Car parks in low-lying areas must be closed when No. 8 signal is up: police chief

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun, who attended yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker, said that public car parks in the city’s low-lying areas must be closed whenever the No. 8 typhoon signal is hoisted.The weekly debate programme is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in its studio at the Macau Forum in Zape every Sunday.Following the first anniversary last Thursday of deadly Super Typhoon Hato, yesterday’s focus of the forum was on whether the

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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New border clearing mode at delta bridge undergoes tests: police chief

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said yesterday that the system for the new mode of border clearing to be used at the border checkpoint at the Zhuhai-Macau side of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge is being tested “repeatedly” by immigration officers of these two cities to ensure that it will run smoothly when the delta bridge comes into use.Ma made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of yesterday’s Macau Forum, the weekly debate

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK link opening also good for Macau: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that next month’s opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link will also benefit the development of Macau.Senna Fernandes made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Anim’Arte Nam Van on the sidelines of an event promoting the city’s tourism.The Hong Kong government announced last week that the Hong Kong section of the express rail link will come

August 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Only govt can stop Macau’s plastic pollution: eco-activist

As the plastic waste generated by the city has reached a “worrying” situation, the government is “the only one” that can stop Macau’s residents from generating massive plastic waste on a daily basis, eco-activist Annie Lao said yesterday.Lao, who did not wish to be identified by her full Chinese name, made the remarks during a phone interview with The Macau Post Daily yesterday.Lao, a 28-year-old local resident and writer, is one of the five organisers who started an online petition

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Artists make a ‘zine’ about Inner Harbour

Some people try to make a scene to get their point across, and a group of local artists, by making a ‘zine’, is starting a conversation among the Inner Harbour community, helping neighbours there get their voices heard.The word ‘zine’ derives from magazine, and describes a small-circulation self-made ‘publication’ of texts, sketches and images that can cover any topic.Chan Si Kei and Cora Si Wun Cheng are the curators of the “Inner Harbour Zine” exhibition currently taking place

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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S Korean visitors drop 19.8 pct in July

Visitor arrivals from South Korea, Macau’s number-one foreign visitor segment, fell 19.8 percent year on year to 59,500 last month, accounting for 2.0 percent of all visitor arrivals, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. The number of South Korean visitors in the first seven months dropped 4.8 percent to 483,400. Last month’s total number of visitor arrivals rose 4.0 percent to 3.03 million. Overnight visitors accounted for 53.9 percent of all visitors

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Sales assistant steals diamond ring to repay gambling debts: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a sales assistant on Wednesday for stealing a 2-carat diamond ring from a jewellery shop, where she worked, and selling it to a pawnshop so that she could repay her gambling debts, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press briefing in Zape yesterday.According to the PJ spokesperson, the suspect is a local 32-year-old resident who had been arrested before for stealing gaming chips worth HK$100,000 from a casino where she worked.Although she is waiting for

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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E-govt services development ‘sluggish’: audit

In a hard-hitting report published yesterday, the Commission of Audit (CA) slams the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) for its “sluggish” progress in the development of e-government services over the past two decades.The report can be downloaded from the commission’s website http://www.ca.gov.mo/, in Chinese and Portuguese language versions.The report says that back in 2001 the government set up a working group – consisting of officials from a raft of government

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Striking lifeguards to return to work today

A total of 24 lifeguards who were on strike earlier this week over an employment dispute will return to work today after they and their employer reached a compromise during negotiations yesterday, Sports Bureau (ID) Vice-President Lam Lin Kio said yesterday at the bureau in Avenida Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues in Zape.Lam made the remarks in a media briefing after a meeting attended by representatives of her bureau, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), the striking lifeguards, and their employer Surf

August 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau’s disaster-tackling ability has ‘hugely’ improved: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that Macau’s ability to tackle disasters over the past 12 months – after deadly Super Typhoon Hato pummelled the city – has “hugely” increased.Wong also said he was confident that if Macau were to face typhoons as strong as Hato in the future, the government could minimise the casualties. However, Wong acknowledged that he believes that there is no government in the world that can ensure zero casualties caused by a storm as strong as

August 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman steals 2 watches from couple who let her stay in their guestroom: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a woman on Tuesday for stealing two luxury watches last month from a couple in a guestroom of a casino-hotel resort in Cotai where the couple were staying, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.According to the spokesperson, both the victims and the suspect are from the mainland.According to the spokesperson, the couple met the female at a gaming table where they were all gambling, after which the suspect told the duo that

August 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Man punches driving test examiner for failing him: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have arrested a local man who punched a driving test examiner in a fit of anger after failing the test, PSP spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Fong, the suspect is a 22-year-old surnamed Yau, who works as a casino host while the victim is a 47-year-old local man surnamed Si Tou.Fong said that on Tuesday morning, Yau was taking his driving test in Taipa with Si Tou as his examiner. During the test as

August 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, Zhuhai vow to promote TCM platform: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that Macau will further strengthen its partnership with Zhuhai to jointly strengthen the development of the Hengqin-based platform for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).According to a statement by the Secretariat for Economy and Finance (GSEF), Leong made the remarks during a meeting with Zhuhai Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee Secretary Guo Yonghang in Zhuhai yesterday.Leong also visited the Traditional Chinese

August 23, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Lifeguard shortage’ affects 3 more pools

The Sports Bureau (ID) said yesterday that three more of the city’s public swimming pools – the Taipa Central Park Swimming Pool and Carmo Swimming Pools in Taipa, and the Hac Sa Park Swimming Pool in Coloane – would also be affected by the current “lifeguard shortage” as its service provider couldn’t provide enough personnel.It is the fourth statement that has been published by the bureau since Friday regarding the “lifeguard shortage”.Originally, the Taipa Central Park

August 23, 2018 | BY admin

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