Customs officers nab 3 IIs, 2 ‘snakeheads’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have busted two illegal immigration cases.According to the statement, the Customs Service on Tuesday caught three illegal immigrants (IIs) and two “snakeheads”, aged between 24 and 40, all of them male mainlanders.“Snakehead” is Cantonese slang for people smugglers.This undated handout photo provided by the Macau Customs Service yesterday shows the inflatable boat used by one of the two

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Ambrose So: Grand Lisboa Palace to open in H2 2019

SJM CEO Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai would open in the second half of next year, which would add vitality to the tourism offerings in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).So made the announcement as he gave a speech at the company’s cocktail reception for its staff at Macau Tower to mark the 69th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).According to previous reports, the HK$36 billion project was supposed to be topped off in 2016, with

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Language skills are local youth’s advantage: youth committee

Members of the government-appointed Youth Affairs Committee believe that language skills are the advantage that young locals have compared to their counterparts from other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), Wong Ka Ki, head of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Division of Youth Organisations and Training, said yesterday.Wong made the remarks during a press conference about a regular closed-door meeting of the committee at the bureau.Citing the

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Govt stops greyhounds’ move next to old people’s home

The government yesterday stopped Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome’s plan to start moving its over 500 greyhounds next to an old people’s home with about 80 residents in Coloane, saying in a statement that the “temporary facility to house greyhounds” had failed to meet the necessary environmental criteria.Yat Yuen had reportedly planned to move up to 200 greyhounds to the facility yesterday. The planned relocation of over 500 dogs to a place adjacent to a home for the aged has been criticised

October 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Police catch fleeing pickpocket

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a male mainlander in the city centre after he stole a mobile phone from a female tourist on Tuesday, PSP spokeswoman Chong Sin I said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chong identified the suspect as a man in his forties surnamed Guo from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, who claimed to be unemployed. She said that the victim is a female from Guangdong province.On Tuesday afternoon police officers patrolling in Largo do Senado saw Guo

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Developer accuses weekly of insult & libel

During yesterday’s first hearing of the trial at the Court of First Instance (TJB) in which the developer for the ill-fated Pearl Horizon residential project – Polytex Import and Export Company Ltd. – is accusing the local weekly newspaper Son Pou of defamation, insult and libel over a raft of articles concerning the project in Areia Preta. The weekly’s editor-in-chief, Lei Kong, the author of the commentaries, told the hearing that he did not have the intent of defaming the developer,

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2 cabbies nabbed for keeping passenger’s belongings

The Public Security Police (PSP) have nabbed a taxi driver for misappropriating a passenger’s belongings worth 71,000 patacas and another cabbie for helping him keep the loot, PSP spokeswoman Chong Sin I said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chong identified the two local male suspects as Lo, who is about 50 years old, and Yip, who is in his 50s, both taxi drivers. She said that the victim is a female tourist from the mainland in her 30s.According to Chong, the woman got into a

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Municipal body’s organisational structure expands

The Executive Council yesterday announced a draft by-law on the organisational structure and operation of the city’s future municipal organisation, according to which its organisational structure will be expanded compared to the soon-to-be-defunct Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM).Government-drafted by-laws, officially known as administrative regulations, do not require the legislature’s approval.Leong Heng Teng, the spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the

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Chui vows to strengthen supervision of casinos, promote patriotism

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On vowed this week that his government will further strengthen supervision of the gaming industry and also persist in promoting patriotism. Chui made the commitment on Monday when addressing a National Day reception at Macau Tower which was attended by hundreds of guests. Chui also said that his government would proactively work on improving local people’s quality of life and promote social harmony.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Police ask lawmaker to apologise over phone tapping claims – or face the consequences

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that it has asked lawmaker Au Kam San to apologise for his remarks alleging phone tapping by the police which were published in a local newspaper last month.The Judiciary Police told the non-establishment lawmaker to make the apology within 10 days. The Judiciary Police went on to say that otherwise it would launch a criminal procedure to hold the lawmaker criminally responsible for his remarks.The PJ statement accused Au of “ignoring

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Unaccompanied child walks out of kindergarten

A K1 pupil attending The Affiliated Primary School and Kindergarten of Kao Yip Middle School walked out of the kindergarten in Rua do Monte alone last Thursday, before being taken back to the kindergarten by a “kind-hearted resident”, the school acknowledged in a statement on its website on Friday.The statement admitted that due to negligence by the kindergarten’s staff members, the unaccompanied pupil walked out of the building at the end of classes last Thursday afternoon, when the lone

October 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Health Bureau confirms 3 local dengue cases

The Health Bureau (SSM) has confirmed 3 locally contracted cases of dengue fever. The two latest confirmed patients are the 31-year-old son and six-year-old nephew of the first victim of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes, an SSM statement pointed out. Following the three cases, the bureau has launched a mosquito eradication and dengue awareness campaign for residents in Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva, Rua do Campo and Travessa dos Anjos, where the three patients live, work or go to

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Police nab gang of 9 thieves

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have nabbed eight male and a female member of a mainland gang of thieves who stole valuables worth 450,000 patacas, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference on Friday.According to Leng, the suspects are aged between 21 and 55, and are all from Jiangxi province.Leng said that the Judiciary Police received a report from a casino on August 17 that a woman’s handbag had been stolen – losing valuables of 180,000 patacas. During the investigation,

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Jollibee plans 5 more eateries in Macau

The Philippines’ Jollibee Foods Corporation will open its second local Jollibee fast food chain outlet next year as part of its plans to open five more eateries in Macau in the next five years, Denis Flores, the company’s president and head of International Business, said on Friday.Flores made the comments when speaking to reporters after attending the grand opening of the city’s first Jollibee eatery, which has been in business since June.Flores announced that the company plans to open

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