Liaison chief urges Macau to grab ‘historic GBA opportunity’

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that the central government attaches “unprecedentedly” high importance to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) development, adding that the GBA is bringing “unprecedented historic opportunities” to Macau’s future development.Fu made the remarks while delivering a keynote speech at a GBA seminar held by the local government’s Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR)

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject peer’s 2 ‘protest motions’

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday rejected a peer’s two “protest motions”, one against how the government tackles the issue of illegally employed non-local professional drivers, and the other against the government’s plan to sign a reciprocal driving licence recognition agreement with the mainland authorities in due course.The motions were presented by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-political activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou. Both motions were roundly condemned by several lawmakers.

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for assaulting friend, causing intestinal perforation: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man last Tuesday for hitting his “old friend” during an argument after they got drunk, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai said the suspect is a 69-year-old man surnamed Ku. The victim is a 65-year-old man whose surname was not released. Both told the police that they are local retirees.They said that they share the same hometown and have been “old friends” for many years.A Judiciary Police (PJ) officer

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Man nabbed for 373,000 pataca burglary: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a mainlander for breaking into a flat in a low-rise residential building in Estrada Marginal do Hipódromo in Areia Preta district on January 14, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 33-year-old man surnamed Li who told the police he is a delivery man on the mainland. The surname of the victim was not released.Lai said that the Judiciary Police received a burglary case from the Public

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man punches his mother, 82, in dinner row: police

A 65-year-old local man punched his 82-year-old mother in the face in their flat last month, causing her nose to bleed, as he was unhappy with the dinner that she had prepared, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The woman was hospitalised for three days after the attack, Lai said.On the evening of February 13, the man, who works as a cleaner, returned to the family flat in Coloane to have dinner with his mother, Lai said.PLEASE READ THE

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass social worker licensing bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the mandatory accreditation and licensing of social workers, according to which a person has to be first accredited by the government as being fully qualified as a social worker before he or she can apply to obtain a three-year licence from the local authorities to work in the profession.Currently, Macau does not have an official accreditation and licensing system for social workers.The bill’s outline was passed

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust ‘spa’ prostitution gang operating since 2014

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have busted a gang which in 2014 started to run a prostitution racket in a spa in Taipa and during the weekend operation PJ officers arrested 13 suspected gang members and took 151 people in for questioning, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai announced during a special press conference yesterday.Clinical check-upsThe 151 people who were taken in for questioning included prostitutes, sex service clients, a doctor and a nurse, according to Lai, who said that the doctor and nurse

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander nabbed for threatening wife seeking divorce: police

A 53-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for sending his wife threatening text messages, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lai identified the suspect as a 53-year-old mainlander surnamed Yan. The victim is a 55-year-old unemployed local woman whose surname was not released.According to Lai, the couple got married on the mainland in 2010. However, Yan left his wife at the end of that year. The victim was unable to find her husband.PLEASE

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter rider faces charge of negligent homicide: police

The police have transferred a local male scooter rider who killed an 85-year-old local woman in Avenida de Sidónio Pais in a traffic accident on Sunday to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) on a possible charge of negligent homicide, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kam identified the suspect as a 30-year-old salesman surnamed Wong.According to a police announcement on Sunday, the accident happened near Flora Garden on Sunday

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Graft buster urges govt to prevent nepotism

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) urged the government yesterday to ensure that public servants do not take direct or indirect advantage of their official status in the pursuit of their personal interests. The city’s graft busters issued the appeal in a statement on the outcome of an investigation into alleged nepotism by the former and the current policy secretaries for administration and justice, Florinda Chan Lai Man and Sónia Chan Hoi Fan. Both had been accused by Macau’s

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Liaison chief says Macau’s development is ‘inseparable’ from mainland

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that Macau’s development was “inseparable” from the mainland, adding that the central government “highly valued and cared” about Macau.Fu made the remarks while delivering a speech at a meeting of local deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and local members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the liaison office in Zape.Chief

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Married woman cheated in online love scam: police

A local woman has fallen victim to an online love scam, in which she lost 272,600 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai said that the suspect is a Chinese man who told the victim that he had a European passport. His surname was not released. The victim is a woman in her fifties. She told the police she is a casino worker. Her surname was not released either.According to Lai, the victim told the police that she met a man who

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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St. Joseph and his devotee in Macau

Religiously, heaven signifies the dwelling place of God. In the primary Christian sense, heaven exists wherever Jesus Christ exists with all his angels, martyrs and saints as described in this legend below.Saint Joseph of Nazareth, a Galilean, was Jesus’ earthly father, and the husband of the Virgin Mary. In the Roman Catholic Church he is the patron of the Universal church. His life is recorded in the Gospels, particularly in Matthew and Luke. The veneration of St. Joseph began in Egypt. The

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt extends SJM & MGM deals to June 2022

The Macau government has extended the gaming concession and sub-concession of SJM and MGM respectively by two years and three months until June 26, 2022, bringing them on par with the city’s two other gaming concessions and two sub-concessions.The government announced the two extensions in a statement on Friday, followed by a press conference at Government Headquarters headed by Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac whose portfolio oversees Macau’s vitally important casino

March 18, 2019 | BY admin

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