Culture bureau gets new deputy

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng has appointed Chan Kai Chon, who is currently the director of the Macau Museum of Art (MAM), as a vice-president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) effective from Saturday, replacing Kent Ieong Chi Kin, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.The bureau has two vice-presidents.The statement merely said that the bureau terminated Ieong’s position as a vice-president on January 1 upon his personal request. It did not elaborate on

January 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for damaging Ilha Verde Hill site – again

A 62-year-old retiree surnamed Chong who was arrested late last month for building an unlicensed outdoor gym on Ilha Verde Hill was nabbed again on Tuesday because he was trying to “repair” the damage that he had caused, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference yesterday.Leng said that the police received a report from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) who found a 10-metre-by 0.3-metre area covered with weeds on Ilha Verde Hill. When police officers

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LRT trains to run from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.: govt

Macau’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) trains will run daily from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario told reporters on the sidelines of a standing committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday. However, he was quick to add that the 19-hour schedule could still undergo some adjustments. Rosario also said that the operator of the system, MTR Railway Operations (Macau) Company Limited, had already hired about 300 staff, adding that the

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Acid thrown at woman’s face ‘in emotional dispute’: police

A liquid suspected to be acid was thrown in a woman’s face yesterday afternoon in an alley near Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues in Zape over an “emotional dispute”, according to the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.The location of the incident is near the Campo de Dragão Chinese Restaurant near the PSP headquarters.The police said that the injured blue-card holder in her forties – a non-resident worker – was seriously injured and was taken to the nearby public Conde Sao

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Ex-Canidrome operator pays 25 million patacas fine: IAM

The former concessionaire of Macau’s troubled greyhound racetrack, Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. has already paid its 25-million-pataca fine for abandoning hundreds of greyhounds when the racetrack stopped operating in July last year, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday. The company is headed by gaming executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei. According to the statement, Yat Yuen was fined 50,000 patacas per greyhound left behind in the racetrack’s

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Carnival aims to improve community environment

The Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong), in collaboration with six government entities and two business associations, announced yesterday that it will organise the “Jointly Creating a New Environment for the Community 2019” carnival, aiming together to create a better living environment and a harmonious and safe community to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) in a particularly joyful manner.The carnival is an annual pre-CNY event.John

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Local, mainland police bust illegal card-swiping gang

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in conjunction with their mainland counterparts, have busted a gang which had been illegally helping gamblers swipe their mainland UnionPay cards in Macau – using point-of-sale (POS) machines smuggled from the mainland, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.The gang illegally modified the POS machines so that they could be used in Macau, according to Leng. The value of the illegal card-swiping amounted to 1.2 billion yuan (1.4

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to repair Gate of Understanding

The government will repair the Gate of Understanding in Sai Van (West Bay), according to a statement by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.The statement said that the repairs are for the monument to open to the public again. The Gate of Understanding has been closed to the public for a number of years due to safety issues, the statement said.The bureau unsealed bids by 20 construction companies for the project yesterday. Among the 20 bids, 15 were accepted, while

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Residential property price index rises 0.7 pct

Macau’s overall residential property price index increased by 0.7 percent from September to November last year, as compared with that of the previous survey period from August to October last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the overall residential property price index from September to November for the peninsula rose by 0.8 percent while that for Taipa and Coloane held steady.The index for existing residential units went up by 0.5

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CTM launches credit card for easy payment on mainland

Telecom operator CTM has partnered with Tai Fung Bank and BOC Credit Card (International) Limited to launch a UnionPay dual currency credit card that will provide a more convenient way for Macau residents to make payments while travelling around the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).A launch ceremony of the new card was held at Tai Fung Bank Headquarters Building in Nape yesterday, attended by the bank’s vice president Ao Ieong Iu Kong, the city’s Post and Telecommunications

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Flu kills 86-year-old man

An 86-year-old local man died of Type A influenza associated with pneumonia on Monday – the first flu death confirmed in Macau this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night.The chronically ill victim started to have respiratory infection symptoms on December 26 and took some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remedies on the mainland, but his condition failed to improve, the statement said.On Friday, the man felt short of breath and went to the public Conde de Sao Januario

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1st vocational skills contest to involve all 6 gaming operators

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) will jointly organise Macau’s first vocational skills competition for staff members of the city’s six gaming operators next week, Chan Kam Meng, the trade union’s chairman, announced during a press conference yesterday.The press conference took place at the union’s headquarters in Patane district.All the contestants are local employees who will take part in three contests – table

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8 Iranians arrested for using fake passports

Eight Iranians were arrested on Sunday for entering Macau with fake passports with the intention of flying to Europe from Macau to seek jobs, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said at a regular press conference yesterday.The six men and two women, aged 20 to 40, were arrested on Sunday when an immigration officer at the local airport checked one of the Iranian’s passports after the eight had arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur. The bar code reader could not read the

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CO poisoning victim’s daughter nabbed for overstaying: police

Last Sunday a 68-year-old woman surnamed Dong from the mainland died of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the kitchen of a suspected illegal inn in Rua de Berlim – and after further investigation, the police confirmed that the victim’s daughter, aged 50, is an overstayer, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference yesterday.Apparently, the kitchen had been converted into a bedroom. The flat’s water heater is located in the kitchen, the door and windows

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