Taxi offences rise 42.2 pct in H1: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced yesterday that the police recorded 3,309 cases involving suspected regulatory breaches by taxi drivers during the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 42.2 percent – a whopping increase of 982 cases.According to Wong, 62.2 percent (2,058 cases) of the 3,309 cases concerned overcharging, while 22.9 percent were about cabbies refusing to pick up passengers.Wong said that the remaining 494 cases concerned other violations. He did not

August 29, 2018 | BY admin

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HK man trespasses PLA Garrison’s Taipa barracks: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested on Monday for trespassing the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison’s Taipa barracks, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect is a man in his fifties surnamed Lo, who is unemployed.Choi said that on Monday the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report from a Macau Garrison officer stationed at the Taipa barracks about a man trespassing the restricted

August 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probing state security cases: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the police are “investigating [suspected local] cases” concerning national security.Wong did not say how many such suspected cases were under investigation.Wong made the remarks during yesterday’s press conference on Macau’s crime statistics for the first half of this year at the S. Francisco Barracks.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak speaks during yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s January-June crime statistics, at

August 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau gets new FM commissioner

The central government has appointed Shen Beili as the new commissioner of the Foreign Ministry in Macau, replacing Ye Dabo, Xinhua reported yesterday. According to previous media reports, Shen, 55, held the post of minister at the Chinese embassy in London from 2014 to 2016. A minister is a diplomat directly ranked below ambassador. Her most recent post was assistant minister of the International Department of Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, according to the website of the

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Guia Circuit Fun Run to mark 65th Macau GP

The Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee (MGPOC) will hold a series of activities, including the first-ever Guia Circuit Fun Run, to mark the 65th Macau Grand Prix, Christine Lam Lin Kio, Sports Bureau (ID) acting director and assistant coordinator of the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee, said yesterday.Lam made the remarks during a press conference at the Grand Prix Building in Avenida da Amizade.The 65th Macau Grand Prix will take place on November 15-18 while the Guia Circuit Fun Run

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The Macau Post Daily was able to celebrate its 14th anniversary yesterday thanks to the unwavering support of our readers and advertisers. As the first English-language newspaper set up after the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), The Macau Post Daily continues to be the city’s best-selling English-language daily. Our editorial principles continue to be the same as when The Macau Post Daily was launched in 2004 – our coverage remains committed to being

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to set up national security commission

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced yesterday that the local government will set up a commission tasked with formulating local policies on the safeguarding of national security and coordinating tasks concerning local legislation on the protection of national security.Leong stressed that the new commission is not an entity for the enforcement of Macau’s local national security law – the Law on the Defence of National Security. He said that the commission would be tasked

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Man harasses woman on bus: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) caught a male mainlander for sexually harassing a woman on a bus last week, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular briefing yesterday.According to Cheong, the suspect, surnamed Wang, is a non-resident worker in his thirties who works as a chef. The victim is a woman from the mainland in her twenties.Cheong said that while the victim was on a bus on Thursday afternoon, she felt someone touch her buttocks a few times. As the victim turned around, she

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Govt to regulate max levels of heavy metals in food

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that its members have completed their discussion of a by-law on the maximum levels of heavy metals allowed to be contained in foodstuff.The council chaired by the chief executive is the government’s top advisory body. It has 12 members.Government-drafted by-laws, officially known as administrative regulations, do not require the legislature’s approval.Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng shows the media a list of maximum

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Waiter cheats girlfriend’s family out of 1.48 million patacas: police

A local man has been arrested for cheating his girlfriend and her family members out of 1.48 million patacas in a money exchange scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 34-year-old surnamed Iau who is a part-time waiter. Iau has twice been convicted for breach of trust, for which he served time from December 2011 to December 2013, and from September 2014 to March 2017. The four victims include

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Locals’ jobless rate remains at 2.4 pct

Local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.4 percent in the May-July survey period compared to the previous period (April-June), the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. Macau’s general unemployment rate – comprising local residents and non-resident workers – stood unchanged at 1.8 percent. The city’s total labour force amounted to 392,600 in the May-July period, when the labour force participation rate stood at 71.1 percent. Total

August 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Library official to face disciplinary action: govt

Public Library Management Department Chief Ophelia Tang Mei Lin will be subject to disciplinary proceedings in the wake of a hard-hitting report by the Commission of Audit in May which revealed serious negligence in the cataloguing and conservation of books as well as the spending of millions of patacas on the indiscriminate purchasing of books. Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian announced the disciplinary proceedings on the sidelines of a public function

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Typhoon memories impact our daily life: scholar

As typhoon memories have an impact on every aspect of local residents’ daily lives, historical narratives about past typhoons should be collected and preserved as a part of Macau’s history, Oral History Association of Macau President Lam Fat Iam said yesterday.Lam, who also heads the public Macau Polytechnic Institute’s (IPM) Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies, made the remarks in an interview on the sidelines of a certificate-awarding ceremony of the association, at the Institute

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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GDP growth slows to 6 pct in Q2

Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter of this year slowed to 6 percent year-on-year in real terms, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The DSEC statement pointed out that GDP growth in the second quarter was lower than the 9.2 percent rise in the previous quarter due to a smaller increase in exports of services and a notable decline in investment.External demand maintained growth, pushing up exports of services by 13 percent

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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