Customs raid 2 shops selling fake branded products

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers raided two shops on Tuesday selling fake branded caps, clothes and shower shoes.Both of the shops are run by a local man, the statement said.Customs officers inspected the two shops – in a shopping centre in the city centre – earlier this month where they found that branded merchandise there “was of a poor quality” and was being sold cheaply, the statement said, adding that therefore the officers suspected that

September 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposes cyber security bill

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill on cyber security which proposes the mandatory implementation of real-name registration for the provision of telecom services – i.e. customers will be required to provide their real identification data to telecom service operators, including for the purchase of a pre-paid SIM card.Concerning the pre-paid SIM cards purchased before the new cyber security law comes into force in the future, the cards’ users will

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau’s new approvals of residential mortgages, commercial real estate loans decrease

MACAU – Both of the new approvals of residential mortgage loans and commercial real estate loans in Macau reported a month-on-month decrease in July this year, according to statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Macau yesterday.In July 2018, new approvals of residential mortgages by local banks decreased by 29.3 percent month-to-month to 5.2 billion patacas. Of which, new approvals of residential mortgages to residents increased by 9.5 percent to 5.1 billion patacas.New approvals of

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman arrested for involvement in money laundering

A local woman has been arrested for her involvement in a money laundering case, in which she helped her brother purchase nine properties on the mainland with the illgotten gains between 2006 and 2008.The case was announced in special press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape.According to Ho, the arrested suspect is a 51-year-old surnamed Chan.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the money laundering suspect to a police vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson at old Catholic Centre

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement that they are investigating a suspected arson case on the ground floor of the long-abandoned Catholic Centre building in the city centre yesterday afternoon.The Catholic Centre, located at the junction of Rua do Campo, Rua Formosa and Avenida da Praia Grande, has been vacant for over two decades.According to the statement, a passer-by saw smoke coming from inside a metal trellis shutter on the ground floor of the building at 2:50 p.m. The blaze had

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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High chance for No. 3 signal as tropical storm Barijat nears

The probability of the No. 3 signal being hoisted this morning is high as tropical storm Barijat moves nearer to Macau, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement last night, and that the probability of a No. 8 typhoon signal is medium.The weather station hoisted the No. 1 signal at 11 a.m. yesterday and as of 11 p.m. last night, Barijat was located 400 kilometres east-southeast of Macau and was forecast to move west at around 15km/h.The SMG statement said that Barijat

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Firemen hold storm surge drill

About 100 firemen took part in a drill yesterday to ensure that people in low-lying areas are evacuated during storm surges when there is a typhoon.According to the Fire Services Bureau’s statement, the drill was to strengthen the communications and cooperation between different departments in the bureau, and the capability to tackle emergency situations.The drill also invited representatives of associations from the northern district to observe the exercise, which took place in Ilha Verde

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainland, Macau to strengthen anti-graft cooperation

BEIJING – A senior discipline official yesterday expressed willingness to enhance cooperation between the mainland and Macau in fighting corruption to promote the healthy development of the economy and society in both regions.Yang Xiaodu, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the National Supervisory Commission, made the remarks during a meeting with Macau’s Commission Against Corruption chief Cheong Weng Chon.Speaking highly of the

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for forging sister’s signature for remortgage

A local man was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) at the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Sunday, for forging his sister’s signature in 2016, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 30-year-old surnamed Lei, who works as a taxi driver. The suspect and his sister – the victim, jointly own a property in Fai Chi Kei.Ho said that in 2016 February, Lei took out a remortgage of about HK$220,000 with the help of a male and two

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Elderly home asks govt to scrap ‘greyhound adoption centre’ next door

Family members of elderly people living at Asilo Vila Madalena retirement home in Coloane and its director Ip Pui King went to the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) and Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday to ask the government to stop Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome from moving 531 greyhounds to a plot of land just metres away from the elderly women’s dormitories.Yat Yuen last week told the elderly home that they would build a greyhound adoption centre there and the

September 11, 2018 | BY admin

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No. 1 typhoon signal to be hoisted as 2 tropical cyclones approach

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) will hoist the No.1 typhoon signal this morning.A tropical depression located to the south of Taiwan was moving westwards to the South China Sea and was 760 kilometres east of Macau at 8 p.m. yesterday.According to the bureau’s website, based on the current trajectory the tropical depression would affect Macau’s weather in the middle of the week.It also notes that typhoon Mangkhut which is near Guam will move westwards and intensify in the

September 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Man dies after work accident

A man who suffered from multiple bone fractures in a work accident on Sunday passed away at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital yesterday morning, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the deceased was a male non-resident worker in his twenties employed at a construction site in Rua dos Pescadores.The statement said that the worker was installing electric cables on the top floor of the site on Sunday morning, and a crane was lifting

September 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson at Macau Tower

The Judiciary Police (PJ) are investigating a suspected arson case at Macau Tower that happened early yesterday morning, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The fire broke out near a lift in a storeroom on the second floor of Macau Tower.Leng said at around 4 a.m. yesterday, a security guard saw flames there and immediately reported the fire to the police. As the water sprinklers were also activated, the fire was extinguished automatically

September 11, 2018 | BY admin

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No political motive behind non-renewal of 2 legal advisors’ contracts: Ho

Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that there was no political motive behind the legislature’s decision not to renew the employment contracts of two of the legislature’s legal advisors.Ho made the remarks during a briefing session with the media about the legislature’s work in the first year of the current legislative term, which ended on August 15. The legislature has its summer recess between the middle of August and the middle of October.The current

September 11, 2018 | BY admin

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