Senado to provide a commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “10th Anniversary of a Holistic Approach to National Security”.The counter will be set up on April 15 to provide the service from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the statement noted, while commemorative envelopes will also be distributed to

April 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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UTM lecturer to be ‘Expert Lead’ for WorldSkills Bakery-47 Project

The Macao University of Tourism (UTM) said in a recent statement that lecturer David Charles Wiley Jr. has been invited by the WorldSkills Organisation to serve as the “Expert Lead” for the Bakery-47 project in the 47th WorldSkills Competition, which is slated to take place from September 10 to 15 in Lyon, east-central France.The statement noted that the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) will lead a delegation to participate in the event.The position, the statement said, is “crucial in

April 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Study tour for senior high-school students to Hengqin kicks off

A study tour taking senior high-school students to visit the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin kicked off yesterday, with the aim of enabling them to gain a thorough understanding of the latest industry developments and dynamics in the zone.The launch ceremony was held yesterday afternoon at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape, with 350 students attending. They will be in the first batch of students going on the trip to Hengqin.The programme is co-organised by the

April 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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10-day traffic curbs to take effect in San Ma Lou from Sunday

To tie in with the construction of a future rainwater pumping station in the southern area of the peninsula’s Inner Harbour district, vehicular traffic will be “restricted” in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro towards Rua das Lorchas from Sunday through April 16.A joint press conference concerning the temporary traffic measure was held by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) and Public Works Bureau (DSOP) at the DSAT headquarters on Estrada de D. Maria II yesterday afternoon.During the 10-day traffic

April 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO chief insists non-local tour guides only a ‘supplementary measure’

The government has submitted a bill which, if passed by the legislature, would legalise the hiring of foreign tour guides speaking “minority languages”*, but Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes stressed yesterday that the hiring of non-local tour guides would only serve as a supplementary measure.The tourism chief noted during last week’s Executive Council press conference about the government-drafted bill at Government Headquarters that Macau

April 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt sets up Coordination Group for Large-Scale Performances

The local government announced yesterday the setting-up of a special task force to oversee large-scale performances.According to the announcement, the Coordination Group for Large-Scale Performances is tasked with coordinating all the work concerning major open-air performances held at government-owned venues and facilities, as well as giving advice on the vetting and approval of the relevant applications.According to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, the

April 3, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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