Rolls-Royce buyer cheated out of HK$1.75 million

A man from Hong Kong was arrested recently for cheating HK$1.75 million from a mainland man in a luxury car purchase, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said that the suspect, surnamed Hui, is a 39-year-old businessman who imports cars into Macau.According to the Choi, the victim last August agreed to buy a Rolls-Royce from Hui, and paid Hui HK$5 million in cash. The deal was for the suspect to originally hand the car over to the

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie keeps passenger’s smartphone: police

A taxi driver is being investigated for allegedly keeping a smartphone a passenger left in his cab, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.Lam identified the suspect as a local man surnamed Liu in his 30s while the victim is a woman from the mainland, whose personal information was not released.According to Lam, on Saturday morning the woman got into Liu’s taxi in Avenida Comercial de Macau in Nam Van and asked to be taken to

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Ambassador praises, warns Indonesians in Macau

Indonesia’s ambassador to China and Mongolia, Djauhari Oratmangun, has both praised and warned local Indonesians about living and working in Macau, Kumbang Toh! News reported during its weekly broadcast on 98 FM Radio Macau last night.“I am proud of you, all Indonesian citizens who work and live in Macau, while keeping Indonesia’s good image,” Oratmangun told Kumbang Toh! News on June 30 in an interview at the local representative office of Indonesia’s Consulate-General in Hong Kong.

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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4 boys rescued from flooded Thai cave

MAE SAI – Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued yesterday after surviving a treacherous escape, raising hopes elite divers would also save the others soon.The rescued boys emerged as night fell from the Tham Luang cave complex after divers guided them along a route of more than four kilometres that included twisting, extremely narrow and jagged passageways filled with water.Their escape led to an explosion of jubilation on social

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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HK woman tells son to smuggle mobile phones to Zhuhai from Macau: report

uggle 40 smartphones to Zhuhai from Macau via Gongbei border checkpoint last week but was stopped by mainland customs officers, government-owned broadcaster TDM has reported.According to the report on Friday, the boy with a backpack was walking alone through the “nothing to declare” channel in Zhuhai where he drew customs officers’ attention.After the customs officers checked the boy, they found the 40 smartphones hidden around his waist and in his backpack. The boy admitted that he had

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Officials remove rotten food from eatery blast scene

Members of the Public Security Police (PSP), Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and Health Bureau (SSM) on Saturday removed rotten food from a blast-hit restaurant in Areia Preta to ensure the neighbourhood’s public hygiene, the Public Security Police said in a statement yesterday.The explosion last Tuesday occurred in the Fujianese restaurant on the ground floor of Block 2 of Pak Lei Estate in Avenida do Hipodromo which killed a woman and injured six other people. According to the

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum urges govt to regulate use of gas appliances

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum urged the government to set up a system regulating the use and maintenance of the city’s electrical and mechanical devices, including gas cooking appliances.The topic of yesterday’s forum was about how to improve gas safety in eateries and homes, in the wake of a deadly gas explosion in a restaurant in Areia Preta district last week.The explosion, caused by a gas leak from the restaurant’s LPG cylinders, killed a

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt is recalling medicine containing valsartan

The Health Bureau said in a statement last week that it has instructed local wholesalers, pharmacies and clinics to recall six products containing valsartan from the market because an impurity has been detected.The six affected products are: “Valtensin Tablets 80mg”, “Valtensin Tablets 160mg”, “Valtensin HCT Tablets 80/12.5mg”, “Valtensin HCT Tablets 160/12.5mg”, “Valsartan + Hidroclorotiazida Generis 80mg + 12.5mg”, and “Valsartan + Hidroclorotiazida Generis 160mg +

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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8 groups urge govt to ensure greyhounds won’t end up on mainland

A total of eight local animal protection groups yesterday urged the government to ensure that no greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. will be sent to the mainland as it still does not have an animal protection law, after the closure of the racetrack in Fai Chi Kei later this month.The activists also urged the government to neuter the dogs before they are adopted.The eight local animal protection groups have formed an “alliance” which aims to “save” the several hundred

July 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Teaching assistant makes fake patacas at school: police

A local man was arrested on Tuesday in Zape for producing and using counterfeit pataca banknotes, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 28-year-old surnamed Ho, who worked at a government school in Areia Preta.In a media briefing yesterday, Lou Pak Sang, director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said that Ho worked as a teaching assistant at the Luso-Chinese

July 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Councillors want tougher fines for dripping aircons

Members of the Northern Districts Community Service Consultative Council yesterday called for tougher fines for those whose dripping air conditioners affect pedestrians, saying that the current fine of 600 patacas is too low, Leong In Pong, a deputy convenor of the government’s consultative body, said yesterday.Yesterday’s focus of the government-appointed council’s regular meeting was on how the government can better tackle the nuisance of dripping air conditioners affecting pedestrians

July 6, 2018 | BY admin

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CTM sets up software development centre in Zhuhai for GBA

Following the development motto of “Serving Macau, reaching out to GBA”, CTM has set up a Teleone” Software Centre in Zhuhai, so as to take advantage of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) development.CTM said that the Centre will act as a training base, which will provide a technology elevating and skill exchange platform for the IT industry in Macau and provide multiple smart applications and software designation as a cornerstone of “Digital Macau”CTM CEO Vandy Poon and CTM’s management

July 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Sand dunes & volcano, Tottori shows a different Japan

It might not be on the list of places to visit (yet) but Japan’s Tottori, famous for its stunning sand dunes, is a totally underrated travel destination that is definitely worth exploring.Tottori is a rural area in western Japan along the coast of the Sea of Japan. It has an area of 3,507 square kilometres with a population of just 570,000, with its capital city also called Tottori. The prefecture has two airports, the Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport in Tottori city on the east and the

July 6, 2018 | BY admin

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CCTV cameras ‘very helpful’ in solving cases: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the police forces’ closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed across the city in recent years have proved to be “very helpful” for law enforcement agencies to solve criminal cases.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Macau Science Centre in Nape on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of an annual trade fair showcasing and selling handicrafts made by prison inmates.The four-day trade fair, which will end

July 6, 2018 | BY admin

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