Crematorium to cost up to 400 million patacas: govt

According to information provided by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), the government is slated to invite tenders for the construction of Macau’s first crematorium next year, with the cost expected to be between 300 million and 400 million patacas, Ku Man Tat, member of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said yesterday during a post-meeting press briefing at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.During a plenary session in November, IACM

June 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie blackmails passengers: police

The police arrested a taxi driver on Sunday for allegedly extorting HK$3,000 from three of his male passengers by claiming that one of them had damaged one of the doors on his vehicle, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday, adding that none of the three passengers had caused any damage to the taxi.The police identified the male cabbie as a 25-year-old surnamed Lei. The three passengers, aged between 32 and 47, are mainlanders, the police said.According to the statement,

June 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Possibly No. 3 storm warning signal today: observatory

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday evening that it would possibly hoist the No. 3 storm warning signal during the day today.The weather station hoisted the No. 1 warning signal at 10:45 a.m. yesterday.According to the bureau’s website, a tropical depression was located about 380 kilometres south-west of Macau at 8 p.m. yesterday. It was heading north at around 15 kilometres per hour, moving towards the southern island province of Hainan.This map

June 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Polytex wants 60 billion pataca compensation from govt: report

The locally registered Polytex Import and Export Co. Ltd. will demand from the government at least 60 billion patacas in compensation if the government fails to grant the land concession of the mothballed Pearl Horizon mixed-used property project to company again, the Portuguese-language newspaper Hoje Macau reported yesterday.The daily quoted the company’s lawyer, Executive Council member Leonel Alves, as saying that Polytex would take the government to court over the 60 billion pataca

June 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Eco-groups urge residents to shun bottled water

Three local environmental advocacy groups – the Association of Synergy of Macau, Green Future and Macau Less Plastic Lifestyle – co-launched a map yesterday that shows the locations of water fountains around the city, with the aim of encouraging the public to get their potable water from bubblers instead of buying bottled water.The launch was held at a press conference on the premises of the Association of Synergy of Macau in the city centre, on the eve of today’s World Environment Day

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie overcharges, insults passengers in 2 cases last month: police

The police have confirmed that the taxi driver who infamously overcharged a family of four from Hong Kong late last month is the same rogue cabbie who overcharged two female mainlanders earlier last month, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The case involving the Hong Kong family made headlines in the neighbouring special administrative region.Lei identified the male cabbie as a 27-year-old surnamed Choi.This photo retrieved

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Man robs illegal money changer in guestroom: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday for robbing a female money changer in a guestroom of a casino-hotel resort in Cotai earlier that day, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday in the PJ headquarters in Zape.Choi identified the suspect as a 49-year-old surnamed Li. The victim in her thirties is also a mainlander who is running an unlicensed currency-exchange business in Macau.Before the robbery, the victim had carried out

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Vigil marks 29th anniversary of June 4 incident

Up to 200 people joined the annual candlelight vigil in Largo do Senado last night, marking the 29th anniversary of June 4 incident in Beijing.Grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kwok Cheong noted in a speech that while China has enjoyed rapid economic development and technological innovations in recent years and become an economically powerful country, June 4 still remained a taboo for the authorities.Au Kam San, another grassroots lawmaker, said that last night not many were attending the vigil

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander leaps to death from footbridge: police

The police believe that a man from the mainland jumped to his death from a footbridge in Zape in the early hours of yesterday, following his recent attempted suicide – in which he was injured after suddenly dashing off the pavement in front of a coach, which hit him, in an avenue in the district on Saturday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said yesterday.The footbridge is a part of an elevated walkway system – which also contains lifts – connecting the bottom of Guia

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Soft penalties make it hard to tackle rogue cabbies: transport chief

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday it was hard to tackle rogue cabbies at the moment as the penalties for their violations were “too soft” under current regulations.Lam made the remarks on the sidelines of a road safety activity hosted by his bureau at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ Workers Stadium near the Barrier Gate.There have been more and more media reports about rogue cabbies. Last month, the police arrested several taxi drivers for various

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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21-year-old takes her life by burning charcoal

A 21-year-old local woman committed suicide in a flat in Area Preta on Saturday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement on the same day.According to the statement, the deceased, surnamed Wong, lived in the flat with her father. On Saturday afternoon, when Wong’s father returned home from the mainland, he saw an open bag of charcoal in the living room. He later tried to enter his daughter’s room and found that the door was locked. Banging the door to no avail, he got the spare key and

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Octogenarian leaps to death after attacking wife with hammer: police

An 81-year-old local man who was chronically ill jumped to his death from his home after hitting his wife over the head with a hammer in the early hours of Friday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced.The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries after the attack in the couple’s flat near Avenida de Horta e Costa, according to a PJ statement on Friday, which classified the case as assault and suicide.During a regular press conference on Friday afternoon, PJ spokesmen Leng Kam Lon said

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum urges govt to prepare for more traffic due to delta bridge

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed concern that the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge – colloquially known as the delta bridge – would further increase the already heavy burden on traffic around the entrance – at the north-eastern coast of the peninsula – of a link to the man-made island where Macau’s border checkpoint of the bridge is located.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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The Roadhouse supports local boxer KK

Local boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK aka The Macau Kid has signed a “cooperation agreement” with The Roadhouse Macau pub to assist with his education and training costs.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on Saturday at the signing ceremony held at The Roadhouse Macau, which is part of Galaxy’s Broadway food street in Cotai, General Manager Richard Loughlin said that “The Roadhouse has been supporting local charities for the last five years and helping KK is a great opportunity.”Details of the

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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