Drone crashes into St Paul’s Ruins

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement last night that a drone crashed into the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ruins of St Paul’s.A drone is formally known as an unmanned aerial vehicle.The St Paul’s Ruins monument is officially listed as a cultural heritage site. The façade dating back to 1640 is one of Macau’s most popular tourist attractions.After a preliminary check, IC officials confirmed that the monument did not sustain any “obvious” damage in the incident, the IC

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Tertiary education office to be elevated to bureau: govt

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced yesterday that the government will elevate the current Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) to Tertiary Education Services Bureau (DSES).Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, had completed its discussion of a draft by-law on the new bureau’s organisational structure and operation.The Tertiary Education Services Office, which was set up in 1992, has

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Police arrest Macau-HK ‘couple’ for bogus marriage

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a local man and a woman from Hong Kong for their allegedly fake marriage, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the man in his fifties surnamed Lai works as a commercial driver. The female suspect in her thirties surnamed Lam told the police that she is unemployed.According to Cheong, the woman had applied for residence status in Macau for her and her two children – aged 4 and 9 –

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Shun Tak reveals deal involving Henry Fok Foundation, STDM, SJM

Shun Tak Holdings Limited announced yesterday the “entry into an agreement” with the Henry Fok Foundation and other parties regarding STDM, S.A., SJM Holdings Limited and Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A.According to the announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the directors of Shun Tak Holdings said that the agreement was entered into yesterday between the Henry Fok Foundation, Lanceford, Shun Tak Holdings (“the Company”), Interdragon and Pansy Ho Chiu-king, “who together own

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for attacking wife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Tuesday for attacking his wife earlier this month, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Long said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 33-year-old surnamed Wong who told the police that he is unemployed.The couple got married in March 2012 and often quarrelled over their relationship, according to Leng. The victim, who is in her twenties and whose surname was not disclosed by the police, works in the service sector. The

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Elderly flu patient dies: Health Bureau

A 69-year-old flu patient died yesterday shortly after his hospitalisation, but the cause of death still remains to be determined, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, the local man came down with cough and expectoration on Monday. When he failed to answer his family’s telephone calls yesterday morning, they called an ambulance to transfer him to the private Kiang Wu Hospital where he arrived without heart beat. Cardio-respiratory reanimation

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Record 35.8 million visit Macau last year

Macau hosted a record 35.8 million visitor arrivals last year, a year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced yesterday, citing official figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on the same day. On average, 98,092 visitors arrived in Macau every day last year. According to an MGTO statement, 400 travel industry and media representatives attended yesterday’s press conference about last year’s tourism developments and

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Deputy Liaison Office director raises legislative need for joint Hengqin checkpoint

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Deputy Director Zhang Rongshun said yesterday that certain legislative measures by both the central government and the local government will be required for the future operation of the mainland-Macau joint checkpoint on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai.Zhang made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Macau Science Centre in Nape on the sidelines of a seminar about the relationship between the “One Country, Two Systems” principle and the

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Health Bureau reports one more critical flu case

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday announced yesterday three more cases of influenza complicated by pneumonia and other complications, with one of the patients being in critical condition. According to an SSM statement, the three cases were reported by the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre and the private Kiang Wu Hospital yesterday. The statement warned the public that Macau continues to be affected by a season flu wave. However, the statement insisted that the situation was

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation rate hit 3.01 pct in 2018

Macau’s inflation rate amounted to 3.01 percent last year, up by 1.78 percentage points from the 1.23 percent rate in 2017, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Last year’s rate was the highest since 2015, which stood at 4.56 percent. In 2016, Macau’s inflation amounted to 2.37 percent. Last year recorded higher charges of eating out, higher rentals for residential units, rising parking meter rates and tuition fees, as well as increasing prices of adults’

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Man reports false robbery in revenge for thwarted phone theft

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday for reporting a false robbery to the police earlier this month, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Long said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect reported the false crime on January 11 claiming that he had been robbed of 320 patacas in cash by a man in Areia Preta district.According to Leng, in reality the suspect decided to report the false crime in revenge for having failed in his attempt to steal a mobile phone from the

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Man injures cop settling row between suspect & cabbie

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Sunday for slightly injuring a policeman after the former was refused a ride by a cabbie as the latter had already picked up a passenger, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the suspect in his forties surnamed Lo told the police that he is unemployed.At around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, the policeman on patrol witnessed a heated argument between Lo and the cabbie in Avenida 1º de

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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On average, flats cost 6.8 million patacas in 2018: report

On average, Macau’s 10,585 residential units sold last year cost 6.8 million patacas, about one million patacas more than in 2017, government-owned broadcaster TDM’s Portuguese-speaking radio station reported yesterday. According to Financial Services Bureau (DSF) data analysed by Radio Macau, 133 more residential units changed hands last year than in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 percent. On average, the units sold last year measured 61 square metres, six square metres less

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourist Police station opens

A Tourist Police station opened at the former headquarters of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.Officially, the station is called Tourist Police Service Centre.Yesterday’s opening ceremony of the station was attended by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak, Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun, as well as other senior government officials and local community leaders.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak (right), Unitary Police Service (SPU)

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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