Taipa Ferry Terminal’s 3rd phase starts: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the third-phase construction of the Taipa Ferry Terminal has get off the ground, which will have a passage connected to the restricted area of the adjacent airport.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Plaza Restaurant in Zape on the sidelines of a reception hosted by the Macau Women’s General Association (commonly known as Fu Luen) to celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day on March

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Beauty therapist loses HK$150,000 in online love scam: police

A local beauty therapist has fallen victim to an online love scam, in which she lost HK$150,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng said that the victim surnamed Chao is a beauty therapist in her forties. According to Leng, Chao told the police that she met a man who told her that he was an engineer from the US through an online social platform last month, after which they started an online relationship and stayed in touch

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Joint Hengqin checkpoint to use new clearance mode: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak reaffirmed yesterday that a new mode of clearance based on the so-called “joint inspection and one-time release” principle will be adopted at the future mainland-Macau joint checkpoint on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai.Under this new customs and immigration clearance system, travellers are required to pass border controls only once when completing their departure and arrival formalities.The policy secretary described the relocation of Macau’s Lotus Flower

February 26, 2019 | BY admin

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PJ officer suspended for ‘unexplained wealth’

A Judiciary Police (PJ) officer has been suspended for the possession of unexplained wealth, the website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said yesterday.The Secretariat for Security uploaded yesterday an update on the progress of the handling of the case, which was first revealed by the office on its website in April 2015.The website said yesterday that the Judiciary Police have completed a disciplinary procedure against the officer, and Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak ordered the

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab 70 from ‘triad-backed’ loan-sharking ring

The police have detained 70 men and women for their alleged involvement in a loan-sharking racket “controlled by a triad organisation”, a message from the Judiciary Police (PJ) said last night.The message said that details of the case would be released in a press conference today.

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Chan in Beijing to discuss transfer of convicts

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Soi Fan will lead a delegation to the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing this week to discuss cooperation in the mutual transfer of convicts, Chan’s office said in a statement yesterday. The four-day working visit begins today. According to the statement, the delegation will also be briefed on the development of “smart courts” on the mainland. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Visitors’ non-gaming spending rises 13.6 pct in 2018

Visitors’ non-gaming spending rose by 13.6 percent to 69.7 billion patacas last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Overnight visitors’ non-gaming spending grew by 13 percent to 56.2 billion patacas. Same-day visitors’ non-gaming spending rose by 16.2 percent to 13.4 billion patacas. Visitors’ per capita non-gaming spending rose by 3.5 percent to 1,946 patacas last year. Mainlanders’ per capita non-gaming spending grew by 1.8 percent to 2,242 patacas,

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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CEM reaches 99.99 pct on reliability index in 2018: chief

Macau’s electric power utility CEM says its average service availability index (ASAI) reached 99.998 percent last year, “allowing CEM to take the lead worldwide in terms of the power supply service level.”The figure was released by CEM Executive Committee Chairman Bernie Leong Wa Kun during a Spring Festival media lunch at MGM in Nape on Friday.The ASAI is the ratio of the total number of customer hours that service was available during a given period of time to the total customer hours

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Electronic vote counting to be used in election of CE Election Committee members

Electronic vote counting is to be used in the election of the 400 Chief Executive Election Committee members, the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election has announced. Song Man Lei, president of the commission, told the media after a regular meeting of the commission on Friday the decision was made after reviewing the experience gained from the chief executive election in 2014. Song, Macau’s most senior female judge, said the committee also decided that the polling on

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Police order repairs to emblem damaged by ‘wear & tear’

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that it has removed its star-shaped emblem – which has the official emblem of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in it – from the roof of the headquarters of its Traffic Department for repairs as some patterns on the police emblem had fallen off due to “normal wear and tear”.The PSP emblem has the MSAR emblem in the centre, with the Public Security Police name written in the Chinese and Portuguese languages

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Cotai hotel homicide suspect nabbed in Shanxi

The suspected killer of a man in the guestroom of a hotel in Cotai whose body was found on February 17 has been arrested in the northern province of Shanxi, over 1,700 kilometres from Macau, the local police announced at the weekend.The local police did not say whether the suspect will be transferred for trial in Macau, merely saying that the case will be handled in line with the laws of both Macau and the mainland.While the suspect faces capital punishment if tried by a mainland court,

February 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui vows Macau will actively participate in GBA project

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that Macau will adapt a “two-pronged” approach to increase its own capacity and strengthen regional cooperation as a key approach to ensuring sustainable development.Chui made the remarks in his keynote speech at the Symposium on the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) at Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong yesterday.The local governments of Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau co-hosted

February 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Tea with fresh fruit: TeaWater opens 2nd store

The local franchisee of the Taiwanese TeaWater brand opened its second local shop in the city centre on Wednesday, after quickly gaining in popularity among locals from its first store in the Red Market and “Three Lamps” area.The opening ceremony of the second shop at Rua do Monte, near the Ruins of St Paul’s landmark, was held on Wednesday, complete with a lion dance.One of the owners of the franchisee company, Ng Lai Si, told reporters that there are many bubble tea stores in Macau, but

February 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Ju Ming brings art & life together with sculptures

Warm wood and cold steel sculptures of people in common postures created by Taiwanese artist Ju Ming, famous for his bronze masterpieces of people in taichi poses, are currently on display for public viewing free of charge at MGM Cotai.The “Celebrating Life – Ju Ming Living World Sculpture Selling Exhibition” features the sculptor’s work based on his observations of human relationships, drawing inspiration from the vibrant multi-cultural environment in New York in the early 1980s where

February 22, 2019 | BY admin

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