HK woman arrested for abandoning her baby: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a woman from Hong Kong for abandoning her baby, who is around 10 months old, in a commercial centre in Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa on Saturday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said yesterday.The announcement was made during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a 27-year-old Hong Kong woman surnamed Leung, who told the police that she is separated from her husband in Hong Kong and

May 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Off-duty cop nabbed for drink-driving: police

An off-duty Public Security Police (PSP) officer was caught driving under the influence (DUI) in Avenida do General Castelo Branco on Sunday morning, PSP spokeswoman Lei Wa Seong said yesterday.According to Lei, the officer is in his twenties surnamed Chan, who joined the force in 2016.Lei said that at about 4 a.m. of that morning, the Public Security Police received a report of a car colliding with a large vehicle at the junction of Avenida do General Castelo Branco and Avenida do Conselheiro

May 30, 2018 | BY admin

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GDP rises 9.2 pct in Q1

Macau gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year grew by 9.2 percent year-on-year in real terms, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 8.0 percent rise in the previous quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday. According to a DSEC statement, economic growth in the first quarter was mainly driven by exports of services and private consumption.External demand expanded further, which pushed up total exports of services by 16 percent year-on-year, with

May 30, 2018 | BY admin

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13 arrested as police bust loan shark gang

A total of 13 mainland suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a loan sharking syndicate based in Taipa that charged gamblers 20 percent “interest” on the amount they bet.The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced the case during a regular press conference yesterday.According to a PJ spokesperson, the investigation began after the police were tipped off last month and raided a residential flat in Rua de Nam Keng on Monday, arresting 13 suspects – seven males and six females

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At 35.8°C Macau logs hottest May in 66 years

The temperature reached 35.8 degrees Celsius yesterday, marking it the hottest day this year, and the hottest May since 1952, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG).An SMG official told the media yesterday said that due to an area of high pressure, the mercury reached at least 33 degrees for six consecutive days from May 19 to 24, which also makes this the longest period of hot weather in May recorded at the Big Taipa Hill weather station since 1991.Because of the hot

May 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Baby found abandoned in commercial centre: police

A 10-month-old baby boy was found abandoned in a commercial centre in Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa on Saturday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.Leng said that on Friday a 34-year-old local woman went to a Public Security Police (PSP) station with a baby. The woman told police officers that a friend of hers asked her to take care of the baby, but didn’t come back to collect it. However, she couldn’t

May 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau & Guangdong police jointly bust gang smuggling Vietnamese to Macau

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in collaboration with the Macau Customs Service, the Guangdong Public Security Department and the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau, have busted a people-smuggling gang which helped Vietnamese illegally enter Macau and also work here illegally, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the gang arranged for Vietnamese to swim from Zhuhai to Macau to illegally enter the city.According to Leng, the Judiciary Police

May 29, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Noticeable’ rise in robberies in Q1: Wong

The number of reported robbery cases rose 27.8 percent year on year, from 18 to 23, in the first quarter of this year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced yesterday.Wong described the increase in reported robbery cases as “noticeable”.Wong also said that the number of recorded violent crime cases fell 24.1 percent year on year, from 191 to 145, in the first quarter. Macau’s top security official revealed the figures during a press conference at the S. Francisco Barracks about

May 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Son hooked on video games, gets beating from father: police

A local man has been arrested for beating his son who kept playing video games and did not study, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.Leng said that the suspect is a 62-year-old surnamed Ip, who works as a technician, and the victim is an eight-year-old who is in P1 in a local school. Leng said it is believed that the two live in Zhuhai.Leng noted that the police report didn’t elaborate on the details of

May 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Overall jobless rate remains stable at 1.9 pct

Macau’s general unemployment rate remained stable at 1.9 percent between February and last month, as compared with that of the previous survey period from January to March this year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced in its latest employment survey report yesterday.The general unemployment rate covers both residents and non-resident workers.Local residents’ unemployment rate held stable at 2.6 percent between February and last month, as compared with that of the previous

May 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui vows ‘innovative’ Macau-Beijing cooperation

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On called yesterday for open-minded and innovative forms of cooperation between Macau and Beijing, particularly in terms of how to advance Macau’s participation in the central government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). According to a statement released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Chui made the remarks in Beijing in a speech delivered at the launch

May 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 6 locals for HK$12 million property fraud

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested six local men and women on Friday for the alleged sale of a residential unit for HK$12 million that was not owned by any of them.The sextet allegedly used forged documents.PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei announced the case during a special press conference on Saturday.According to Lei, the six suspects, comprising five men and a woman, are aged between 24 and 69.In January, one of the male suspects, surnamed Chan, asked the female suspect, surnamed Choi who worked

May 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Personal data security during smart city drive worries forum participants

Members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed concern that the security of local residents’ personal data could be jeopardised once Alibaba Group starts processing information stored in its future cloud computing data centre during Macau’s smart city development.In response to audience members’ worries, guest speaker Lio Chi Chong, a senior official of the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP), said that the city’s Personal Data Protection Law can ensure the protection

May 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Group calls for more barrier-free facilities

Local think tank Collective Wisdom Policy Centre Vice President Chan Ka Leong yesterday urged the government to improve the city’s barrier-free facilities as there are not enough of them while many of the existing facilities are either badly designed or badly maintained.The think tank is affiliated to the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations, commonly known as Kai Fong.Collective Wisdom Policy Centre hosted a press conference at the Macao Daily News Building in Avenida de

May 28, 2018 | BY admin

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