Police nab 2 locals in HK$47 million casino chip theft

The police have solved a casino theft case in which chips worth over HK$47 million were stolen on Tuesday, and two local men have been arrested, according to a statement by Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan last night.Security guards at a casino in Nape reported to PJ officers stationed there at 7 a.m. on Tuesday that a dealer working at a VIP room had stolen chips worth HK$47,895,000, according to a PJ press conference on Wednesday. The police did not name the

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to consult public on management plan for Historic Centre

The government will launch a two-month public consultation tomorrow for the drafting of an official plan for the protection and management of the UNESCO-listed Historic Centre of Macau.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in Praça do Tap Seac. The public consultation will end on March 20. Four public sessions will be held during the consultation period.The Historic Centre of Macau was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Trio caught in fake marriage case: police

A bogus marriage case involving a “couple” and a go-between, has been discovered, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lai identified the “couple” as a local man in his fifties surnamed Au and a woman from Guangdong in her thirties surnamed Chen. Lai said that a woman surnamed Kwok, who is a non-permanent resident, was suspected of having acted as their go-between.The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) notified the Public

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to consult public on shipyards’ heritage status

The government will launch a two-month public consultation on Monday about the ongoing cultural heritage evaluation of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village and its traditional shipyards.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in Praça do Tap Seac. The public consultation will end on March 22. Three public sessions will be held during the consultation period.The bureau announced during a special press conference in March last year that

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau holds int’l gastronomy forum

Macau yesterday kicked off its first International Gastronomy Forum to exchange views on the business potential of gastronomy and making cities better for people to live in.The three-day event at Macau Tower has attracted more than 300 representatives from members of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy, as well as chefs from the Chinese mainland and Macau.Deputy Director-General of UNESCO Getachew Engida said at the opening ceremony that the designation of Macau as a UNESCO Creative City

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Flu-stricken CE takes sick leave – flu cases rising

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has been on sick leave since Tuesday after contracting influenza, the Government Spokesperson’s Office (GPV) said in a statement yesterday.According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Wednesday, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan is the acting chief executive until tomorrow while Chui is off sick. Her appointment as acting CE took effect on Tuesday.The GPV statement came in response to enquiries from the

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Aiming to nurture reading culture, libraries opening ‘til late

The Internet where a t onne of information is just a few clicks away is certainly ultra-convenient but locals have, nevertheless, been requesting that libraries extend their opening hours so that they can have more time to use the service.Due to public request, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in 2015 commissioned the University of Macau (UM) to conduct a survey on public libraries’ opening hours that resulted in the introduction of a 24-hour service at the Red Market Library on a six-month

January 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe HK$47 million chip theft by dealer

The Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed yesterday that they are investigating a case in which a dealer working in a casino in Nape allegedly stole chips worth over HK$47 million. The police did not name the casino.Informed sources and online media reports said that Wynn Macau was hit by the stunning theft.The police have launched a manhunt for the suspect.According to unconfirmed reports circulating on the Internet, a male croupier working for a VIP club at Wynn Macau stole chips worth of around

January 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam appoints new culture bureau’s vice-chief

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that he has signed an order to appoint Leong Wai Man as a vice-president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). Leong currently heads the bureau’s Cultural Heritage Department.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at Praça do Lago Sai Van.The bureau has two vice-presidents but one of the posts is currently vacant after Chan Peng Fai resigned last month so as to hold himself

January 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Legislative duo retract ‘political act’ draft resolution

Indirectly-elected lawmakers Kou Hoi In and Vong Hin Fai yesterday retracted their jointly-proposed draft resolution – a document that they submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) last week – on whether the suspension of a lawmaker by his or her peers is a “political act”.The president of the legislature, Ho Iat Seng, accepted the duo’s request to withdraw the draft resolution.In a statement requesting the withdrawal of the draft resolution yesterday, Kou and Vong say they had

January 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Drug dealer hides cocaine in disabled toilet: police

The police arrested a man on Tuesday who hid a quantity of cocaine in a toilet cubicle for the disabled in Areia Preta, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect is a 24-year-old from Hong Kong, whose surname was not provided.Choi said that a week ago the police received a tip-off about a person selling drugs in Areia Preta. On Tuesday evening, the police put the suspect under

January 18, 2018 | BY admin

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2 women nabbed smuggling booze in satchel & pushchair

Two local women in two separate cases were nabbed when they were trying to enter the mainland via Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint with alcohol hidden in a kindergarten pupil’s satchel and a pushchair respectively, according to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday.The report did not say when the two cases happened.In the two cases, Gongbei Customs officers seized a total of 21 bottles of red wine and brandy.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

January 18, 2018 | BY admin

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City hosts record 32.6 million visitors last year

Preliminary figures show that visitor arrivals in Macau last year amounted to 32.6 million, a rise of 5.4 percent over the previous year, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday.Senna Fernandes made the remarks during MGTO’s annual new year press conference, at Macau Tower.According to Senna Fernandes, among the 32.6 million visitor arrivals, over 29.4 million were from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, up 5.3 percent year on

January 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Accountant cheated in online love scam: police

A local woman has fallen victim to an online love scam, in which she lost around 18,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Yeung noted that the victim is a 53-year-old divorcee surnamed Chao, an accountant by profession.According to Yeung, Chao told the police that she met a man who claimed to be from the US on Facebook in early November, after which they started an online relationship.Later that month, Yeung said, the man

January 17, 2018 | BY admin

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