7 nabbed in crackdown on illegal football betting: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested seven suspects in two flats in Taipa last Tuesday in a crackdown on a cross-border gambling syndicate, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape on Friday.The spokesperson said that last Tuesday, the Judiciary Police received a tip-off from their mainland counterparts about a number of mainlanders running an illegal football betting operation in Macau.According to the spokesperson, the mainland police took action

July 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass coastal waters framework bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed a government-drafted bill on the management of Macau’s coastal waters, slated to come into effect after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session yesterday.The new law – the Maritime Areas Management Framework Law – states that no gaming projects are allowed on land newly reclaimed from the sea.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in January this year. The legislature’s 2nd Standing

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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2 jewellery thefts possibly committed by SE Asians: police

Two thefts took place within an hour at two jewellery shops in the city on Wednesday, with a total loss of over 300,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Referring to the first case, Choi said that at about 5 p.m. on that day, three men of South East Asian appearance went into a jewellery shop in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida. The trio were chatting to the shop owner and tried on

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs nabs 21 smuggling fake sports shirts

In an operation targeting counterfeit products last week, the Macau Customs Service caught 21 men and women for their involvement in the smuggling of counterfeit sports shirts, seizing a total of 3,879 fake sports brand shirts a low quality.The Customs Service made the announcement in a press conference in Ilha Verde yesterday.A customs spokesperson said that customs officers at the Barrier Gate checkpoint last Thursday stopped 15 people trying to smuggle 644 suspected counterfeit sports shirts

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Legislature passes bill banning off-duty gaming staff from casinos

A plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the outline of a government-initiated bill proposing a ban on off-duty gaming staff entering local casinos.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac introduced the outline of the bill, which aims to reduce the risk of gaming staff becoming addicted to gambling, during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The government launched a one-month public consultation on the matter in September last

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Hato-hit Red Market Library to reopen next week

The Red Market Library whose facilities were severely damaged by floodwaters during the Super Typhoon Hato onslaught will reopen next Wednesday, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.The library is located in Avenida Ouvidor Arriaga, near the Almirante Lacerda Municipal Market (also known as the “Red Market”).The statement said that the equipment and fixtures in the library, including its air-conditioning system, book cases and other library furniture, were severely

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Culture trip for Guangdong, HK & Macau youths starts

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) said in a statement that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Youth Cultural Trip for this year kicked off yesterday.In the statement, the office pointed out that around 110 students from colleges in the three places are taking part in the trip, among them 17 students are from Macau.The statement said the purpose of the trip was to promote mutual understanding between young people from the three places.GAES official Vong Lut Peng speaks yesterday to

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Operator must leave dog racetrack by July 20: govt

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) said in a statement yesterday that Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. must vacate its greyhound racetrack no later than next Friday, July 20, when the respective land concession expires and the five-decade-old racetrack is slated to close for good. The statement came a day after Yat Yuen had asked the government to be allowed to keep the racetrack’s kennels for 120 additional days after the official closure. The company held its last races

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Indonesian consul warns against loan sharks, withholding passports

In the light of a recent case where a Hong Kong loan shark was found to have kept hundreds of Indonesian and Filipino passports belonging to his victims, Indonesian Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macau Tri Tharyat has once again urged his fellow citizens in the two special administrative regions not to entrust their passport to anyone – for whatever reason.“Once again, I’m calling for all Indonesian citizens in Hong Kong and Macau not to entrust your passport to other parties as it is

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Ikea recalls water dispenser for pets

Ikea is recalling the Lurvig water dispenser for pets due to risk of dogs and cats getting their heads stuck in the dome of the water dispenser with possible suffocation as a consequence, the Swedish retailer said in a recent statement.The statement urged customers to stop using the water dispenser and return it to any Ikea store for a full refund.According to the company, they have received reports of two incidents where dogs got their heads stuck in the dome of the Lurvig water dispenser and

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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4 major prizes for MAC robotics team in Seattle

Beating 8,000 students from 30 countries Macau Anglican College’s (MAC) underwater robotics team, Fish Logic scooped four major prizes last month at the 2018 MATE International ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) Competition in Seattle in the US.The team of five local pupils won the All-Around Champion, Top Engineering Presentation; Top Product Demonstration for and Top Technical Documentation in the title in the ranger class.While for the second consecutive year Cerys Chan, studying in Form 5 at

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Terrazza Italian restaurant gets homey with new menu

Italian restaurant Terrazza is getting homey with a new menu featuring the classics, dishes for sharing and original recipes all created by Executive Chef Andrea Fioravanti.The new menu shows Fioravanti combining his culinary skills and experiences to serve homey and authentic meals, a change from its original fine dining menu.Some of the new dishes include “The ‘Secret’ Pork”, a classic suckling pig that has been reimagined where the crisp-tender Italian Porchetta wraps a juicy,

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Rock gig in N Korea as opening film for docu-fest

A confusingly bizarre film about a rock band, Laibach, from the former Yugoslavia as they arrive by invitation in North Korea to perform there, will open this year’s 3rd Macau International Documentary Film Festival at Cinematheque Passion tomorrow.This year’s festival, themed “Envision/the World”, will feature a total of 28 documentary films from different countries over a three-week period, with “Liberation Day” as the opening film, complemented with a rock party and informal

July 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Operator wants to keep Canidrome kennels for 4 more months – applies to house dogs at Jockey Club

The operator of the city’s greyhound racetrack – Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. – has applied to use the kennels at the Fai Chi Kei property for an additional 120 days after the official closure of the racetrack on July 21, for the company to be able to complete the relocation of the dogs, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) said in a statement yesterday.The racetrack operator made the request in a letter submitted to the gaming regulator on Tuesday, the deadline

July 12, 2018 | BY admin

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