Xi vows to protect ‘every inch’ of nation’s territory

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping vowed yesterday to protect “every inch” of the nation’s territory, improve the lives of its people and promote the resurgence of Chinese culture and creativity as he kicked off his second term.Xi sounded a stark warning clearly directed at Taiwan’s pro-independence government and advocates of independence in Hong Kong.“Every inch of our great motherland absolutely cannot and absolutely will not be separated from China,” Xi declared in his speech

March 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Rogue cop steals chips in casino

An off-duty Public Security Office (PSP) officer entered a casino – breaching the casino entry ban for public servants – on Monday, the website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said yesterday.During a police investigation, the officer was also found entering the same casino last Friday while off-duty and stole chips that a gambler had left on a gaming table, the website said. The gambler decided to not take legal action against the chip theft.According to the GSS website, the Public

March 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Changing school doesn’t stop SEN kids from being bullied: group

Pupils with special education needs (SEN) sometimes face bullying by other pupils when they are included in a general education system, and simply moving them to another school doesn’t solve the issue, Macau Autism Association Director General Nicole Chan Sio Man said yesterday.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of a press conference at Macau Science Centre about World Autism Awareness Day 2018, for which a series of events will be held next month.She talked to The Macau Post Daily in an

March 21, 2018 | BY admin

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HK girl, 13, smuggles cocaine in her bra: police

A 13-year-old girl from Hong Kong and two Hong Kong male teens were taken into custody on Monday for smuggling cocaine worth HK$190,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the two male suspects are a 19-year-old pupil surnamed Cheung and an 18-year-old surnamed Pui who claimed to be unemployed. Choi said the girl is a F1 pupil, whose surname was not revealed.The police last week received a tip-off about Hong

March 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam defends trip to Beijing during ‘two sessions’

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that he held talks with central government officials in Beijing earlier this month at their request.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a new restaurant in Patane district.Tam’s remarks came after Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng told the media on Monday in Beijing that it was impropriate for officials of the local government to visit

March 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi affirms to strengthen Macau people’s patriotism

President Xi Jinping said yesterday in his keynote speech during the closing meeting of the annual session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing that the central government will “support Hong Kong and Macau in integrating into the nation’s development strategies, strengthen the national identity and patriotism of compatriots [in the two special administrative regions] and maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau.”The president also said

March 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Speaker slams Beijing visits by local officials during ‘two sessions’

Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng said yesterday it was impropriate for officials of the local government to visit Beijing and meet their counterparts from the central government during the “two sessions” (“liang hui”) – the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in March.Ho made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the first session of

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui vows to ensure protection of public land

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that he has already received a report on the case of an illegal land reclamation project in Hac Sa Village in Coloane. He also stressed that the government will ensure that public land is always properly protected.Chui spoke to reporters at the airport yesterday before departing for Beijing where he will attend the closing meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) today.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak is

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Man on bail scams 56 job seekers out of 300,000 patacas

A local man on bail was caught for allegedly scamming dozens of job seekers by claiming to be able to get them jobs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a 63-year-old man surnamed Kwong, who worked at a car park.According to Choi, the police recently received reports by several people about two separate cases involving a total of 56 victims claiming to have been defrauded by

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam confirms: childbirth fee hike for low-income imported workers reduced to threefold

The government’s childbirth fee hike for low-income non-resident workers will be threefold, while for other non-resident workers and tourists it will be ninefold, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng told the media yesterday, saying that he made the decision after listening to concerns raised by local migrant worker groups regarding the ninefold fee increase originally proposed by the Health Bureau for all non-local residents giving birth in Macau, except for those

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Indonesia wants more Macau, HK tourists

Six local journalists arrived on the Indonesian island province of Bali last night on a familiarisation trip organised by the Consulate-General of the Republic of Indonesia to Hong Kong and Macau on behalf of the Tourism Ministry in Jakarta, in a bid to attract more tourists from the two special administrative regions to the island nation.The six local media professionals – representing The Macau Post Daily, Macau Cable TV, TDM’s Chinese-language TV channel and Portuguese-language newspaper

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Taxi catches fire, pregnant passenger unhurt

A taxi caught fire while it was being driven past Galaxy Macau in Cotai yesterday afternoon, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).The taxi driver and his passenger – a 32-year-old pregnant woman – were not injured in the incident that occurred shortly after 3 p.m.The taxi driver told firefighters that the dashboard suddenly burst into flames when he was driving. He and the passenger immediately left the vehicle.Firemen check the fire-gutted taxi outside Galaxy Macau

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman killed in work accident was illegal worker: police

A woman who fell to her death on the construction site of the five-star Morpheus hotel on Sunday was an illegal worker, as was her husband, the Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday.The deceased was a woman from the mainland surnamed Liu, and her husband, both in their thirties, who were illegally employed to work at the site, according to the Public Security Police (PSP).The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that Liu and her husband on Sunday afternoon were painting a

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawrence Ho: more gaming concessions make no sense

Gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence HoYau Lung said yesterday that it “doesn’t make that much sense” to issue more gaming concessions as the central government wants growth in diversification and non-gaming entertainment in Macau.He made the remarks in response to media questions about his opinion on what the government should do when the city’s three concessions and three sub-concessions expire between 2020 and 2022. There has been no word yet

March 20, 2018 | BY admin

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