Mainland transfers fraud suspect to Macau

The mainland police transferred a local man involved in two fraud cases to the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday.Concerning one of the fraud cases, a local court sentenced the man in absentia in 2017 to a prison term of three years and three months, according to a PJ spokesperson, who briefed reporters after the transfer of the 42-year-old man, surnamed Ho, in the area between Zhuhai’s Gongbei and Macau’s Barrier Gate border checkpoints. The spokesperson did not provide details about the case

March 14, 2019 | BY admin

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Aviation regulator bans B733 MAX flights

The Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) yesterday banned all flight applications for Boeing 737 MAX jets.According to an AACM statement, the regulator has decided to temporarily suspend flight applications for Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft by any airline, adding that it “will continue to closely monitor the B737 MAX safety concerns”.The statement pointed out that the current fleet of locally registered aircraft does not include the ill-fated Boeing 737 MAX jet, apart from the fact

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Over 6,000 vacancies available at MUST career fair: rector

Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Rector Liu Liang said yesterday that this time the private university’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Planning gathered 212 institutions and companies for its annual career fair, offering MUST graduates over 6,000 job vacancies.He made the remarks in a speech during the fair’s opening ceremony.The two-day fair takes place on the MUST campus in Taipa. It ends today.Students look at booths during yesterday’s annual career fair on

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EU removes Macau from ‘grey list’ of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

The European Commission has announced that Macau has been removed from the European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.According to a statement by the European Commission in Brussels, EU finance ministers on Tuesday updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, “based on an intense process of analysis and dialogue steered by” the executive branch of the bloc.“The list has proven a true success with many countries [and regions] having changed their laws and tax

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Macau mentioned in CPPCC closing session

Macau was mentioned in the closing meeting of the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday, according to XinhuaAccording to the report, President Xi Jinping and other national leaders attended the closing meeting.The closing meeting was chaired by CPPCC National Committee Chairman Wang Yang.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Local fails to declare 5 pigeons at Gongbei customs

A Macau resident carrying five homing pigeons crossed the Gongbei checkpoint on Tuesday but was stopped by customs officers for failing to declare their entry into the mainland.A statement from Gongbei Customs yesterday said that the man, surnamed Chao, took the five pigeons weighing a total 2.2 kilogrammes in a carrier bag and went through customs without declaring or passing through the luggage security check.The statement said that each pigeon was wrapped in a white cloth and each had a tag

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Man nabbed for forging HK$855,000 car contract: police

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Monday for forging a deluxe car sales contract to cheat a customer out of HK$855,000, Judiciary Police (JP) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the 34-year-old suspect is surnamed Dong, who told the police that he is currently unemployed. The victim is a 37-year-old man whose surname was not released. Both are local residents.According to Ho, Dong was working as a salesman for a car dealership when he committed

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Govt repossesses ill-fated Pearl Horizon plot

A government’s interdepartmental working group yesterday carried out the repossession of the plot of land where the ill-fated Pearl Horizon residential project is located by removing items from the plot, according to a statement by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT).The statement noted that the plot in Areia Preta district, officially known as plot “P”, covers an area of 68,000 square metres.The ill-fated residential construction project has been mothballed since

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Maid bites finger when trying to settle row between 2 men: police

Two elderly men have been hospitalised while a domestic helper was questioned after she bit the ring finger of the right hand of one of the men when attempting to settle their violent dispute, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced during a regular conference yesterday.According to Ho, one of the men is surnamed Chan who is in his sixties and lives alone in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira. The other man is surnamed Ku who is about 70 years old. Both men are local residents. The

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STEM Car popularises sci-tech in local schools: UM

The Macau Base for Primary & Secondary STEM Education, established by the University of Macau (UM), has launched an On-the-Go Project, which aims to popularise science and technology in local secondary and primary schools with the aid of compact demonstration kits, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the UM STEM Car, a special vehicle dedicated to this purpose, has so far visited seven local schools, attracting more than 500

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2nd ‘Light the Night Run’ will be harder: Sands chief

The Parisian Macau will be holding its second “Light the Night Run” on April 13 but this year it will be longer and more athletes will be able to participate, according to a press conference about the event last night at the foot of The Parisian’s half-size Eiffel Tower.The launch runners on the sidelines of last year’s press conference about the event were boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK and triathlete Chi Wai Kuok who ran up the 750 steps to the 37th floor observation deck. This year was the

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Police to use 300 more body cams next quarter

The police have purchased an additional 300 body-worn cameras for their officers and they will come into use in the next quarter, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that 100 body cams first came into use for PSP officers carrying out duties on the peninsula in March last year on a trial basis.The statement said that PSP officers have activated their body cams on 21 occasions since March last year, primarily for tackling disputes among people.This

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Govt collects 800 kg of dead fish in water off Fai Chi Kei

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) has collected 800 kilogrammes of dead fish in the Patane North Bay since Sunday, according to a joint statement by the bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) yesterday.Patane North Bay – a bay off Fai Chi Kei and Ilha Verde – is known as Fai Chi Kei North Bay in Chinese.The statement said that the Marine and Water Bureau had recently found scores of dead fish floating in the bay, after which it dispatched vessels and workers to the scene to

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Motorcyclist hurt in crash in Coloane ‘possibly’ engaged in illegal racing: police

Concerning Monday’s crash between a motorcycle and a car in Coloane, the police do not rule out the possibility that the motorcyclist was engaging in illegal motor racing when the accident happened, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the police announcement on Monday, the crash happened outside the Macau Golf & Country Club and the Grand Coloane Resort in Estrada de Hac Sá on Monday afternoon, when the

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