Police bust 5 IIs and ‘snakehead’ gang

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Macau Customs Service yesterday jointly busted a gang smuggling illegal immigrants into the city and arrested a 55-year-old local man, a suspected “snakehead” and five illegal immigrants from the mainland, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said yesterday.According to Lei, the police believe that the gang had been operating for at least three months – smuggling illegal immigrants by landing at the former temporary ferry terminal in Pac On in Taipa.The Taipa Ferry

September 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Through ‘Our Bodies’, Indonesian domestic helpers tell their stories

During the day, Ayu takes care of her employer’s two daughters, whom she has worked for 14 years. In the evening, after finishing work at the household, Ayu goes to learn dancing, and recently, she’s been busy practising her lines for a drama production called “Our Bodies” that explores the feelings of local Indonesian domestic helpers like Ayu.There are currently roughly 180,000 non-resident workers among Macau’s population of about 650,000, according the Statistics and Census Bureau

September 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato causes 11.47 billion pataca loss: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday the government estimates that last month’s Super Typhoon Hato directly and indirectly caused Macau financial losses of 11.47 billion patacas – about half of the gaming industry’s gross receipts last month.The gaming industry’s gross receipts in August amounted to 22.6 billion patacas, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).In the first seven months of the year, the government’s revenue

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Candidates not allowed Facebook ads: elex chief

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has told candidates to stop publishing commercial advertising on Facebook, Tong Hio Fong, who heads the committee, said yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from last Saturday to next Friday.Speaking to reporters after a regular meeting of the government-appointed committee at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, Tong, a judge by

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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2 groups confident of winning 2 seats together

Lawmaker Becky Song Pek Kei said yesterday she was confident that the two electoral groups set up by the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) could garner at least two seats and possibly even win three seats in the direct legislative election.Lawmakers Chan Meng Kam, Si Ka Lon and Song are board members of the alliance. Chan, who garnered the highest number of votes in the direct election four years ago, is not seeking re-election while Si and Song are leading two separate lists

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Group proposes free tertiary education

Sze Lee Ah, who chairs the Macau Citizens Federation, says his electoral group Citizens Power (No. 12 on the ballot) is proposing the cancellation of voter registration and the introduction of free public tertiary education.Sze, a Fujianese businessman, is the first-ranked candidate of the group while Joana Chong, who works in the real estate sector, is the second-ranked candidate. Sze’s list comprises 11 candidates.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily earlier this week at the federation’s

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui sets up commission to probe Hato response

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that he has ordered the setting-up of a commission tasked with investigating whether any government entities or officials were at fault in their response to Super Typhoon Hato.The recently-founded Committee for the Review of the Mechanism for Responding to Major Disasters and its Follow-up and Improvement hosted a press conference about what the government has done to restore the typhoon-hit city to normal and what it plans to do to improve

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to build Inner Harbour pumping station: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday the government plans to build a new pumping station on the waterfront in the Inner Harbour area, adding that the government expects to invite bids for its construction during the first half of next year.Chan made the remarks during a special press conference about the government’s efforts to restore the typhoon-hit city to normal and what it plans to do to improve its emergency response to major disasters. The press

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Mainlander nabbed for burglary in 2013

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Tuesday for burgling a flat in Taipa in 2013, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 43-year-old surnamed Li.According to Lei, the case happened in March 2013, when the owner of the flat discovered that his home had been burgled and then reported the case to the police. The victim told the police that he had lost cash and other valuables worth 82,400

September 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Hato floods reached at least 1.62 metres: weather station

The height of the floodwaters outside Hong Kung Temple in the Inner Harbour area reached at least 1.62 metres during Super Typhoon Hato’s battering of Macau last month, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG).The bureau has uploaded Hato’s details, including maximum wind speed recorded at the different monitoring stations and maximum flood levels in different locations, on its website.The super-typhoon killed 10 people and injured 244 in Macau on August 23. It caused

September 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Candidate accuses ex-weather boss of homicide over killer typhoon

Legislative election candidate Hong Weng Kuan.has filed a criminal complaint against Macau’s ex-weather chief Fong Soi Kun, accusing him of homicide by negligence for his controversial handling of warning signals when Typhoon Hato hit Macau.The typhoon killed 10 people, injured 244, cut water and power supplies and caused severe flooding and immense damage. The disaster has left local residents in a shock.Hong, a lawyer by profession, is the first-ranked direct legislative election candidate

September 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Father gets 5 1/2 years jail for sexual abuse of his kids

A local Portuguese resident was sentenced to five years and six months behind bars yesterday for sexually abusing his two children, a two-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy, according to the sentence announced by the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday.According to the three-judge bench, Joao Tiago Martins was also sentenced to pay 200,000 patacas to each child.The defendant’s lawyer, Joao Miguel Barros, told Portuguese media that he was determined to appeal. He said he was convinced

September 6, 2017 | BY admin

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UPD vows to fight for workers’ interests

Direct legislative election group Union for Development (UPD) said yesterday that its political platform puts special emphasis on policies to improve workers’ conditions as well as enhance Macau’s competitiveness by participating in regional cooperation.The group’s 10 candidates announced their political platform during a press conference yesterday at an activity centre run by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions in Iao Hon district.The group, No. 16 on the ballot, is led by Ella Lei

September 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Group vows to fight for public servants’ interests

Former Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) inspector Nelson Kot Man Kam says that his electoral group Power of Political Thought (P.P.P.), the No. 10 on the ballot, would fight for public servants’ interests if it gets elected in the September 17 direct legislative election.Kot’s list comprises 11 candidates. According to Kot, his group’s candidates are current and retired public servants and professionals. Kot is the first-ranked candidate while António da Conceição

September 6, 2017 | BY admin

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