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Beijing, Macau to set up science & tech cooperation mechanism: Wang
The central and local governments will set up a science and technology cooperation mechanism, Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang said yesterday.Wang made the remarks in a press conference on the sidelines of the current annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing.Wang said that Macau’s scientific and technological strength was an important part of the nation’s scientific and technological development, particularly in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).Wang said
March 12, 2019 | BY admin
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2 neighbours, 5-year-old girl hurt in scuffle over noise: police
Two local women and a five-year-old girl – the daughter of one of the two females – were injured during a scuffle between the two adults following a heated argument in the stairwell of a residential building in Avenida do Almirante Lacerda yesterday morning, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.The police received a report at around 8 a.m. yesterday about a fight in the stairwell of Weng Seng Building – near the Red Market – on the fifth floor, which resulted in three injured
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Labour chief mulls criminalising employment of non-locals in unauthorised jobs
Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday the government needed to take various factors into account when considering proposing the criminalisation of employing non-resident workers in jobs that are not covered by their officially approved job description.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a regular closed-door meeting of the Standing Council on Social Concerted Action at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape.The Standing Council on
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Motorcyclist hurt in crash with car in Coloane
A male motorcyclist was injured in a crash in Coloane yesterday afternoon with a car driven by a non-resident worker from the mainland, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.The police said last night that there was no indication that the male car driver, who is allowed to drive in Macau in a private capacity, was illegally working as a professional driver when the accident happened.The hiring of non-local professional drivers – both for passenger and goods vehicles – is prohibited by the
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Man arrested for raping friend: police
A 26-year-old woman has allegedly been raped by a male friend in a hotel room in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said yesterday at a regular press conference.Both the suspect and the alleged victim are from the mainland.The 51-year-old suspect, surnamed Zhu, told the police that he is a businessman. The alleged victim’s surname was not released. They first met at a dinner on the mainland in October last year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.
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Septuagenarian tries to exchange fake HK$100,000 casino chip for cash: police
A Hong Kong man was arrested on Friday for attempting to exchange a bogus HK$100,000 gaming chip for cash in a casino in Cotai earlier that day, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect surnamed Lao is a 71-year-old unemployed man from Hong Kong.The suspect came to Macau at around 5:15 p.m. on Friday and went to the casino’s cage, trying to exchange a HK$100,000 casino chip for cash at 6:45 p.m.PLEASE READ
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Loan shark takes nude photos & video of defaulting borrower: police
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a mainlander allegedly involved in a loan-sharking case who forced a defaulting borrower to pose in the nude for photos and a video to blackmail him into paying up, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said yesterday at a regular press conference.According to Ho, the suspect is a 32-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Chen. He told the police that he is unemployed. Other suspects were still at large at the time of the press conference, Ho said.In October last
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Macau has ‘important & unique’ position but is ‘too dependent’ on gaming: Zhang
Although Macau is not a big place, it has an “important and unique position” in the successful implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, apart from having many other highlights, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council Director Zhang Xiaoming says. Zhang made the remarks during a press briefing on the sidelines of the current annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. His remarks have
March 11, 2019 | BY admin
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Kai Fong promotes civic education for Indonesians
The Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) celebrated International Women’s Day and promoted civic education with a “Learn about Macau” carnival yesterday afternoon.Dozens of Indonesian non-resident workers and local citizens attended the opening ceremony of the celebration and participated in the activity held at the Pak Wai Performance and Event Venue in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.The theme of yesterday’s celebration was
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Sports Bureau’s website not hacked: spokesman
The Sports Bureau (ID) announced yesterday that its website, which includes an online sports venue rental service, was fully restored on Saturday night after initially suspecting that it had been hacked.An ID spokesman told The Macau Post Daily last night that an issue with the bureau’s server had caused the website to go down.The ID website including its venue rental online service were back to normal at about midnight on Saturday.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.
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Local casinos boom despite Sino-US trade spat
The Sino-US trade spat may have sent ripples of uncertainty through the world’s second-largest economy but one corner of China has so far remained steadfastly buoyant – Macau.The city’s fortunes depend mostly on its gaming industry, which in a single week rakes in more gaming revenue than Las Vegas makes in a month.The trade row between Washington and Beijing – and the general slowing down of mainland China’s economy – has hit businesses hard across Asia.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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562 illegal money changers nabbed in February: police
A total of 562 illegal money changers were arrested last month, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Friday.The arrests are the result of 208 raids on illegal currency exchange activities, according to the statement.The 562 illegal money changers have meanwhile been deported to the mainland, and 407of them have been banned from entering Macau for a period of time.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.
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More HK drug dealers come to Macau since opening of delta bridge: Wong
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the police have noted that the number of Hong Kong people smuggling drugs into Macau has been on the rise since the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) in late October last year.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an annual community day hosted by the Public Security Police (PSP) in Praça do Tap Seac.The event marked the 328th anniversary of the establishment of the police force on March
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Hundreds protest against reciprocal driving-licence deal
Hundreds of residents took part in a protest jointly organised by the grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) group and the non-establishment New Macau Association on Saturday against the government’s plan to sign a reciprocal driving-licence recognition deal with the mainland, while also urging the government to strengthen its law enforcement measures on the illegal hiring of non-local drivers.The two organisers told reporters that about 1,100 people took part in the
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