Lift technician dies in work accident

A non-resident male worker died yesterday after he was hit by suspension ropes that fell from the 22nd floor when he was working at the bottom of a lift shaft in a commercial building in Nape, the Secretariat for Economy and Finance (GSEF) said in a statement yesterday.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac is saddened by the repeated occurrence of fatal accidents at work, the GSEF statement said.According to a statement from the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday, the accident

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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Trio busted for selling drugs: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two locals and a Hong Kong man on Wednesday on suspicion of having sold drugs in night entertainment venues for a month, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the three suspects as a 22-year-old local woman surnamed Tam, a 26-year-old Hong Kong man surnamed Lee, and a 38-year-old local man surnamed Chan.According to the spokesperson, the police received a tip-off a week ago that a local man was providing

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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Firemen urge residents not to abuse ambulance services

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) announced yesterday that ambulances were sent out in 19,184 cases in the first half of the year, down 2.59 percent compared to the same period last year. However, residents were asked to refrain from calling out an ambulance for non-urgent cases.Cheong Chi Wang, a senior firefighter, announced the bureau’s statistics for the first six months during a press conference at the CB headquarters in Nam Van.The bureau said in a press conference in January that there had

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Cabbie nabbed for extorting passenger

A local taxi driver surnamed Chan who is in his twenties has been arrested for extorting money from a passenger who had left her mobile in the taxi, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the female victim and her husband, both from the mainland, reported the case on Wednesday afternoon. She told the police that they had got in a cab at Grand Lisboa Macau earlier that day hoping to go to the Venetian in Cotai,

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Rent control bill may reduce supply: JLL

The implementation of a rent control law may reduce the new supply of rental apartments and also would see landlords passing expenses onto the tenants instead, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Macau office’s residential property chief Jeff Wong Chi Wai said yesterday.The global real estate services firm held a media briefing at its office in the Finance and IT Centre yesterday about its mid-year property review of Macau.While the firm sees the residential market regaining momentum amid “robust

July 13, 2017 | BY admin

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PJ officer sacked over fraud case: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government has dismissed a Judiciary Police (PJ) officer who allegedly – in collaboration with his girlfriend – cheated 320 mainlanders out of 1.5 million yuan.According to the website of the Secretariat for Security, the PJ officer and his girlfriend were arrested and transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) in December 2015. Prosecutors charged the two suspects in October last year.Wong said he decided to dismiss the

July 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Record 195 candidates running for 14 seats: govt

A record 195 candidates are running in the upcoming direct election of 14 seats in the legislature, Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong said yesterday.If all the candidates are formally approved by the committee, there will be nearly 14 candidates for each directly-elected seat.Tong also said there were two groups – officially known as lists – that have not completed all the required paperwork while some of the candidates on another two lists are

July 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Casino revenue drop pushes up gaming crime: PJ chief

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong said yesterday that the recent rise in gaming-related loan-sharking cases and gaming-related false imprisonment cases was partially due to the drop in gaming revenues over the last few years.Chau made the remarks on the sidelines of an award ceremony commemorating the 57th anniversary of the Judiciary Police at the PJ headquarters in Zape.Addressing the award ceremony, Chau said that the Judiciary Police recorded 413 gaming-related loan-sharking

July 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau to host lusitanists’ congress for 1st time

The 12th Congress of the International Association of Lusitanists (AIL) will take place from July 23 and 28 at the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM), with the aim of promoting the teaching of the Portuguese language as well as highlighting the important role Macau plays in the promotion of Portuguese-language teaching, according to a press conference yesterday.The press conference about the congress was held on the IPM campus in Zape. It was addressed by Carlos André, director of IPM’s

July 13, 2017 | BY admin

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Locals lack confidence in mobile payment: app operators

Jiang Haitao, creator of local mobile app for food delivery Aomi, said yesterday that local users’ general lack of confidence in e-payment transactions has been a road block for the city’s e-commerce development.Jiang made the remarks on the sidelines of a forum about e-payments at the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) in Zape.Aomi, launched in June last year by Macau e-Media Development Company Limited, is the first local food app which supports payments in both

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Supermarket staff fall ill due to UV overexposure

Three employees of a supermarket in Taipa suffered from skin and eye irritation due to overexposure to ultraviolet radiation, according to a statement released by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday.The statement says the three staff members forgot to turn off the UV lights installed for antiseptic purposes in a sushi production room at the supermarket, located in the Lago public housing estate in Taipa, when they went to work at about 6 a.m. on Saturday.According to the statement, the employees

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Central govt official wants more Macau-Taiwan youth exchanges

Central government official Dun Shixin, director of the Department of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Related to Taiwan of the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office, yesterday urged young people in Macau to participate in exchanges with Taiwan, with the aim of promoting the successful implementation of the One Country, Two Systems principle in Macau.Dun made the remarks during a seminar about the relationship between the mainland and Taiwan and the central government’s policies on Taiwan. The

July 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Outgoing lawmaker talks about her political career

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who has been a legislator for 21 years, held a press conference yesterday at her office in Rua das Lorchas, to talk about her long career in politics and her expectations of the upcoming legislative elections and the incoming legislature.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. Kwan’s term as a lawmaker will end in October when the newly elected and appointed legislature starts.Kwan, who was born in 1949, had told the

July 12, 2017 | BY admin

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Police detain 15 casino loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of 15 alleged members of a loan-sharking gang from the mainland which continued to recruit new members after two rounds of arrests earlier this year, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the 15 suspects, 12 men and 3 women aged between 25 and 41, are from the mainland.The spokesperson said the police arrested a total of 21 gang members in the two previous operations in March

July 12, 2017 | BY admin

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