352 taxi offences recorded during CNY: police

A total of 352 offences by taxi drivers were recorded between last Wednesday and Wednesday this week, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, 17.9 percent (63 cases) of the 352 cases were about cabbies refusing to pick up passengers, while 71 percent (250 cases) concerned overcharging, during the eight-day period between the day before Chinese New Year’s Eve to the sixth day of the Chinese New Year.According to the statement, the 352 cases

February 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie keeps passenger’s belongings: police

A taxi driver has been caught for keeping a passenger’s belongings left behind in his cab, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a local man surnamed Cheong in his 60s while the victim is a local woman, whose personal information was not released.According to Wong, the woman got into the taxi in Avenida de Lisboa and asked to be taken to the Barrier Gate on Tuesday. After getting out of the

February 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt raises Hato loss to 12.5 billion patacas

The government has revised up its estimate of financial losses caused by Super Typhoon Hato in August last year, from the initial estimate of 11.47 billion patacas to 12.55 billion patacas, according to a statement by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) yesterday.The statement noted that the preliminary estimation carried out by the bureau after the killer typhoon hit Macau indicated that the typhoon-induced financial losses – as measured at that time – amounted to 11.47 billion

February 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Our furbabies now have 3D CT scanner at the ready

Everyone’s furbaby deserves the best medical care they can get and now at Green Cross Vet Hospital that care has become even better thanks to their new state-of-the-art 3D veterinary CT (computed tomography) scanner, the first of its kind in Macau.Green Cross has always prided itself on having the best equipment available to vets so that owners are confident that their pets are properly diagnosed and treated promptly and correctly. Now with this new CT scanner the bar has been raised even

February 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Man arrested for attacking gambling wife

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday for hitting his wife during an argument, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday at PJ headquarters in Zape.Lei said that the suspect is a 49-year-old renovation worker surnamed Lao while the victim is his 51-year-old wife who works in a casino. The two got married on the mainland in 1992 and the victim has been living in Macau since 2002. They have a 23-year-old son and a 19-year-old daughter.According

February 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt fines 17 eateries over CNY menu price changes

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares revealed yesterday his bureau has fined 17 eateries during the Chinese New Year (CNY) period for not having informed his bureau of the changes to the prices on their menus.Tavares made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a CNY activity in Coloane.According to a decree-law enacted in 1996, while eateries are allowed to set the prices of its meals and drinks, their owners are required to inform the

February 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Delta bridge Macau car park to have 3,000 spaces for HK cars

The East Car Park at the border checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge will have a capacity of 3,000 spaces for Macau-bound drivers of Hong Kong-registered cars, according to a regulation published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The regulation was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.The East Car Park will be for users of Hong Kong-registered cars that have not been registered under a regular quota initiative announced by the Macau government last week – 300

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Eco-bureau collects reusable CNY red packets

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that it has launched a scheme to collect red packets (known as ‘lai see’ in Cantonese) for recycling.According to the statement, the scheme was launched yesterday in collaboration with about 150 entities, such as other government entities, community associations, schools, banks, supermarkets, property management companies, committees, hotels and the city’s six gaming operators. More than 600 collection points have

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander hit by money exchange scam: police

A man from the mainland fell victim to a money exchange scam on Sunday, losing more than 30,000 yuan, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday in Zape.Lei said that the victim, whose surname was not revealed, was at a casino in Cotai on Sunday morning. While he was there, a man and a woman approached him and asked if he needed to change any money. The duo claimed that they could help the victim exchange HK$50,000 for 41,750 yuan. Believing

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Couple’s feud leads to boyfriend’s arrest for fake IDs

A local woman worried about her boyfriend who had left their flat in a temper after a squabble, called the police for help, which eventually led to the revelation that her boyfriend had two fake identification documents, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said yesterday.Wong made the announcement during a regular press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape.According to Wong, the suspect is a 25-year-old man from Guangdong province surnamed Chen, who

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt’s heritage management plan lacks details: commentator

The government should release more detailed information about its ideas on how to ensure that the city’s so-called visual corridors – proposed by the government for the ongoing public consultation on the drafting of a protection and management plan for the Historic Centre of Macau – will be properly protected, Ron Lam U Tou, who heads local think tank Macau Synergy, said yesterday.Lam, a current affairs commentator, made the remarks during a telephone interview with The Macau Post

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Home prices rise 16.8 pct in 2017: official

The average price of homes reached 100,822 patacas per square metre (10,670 square foot) last year, an increase of 16.8 percent year on year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The average prices of homes on the peninsula (91,769 patacas), in Taipa (115,160 patacas) and Coloane (128,205) rose by 18.8 percent, 16.7 percent and 15.7 percent respectively.The average price of existing homes (90,412 patacas) and pre-sale residential units (137,597 patacas)

February 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Police impose CNY crowd control measures

The police implemented official crowd control measures on three consecutive days, between Sunday and yesterday, across the city centre in response to the huge number of tourists visiting the area during the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday period.Yesterday – the fifth day of the Chinese New Year – the crowd control measures started at 1:30 p.m. and ended at 6:45 p.m. The measures were implemented in Rua de S. Paulo, where pedestrians were required to walk in one direction only towards the

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Nonagenarian becomes 2nd fatal flu victim

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced this year’s second flu-related death in a statement yesterday, a 90-year-old man who died yesterday of complications brought about by influenza Type B and pneumonia after treatment at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.According to the statement, the victim suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dementia, and other chronic conditions. The man had suffered loss of appetite for several days, and Monday last week he was

February 21, 2018 | BY admin

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