Kaohsiung mayor meets CE, liaison chief

Speaking to the media yesterday when wrapping up his two-day trip to Macau, Kaohsiung Mayor Daniel Han Kuo-yu said his government hoped that Macau people suffering from serious illnesses would consider his city as an option when seeking medical treatment outside Macau, as medical technologies used in his city were “very excellent”.Before departing for Shenzhen to continue his seven-day trip to the nation’s two special administrative regions and two mainland cities, Han answered questions

March 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau, Zhuhai customs jointly bust II case

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers and their counterparts in Zhuhai have jointly busted a case in which a male snakehead was assisting two mainlanders to illegally enter Macau and five mainlanders who had illegally entered Macau to leave the city using a motor boat.In Cantonese jargon, people smugglers are known as “snakeheads”.The snakehead, also a mainlander, and five of the seven male illegal immigrants were caught by Macau customs officers on

March 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt’s top vet suspended for abuse of power

The government’s most senior veterinarian has been suspended from his duties for alleged abuse of power and illicit involvement in business activities, local media reported late last week.Government-owned broadcaster TDM identified the suspect as Choi U Fai, chief of the Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) Veterinary Inspection and Control Division until his recent suspension in the wake of an investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC).The CCAC probe was launched in August last

March 25, 2019 | BY admin

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7 on school bus hurt in crash with car

A crash between a school bus and a car at the junction of Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga and Rua de Silva Mendes on Friday morning injured seven people on the bus – five pupils, a teacher and a caretaker, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.The police said that they suspected the crash was due to the car failing to give way at the junction.According to the Fire Services Bureau, the crash happened at around 10 a.m. on Friday at the junction where the neighbourhood’s landmark Bodhi nunnery –

March 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Medical interns among 3 new measles patients in Macau

Two medical interns from Kiang Wu Hospital and a staff member of the Venetian are the three latest patients infected with measles, with the total number of measles cases so far this year reaching 19, a statement from the Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday.According to the statement, the three new patients, all male Macau residents, are currently in quarantine at the bureau’s clinical health centre.SSM Director Lei Chin Ion told reporters yesterday that although there is a cluster infection at

March 25, 2019 | BY admin

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16-year-old schoolboy rapes 17-year-old girl: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 16-year-old schoolboy on Wednesday for raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl on Sunday after the victim had repeatedly declined the boy’s pleas to be his girlfriend, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect and the victim are enrolled in the same school, according to Lai, who said that the rape happened in the girl’s family home in Patane district.A year ago, the boy, surnamed Leong, got to know the girl who later

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Film festival to take audience by surprise

Eight film classics will be shown at Cinematheque.Passion but the audience won’t know what they’re in for until the lights go down and the film starts.This “Surprise Film Festival” taking place from March 30 to April 28 will mark the 2nd anniversary of the cinema, which belongs to the Cultural Affairs Bureau and is run by CUT Ltd.“The vibrant programme is sure to excite and ignite the audience with works ranging from auspicious directorial debuts, moving and nostalgic love stories,

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation rate hits 2.79 pct last month

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.79 percent year-on-year last month, down 0.25 percentage points from the 3.04 percent growth in January, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the increase was attributable to the higher cost of eating out and rising residential rents, as well as rising prices of motor cars, adults’ clothing and fruit.The price indices of education, transport, and clothing and footwear grew “notably”

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt unseals bids for 3 Cotai hospital buildings

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that it expects the construction of three main buildings of the public hospital project in Cotai, officially known as Cotai Health Complex, to get off the ground in the fourth quarter of this year.Last year, the government said that construction of the three buildings was slated to be completed in 2023.The Cotai hospital project comprising seven buildings was first announced in 2010 and its construction has been

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau logs fewest cold days since 1952: observatory

Just 18 days with a temperature at or below 12.5 degrees Celsius were recorded in 2018, the fewest number of cold days of any year since 1952, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a report yesterday.In its Climate Review for Winter 2018, the bureau said that the Macau’s winter temperature last year had broken several historical records.According to the bureau’s statistics, the number of cold days in the winter last year amounted to just 18, the fewest number of days

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man attacks shift-working wife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local jobless man on Tuesday for punching and kicking his wife and squeezing her neck in their home after she asked him to lower his voice when berating his son as she needed to sleep after working a night shift, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The victim was taken to hospital for treatment after suffering multiple injuries in the domestic violence incident, according to Lai.Lai identified the suspect as a

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Doctor loses 1.17 million patacas in hospital job scam involving exorcism: police

A local woman has been arrested for cheating a 27-year-old female local doctor out of a total of 1.17 million patacas by claiming that she could help her get a job in a local public or private hospital, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect’s husband has also been arrested for his alleged involvement in the scam.According to Choi, the victim works as a doctor, but she did not say where the victim works.Choi identified the

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt mulls mandatory measles shots for non-local workers

The Health Bureau (SSM) is considering mandatory measles shots for non-resident workers, Lam Chong, director of the bureau’s Disease Prevention and Control Centre, said yesterday.Lam made the remarks during a press conference at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre about the measles situation in Macau.Lam pointed out that Macau was officially declared measles free in 2014, when it was one of the first four countries and regions in the Western Pacific region to have eradicated

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Man assaults wife’s boyfriend with 15.7-cm-long knife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday night for assaulting his estranged wife’s boyfriend during a dispute over the separated couple’s two daughters, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said the suspect is a 46-year-old man surnamed Zan. He told the police that he is unemployed. The victim is a 52-year-old man surnamed Lei who told the police that he is businessman. The two men are local residents.According to Choi, both told

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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