Gaming union requests better staff benefits

Members of the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union yesterday petitioned gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment outside City of Dreams in Cotai, urging the company to improve its staff benefits.Last Thursday, the union also handed a petition to the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) over the issue.Speaking to reporters after handing the petition to a Melco representative, the union’s president, Cloee Chao Sao Fong, said that her group was urging the gaming operator to pay all its

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Local woman loses HK$3.6 million in phone scam: police

A local woman has lost over HK$3.6 million (3.73 million patacas) in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the victim is a woman in her forties who works as a croupier.Choi said that on May 18 the victim received a phone call from a person claiming to be a staff member of the delivery company SF Express. She was told that a parcel she had sent contained a prohibited item

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman cheated out of HK$240,000 in marriage scam: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested last week for cheating a mainland woman out of HK$240,000 in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect is a 56-year-old surnamed Leung who works as a chef. The victim is a woman in her thirties who wanted to marry a Hong Kong man.Choi said that in late May, the victim posted a marriage advertisement in a Hong Kong newspaper. Leung contacted

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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70 pct of public hospital surgeons master SPL skills: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday that 70 percent of surgeons at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital have mastered the skills to carry out single-port laparoscopy (SPL) – a recently developed technique in laparoscopic surgery.According to Wikipedia, laparoscopic surgery, also known as minimally invasive surgery (MIS), is a modern surgical technique in which operations are performed far from their location through small incisions (usually 0.5 – 1.5 centimetres) elsewhere in the

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson in residential building

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that they are investigating a suspected arson case in a residential building in Taipa that occurred on Sunday night.The fire broke out on a stairwell of Kam Keng Kok Building of Tak Fok Hoi Keng Fa Un Estate in Avenida de Kwong Tung.According to the statement, a resident living on the 16th floor saw smoke coming from the staircase at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt saddened by death of park worker

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday it was saddened by the sudden death – the exact cause of which is yet to be determined – of a male staff member tasked with conservation work at the city’s public parks.According to the statement, the man had worked for the bureau for over three decades.In a statement last night, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified the deceased as a 62-year-old local man surnamed Choi.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt receives 9 bids for central library design

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) told the media yesterday that nine companies have submitted bids for the detailed design for the government’s long-delayed new central library project in Nam Van.Yesterday was the deadline for submitting the bids.The bureau will unseal the bids today.This undated handout photo retrieved from the website of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday shows the Old Courthouse in Nam Van that is being planned to become Macau’s new central library. The central

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Rolls-Royce buyer cheated out of HK$1.75 million

A man from Hong Kong was arrested recently for cheating HK$1.75 million from a mainland man in a luxury car purchase, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said that the suspect, surnamed Hui, is a 39-year-old businessman who imports cars into Macau.According to the Choi, the victim last August agreed to buy a Rolls-Royce from Hui, and paid Hui HK$5 million in cash. The deal was for the suspect to originally hand the car over to the

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie keeps passenger’s smartphone: police

A taxi driver is being investigated for allegedly keeping a smartphone a passenger left in his cab, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.Lam identified the suspect as a local man surnamed Liu in his 30s while the victim is a woman from the mainland, whose personal information was not released.According to Lam, on Saturday morning the woman got into Liu’s taxi in Avenida Comercial de Macau in Nam Van and asked to be taken to

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Ambassador praises, warns Indonesians in Macau

Indonesia’s ambassador to China and Mongolia, Djauhari Oratmangun, has both praised and warned local Indonesians about living and working in Macau, Kumbang Toh! News reported during its weekly broadcast on 98 FM Radio Macau last night.“I am proud of you, all Indonesian citizens who work and live in Macau, while keeping Indonesia’s good image,” Oratmangun told Kumbang Toh! News on June 30 in an interview at the local representative office of Indonesia’s Consulate-General in Hong Kong.

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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4 boys rescued from flooded Thai cave

MAE SAI – Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued yesterday after surviving a treacherous escape, raising hopes elite divers would also save the others soon.The rescued boys emerged as night fell from the Tham Luang cave complex after divers guided them along a route of more than four kilometres that included twisting, extremely narrow and jagged passageways filled with water.Their escape led to an explosion of jubilation on social

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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HK woman tells son to smuggle mobile phones to Zhuhai from Macau: report

uggle 40 smartphones to Zhuhai from Macau via Gongbei border checkpoint last week but was stopped by mainland customs officers, government-owned broadcaster TDM has reported.According to the report on Friday, the boy with a backpack was walking alone through the “nothing to declare” channel in Zhuhai where he drew customs officers’ attention.After the customs officers checked the boy, they found the 40 smartphones hidden around his waist and in his backpack. The boy admitted that he had

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Officials remove rotten food from eatery blast scene

Members of the Public Security Police (PSP), Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and Health Bureau (SSM) on Saturday removed rotten food from a blast-hit restaurant in Areia Preta to ensure the neighbourhood’s public hygiene, the Public Security Police said in a statement yesterday.The explosion last Tuesday occurred in the Fujianese restaurant on the ground floor of Block 2 of Pak Lei Estate in Avenida do Hipodromo which killed a woman and injured six other people. According to the

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum urges govt to regulate use of gas appliances

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum urged the government to set up a system regulating the use and maintenance of the city’s electrical and mechanical devices, including gas cooking appliances.The topic of yesterday’s forum was about how to improve gas safety in eateries and homes, in the wake of a deadly gas explosion in a restaurant in Areia Preta district last week.The explosion, caused by a gas leak from the restaurant’s LPG cylinders, killed a

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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