Helper harms baby: police

A domestic helper has been arrested for causing physical harm to a 14-month-old baby boy in a flat in Areia Preta last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 27-year-old woman from Myanmar.According to Leng, the suspect was hired to work in the toddler’s home in Avenida Nordeste in April to take care of him as well as the his twin sister. Last Wednesday morning, the victim’s mother watching live

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie locks man & grandson inside taxi: police

The Public Prosecution Office (MP) said in a statement on Saturday that a cabbie who locked a man and his grandson inside his taxi had been released on his own recognisance.A Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson announced the case during a regular press conference last Thursday. The suspect was identified as a man in his thirties surnamed Fong.According to the spokesperson, the two passengers are a local man in his sixties working in a bank and his five-year-old grandson.On Tuesday night

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Morpheus opening ‘new chapter’ in Macau

Gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau Lung said on Friday that the opening of his company’s Morpheus resort hotel, Phase 3 of the City of Dreams, was the opening of a “new chapter” in Macau, adding that it would be “an icon for Asia”.Ho made the remarks during a press conference at City of Dreams prior to the opening ceremony of the US$1.1 billion hotel on Friday.According to Melco, the hotel has a total of 772 guestrooms, suites and

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for indecent behaviour with schoolgirls: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have caught a man who was reportedly seen trying to make indecent contact with schoolgirls in the city centre last week, according to a PSP statement on Friday.On Thursday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement they were informed through the School Safety Network that a parent had seen a man trying to make indecent contact with several schoolgirls. He was frequently spotted wandering around Rua do Campo trying to touch schoolgirls’ bodies or

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Canidrome holds greyhound adoption day

About a dozen greyhounds with their handlers had a meet-and-greet with local people yesterday during an adoption day held at Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome.The dog racetrack at Fai Chi Kei will shut down as its land lease with the government expires on July 21, and there have been concerns about the fate of the roughly 650 greyhounds when it closes.About 15 greyhounds that have passed a training programme approved by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and are supposed to be ready to be

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Loan shark nabbed over captive’s death fall: police

A mainlander, a self-confessed member of a loansharking gang, was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in causing another mainlander’s death fall in Zape last year, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference on Friday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a 29-year-old surnamed Cen, who told police that he works as a bar manager. The deceased is a 30-year-old man surnamed Chen, who was a manager of a mainland beverage company.The spokesperson

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Thousands protest over traffic woes

Thousands of residents took part in a protest organised by the grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) on Saturday against the government’s perceived failure to provide residents with sufficient numbers of parking spaces.The demonstrators also expressed their discontent with apparently tougher law enforcement to fine those illegally parking their vehicles, considering that the city’s parking spaces for cars and motorcycles are utterly insufficient to meet public demand.A

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Xi urges local unis to gain more S&T feats: liaison office chief

President Xi Jinping says in a letter in reply to two local higher education institutions he hopes that Macau’s tertiary education institutions will nurture more talents who love the country and Macau and create more scientific and technological (S&T) achievements.Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong read out Xi’s letter during a seminar attended by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and representatives from local tertiary institutions on

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Taiwan mulls more flexibility for Macau people’s passports

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official Carol Duh Chia-fen, who heads the council’s Department of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, said yesterday that the government-appointed council is currently in talks with the island’s immigration department to give Macau residents the choice whether to use their Portuguese or Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passports to enter Taiwan.MSAR passports of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are issued by the Macau government on behalf

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Man spotted behaving indecently with schoolgirls: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that they were recently informed through the School Safety Network that a parent had seen a man trying to make indecent contact with schoolgirls in the city centre.According to the statement, the man was frequently spotted wandering around Rua do Campo trying to touch schoolgirls’ bodies or engaging in obscene acts.The statement said that so far the police had not directly received any complaints about the issue, but urged possible

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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No timetable for relaunching traffic law consultation: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government does not know when it will relaunch its recently-halted public consultation on the drafting of a Road Traffic Law amendment bill.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, which is reviewing, article-by-article, a government-initiated bill on the city’s taxi sector.The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Morpheus, city’s ‘new icon’, opens today

Gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment will officially open the doors of its US$1.1 billion Morpheus hotel resort, Phase 3 of City of Dreams, this evening.Morpheus is the Hellenic deity of dreams.In a statement, the company headed by Lawrence Ho Yau Lung described its latest property as the city’s “new icon”.This undated handout photo released by Melco Resorts & Entertainment yesterday shows the 5-star Morpheus hotel’s Sky Pool, which is located 130 metres above ground.

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Foreign Ministry spokesman briefs local officials

Well-known Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang briefed local government officials yesterday on his work and the central government’s approach towards diplomacy and international relations. According to a statement released by the Macau Government Spokesperson’s Office, Lu’s briefing took place at the invitation of the office, which is headed by Victor Chan Chi Ping, who has been director of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) since the establishment of the Macau Special

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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HK man busted with cocaine: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested on Wednesday for selling and taking drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 45-year-old surnamed Fong, who claimed to be unemployed.Chan said that the Judiciary Police received a tip-off a week ago that a Hong Kong drug gang had hired a man in the neighbouring city to sell drugs in Macau. Police officers later identified Fong as

June 15, 2018 | BY admin

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