Irwin won’t return over safety concerns – but govt insists Guia Circuit is up to FIA standards

British rider Glenn Irwin, winner of last year’s Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, has said that he won’t return to race at the Macau Grand Prix over safety concerns, after last year’s fatal accident which claimed the life of fellow Briton Daniel Hegarty, according to a BBC Sport report on Wednesday.Last November, 31-year-old Hegarty lost his life in a crash on the Guia Circuit. Hegarty, who was taking part in his second Motorcycle Grand Prix in Macau, crashed into the barrier at Fishermen’s

July 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Councillor calls for reducing weight of schoolbags

Central District Community Service Consultative Council member Cheong Sok Leng said yesterday that overweight schoolbags were not only a burden on pupils’ backs, but also adversely affecting their health, urging the government to tackle the issue of overweight satchels.Cheong made the remarks during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council at the Patane Municipal Market Complex on the peninsula.Cheong noted that in recent years the government has focused more on international

July 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Wong vows to hold those responsible for deadly blast accountable

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak vowed yesterday that anyone found responsible for Tuesday’s deadly gas explosion in a restaurant will be held accountableWong made the pledge while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a two-day seminar on the “Innovation and Development in the Policing Education” on the campus of the Macau Public Security Forces Academy in Coloane. The seminar also marked the 30th anniversary of the academy’s establishment.Wong remarks

July 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab gambling burglar

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Tuesday for burgling a flat in a residential estate in Zape from where he stole three mobile phones in March, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect admitted to having burgling the flat as he had gambled away all his money.Lai identified the suspect as a 38-year-old surnamed Chen who told police that he works as an electrician and plumber on the mainland.A mobile phone and cash in HK

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Mainlander uses bogus yuan: police

A male mainlander was arrested on Tuesday for using fake yuan banknotes at least twice, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 42-year-old surnamed Wu, who claimed to be unemployed.Lai said that the Judiciary Police received two reports from two male gamblers, on May 25 and early this week respectively, about having been scammed with fake yuan.This photo shows the items seized by the

July 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Indonesian ambassador wants stronger China ties

Indonesia’s new ambassador to China and Mongolia, Djauhari Oratmangun, is seeking to increase exports from Indonesia to China, while also pushing for more Chinese investment in his country, and he’s also promoting Chinese tourism in Indonesia.Speaking to local Indonesian-language radio show Kumbang Toh! News at the local office of the Hong Kong-based Indonesian Consulate-General last week, Oratmangun, who has been posted to Beijing for two months, said, “There are three pillars of

July 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Security academy to launch policing master degree

Macau Public Security Forces Academy Director Hoi Sio Iong said yesterday that the higher education institution will launch a master’s degree course in policing, after the Tertiary Education System Law takes effect next month.Hoi made the remarks while delivering a speech during a seminar on the “Innovation and Development in the Policing Education” at the academy in Coloane.The seminar marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the academy. Local scholars, specialists and police

July 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Areia Preta restaurant blast kills 1, injures 6

An explosion in a Chinese restaurant in Areia Preta last night killed a woman and injured six other people, a Fire Services Bureau (CB) spokesman told reporters at the scene of the blast.The spokesman said the cause of the blast was yet to be determined but it was possibly caused by the restaurant’s LPG bottles.According to the spokesman, the bureau received a report about the blast at 9:47 p.m. Firemen found five injured restaurant patrons, and later at about 10:30 p.m. rescued a man and a

July 4, 2018 | BY admin

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IPIM passes 65 residency scheme applications to judiciary

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Jackson Chang said yesterday that since 2013 his institute had transferred 65 applications for its two temporary residency schemes to the judiciary for further investigation or follow-up on suspicion that they involved regulatory breaches or even criminal offences.Chang also said that his institute would carefully study this week’s hard-hitting report by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) on the findings of an investigation

July 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmaker resumes seat after suspension

Previously suspended lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou resumed his seat in the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday morning after the legislature had finally received a notification from the Court of First Instance (TJB) confirming that last month’s judgement which imposed a fine on him for illegal assembly and demonstration has become legally binding.Following the resumption of his legislative duties, Sou, a member of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, then attended a closed-door meeting of

July 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Councillor worries about progress of Taipa market expansion

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in March that the expansion of its Taipa Municipal Market was set to be completed by the end of this year or early next year, but there’s still nothing going on there, Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Jiang Xuchun said yesterday.Jiang made the remarks during a monthly meeting of the council at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.During a meeting with Taipa and Coloane residents in March, IACM

July 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Councillors urge govt to tackle city’s rodent menace

Cristina Ho Hoi Leng, deputy convener of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said yesterday that as rats and mice are frequently spotted in Taipa, Coloane and other parts of Macau, she’s urging the government to do more to tackle the city’s rodent menace and other public hygiene issues.Ho made the comments during a regular meeting of the council at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.“Local residents are very concerned about the Civic and

July 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Graft busters slam IPIM’s residency schemes

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) in a hard-hitting report released yesterday slammed the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) for failing to properly assess applications for temporary residency granted by the institute through its “major investment immigration” and “specialist immigration” schemes.The latter scheme is for managerial personnel and specialist and professional qualification holders hired by local employers.The CCAC says in the report that the

July 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 4.7 pct in May

Macau’s 115 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.17 million guests in May, a year-on-year growth of 4.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. The number of mainland Chinese guests rose 11 percent to 798,000. Hong Kong and Taiwan guests dropped 11.1 percent and 10.5 percent to 123,000 and 40,000 respectively. South Koreans continued to be the local hospitality industry’s biggest foreign guest segment. However, their numbers dropped 8.3 percent to 40,000.PLEASE

July 3, 2018 | BY admin

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