Trio rob money-changer in guestroom: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday for allegedly robbing a money-changer in a guest room of a casino-hotel resort in Cotai, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 30-year-old surnamed Sun. The victim is also a mainlander who is running a currency-exchange business in Macau.According to Ho, the victim was robbed by three men in the guestroom. The other two robbers were still at large at

January 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab cocaine-selling duo

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a young local man and a young local woman on Monday for selling cocaine to customers of night entertainment venues, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the two suspects as a 20-year-old man surnamed Kou and a 20-year-old woman surnamed Lei. Ho said that the duo are not a couple.According to Ho, the duo had been selling cocaine for about a fortnight.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

January 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Chip theft case hasn’t affected tourism: MGTO

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said that she hadn’t spotted any immediate effect on Macau’s tourism industry due to the recent security-related incidents that have taken place in the city.Senna Fernandes made the comment on the sidelines of an inauguration of a cultural foundation yesterday in Zape, when she was asked by a reporter if the recent security-related incidents would cast a negative effect on Macau’s image.Last month a mainland

January 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Observatory urges public to avoid outdoor activities

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday urged the public to avoid outdoor activities as it forecast that the city’s air quality today – as yesterday – will be “bad” again.According to the Air Quality Index on the SMG website at around 4 p.m. yesterday, the roadside station in the peninsula and the ambient stations in Taipa recorded an index of 219 and 204 respectively, reaching the air quality level of “very bad” with the recommendation for

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Driving-licence deal won’t burden roads: govt

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday that the proposed mutual driving-licence recognition deal between Macau and the mainland will not increase the burden on the city’s roads.Lam attended a plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle which discussed a debate motion by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Sun Iok on the issue.The legislature passed Leong’s debate motion in December, which questioned the planned implementation of a mutual driving-licence

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Loan shark calls police for help over unpaid debt: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday for loan sharking, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 47-year-old mainlander surnamed Wan, who claimed to be unemployed while the victim is a woman also from the mainland surnamed Li.It was not revealed how the two had met each other.Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam addresses

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Cotai plot slated for public housing project: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that a plot on the western shore of Cotai is earmarked for a public housing project providing 2,000 units.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a plenary session of the legislature.Rosario said that the proposed 2,000 units on the plot – near the Galaxy Macau resort – are among the 4,600 additional public housing units being planned by the government.Secretary for

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Police carry out 1st casino emergency response drill

Macau’s first casino emergency response drill by various government law enforcement agencies and other government  bodies took place in the early hours of this morning at Galaxy Macau.A total of 350 people took apart in the operation involving nine entities including the Public Security Police (PSP), the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Galaxy Macau was the first of the city’s six local gaming operators

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Wynn Palace beats Wynn Macau

Wynn Palace’ net revenue beat Wynn Macau’s in the four quarter of last year, according to a statement released by Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas yesterday.According to the statement, net revenues from Wynn Macau in Nape amounted to US$618.6 million for the fourth quarter, a 24.1 percent increase from the same period of 2016. Adjusted Property EBITDA from Wynn Macau was US$186.0 million, a 25.0 percent increase year on year.Wynn Macau’s casino revenues were US$582.9 million, up 25.3 percent

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Inflation rate dips to 1.23 pct in 2017

Macau’s inflation rate dipped to 1.23 percent last year, down from 2.37 percent in 2016, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that the composite consumer price index (CPI) in December last year amounted to 111.08, a 2.04 year-on-year increase, pointing out that it was the highest increase last year and the largest growth since July 2016.According to the statement, the composite CPI in December last year increased 0.51 percent

January 23, 2018 | BY admin

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CEM to build flood barriers for substations

A senior manager of Macau’s power utility said yesterday the company would build flood barriers at substations in low-lying areas.CEM Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Communication Office Senior Manager Cecilia Nip Lai Peng made the remarks when she was asked by a reporter about the precautions being taken to prevent future blackouts, on the sidelines of the one-day CEM Energy Fun Fair in Praça do Tap Seac.Nip said that since last year’s catastrophic typhoon, CEM had been working on

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum calls for points system for traffic offences

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for the implementation of a points system for traffic offences in Macau.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Yesterday’s focus of the forum was on what measures the government should take to improve the city’s road safety, in the wake of two zebra crossing accidents earlier this month.Ma Chio Hong, a senior officer of the Traffic Department of

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs seize large No. of mobile phones, amber from 2 visitors

The Macau Customs Service has seized a large number of mobile phones and a quantity of amber separately from two visitors arriving at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal who failed to show customs declaration documents for the items.According to a statement on Saturday, Customs Service officers seized 348 smartphones from a 45-year-old man, and a quantity of amber weighing 37.5 kilogrammes from a 53-year-old woman, separately on Thursday at the ferry terminal in Macau. The statement did not

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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7 hurt in escalator accident at Studio City

Seven Taiwanese tourists were injured in an accident on an escalator at Studio City in Cotai yesterday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.The accident happened at around 3:30 p.m. on an escalator going up when one of the injured suddenly lost his or her balance and fell backwards, which caused other visitors to fall. The domino effect finally resulted in seven injuries, staff members of the resort told the media at the scene.An employee hit the emergency stop button immediately the accident

January 22, 2018 | BY admin

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