Non-resident worker falls for online love scam: police

A non-resident worker has fallen for an online love scam, in which she lost HK$13,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei said that the victim is in her thirties. Her surname and nationality were not released.According to Lei, the victim told the police that she met a “foreign man” through an online social platform in August, after which they quickly started an online relationship and stayed in touch through an app. They never

November 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Aviation regulator bans drones on peninsula during Grand Prix

The government will ban the operation of drones over the Macau peninsula during the upcoming 66th Macau Grand Prix from next Thursday to Sunday to ensure that the annual event will take place “in a safe environment”, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that the Macau Grand Prix is an important annual motorsport in Macau and that in order “to ensure the safety of the track so that the races can be carried out smoothly”, the Civil

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Govt recalls 10 drugs to treat stomach disorders

Ten brands of medicine to treat stomach disorders have been recalled after a potentially harmful chemical has been found in the remedies, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The bureau released a list of the 10 brands shown next to this article.The chemical is called N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui says Macau studying ways to tackle issue of different GBA jurisdictions

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in Beijing yesterday that the Macau government was sparing no effort to study ways of resolving issues resulting from the fact that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) comprises three different jurisdictions – Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement.Chui made the remarks in Beijing during a meeting of the leading group for GBA development. The meeting, held at the Diaoyutai

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Han stresses ‘One Country, Two Systems’ in Greater Bay Area (GBA) development

BEIJING – Vice Premier Han Zheng yesterday called for the full and faithful implementation of the principle of “One Country, Two Systems” in promoting the solid development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).Han, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the leading group for developing the GBA, made the remarks while presiding over a meeting of the group in Beijing.Hong Kong Chief

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Police nab tourist for upskirting at St Paul’s Ruins

A 41-year-old male visitor from the mainland surreptitiously took upskirt photos and videos of a number of women around St. Paul’s Ruins in the several hours after he came to Macau on Saturday morning, a PSP spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.After his arrest, the suspect surnamed Zhong told the police that he is unemployed, the spokesperson said.At around 4 p.m. on Saturday, PSP officers on patrol at the popular tourist attraction saw a man – Zhong – was

November 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman, at least 8 men ‘imprison’ 2 men in car: police

A female mainlander, together with a number of men, held two local men in a seven-seater people carrier against their will for two hours earlier this week, after the female suspect thought that she had been cheated out of 20 million yuan (23 million patacas) in a suspected investment scam by another woman who works for the same company as the two victims, in an attempt to force the two victims to return, or tell the other woman to return the money to her, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a

November 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Man attacks fellow customer with cleaver in eatery: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Sunday for attacking another local man with a cleaver after a heated argument in a restaurant in Iao Hon district, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 43-year-old surnamed Iao.On Saturday night, the 39-year-old victim and the suspect, who did not know each other, were having a late dinner with their respective friends in the barbecue eatery in Rua Oito do Bairro Iao

November 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Hotel guests reach 10.5 million in Jan-Sept

Macau’s 121 hotels and guesthouses recorded 10.5 million guests in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.The average room occupancy rate rose 0.4 percentage point to 90.8 percent. Guests’ average length of stay remained unchanged at 1.5 nights.In September, the accommodation sector’s number of guests rose 2 percent year-on-year to 1.1 million. Tourists from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan

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Cosmetics exports rise 131 pct in Jan-Sept

Macau’s exports of cosmetics and beauty and skin-care products rose 131.2 percent year-on-year to 435 million patacas in the first nine months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.Imports of the same kind of products grew 32.1 percent year-on-year to 4.5 billion patacas between January and September.The total value of exports increased 3.6 percent to 9.4 billion patacas in the nine-month period. Re-exports accounted for 88.6 percent of all exports.PLEASE READ THE

November 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Nazi comedy ‘Jojo Rabbit’ to open film & awards festival

A black satire about Nazi Germany “Jojo Rabbit” directed by Taika Waititi will open this year’s International Film Festival & Awards Macau (IFFAM) taking place on December 5-10, it was announced yesterday.The festival’s organising committee held a press conference at the Macau Science Centre yesterday where Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, who is also the committee’s president, said that this year’s event is budgeted at 55 million patacas,

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‘Macao Hub’ at CIIE promotes city’s ‘centre & platform role

An exhibition area at the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai aims to promote Macau’s role as an international centre and platform alongside the city’s position as an important gateway between the whole Chinese nation and the rest of the world, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the “Macao Hub” exhibition area is a part of the China Pavilion at the annual fair, which opened yesterday and ends on

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Xi praises Carrie Lam for ‘a lot of hard work’ & expresses ‘high degree of trust’

SHANGHAI – President Xi Jinping yesterday met with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, who is in Shanghai for the 2nd China International Import Expo.After hearing Lam’s report on the recent situation in Hong Kong, Xi noted that the disturbances in Hong Kong have lasted five months. Lam has led the SAR government to fully discharge its duties, strive to stabilize the situation and improve the social atmosphere, and has done a lot of hard work, he said.Xi voiced the central

November 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander hit by taxi on flyover

A male mainlander was hit by a taxi when he was walking across a flyover in Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues in Zape on Sunday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement.According to the PSP statement on Sunday, the accident happened at around 7 p.m. on that day on the single-lane flyover running from Estrada do Reservatório to the avenue.Estrada do Reservatório is a road connecting the area around the Hoi Fu Garden estate to the area around the Jai Alai casino-hotel complex in

November 5, 2019 | BY admin

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