Police check upgraded border control system

The police yesterday carried out an exercise simulating a breakdown in the border control system at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, with the aim of testing whether the backup function in its recently upgraded system works properly in the case of a breakdown in its system, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.Immigration matters are run by the Public Security Police.According to the statement, the police upgraded their Barrier Gate border control system last month.

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Man attacks victim in shopping centre

A local man was attacked by a man with a knife yesterday morning in the Ginza Plaza shopping centre after a quarrel with the attacker, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the victim as a 31-year-old owner of a computer shop, surnamed Sitou.According to the statement, the attack happened at 10:40 a.m. in the lobby on the ground floor of the high-rise in Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva. The victim was stabbed in the neck when he was on his way to his

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Most pupils exercise less than 30 minutes daily: survey

The findings of a survey released by the Macau General Association of Chinese Students (AECM) and the Macau Youth Research Association (MYRA) yesterday show that 59 percent of local pupils and students exercise for less than 30 minutes a day, with 8 percent not exercising at all.The groups conducted a survey of local students and pupils’ opinions on public sports facilities between February and June, collecting 918 valid questionnaires from 17 secondary schools and tertiary education

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt needs to amend gaming law: forum

Guest speakers at yesterday’s Macau Forum agreed that there is a need for changes to the law regulating the local gaming industry – as the city’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions will expire between 2020 and 2022.The weekly debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The focus of yesterday’s open-air forum was on whether the government should keep the current system of gaming sub-concessions.Guest speakers and audience members

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Ex-top prosecutor gets 21 years for over 1,000 crimes

Macau’s former chief public prosecutor Ho Chio Meng was sentenced on Friday to 21 year behind bars for over 1,000 crimes including corruption, fraud, embezzlement, organised crime, money laundering and unjustified wealth.The court said in its judgement that Ho’s “behaviour was a severe violation of the law’s obligations,” adding that as a former prosecutor he “was supposed to know the law and abide by the law, and have strict self-discipline”.Due to his former status as one of

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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20 projects suspended after 3 fatal accidents in 3 days

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has ordered the full or partial suspension of 20 construction projects after inspecting 74 construction sites on Saturday, according to a DSAL statement released later that day.The statement says that the bureau will conduct safety inspections on the city’s 557 construction projects starting from Saturday in response to a string of recent work accidents causing multiple deaths and injuries. Three workers died in separate work accidents in three days last

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Commentator raises GBA Internet issue

Government appointed Economic Development Council member Iu Veng Ion said yesterday he hoped that Macau’s participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area would not only focus on economic cooperation.Iu also called for a solution to the restricted Internet access in the mainland.Iu made the remarks during a forum hosted by think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence Network in a recreational area in Fai Chi Kei. The open-air forum was about how Macau can diversify

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature allows casino smoking lounges

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has finally passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill, which allows casinos to set up smoking lounges in gaming areas in line with the standards set by the government. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.The bill was passed during a plenary session on Friday.The amendments state that smoking lounges with the officially required standards will have to be set up within a year of the law coming into

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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8-month old girl contracts measles – 1st case in decade

An eight-month old girl has been diagnosed with measles, but has recovered and was discharged from hospital on Friday, Health Bureau (SSM) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director Lam Chong said during a press conference at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) on Saturday.According to the hospital, the baby was taken to the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science Technology (MUST) on July 8 with a fever, cough and rash, but was not admitted. Two days

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab man mugging woman

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Wednesday for mugging a woman as she was on her way home in Areia Preta district on Monday, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a 30-year-old surnamed Tam.According to the spokesperson, when the victim was walking in Rua do Canal Novo in Areia Preta district on her way home shortly after 3 a.m. on Monday, the suspect suddenly snatched her handbag and ran away. The victim

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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‘Y Show’ aims to expand interpersonal networks : organiser

“Y Show”, an art graduate exhibition being held in Macau, provides a platform for local young artists to meet more people in the art industry, Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng, the exhibition’s organiser, said yesterday.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of Y Show, an exhibition at Regency Art Hotel in Taipa showcasing artwork created by art graduates, Ho, Chiu Yeng Culture Limited’s founder, said she expected more overseas design companies than previously to join a

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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Eat at Azucar,pay with OCBC Wing Hang Bank to help blind see again

Global sight-saving organisation Orbis regularly hosts fund-raising events and “Darkness To Go” is one of its Macau office’s main campaigns this year that invites the whole community to take part in helping people around the world who are needlessly blind to see again.Following the success of Orbis Macau’s “Darkness To Go” campaign last year, over 60 businesses have joined the campaign this year where you only need to dine or shop at the designated retailers, and those business

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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MAC team make top 10 in underwater robot challenge

The robotics team from the Macau Anglican College (MAC) finished 10th out of 39 teams from 17 countries and regions in a port security-themed underwater robot challenge organised by the Marine Advanced Technology Education Centre (MATE) in Long Beach, California.The MATE International ROV Competition took place from June 23 to 25 where teams, in the form of a company, were required to design and build a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that was able to carry out specific underwater tasks. The

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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Celebrity chef Graham Elliot vows to bring casual fine dining to MGM Cotai

Dishes with all the quality and creativity of fine dining with ingredients that people are familiar with will be on the menu that Graham Elliot is helping to design for the Coast restaurant that he will be overseeing at MGM Cotai.The Chicago-based chef, who has a two Michelin-starred restaurant and has been on popular cooking shows like MasterChef, MasterChef Junior and Top Chef, was in town last week to give the media a sneak peek of some of the dishes set for the menu, which he is continuing

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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