Councillor calls for ban on foam food containers

Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Liu Fengming said yesterday the government should ban disposable foam food containers in Macau as they are very slow to biodegrade and releasing hazardous chemicals at very high temperatures.Liu made the remarks during a regular meeting of the council at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.Liu said that many take-away shops in Macau use plastic foam (also known as expanded polystyrene) containers as they are cheap.

April 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Police warn of ‘low-risk-high-return investment’ pyramid scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) are aware of suspected pyramid scams in Macau, in which residents could be persuaded to join a “crowdfunding platform” claiming that investing a small amount of money would generate a profit of up to 150 percent while the investors “don’t need to do anything”, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement pointed out that the pyramid schemes are potentially illegal.A pyramid scheme is a commercial practice or a form of investment that

April 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, Guangdong to ink 20 billion yuan investment deal ASAP: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that talks between Macau and Guangdong on the setting-up of a 20 billion yuan (25.6 billion patacas) cooperation development fund had already been concluded and an agreement would be signed by the two sides as soon as possible, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Leong made the remarks during a session about the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) on the sidelines of this year’s

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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SJM expects ‘enhanced prosperity’ from GBA: So

SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that his company expected “enhanced prosperity for Macau as the Greater Bay Area (GBA)initiative takes shape, promising mutual benefits for Macau and the surrounding region.”So made the upbeat remarks in a speech during the gaming operator’s annual media appreciation luncheon, at Grand Lisboa.In his speech, So also expressed SJM’s full confidence in the future of Macau, adding that his company was “delighted to walk hand in hand with the

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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149 fined for smoking at bus stops in Q1

Inspectors fined 149 people for smoking at bus stops in the first quarter since the toughened version of Macau’s anti-smoking law took effect on January 1, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill during a plenary session in July last year.The new version of the law bans smoking within a 10-metre-area of all bus stops and taxi ranks.This undated handout photo

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Union calls for casino workers’ wage hike

The New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union yesterday petitioned the city’s six gaming operators, urging them to raise the salaries of their casino workers and improve various other benefits including an increase in the number of days for paid maternity leave.Cloee Chao Sao Fong, the union’s high-profile leader, spoke to reporters about their petitions near MGM Macau in Nape yesterday. She and several union representatives then went to the offices of the six gaming operators and submitted

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs officers bust 3 IIs, 3 ‘snakeheads’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers recently busted an illegal immigration case.In the early hours of Sunday, the Macau Customs Service received a report from its counterpart in the mainland that a speedboat was travelling fast near the runway of the local airport, the statement said.According to the statement, a Customs Service speedboat was deployed to intercept the vessel – which had two skippers. Customs officers told one of the skippers to stop his

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Filipino rapes compatriot after party: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Philippine national on Sunday for raping a compatriot after a party, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi identified the suspect as a 35-year-old non-resident worker surnamed Llarena who has worked as a security guard in Macau since 2015. The 25-year-old victim is also a non-resident worker.According to Choi, the victim’s female cousin invited Llarena to a party in her home near the Ruins of St Paul’s on

April 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Wong vows to improve officers’ discipline supervision

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak pledged yesterday that the city’s public security forces will continue to improve the disciplinary supervision of their officers.Wong’s remarks came after a Judiciary Police (PJ) officer was arrested last week for leaking information to at least three loansharking gangs about the police’s ongoing investigations into usury cases allegedly committed by the rackets.Wong also said the discovery of the case showed that the Judiciary Police’s internal

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmaker’s disobedience trial to restart next month

The Court of First Instance (TJB) has scheduled the restart of the trial of directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou and fellow non-establishment activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin for alleged aggravated disobedience on May 14, the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday.The judge of the case, Cheong Weng Tong, noted in a statement issued yesterday detailing her court’s decision to restart the trial next month that the Court of Second Instance (TSI) has rejected an interim

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Over 1,000 residents apply to join central provident fund: govt

A senior official from the Social Security Fund (FSS) attending yesterday’s Macau Forum as a guest speaker said that the government has received over 1,000 applications from residents “eager” to join the city’s non-mandatory central provident fund system.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The city’s non-mandatory central provident fund was implemented on January 1. The legislature passed the government-initiated

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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Scooter rider dies in crash with car

A male scooter rider died in a crash with a car outside Ocean Gardens in Taipa yesterday morning, the police said.The police identified the victim as a 45-year-old local man.According to the police, the crash happened at around 11 a.m. outside Peach Court in Avenida dos Jardins do Oceano. The accident took place near the roundabout where Avenida do Oceano and Avenida dos Jardins do Oceano meet.The scooter in yesterday’s fatal accident lies on the road next to a pool of blood after colliding

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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2.2 million guests in 2 months, up 9.8 pct

Macau’s 115 hotels and inns recorded 2.21 million guests in the first two months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.According to a DSEC statement last week, the average occupancy rate of hotels and inns rose by 5.9 percentage points to 89.8 percent in the two-month period which included the Chinese New Year holiday. Guests’ average length of stay went up by 0.1 night to 1.5 nights.The number of guest rooms rose 6.4

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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114 residents on flights with measles-infected cabin crew: SSM

A total of 114 local residents were on board flights with two measles-infected Tigerair cabin crew members, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday.However, Lei insisted that measles infections in Macau have a minimal impact on the population in general due to the city’s very high vaccination rate.Lei made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the “Sudden Onset Disaster Emergency Response and International Experience Forum” at Grand Coloane

April 9, 2018 | BY admin

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