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Jobless HK teen sells drugs in Macau: police
A male teenager from Hong Kong was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for trafficking drugs in San Kio district early yesterday morning, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Leng, the suspect is a 17-year-old surnamed Yim who told the police that he was unemployed and had been recruited by a Hong Kong drug gang.Police had recently received a tip-off that Yim would soon enter Macau to sell drugs here and put him under
June 22, 2018
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Infectious disease centre project to start in Q1 2019: govt
The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that it expects construction of an infectious disease centre next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.According to the statement, construction of the infectious disease centre will be carried out in two phases – the foundations and the main structure.The future infectious disease centre is officially known as Public Health Building – which is the
June 22, 2018 | BY admin
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‘Beautiful Bay’ Penghu – just over an hour away
A certified member of “The most beautiful bays in the world” club, Penghu archipelago in the Taiwan Strait is the result of constant moving magma below the tectonic plates some 17.4 million years ago.The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club was founded in France in 1996 and has since expanded to cover bays in roughly 25 countries, including Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, Yeosu Bay in South Korea and Bodrum in Turkey.With a 320-kilometre coastline and boasting a landscape of basalt columns,
June 22, 2018 | BY admin
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Govt to turn ex-leprosarium into youth arts education hub
Culture Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that the government will convert the former leprosarium in Ka Ho in Coloane into an arts education and training hub for young people, apart from being a tourist attraction.Leong also said that among the six dilapidated Portuguese-style houses in the area, her bureau has completed the restoration of the five smaller ones, adding that her bureau will start to restore the larger one after coming up with a plan backed by
June 21, 2018 | BY admin
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Taipa & Coloane underground gas pipes ready this year: Nam Kwong
Nam Kwong Natural Gas Company Limited expects to finish the laying of underground natural gas pipes in Taipa and Coloane this year, and provide natural gas to all users in the area, the company’s Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer Zhong Jianxin said yesterday.Zhong made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar about natural gas development in Macau, at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Concerning the laying of the underground pipes on the peninsula, Zhong said the process was
June 21, 2018 | BY admin
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Anima vows to fight to the finishing line for greyhounds
Local animal protection group Anima President Albano Martins said yesterday there is just one month left to get the about 650 greyhounds out of the kennels owned by Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd when the racetrack closes down for good on July 21. During a press conference at the China Construction Commercial Building in Rua do Campo, Martins said that since Saturday Anima had managed to get seven dogs out of the racetrack kennels and into Anima’s care.Martins went on to say, “We
June 21, 2018 | BY admin
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Ka Ho rehab hospital to open by year-end or early 2019: Tam
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he expects the government’s Ka Ho Rehabilitation Hospital in Coloane – the construction of which has recently been completed – to come into operation by the end of this year or early next year.The hospital’s service will include rehabilitation and physiotherapy, as well as palliative treatment for people with life-limiting illnesses.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters after inspecting the new
June 21, 2018 | BY admin
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Customs nab 3 IIs, 2 snakeheads
The Macau Customs Service said in a statement its officers picked up three illegal immigrants (IIs) and two snakeheads early yesterday morning on the shore near Sai Van Bridge.In Cantonese jargon, people smugglers are known as snakeheads.The statement said that the quintet, all male mainlanders and aged between 32 and 50, were spotted on a boat there. Officers on a speedboat approached them and four of those on board the vessel jumped into the sea. All them were eventually caught.Typically,
June 21, 2018 | BY admin
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Govt aims to finish kindergarten sex abuse probe next month
Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Deputy Director Kong Chi Meng said yesterday that his bureau aimed to finish next month its investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the private D. Jose da Costa Nunes Kindergarten in Avenida de Sidonio Pais, according to a report by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM, yesterday.According to the report, Kong underlined that many people have been involved in the investigation, pointing out that his
June 21, 2018 | BY admin
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Cabbie locks 4 US passengers in taxi
A taxi driver has been arrested for locking four US passengers in his taxi last Friday night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a 26-year-old local man surnamed Lao.Leng said that the four passengers – a couple surnamed Bradley and two of their relatives, got into the taxi driven by Lao at 11 p.m. outside a casino in Cotai, asking him to take them to Rua da Penha on the peninsula. Before setting off,
June 20, 2018 | BY admin
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1st locally-infected dengue case this year: SSM
The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it recorded the first locally-infected dengue fever this year.According to the statement, the patient is a 58-year-old local man who lives in Avenida 1 de Maio. He works in a casino-resort hotel in Cotai.The statement said that on June 10 the man had symptoms including fever and aching muscles, and went to the private Kiang Wu Hospital. Last Wednesday, he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection at the hospital and was
June 20, 2018 | BY admin
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Customs bust 7 shops selling fake sporting products
The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have raided seven shops selling fake branded sporting products such as backpacks, training shoes, sports clothes and bum bags.According to the statement, the raids took place before and during the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia, which began last Thursday.The seized products have a retail sales value – if fraudulently sold as genuine proprietary articles – of 480,000 patacas, the statement said, adding that 11 people
June 20, 2018 | BY admin
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Top court rejects appeal by 4 ex-cops in deadly assault case
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that it has turned down a joint appeal by four former police officers concerning a deadly assault case for which they were each sentenced to a seven-year prison term in 2015 after a male suspect was beaten to death in a police station in 2007.According to the statement, while the Court of First Instance (TJB) could not confirm whether the victim was beaten to death by the four defendants or other police officers, it sentenced them
June 20, 2018 | BY admin
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Govt to host 1st China-PSCs arts & culture-fest
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that it will host the city’s first Arts and Cultural Festival involving China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) later this year, with the aim of promoting regular cultural exchanges between the two sides.The two-month festival, themed “Encounter in Macau” this year, will kick off next month, featuring five highlights namely the China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival, “Chapas Sínicas – Stories of Macau in Torre
June 20, 2018 | BY admin
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Helper harms baby: police
A domestic helper has been arrested for causing physical harm to a 14-month-old baby boy in a flat in Areia Preta last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 27-year-old woman from Myanmar.According to Leng, the suspect was hired to work in the toddler’s home in Avenida Nordeste in April to take care of him as well as the his twin sister. Last Wednesday morning, the victim’s mother watching live
June 20, 2018 | BY admin
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