Councillor calls for mandatory annual lift checks

Central District Community Service Consultative Council member Jackey Chui Ming Man said yesterday the government should implement a mandatory annual safety examination of all lifts in Macau to ensure the safety of their users.Chui made the remarks during a regular meeting of the council at the Central Districts Residents’ Service Centre in Rotunda de Carlos da Maia.On Sunday a boy and his parents were in a lift in the residential Long Yuen Building in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira where

March 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Police arrest mainland drug dealer

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a suspect from the mainland on Tuesday for drug trafficking, a PSP spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a man in his thirties surnamed Li.During an anti-crime operation by the PSP officers near Hotel Lisboa on Tuesday afternoon, Li acted suspiciously. The officers searched him and found a packet of Ice weighing 0.96 grammes, according to the spokesperson.Public Security Police (PSP)

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Police nab currency exchange cheat

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Tuesday for cheating at least eight people since last October by claiming that he could offer a discounted rate for exchanging HK dollars into other currencies, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 34-year-old jobless man surnamed Lai who used to work as a casino host.The fraud emerged on Tuesday when three victims took Lai to the PJ headquarters in Zape and reported the

March 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Drug mule swallows 1 kg of Ice worth 3 million patacas: police

The police have arrested a Cameroonian man and a Malaysian woman for drug smuggling, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference outside Hotel Metropole in Nam Van on Monday night.According to Yeung, the man is a 29-year-old university student surnamed Ndam while the woman is a 28-year-old surnamed Dewi who claimed to be unemployed.Yeung said that Ndam travelled from Cameroon to Manila via Ethiopia, before arriving at the local airport on Sunday

March 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Cotai hospital to have 1,100 beds

According to data provided by the Health Bureau (SSM), the number of hospital beds at the future Cotai Healthcare Complex is set to increase from the originally-planned 460 to 1,100, Si Nei Na, deputy convener of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said yesterday.Si made the remarks during a post-meeting press briefing at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.During a Q&A session in the legislature in November, several lawmakers questioned the slow

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Culture bureau to assist 2 tourists hurt by hoardings

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it is assisting two tourists who were injured yesterday after being hit by hoardings and a canopy set up by the bureau in Praça do Tap Seac.According to statement, the hoardings and canopy were blown down by strong winds, injuring the two mainland tourists.The hoardings and canopy have been set up by IC to inform people about the ongoing public consultation on the drafting of an official plan for the protection and management

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Culture bureau ‘grants financial support without evaluating content’

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian said yesterday that the bureau does not look into content when it grants local associations financial support for their activities, in response to sponsoring an event that invited three authors whose presence was reportedly deemed “inappropriate” by the local authorities.Mok made the comments during a press conference at MGM Macau about the 29th Macau Arts Festival (MAF).Mok said that she only found out in the media on Monday that the

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Salesman steals over HK$290,000 from boss

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday for stealing HK$293,635 on Sunday from a handbag shop where he worked because of gambling debts, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 24-year-old surnamed Lei. He had been working as a salesman in the handbag shop in the city centre for a year.According to Yeung, Lei told the female supervisor of the shop that he needed to go to the toilet – which is located

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Local cleaner falls to her death: police

A woman is believed to have fallen to her death yesterday morning from a residential building in Rua do Almirante Sérgio, a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ) said.According to the statement, the deceased is a 62-year-old local woman, surnamed Wong, who worked as a part-time domestic helper.The statement said people living on the ground floor of a residential building nearby heard a loud thud at around 9 a.m., and rushed out to check. Wong was later found lying on the pavement outside.

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5-year entry ban on theft suspect too long: court ruling

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) said in a statement yesterday that it has determined that a ban of five years on a non-local theft suspect from entering Macau, imposed by the police, was too long and ordered the police to annul the ban.The statement said that the five-year entry ban was “obviously” too long based on the severity of the suspect’s alleged crime.According to the statement, the suspect allegedly stole a mobile phone in a casino in July 2016. However, the victim decided to

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Govt mulls visual corridor from Penha chapel: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday the government would consider including a visual corridor looking at Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge (colloquially known as “old bridge”) from the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha in its future plan for the protection and management of the UNESCO-listed Historic Centre of Macau.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf on the sidelines of a Chinese New Year luncheon hosted by the

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Population reaches 653,100

Macau’s population at the end of last year increased by 8,200 year on year to 653,100, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.The population figure included 179,456 non-resident workers, up by 1,818 year on year.Some 20.1 percent of the population at the end of last year lived in Taipa (104,700) and Coloane (26,700). The Taipa population figure included the University of Macau’s Hengqin campus. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Beijing has ‘every confidence’ in Macau: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday that the central government has “every confidence that Hong Kong and Macau will develop and thrive together with the mainland.”Li made the remarks when delivering his annual government work report to the opening meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing.“We will support Hong Kong and Macau in integrating their own development into the overall national development,” Li said, adding that the central government

March 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander helps IIs enter Macau: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainlander yesterday for having assisted illegal immigrants to enter Macau from the mainland on multiple occasions since late last month, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the suspect as a 36-year-old surnamed Wang.The police also caught five illegal immigrants yesterday – three men and two women aged between 25 and 47, according to Yeung.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

March 6, 2018 | BY admin

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