New Liaison Office chief urges Macau to contribute to peaceful reunification

The new director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, Fu Ziying, yesterday urged Macau people to continue to contribute to the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and peaceful reunification of the motherland. Fu made the appeal in a speech during a special gathering of local government officials and community leaders at Macau Tower to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chinese mainland’s Message to Compatriots in Taiwan. On January 1, 1979,

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Man gives illegal money changer 200 fake HK$1,000 notes: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland in the early hours of Sunday for deceiving a female money changer by giving her 200 fake HK$1,000 notes, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 29-year-old surnamed Zhang. The victim, a female mainlander in her thirties, runs an illegal currency exchange business in and around local casinos.According to Leng, the victim met Zhang in a casino in Zape on Saturday. Zhang

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman sleeping in illegal inn’s kitchen dies of CO poisoning

A woman sleeping in the kitchen of a suspected illegal inn in Nape most probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement said.The woman was pronounced dead after being taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for emergency treatment, according to the Judiciary Police.The police identified the deceased as a 68-year-old mainlander, surnamed Dong.The statement said that at about 10 a.m. yesterday, the victim’s daughter who was staying in the same illegal inn,

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to launch lung cancer screening programme

The government says that it will launch a lung cancer screening programme for local residents later this year.Kuok Cheong U, a deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM), made the remarks while speaking to reporters in Iao Hon Market Park on Saturday on the sidelines of an event organised by the Macau Association of Friends of Charity – a support group for cancer patients – to promote anti-cancer information.SSM Director Lei Chin Ion told the legislature last month that the government would

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Sands clarifies plastic straw ban at ‘self-owned outlets’

Sands China says in clarification of The Macau Post Daily article entitled “Gaming operators reduce plastic footprint, ditching straws”, published on Friday, that it has stopped using single-use plastic only at its “self-owned outlets”, in response to a photo taken on Thursday and published with the article showing a container of plastic straws on a food court counter at Sands Cotai Central.The gaming operator on Wednesday said in a statement that it “has discontinued its use of

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui briefs top officials on spirit of Xi’s speeches on 40th anniversary of reform, opening up

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has called on government officials to abide by the aspirations set out by President Xi Jinping, in order to lead Macau to grasp opportunities that arise from the country’s reform and opening-up policies.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Chui briefed dozens of senior officials during a so-called sharing session on Friday on Xi’s speeches on last year’s 40th anniversary of the nation’s reform and opening up.

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Flat fire probably caused by burning joss papers: firemen

A fire blazed in a residential flat near the Luso-Chinese Professional Technical School in the city’s northern district yesterday afternoon, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Firefighters said they suspected that the fire was caused by burning joss papers, which are ritual offerings to the deceased, spirits and deities.The fire broke out at about 1 p.m. in a flat on the 10th floor of Block 10 of the U Wa residential estate in Rua 1 de Maio, a fire officer told reporters.Firefighters

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Security guard dies from heart attack at work: police

A security guard had a heart attack while at work in a car park at a wholesale market in Avenida do Parque Industrial in Ilha Verde district yesterday afternoon, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement yesterday.The statement said that the Judiciary Police received a report at 3:03 p.m. yesterday from the public Conde S. Januário Hospital Centre that a man had died of a heart attack before the body’s arrival at the hospital.At 1:20 p.m. yesterday, the 65-year-old local resident

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander remanded in custody for attacking cop in smoking row – 2 other suspects released on bail

A man from the mainland who allegedly attacked a policeman during a brawl over smoking in a non-smoking area on Thursday night has been remanded in custody, according to the Public Prosecution Office (MP).Two male mainlanders allegedly involved in the case, which occurred in a no-smoking area in front of the Galaxy Macau casino-hotel resort in Cotai, were released on bail of 50,000 patacas each, according to an MP statement on Saturday.The statement came after the policeman fired a warning shot

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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China lands probe on moon’s far side in global first

BEIJING – A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon yesterday, in a global first that boosts the nation’s ambitions to become a space superpower.The Chang’e-4 probe touched down and sent a photo of the so-called “dark side” of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications to controllers on Earth, the national space agency said on its website.Beijing is pouring billions of yuan into its space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Gaming operators reduce plastic footprint, ditching straws

Gaming operators such as Sands China and MGM have pulled the last straw as part of their effort to reduce their plastic footprint.MGM announced last September that it had started phasing out single-use plastic straws at its restaurants in the previous month and would stop altogether using single-use plastics such as straws, cups, take-away containers and cutlery this year.Sands China said in a statement earlier this week that it has “discontinued” its use of plastic straws at all its

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

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MJC pledges to invest up to 4.5 billion patacas

The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) has promised to spend between 3.5 billion and 4.5 billion patacas on revamping its racetrack in Taipa, lawmakers were told yesterday. Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan and MJC Executive Director-cum-CEO Thomas Li Chu-kwan yesterday briefed the Legislative Assembly’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs about the racetrack’s development plans. Chan and legislator Ella Lei Cheng separately talked

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Cop fires warning shot during brawl over smoking in no-smoking area

A policeman fired a warning shot last night outside Galaxy Macau’s Diamond Lobby during a brawl over smoking in a non-smoking area, a Public Security Police (PSP) statement said early this morning.A video that has been circulating online shows four to five people speaking Putonghua in a clash with the policeman. Several of the hotel’s security guards were there but didn’t manage to stop the brawl, and even after a gunshot was heard, the pushing and shoving continued.A PSP statement

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab duo for stealing from 6 restaurant guests

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from the mainland on Wednesday for stealing valuables from six restaurant guests since last month, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the two suspects as a 52-year-old wall-and-floor tiler surnamed Mo and a 53-year-old farmer surnamed Xie.The six victims separately reported to the police between December 12 and Tuesday this week that their valuables had been stolen when they were having lunch or

January 4, 2019 | BY admin

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