Beijing promulgates mainland residence permit rule for Macau people

BEIJING – A new regulation on the application and granting of residence permits for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan residents living on the Chinese mainland was promulgated yesterday.The regulation, published on the website of the State Council, will take effect on September 1.It was promulgated to provide more convenience in terms of study, work, business operation, and life for residents from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan living on the mainland, and ensure their rights and interests, the

August 20, 2018 | BY admin

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2 public swimming pools closed over ‘lifeguard shortage’

The Sports Bureau (ID) said that two of its public swimming pools – the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Swimming Pool on the peninsula and Cheoc Van Swimming Pool in Coloane – would be temporarily closed as its service provider couldn’t provide enough lifeguards, the bureau said in a statement on Friday.According to the statement, the two outdoor swimming pools were closed on Saturday until further notice. The bureau asked for “understanding” from the public for the inconvenience caused.According to

August 20, 2018 | BY admin

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3 Colombians arrested for stealing HK$1million from car

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested three Colombians for stealing HK$1million in cash from a car in Nape on Thursday, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape on Saturday.According to Choi, the trio are a 46-year-old man surnamed Zudirda, a 48-year-old man Solorza, and a 40-year-old woman Rarada.The victim is a local businessman in his sixties whose business is facing financial problems, Choi said, adding that the victim had borrowed

August 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum opposes hazardous materials depots near Seac Pai Van

Members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum strongly opposed the government’s plan to build warehouses for hazardous materials in Coloane’s Concordia Industrial Park that is near the Seac Pai Van public housing estate.The audience members demanded that the government only build warehouses for hazardous materials in the city’s new land reclamation zones.The weekly debate programme is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in its studio at the Macau Forum in Zape every

August 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Beijing to allow Macau Chinese residents to apply for mainland residence permits

The State Council General Office has drafted a new regulation that will allow Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan residents to apply for mainland residence permits, according to a document issued at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing yesterday.According to the statement, with the residence permit, people from Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan will enjoy more rights, basic public services, and other conveniences relating to their study, work, business operation, and

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander & HK man busted for drug trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male mainlander and a man from Hong Kong yesterday for selling drugs in Macau, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.The spokesperson identified the two suspects as a 29-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Chen, who said he works as a stall vendor, and a 42-year-old man from Hong Kong surnamed Choi, who said he is unemployed.According to the spokesperson, the Judiciary Police received a tip-off a week ago that a Hong

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Health Bureau ‘very concerned’ about cholera bacteria at Hac Sa Beach

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it is “very concerned” about the findings in water samples taken from the sea at Coloane’s Hac Sa Beach that have been found to contain the Vibrio cholerae bacterium which causes cholera.The bureau pointed out that so far it has not recorded any cases of cholera resulting from the Hac Sa Beach case. The bureau will continue to closely monitor whether any cholera cases resulting from case will occur, the statement said.The Marine

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Police contact 32 victims in cryptocurrency mining case

Up to yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) had contacted 32 victims in a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam, with total losses amounting to at least HK$12.4 million, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular news briefing in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the 32 victims are all local residents, and the police have already taken statements from all of them. Choi didn’t elaborate on the amounts each victim had lost, but noted that only one victim declined to file a criminal

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Japanese ‘officer’ carries illegal weapon: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) nabbed a Japanese man on Wednesday morning at the local airport for carrying an illegal weapon, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the suspect is a 26-year-old surnamed Shin, who told the police that he was an “officer”. Lam added that he didn’t know what kind of officer Shin is.Lam said that Shin was set to depart from the local airport for Tokyo on Wednesday morning. When he was going through the

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt spends 3.5 million patacas on 16 emergency shelters

The government said yesterday that it has spent 3.5 million patacas on setting-up the city’s 16 evacuation shelters and four emergency assembly and pick-up points, as well as for preparations to ensure that the shelters are ready for operation in the case of a storm surge during a typhoon.Officials from several government entities briefed media yesterday on what the government has done to ensure that the emergency shelters and emergency assembly and pick-up points are ready for operation. The

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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KK ‘excited’ to represent Macau at 2018 Asian Games

Local boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK aka The Macau Kid says he’s excited but also nervous to be representing Macau at the 2018 Asian Games, commonly known as Jakarta Palembang 2018, which will be held in the Indonesian capital and Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra, from this Sunday to September 2.MPD Weekender caught up with KK during a break in training in his gym in Toi San earlier this week.Although KK is a professional boxer and has had 13 professional fights, which he has won with 7 KOs

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Summer holiday: Learning, playing & volunteering

How do young people spend their summer in Macau? Some go away on holiday, many sign up to learn something new, some take up extra private tutoring lessons, some do internships, and there are some who experience being a volunteer.About two dozen youths turned up at the Asilo Vila Madalena home for the elderly in Coloane on Wednesday, greeting senior citizens there as they played games, talked and did a small quiz and sang along with them to their favourite songs.The young people were from

August 17, 2018 | BY admin

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‘One country, two systems’ essential to GBA success: Han

Vice-Premier Han Zheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the leading group for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), said yesterday that the 11 GBA cities needed to fully utilise the area’s “comprehensive” advantages in their joint effort to build a vibrant and internationally competitive area and a vibrant world-class group of cities.The Greater Bay Area refers

August 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Man loses HK$1.3 million in Chinese chess scam

A male mainlander was arrested over his alleged involvement in a Chinese chess (“xiangqi”) scam, which was set up to cheat the victim out of 1.1 million yuan (HK$1.38 million), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday .According to Choi, the suspect is a 46-year-old surnamed Li, while the victim is a man from the mainland in his forties, whose surname was not revealed. Choi said that both work as construction recruitment

August 16, 2018 | BY admin

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