Fraudsters now call landlines: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a message yesterday that phone scam fraudsters pretending to be local customs and immigration officers as well as officials from the mainland have started to use another way in their phone scams – calling landlines, in addition to what they usually do – ringing mobile phones.The Judiciary Police reminded residents in the message that no authorities of any countries and regions will ask residents on the phone to transfer or deposit money to any particular

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Heat shelter opens but no-one comes

The government’s disaster relief shelter in Ilha Verde has been open since Friday for people who need a place to keep cool during the extremely hot weather, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced on Friday.However, by yesterday afternoon no-one had yet shown up at the heat shelter.According to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), 38.4°C was recorded at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal at about 1 p.m. yesterday, the highest temperature this summer in Macau. The SMG website says

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Magician leaves audience spellbound

At Wynn Macau’s Grand Ballroom last Saturday night Australian magician, illusionist and escapologist Paul Cosentino put on a show that left the audience wondering, “How did he do that?”Not only is Cosentino a magician, an illusionist and an escapologist, he is also the ultimate showman, whether it be playing with the audience or dancing like Michael Jackson.Cosentino, 34, was runner up in the TV talent show Australia’s Got Talent in 2011 and has appeared on various shows since then.

July 29, 2017 | BY admin

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‘Oriente’ optical retailer joins ‘Darkness To Go’

The sun’s out, and it’s time to get your shades out too. If you’re thinking of getting a new pair of sunglasses, head to local optical retailer Oculista Oriente because the company will donate part of the proceeds from any purchases made to Orbis.The offer is part of Orbis Macau’s ‘Darkness To Go’ fundraising campaign where the money raised will go to the non-governmental organisation’s sight-saving mission around the world.It is the first time that Oculista Oriente is taking part

July 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Property group doubts feasibility of rent control bill

The Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers raised doubts about how effective a rent control law would be to stabilise the rental housing market, during a press conference at the group’s office in Rua do Campo yesterday.The outline of a rent control bill was passed in November 2015, and is slated to be submitted for a final vote to a plenum of the legislature next month. The bill proposes to extend the minimum rental period of both commercial and residential leases from two

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt hopes toughened anti-money laundering law strengthens enforcement

Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) Director Ng Man Seong said yesterday the government hopes that the city’s recently toughened anti-money laundering law will improve enforcement by facilitating the arraignment and prosecution of money-laundering suspects.Ng made the remarks during a press conference at her office in the Bank of China (BOC) Building in Nam Van where she announced the results of the Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) recently released by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Police crack phone scam involving fake kidnapping, topless video

A local woman in her twenties took a video of herself topless and lost 280,000 yuan (334,260 patacas) in a phone scam to a man who claimed to be a mainland police officer, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The case also involved a fake kidnapping.According to the spokesperson, the victim received a call on Sunday from a man who claimed to be a police officer in the mainland, saying that she had committed a serious crime and was wanted by the

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Committee withdraws bid to ban placards in legislature

The president of the Legislative Assembly’s Committee on House Rules, Vong Hin Fai, said yesterday his committee has decided to withdraw a controversial draft resolution that would have barred lawmakers from displaying placards during plenary sessions – if it had been passed by the legislature.The draft resolution’s proposed amendment to Article 47 of the Legislative Assembly Procedure Rules was abruptly retracted by the committee.Vong, a government-appointed lawmaker, made the remarks

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Box of beer falling from building injures man, boy

A man and his 5 year-old son were hurt by broken glass yesterday after a box of beer fell from an industrial building into a street in Areia Preta district.The box fell accidentally when a worker was moving a load of beer boxes with a forklift in a warehouse on the ninth floor of the building, the Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday.According to the police, at 10 a.m. yesterday the box fell from the ninth floor of Chong Fong Industrial Building in Avenida do Dr. Francisco Vieira

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Filmmaking is search for ‘who am I?’: Naomi Kawase

Two-time Cannes winner Japanese director Naomi Kawase says she wants to get back to making documentaries so she can continue her search for her identity.Kawase was in town last weekend to give a talk at Cinematheque-Passion which hosted the 2nd Macau International Documentary Festival. Kawase was the director-in-focus of the festival.Speaking to the media after her talk, Kawase said it was pleasant to be at the festival as the focus was on filmmaking rather than other things, such as when she

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature passes tertiary education bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the government’s bill on the city’s tertiary education sector, slated to come into effect only one year after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session yesterday.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in February 2015. The legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee held 27 meetings to review the bill.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng introduced the bill to the

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Elex committee to tell all lists to remove ‘pre-campaign’ online posts

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) announced yesterday that it will issue another set of guidelines next week which will demand that all groups running in the upcoming legislative elections remove all “pre-campaign” status updates or video clips after the committee releases the final list of approved groups.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. A record 25 groups are running in the direct election.Committee President Tong

July 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt mulls automated parking system for legislature

The Urban Planning Council (CPU) yesterday discussed the government’s plan to build an underground car park outside the Legislative Assembly (AL) building in Nam Van – and a senior public works official said that the government was considering an automated parking system for the project.Yesterday’s regular meeting of the council, held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), included a discussion about the proposed legal development conditions for the project under a plot – currently a green

July 27, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM expects updates on GBA service by year-end

Telecom operator CTM is currently planning to launch a fixed rate tariff system for cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), CTM Vice President for Commercial Affairs Ebel Cham Pou I said yesterday.Cham, together with CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei attended the “re-opening” ceremony of its renovated shop in Toi San district, near the Barrier Gate checkpoint.Cham said that the company was currently in discussion with telecom service providers from Guangdong and Hong Kong

July 27, 2017 | BY admin

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