Mainland transfers fugitive kidnapping convict to Macau

The mainland police transferred to the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Saturday a local man who was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison in Macau for his involvement in the kidnapping of well-known local Portuguese lawyer Jorge Neto Valente in 2001.Neto Valente, a former lawmaker, heads the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM).According to media reports at that time, the local police rescued Neto Valente in March 2001 from a local flat five days after he had been kidnapped in Sai Van when he was

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Japan wins fireworks contest

Japan has won the 30th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest, followed by teams from China and France as the first and second runners-up, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement on Saturday.The winners were decided by an MGTO-appointed jury.Japan’s winning display was held on Saturday, while the displays of the Chinese and French teams both took place on National Day, October 1.This handout photo provided by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) shows

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Fake police officer cheats 4 Indians out of 192,500 patacas in job scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Saturday for cheating four Indian males out of a total of 192,500 patacas, in collaboration with a still-at-large Filipina, in a job-seeking scam, by claiming that he could help them get jobs as security guards in the city, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference on Sunday.Lei identified the suspect as a 55-year-old retired public servant surnamed Silva Moura.According to Lei, the four Indian victims separately reported

October 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui urges committee to ‘tell good stories’ about Macau in BRI development

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday urged the members of the government’s working committee for the Development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to consolidate the consensus of local society, “tell good stories” about Macau and be a “promoter” in the process of building the BRI, according to a statement by the Macau Government Spokesperson’s Office.Chui also told the members of the government-appointed committee to “organically combine” the development of the BRI

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Ambrose So says visitor arrivals up but not gaming revenue

SJM Director Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that Macau’s visitor arrivals may have gone up last month but the increase was not reflected in the revenue his company got from its gaming tables.So made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the company’s cocktail reception to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at Macau Tower.As for the National Day Golden Week holiday which began on Tuesday, So noted that there are more visitors coming

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to issue 914 more delta bridge car permits

The Macau government announced yesterday that it will issue 914 additional permits for Macau-registered cars to enter Hong Kong via the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) – 558 for individuals and 356 for companies.According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, the application period started yesterday and will end on October 23. The 914 permits will be valid for three years. Applicants will enter a lucky draw to get a permit, the results of which will be

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Many liked St. Paul’s Ruins mapping show: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng pledged yesterday that the government will strengthen its communication with Macau’s Roman-Catholic diocese and related groups before it launches another mapping show on the city’s religious and other landmarks in the future, but he was quick to add he believed that the mapping show held in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the façade of the St. Paul’s Ruins –

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Opera director pledges a Magic Flute that won’t bore you

Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to be presented tonight will be an opera like no other, and “we can promise, you won’t be bored”, the production’s opera director Philip Bröking promised yesterday.Originally premiered in 1791, The Magic Flute is about the Queen of the Night persuading Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity by the high priest Sarastro. Instead, Tamino learns the high ideals of Sarastro’s community and seeks to join it. Then Tamino and Pamina

October 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Xi says nation’s rise is unstoppable

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping presided yesterday over a grand display of the nation’s strength in Beijing – declaring that no force could stop the country’s rise.Speaking at the start of a massive parade marking 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Xi called for stability in Hong Kong, unity among Chinese ethnic groups, and the “complete unification” of the country. Xi delivered the remarks at the site where Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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700 watch ‘My People, My Country’ on National Day

About 700 pupils, teachers, government representatives and guests were invited to watch the patriotic film “My People, My Country” on National Day yesterday at Alegria Theatre (commonly known as Wing Lok Theatre).Organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), 6,000 pupils and teachers have been invited to watch the film in nine sessions starting this month, according to a statement by the bureau.DSEJ Director Lou Pak Seng told reporters after the inauguration ceremony the aim

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter skids on Friendship Bridge, rider hurt

A scooter skidded when travelling on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge yesterday morning, causing a fracture to male rider’s right arm, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.The rider was on his way from the peninsula to Taipa when the accident, which did not involve any other vehicles, happened.After the bureau received a report about the accident at around 8 a.m., firemen and paramedics rushed to the scene, where they found the 29-year-old rider, who told them that he lost control of the

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab jobless local over dual registration plate fraud

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local unemployed man last week for cheating two locals out of a total of 600,000 yuan (679,000 patacas) by claiming that he could assist them in applying for a dual Macau-mainland registration plate for their vehicles PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference earlier this week.Addressing Monday’s press conference, Lei identified the suspect as a 26-year-old surnamed Wong, who refused to cooperate with the police following his

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt, garrison hold flag-raising ceremony on PRC 70th anniversary

The local government held a series of events yesterday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including a solemn flag-raising ceremony and “Running in Celebration of the National Day” race, as well as a cultural show and fireworks display, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).The flag-raising ceremony took place in Praça Flor de Lotus in Zape in the morning.Multiple giant screens were set up in

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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Hottest National Day since 1952: observatory

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) told government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday that it recorded a temperature of 33.7 degrees Celsius – the highest yesterday – at its monitoring station on Big Taipa Hill yesterday, marking it the hottest National Day since 1952.The weather station said that Macau’s weather was very hot yesterday under the influence of a continental anticyclone, which was expected to continue to influence Macau’s weather today. The bureau predicted that

October 2, 2019 | BY admin

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