Mainlander hit by money exchange scam: police

A man from the mainland fell victim to a money exchange scam on Sunday, losing more than 30,000 yuan, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday in Zape.Lei said that the victim, whose surname was not revealed, was at a casino in Cotai on Sunday morning. While he was there, a man and a woman approached him and asked if he needed to change any money. The duo claimed that they could help the victim exchange HK$50,000 for 41,750 yuan. Believing

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Couple’s feud leads to boyfriend’s arrest for fake IDs

A local woman worried about her boyfriend who had left their flat in a temper after a squabble, called the police for help, which eventually led to the revelation that her boyfriend had two fake identification documents, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said yesterday.Wong made the announcement during a regular press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape.According to Wong, the suspect is a 25-year-old man from Guangdong province surnamed Chen, who

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt’s heritage management plan lacks details: commentator

The government should release more detailed information about its ideas on how to ensure that the city’s so-called visual corridors – proposed by the government for the ongoing public consultation on the drafting of a protection and management plan for the Historic Centre of Macau – will be properly protected, Ron Lam U Tou, who heads local think tank Macau Synergy, said yesterday.Lam, a current affairs commentator, made the remarks during a telephone interview with The Macau Post

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Home prices rise 16.8 pct in 2017: official

The average price of homes reached 100,822 patacas per square metre (10,670 square foot) last year, an increase of 16.8 percent year on year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The average prices of homes on the peninsula (91,769 patacas), in Taipa (115,160 patacas) and Coloane (128,205) rose by 18.8 percent, 16.7 percent and 15.7 percent respectively.The average price of existing homes (90,412 patacas) and pre-sale residential units (137,597 patacas)

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Police impose CNY crowd control measures

The police implemented official crowd control measures on three consecutive days, between Sunday and yesterday, across the city centre in response to the huge number of tourists visiting the area during the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday period.Yesterday – the fifth day of the Chinese New Year – the crowd control measures started at 1:30 p.m. and ended at 6:45 p.m. The measures were implemented in Rua de S. Paulo, where pedestrians were required to walk in one direction only towards the

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Nonagenarian becomes 2nd fatal flu victim

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced this year’s second flu-related death in a statement yesterday, a 90-year-old man who died yesterday of complications brought about by influenza Type B and pneumonia after treatment at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.According to the statement, the victim suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dementia, and other chronic conditions. The man had suffered loss of appetite for several days, and Monday last week he was

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Grand Lisboa Palace to open in 2019: So

Grand Lisboa Palace, SJM’s first casino-hotel in Cotai, is slated to open next year, Ambrose So Shu Fai, the company’s chairman of the board of directors, has told reporters. So made the remarks on the sidelines of the company’s traditional Chinese New Year Eve’s gala dinner, at Grand Lisboa on Thursday.The construction project had been slowed down by suspected arson last year.So said he expected all major construction work to be completed by the end of the year, adding he expected the

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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254 taxi offences recorded during CNY: police

A total of 254 offences by taxi drivers were recorded from last Wednesday to Monday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, 18.9 percent of the 254 cases were about cabbies refusing to pick up passengers, while 72 percent concerned overcharging, during the six-day period between the day before Chinese New Year Eve to the fourth day of the Chinese New Year.The statement said that the remaining 23 cases concerned other regulatory breaches. It

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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CNY visitor arrivals rise 9.2 pct

The number of visitor arrivals to Macau reached 667,666 between Thursday and Monday (from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the fourth day of the Chinese New Year), a 9.2 percent increase compared to the corresponding period of the lunar new year, according to the website of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday.The number of mainland visitor arrivals amounted to 484,994 during the five-day period, a 16.8 percent increase, according to the office. Mainlanders accounted for 72.6 percent

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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MGM China net revenue rises 3 pct in 2017

MGM China said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday that its net revenue rose 3 percent year on year to US$2.0 billion (16 billion patacas) last year.According to the statement, MGM China’s operating income last year was US$194 million compared to US$255 million in 2016.The statement pointed out that last year’s operating income included US$87 million of pre-opening expense related to the MGM COTAI project compared to US28 million of pre-opening expense in 2016.MGM

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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New Wynn chief says didn’t know of sex claims against founder

LAS VEGAS – The new CEO of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts says he was not aware of any of the sexual misconduct accusations against casino mogul Steve Wynn before they surfaced last month.Matt Maddox, who was appointed CEO on February 6 after Wynn resigned, added in an interview that people should “hold off making any judgment until the investigations into the accusations are complete.”Wynn Resorts is facing scrutiny by gambling regulators in Nevada and Massachusetts, where the company is

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau sees future in Portuguese past

Sitting in his office in Zape, Prof. Lei Heong Iok opens what he calls his “treasure” – a dog-eared Portuguese-Chinese dictionary, its velvet cover worn and frayed.Lei’s decades-long love for the language has turned him into a campaigner for its survival in the city where Portuguese seafarers started to settle in the mid-16th century.Learning Portuguese fell out of fashion in Macau after Lisbon handed it back to Chinese administration in 1999, becoming a special administrative region

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Chui urges public to watch market after new mortgage rules

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday said that the public should watch the future development of the property market in the wake of the government’s new mortgage rules which were enacted recently.Chui made the remarks when he was asked by the media if the new mortgage rules would push up the city’s residential real-estate prices, on the sidelines of celebratory activities at the Chinese New Year Flower Market in Praça do Tap Seac.The government announced last week new mortgage

February 16, 2018 | BY admin

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88 pct of vehicles pass emissions tests: govt

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that 88 percent of motor vehicles that were checked by the government last year passed their official emissions tests.According to the statement, a total of 906 motor vehicles underwent emissions tests last year. The vehicles comprised public buses, coaches, taxis, lorries, cars, motorcycles, and scooters.According to the statement, some of the public buses were tested on the road, while the others were tested by DSAT officials in depots

February 16, 2018 | BY admin

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