Zhuhai transfers local convict to Macau

The Zhuhai Public Security Bureau yesterday handed to the Judiciary Police (PJ) a local man who was sentenced in absentia to 10 years and six months in prison in Macau for causing the death of two inmates and the serious injuries of another inmate during a prison riot which he organised in 1998 when he was behind bars for several crimes such as usury in the local jail.Senior PJ officer Leong Kuok Hei briefed reporters about the case after the transfer of the 54-year-old man in the area between

February 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Residential property prices rise 7.5 pct in 2018: official

The average price of residential units rose by 7.5 percent year-on-year to 108,427 patacas per square metre of usable area last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The average prices of those on the peninsula (101,914 patacas) and Coloane (135,527 patacas) rose by 11.1 percent and 5.7 percent respectively, while the prices of existing residential units (97,211 patacas) and pre-sale residential units (142,663 patacas) increased by 7.5 percent and 3.7 percent

February 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Police, customs bust gang abetting IIs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and Macau Customs Service have jointly busted a gang which had been helping illegal immigrants enter or leave Macau, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Six men and a woman have been arrested. While four of the males are suspected members of the gang, the others are illegal immigrants, Chan said.The Judiciary Police were recently tipped off that a gang was helping illegal immigrants enter Macau from Zhuhai by sea.Judiciary Police

February 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Legislators pass judicial amendment bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill amending the Judicial Organisation Framework Law, according to which all cases involving national security will only be tried by local judges holding Chinese nationality.The amendment bill will take effect 30 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the amended version of the Judicial Organisation Framework Law – i.e. the amendment bill passed yesterday, if the government’s policy

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Police: 9 kids caught for bullying 12-year-old girl

Nine boys and girls aged between 11 and 14 have been arrested for bullying a 12-year-old girl for “bad mouthing” one of them, a girl, for smoking, Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday.The police said that the nine would be sent to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for making threats, blackmail and causing bodily harm.According to the police, the nine suspects comprise four boys and five girls, one of whom is a school dropout, with the rest attending a school in the Northern

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Love affair triggers One Central arson: police

Following Tuesday morning’s fire in a One Central flat, a police investigation found that it was started by one or both of the two women who accompanied their friend to confront her boyfriend whom she suspected was having a love affair that resulted in a fight and major damage to the furniture and décor in the flat.Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday that the two women were suspected of starting the fire that completely gutted the

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Survey finds family situation affects pupils’ interpersonal development

The mid-term findings of a survey have found that local pupils’ family situation affects their interpersonal development as they step into civil society, the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) announced yesterday.The association held a press conference at the U-go Centre about the findings of the survey yesterday.According to AECM Executive Committee Vice President Daniel Ieong Kuan Pui, the aim of the study is to analyse pupils’ family problems which could affect their

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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SJM vows completion of Karl Lagerfeld Hotel in Cotai

Gaming operator SJM said in a statement yesterday that it was saddened by the news of the passing away of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, saying that the Karl Lagerfeld Hotel at its under-construction Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai will be a legacy to the couturier’s creative genius.Media reports said that the German designer, who lived most of his life in Paris and was the creative director for Chanel and Fendi during his long career, died in Paris on Tuesday morning (local time) after being

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt vows to present minimum wage bill this year

The government reaffirmed yesterday that it will finally submit a bill on the implementation of a statutory minimum wage for all workers to the legislature this year.Macau is the only Chinese jurisdiction that still does not have an overall minimum wage law.Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng made the remarks while replying to media questions during a press conference at Government Headquarters, where he announced that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has drafted a

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Aviation regulator bans lighters, camera accessories

Passengers will be prohibited from March 1 from transporting lighters or matches “by any means” on aircraft at the local airport and heliport, according to a statement by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) yesterday.The statement also said that from next Friday, passengers are also barred from putting selfie sticks and camera or video recorder tripods or monopods that exceed 30 cm after folding into their hand luggage.According to the statement, the new regulation aims to further

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Brazilian pupil drives without licence: police

A Brazilian high-school pupil studying in Macau was caught driving without a licence near Concórdia Industrial Park in Coloane during the wee small hours of last Saturday, Public Police Security Force (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chun said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the unlicensed driver as a high-school pupil holding Brazilian nationality studying in Macau. His surname, age, the name of the high school and the surnames of his two friends who were in the car with

February 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass toughened taxi bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s taxi sector, according to which cabbies caught refusing to pick up passengers or overcharging four times within five years will have their taxi-driving licences cancelled.The bill will become law 90 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the new taxi law, only companies will be allowed to bid for a licence to operate common taxis, as opposed to the current situation

February 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Manager of public libraries loses job after rebuke

The head of the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) Public Libraries Management Department, Tang Mei Lin, will be removed from her post in the wake of disciplinary procedures and a written rebuke resulting from an official audit that revealed serious mismanagement issues at the libraries. The conclusion of the disciplinary procedures and their consequences were revealed by IC President Mok Ian Ian to the media on the sidelines of a regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Cultural

February 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Police probe arson in One Central flat

A flat in the luxury One Central residential estate in Nape was on fire after a scuffle between a man and a woman broke out yesterday morning, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday, which classified the case as suspected arson.There were no casualties but damage valued at 67,900 patacas was reported, according to the statement.The Fire Services Bureau (CB) transferred the case to the Judiciary Police for further investigation shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday, the statement

February 20, 2019 | BY admin

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