Dealer helps gamblers cheat casino: police

The police arrested three suspects on Thursday for conniving to cheat a casino in Cotai out of a total of HK$450,000 last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi identified the suspects as a 48-year-old local woman surnamed Wong, who started to work as a croupier for the casino in 2015, a 44-year-old woman from the mainland surnamed Hu who claimed to be working in the convention and exhibition industry, and a 27-year-old man from

February 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Vietnamese dies in bathroom CO poisoning

A woman was pronounced dead of carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday at the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police.The police identified the deceased as a 29-year-old Vietnamese woman surnamed Luu.Luu was a non-resident worker, but her form of employment was not revealed by the statement. Neither did the statement reveal whether the victim’s bathroom is windowless.The statement said that at 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Luu went to have a shower

February 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum doubts proposed rules will tame housing market

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum said they believed that the government’s proposed rules to tame the residential property market – a new additional stamp duty – would not be useful to cool down the red-hot home market, aside from doing nothing to help residents buy their own flat.The guest speakers and audience members said they believed the key to the problem is the long-standing insufficient supply of flats in both the private and public housing

February 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Court rejects lawmaker’s appeal against suspension

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) said in a statement yesterday that it does not have the authority to rule on political acts and, consequently, it decided not to hear an appeal by lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou against his suspension from the legislature by his peers.The statement also said that for the same reason it decided last week to reject an interim injunction by Sou against his suspension.The statement said that the Judicial Organisation Framework Law (LBOJ) does not grant any court in

February 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Authorities seize 600 kg of smuggled fresh food

The Macau Customs Service and the Food Safety Centre of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) have jointly seized about 600 kilogrammes of fresh food from 13 eateries and a vegetable stall that had been smuggled into the city and had therefore not undergone food inspections, the Customs Service has said in a statement.According to the statement on Friday, the two entities jointly seized 559.91 kilogrammes of vegetables, 4.43 kilogrammes of seafood and 37.7 kilogrammes of processed food

February 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt wants heavier penalty for typhoon rumour-mongers

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has said that the government is proposing that culprits should face a heavier penalty than normal if they spread rumours during typhoons and other disasters.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Friday after overseeing the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng, at the Secretariat for Security (GSS) in the S. Francisco Barracks.Wong said he expected to request approval from Chief Executive

February 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Suspected arsonist nabbed after leaving hospital

A suspect in an arson attack last year, which left a woman seriously injured and who is still hospitalised, was arrested after being discharged from hospital recently, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference on Friday.The attack took place at a hardware shop in Rua de Martinho Montenegro in the afternoon of December 19.According to the spokesperson, the suspect is a 52-year-old local man surnamed Cheang, who owns a renovation and decorating company.PLEASE

February 5, 2018 | BY admin

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National security cases should be tried by Chinese judges: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that cases involving national security should only be tried by local judges holding Chinese nationality, as suggested by the government in its proposed amendments to the Judicial Organisation Framework Law.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a regular meeting of the Northern Districts Community Service Consultative Council, at the Government Service Centre in Areia Preta

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Mercury dips to 4.7 C, lowest in Feb since 1999

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) recorded 4.7 degrees Celsius at 7 a.m. yesterday at its Big Taipa Hill monitoring station, the lowest so far this winter. The bureau said that the 4.7 degrees was the lowest temperature recorded in February since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on December 20, 1999.According to a database on the bureau’s website, the weather station previously recorded 4.8 degrees on February 12, 2014 as the lowest temperature

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 28 illegal casino money changers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 28 men and women from the mainland at the Venetian in Cotai yesterday for illegally engaging in currency-exchange activities, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said yesterday.Chan briefed the media yesterday evening at the Venetian after PJ officers took action to combat unlicensed money-changing activities on the premises or margins of local casinos.According to previous news reports, scores of illegal money changers walk around casinos asking gamblers if they wanted

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Local dies after leaping into reservoir

A local man died after jumping into the peninsula’s reservoir in Zape yesterday, according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ).The statement said that at around 12:23 p.m. yesterday a jogger at the reservoir saw a man climbing the barrier and jumping into the water, upon which he immediately called the police for help.The Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Custom Services immediately sent firemen and frogmen to the scene.Firefighters and divers retrieve the corpse from the Outer Harbour

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Teaching parents to help their special needs kids: group

Macau Autism Association (MAA) Director General Nicole Chan Sio Man said yesterday that parents of children with developmental problems or with special education needs (SEN) could help their child at home by using an indirect model.Chan made the remarks during a press conference about a series of activities aiming to help those parents, at the Macau Deaf Association in Fai Chi Kei.In the direct model of early intervention, a therapist provides services directly to children. The indirect model

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Second Instance Court rejects lawmaker’s interim injunction

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) yesterday rejected an interim injunction filed by directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou requesting the suspension of his peers’ decision to suspend him as a lawmaker.According to the court’s website, the decision was made during a conference yesterday which assessed Sou’s interim injunction. The conference comprised judges José Cândido de Pinho, Tong Hio Fong and Lai Kin Hong. Lai is the president of the Court of Second Instance.By late last night

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Symbol of spring: Get your narcissus blooming for the Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year is just 15 days away and decorations of red and gold are adorning shops, as people get ready for the most important event of the year, the Spring Festival.Just like there are special plants and trees for Christmas, there are also special plants and trees for the Chinese New Year festivities and one of them is the narcissus, also known to symbolise spring as they blossom during that season.Many local households grow their own narcissuses to display around their home during

February 2, 2018 | BY admin

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