2 groups to protest against reciprocal driving-licence deal

The non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA), directly-elected lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San, and their grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) group – of which Ng and Au are board members, will jointly hold a protest on Saturday against the government’s plan to sign a reciprocal driving-licence recognition deal with the mainland, according to an announcement by the New Macau Association on its Facebook page yesterday.Legislator Sulu Sou Ka Hou is a

March 6, 2019 | BY admin

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601 books published in Macau in 2018: report

A total of 601 books were published in Macau last year, Radio Macau reported yesterday, a decrease of 36 books compared to 2017, quoting a report by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). According to the IC report, Macau had 954 registered publishers at the end of last year, an increase of 1,438 percent from the 62 registered publishers in 2000, the first full year after the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in December 1999. The IC report noted that 44 publishers

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Civil servant caught drunk driving: police

A driver who is a civil servant was caught drunk driving in Estrada da Penha near Sai Van Lake, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said the driver is a local Portuguese man surnamed Pilartes who is in his fifties. He told the police that he is an administrative assistant working in the public administration.The incident happened at around 3 a.m. on Saturday. Pilartes approached police officers who were on duty nearby and

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Man nabbed for sex with 14-year-old girl: police

A 24-year-old mainlander was arrested for alleged sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lei, the suspect surnamed Chen told the police that he is a businessman. The victim studies in a secondary school in the northern district. Due to her age, the victim’s surname was not released.According to the spokeswoman, the victim met Chen through a mobile application after which they

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4 HK people illegally sell car cleaning products in street: police

The police caught four Hong Kong citizens on Monday for illegally working in Macau by selling car cleaning products to car drivers in the street, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the police have recently received complaints from a number of drivers that some people used aggressive sales techniques (known as “hard sell”) for car cleaning products by street parking spaces. The complainants described the

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Liaison chief lists 5 points to better practise ‘One Country, Two System’ in Macau

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that President Xi Jinping has deep feelings for Macau, adding that Xi also has comprehensive knowledge of Macau’s realities and social and economic sectors, as well as high expectations for Macau’s future development, according to Macau Chinese-language media reports from Beijing.According to the reports, Fu made the remarks during a meeting with the 12 Macau deputies to the National People’s Congress

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GBA plan gives extra boost to Guangdong-Macau ties: Chui

BEIJING – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in Beijing yesterday that the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) had provided fresh impetus for Guangdong-Macau ties, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS). Chui said he believed that Guangdong-Macau cooperation had a bright future, due to the concerted effort by both sides in the pursuit of the GBA goals set by the central governmentChui made the upbeat

March 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Int’l cuisine course to include Macanese cookery

The Luso-Chinese Vocational and Technical School, in conjunction with the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT), will run an international cuisine programme starting in the 2019/20 school year, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) announced during a press conference at its premises in Nam Van yesterday.The international cuisine course will include, according to the press conference, Macanese cookery.The public school, situated in Areia Preta district, is the only one running vocational

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New toughened taxi law to take effect on June 3

The new law regulating the city’s taxi sector, according to which the fines for various violations will significantly increase – such as for refusing to pick up passengers and overcharging, will take effect 90 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The bill on the city’s taxi sector was passed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) last month, following a review by the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee since its outline was passed by legislators in April last

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Local cheats mainlander out of HK$10 million: police

The police arrested a local man on Friday for allegedly cheating a mainlander out of HK$10 million, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lei, the suspect is a 30-year-old man surnamed Kuok. He told the police he is unemployed. The victim is a mainlander in his thirties whose surname was not revealed by the spokeswoman. He told the police he is a businessman.On August 1, 2017 the victim was still on the mainland and unable to

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Married man cheats girlfriend out of 170,000 yuan: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a married local man on Thursday for allegedly cheating his girlfriend from the mainland out of 170,000 yuan (205,000 patacas) claiming that he needed the cash for his gaming business, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei announced during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lei, the suspect surnamed Ma is 39 years old. He told the police that he is a businessman. The victim is a mainlander in her twenties. Her surname was not revealed.The

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Mainlander gets valid ‘blue card’ to gamble: police

A mainlander has been arrested for using fake documents to get a local work permit (colloquially known as “blue card”) not to work but to gamble in Macau, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lam said the suspect surnamed Huang is in his thirties who was hired by a trading company in Avenida do Almirante Lacerda.According to Cheong, the police recently received an anonymous tip-off about the case.The undated handout photo

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Cardinal says mainlanders’ enrolment in USJ ‘belongs to the future’

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, said yesterday that the enrolment of students from the mainland by the University of St. Joseph (USJ) “belongs to the future.”The Italian cardinal made the remarks during a visit to the USJ campus in Ilha Verde district. According to previous media reports, the Roman-Catholic university, which is co-owned by the local diocese and the Catholic University in Lisbon, has been keen for years to enrol

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Chui vows utmost effort to achieve GBA goals

BEIJING – Macau is making the utmost effort to give full play to its unique advantages by cooperating with the other 10 cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), in a joint undertaking to realise the goals outlined in the blueprint for the conurbation development initiativeAccording to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On made the pledge in Beijing on Friday when addressing a meeting of the central

March 4, 2019 | BY admin

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