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3 smuggling cases last week: customs
The Macau Customs Service said in a statement on Friday that its officers busted three separate cases of smuggling goods into Macau last week – last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday respectively.The first two cases happened at the Macau checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), while the third case occurred at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, according to the statement.In the first case last Monday afternoon, customs officers checked a female tourist’s luggage at the Macau
September 30, 2019
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MGTO presents mapping show to mark 70th anniversary of PRC
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Modern China, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is presenting a special mapping show titled “Glorious Splendour in Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China” (PRC) at the Ruins of St. Paul’s for three consecutive nights, “sharing the joy brought by this momentous occasion with residents and visitors,” according to an MGTO statement.The first of the three shows was held last
September 30, 2019 | BY admin
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LRT to open in Oct or Nov: Rosário
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the government expects the Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) to enter commercial service next month or in November, adding that the government will announce the LRT fare system shortly before the section opens.The policy secretary also revealed that the government will sign a 10-year agreement with the fully government-owned LRT company today for the operation and maintenance of the LRT system, adding
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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Wong vows to strike balance between security & minimal disruption to residents
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak pledged yesterday that during the upcoming celebratory events for the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, the government would strive to cause minimal disruption to residents due to increased security measures.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) in Zape where he attended a National Day reception.Wong noted that the government will hold a string of events marking the 70th anniversary of
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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CTM expects 5G ready from mid-next year
Local telecom operator CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday he expected 5G services to be ready for commercial use from the middle of next year, with the goal to have full coverage in the city by the end of next year.Poon made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the MGS Entertainment Show press conference at The Plaza Restaurant. The show will take place on November 11-14 at the Venetian where CTM will exhibit its 5G services for visitors to try out.Poon said that he
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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‘Apparition’: Revealing a non-cliché Macau with ceramics
As the saying goes, “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes.” Likewise, each person has his or her own impression of Macau.Heidi Lau’s “Apparition” ceramics exhibition reveals a vision of Macau that is full of personal emotions with a good amount of abstractness.Through reviewing her memories of growing up – from the roots of folk customs and religion to the details of family life and the development of the gaming industry, Lau projects a complex yet highly
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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7-year-olds can use e-channels to pass checkpoints from Monday
The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that from next Monday local and mainland residents as young as seven can use the e-channels to pass through all local border checkpoints.The PSP statement pointed out that it the police have been “actively researching” measures to make travelling across the borders more convenient, adding that therefore the minimum age of using the e-channels will be lowered from the current 11 to just seven years.However, the measure is only
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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Mainland, Macau ink deal on mutual recognition of academic degrees
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng and Vice Minister of Education Tian Xuejun signed a memorandum on the mutual recognition of academic degrees in Beijing yesterday, according to a statement by the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture (GSASC).The memorandum aims to facilitate mutual recognition of academic qualifications in the area of higher education on both sides, the statement pointed out, adding that it also strives to deepen cooperation between higher
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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Customs busts attempted smuggling of electronic products, bird’s nests
The Macau Customs Service announced yesterday that its officers caught two male mainlanders on board a wooden vessel outside a pier in the Inner Harbour near Barra on Monday when they were attempting to smuggle 1.2 million items of various kinds of electronic products and edible bird’s nests weighing 102 kilogrammes, with the goods valued at 15 million patacas.The two male mainlanders told customs officers that they had been paid 4,000 yuan by “someone” to smuggle the goods.Customs
September 27, 2019 | BY admin
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Church bus driver sexually abuses 11-year-old girl: police
A local bus driver working for a local church was detained on Monday for the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl on at least three occasions this month, Judiciary Police (PJ) Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the 55-year-old suspect is surnamed Chan. He told the police that he has worked as a driver for a church in Coloane since 2017. The victim is an 11-year-old girl who studies in a school in the peninsula’s northern district. Due to
September 26, 2019 | BY admin
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Mainlander illegally enters Macau, commits burglary again: police
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male mainlander on Tuesday for burgling a restaurant in Nape, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect has been banned by the Macau authorities from entering the city after having been arrested in July for a theft in a supermarket in the same district, according to Choi, who said that the suspect illegally entered Macau again before committing the burglary last Monday.Choi identified the suspect as a 37-year-old
September 26, 2019 | BY admin
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Health Bureau probes illegal provision of vaccines
The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night that it has launched an investigation into the suspected illegal provision of vaccines in a private medical centre in Nam Van, following a case in which a one-month old baby received an expired 6-in-1 vaccine (known as Infanrix Hexa) in the centre,According to the statement, the bureau received a report on Tuesday in which parents took their son, who was not born in Macau, to the medical establishment – Centro Médico de Diagnóstico e
September 26, 2019 | BY admin
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GSK withdraws Zantac drugs from local market: Health Bureau
London-based multinational pharmaceutical company GSK has informed a local importer of medicines that it has decided to withdraw four of its drugs sold under the brand name Zantac from the local market, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Tuesday.According to the statement, the four drugs to be withdrawn from the market are Zantak Tablet 150mg, Zantac Tablet 300mg, Zantac Syrup 150mg/10ml, and Zantac Injection 25mg/ml. According to recent international newswire reports, Zantac, which
September 26, 2019 | BY admin
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Woman nabbed for Hato-related fraud: police
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local woman on Tuesday for defrauding the government out of a subsidy and an interest-free loan for businesses supposedly affected by the deadly Super Typhoon Hato which hit Macau in August 2017, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a 30-year-old surnamed Un who told the police that she is a businesswoman. The case involved a shop unit – of which Un is a co-owner – in Travessa da
September 26, 2019 | BY admin
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PGA’s HK golf tournament is protests’ latest casualty
HONG KONG – A golf tournament scheduled for next month in Hong Kong is the latest casualty of the city’s long summer of political unrest, joining scrapped events from an annual fireworks display to a Matilda musical and a college fair.PGA Tour Series-China canceled the Clearwater Bay Open to be held on October17-20 due to “safety concerns,” according to a statement on the organizer’s website. The series season will conclude in Macau, it said.“We have analyzed this situation from
September 26, 2019 | BY admin
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