Cabbie overcharges, insults passengers in 2 cases last month: police

The police have confirmed that the taxi driver who infamously overcharged a family of four from Hong Kong late last month is the same rogue cabbie who overcharged two female mainlanders earlier last month, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The case involving the Hong Kong family made headlines in the neighbouring special administrative region.Lei identified the male cabbie as a 27-year-old surnamed Choi.This photo retrieved

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Man robs illegal money changer in guestroom: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Sunday for robbing a female money changer in a guestroom of a casino-hotel resort in Cotai earlier that day, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday in the PJ headquarters in Zape.Choi identified the suspect as a 49-year-old surnamed Li. The victim in her thirties is also a mainlander who is running an unlicensed currency-exchange business in Macau.Before the robbery, the victim had carried out

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Vigil marks 29th anniversary of June 4 incident

Up to 200 people joined the annual candlelight vigil in Largo do Senado last night, marking the 29th anniversary of June 4 incident in Beijing.Grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kwok Cheong noted in a speech that while China has enjoyed rapid economic development and technological innovations in recent years and become an economically powerful country, June 4 still remained a taboo for the authorities.Au Kam San, another grassroots lawmaker, said that last night not many were attending the vigil

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander leaps to death from footbridge: police

The police believe that a man from the mainland jumped to his death from a footbridge in Zape in the early hours of yesterday, following his recent attempted suicide – in which he was injured after suddenly dashing off the pavement in front of a coach, which hit him, in an avenue in the district on Saturday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said yesterday.The footbridge is a part of an elevated walkway system – which also contains lifts – connecting the bottom of Guia

June 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Soft penalties make it hard to tackle rogue cabbies: transport chief

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday it was hard to tackle rogue cabbies at the moment as the penalties for their violations were “too soft” under current regulations.Lam made the remarks on the sidelines of a road safety activity hosted by his bureau at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ Workers Stadium near the Barrier Gate.There have been more and more media reports about rogue cabbies. Last month, the police arrested several taxi drivers for various

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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21-year-old takes her life by burning charcoal

A 21-year-old local woman committed suicide in a flat in Area Preta on Saturday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement on the same day.According to the statement, the deceased, surnamed Wong, lived in the flat with her father. On Saturday afternoon, when Wong’s father returned home from the mainland, he saw an open bag of charcoal in the living room. He later tried to enter his daughter’s room and found that the door was locked. Banging the door to no avail, he got the spare key and

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Octogenarian leaps to death after attacking wife with hammer: police

An 81-year-old local man who was chronically ill jumped to his death from his home after hitting his wife over the head with a hammer in the early hours of Friday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced.The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries after the attack in the couple’s flat near Avenida de Horta e Costa, according to a PJ statement on Friday, which classified the case as assault and suicide.During a regular press conference on Friday afternoon, PJ spokesmen Leng Kam Lon said

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Forum urges govt to prepare for more traffic due to delta bridge

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed concern that the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge – colloquially known as the delta bridge – would further increase the already heavy burden on traffic around the entrance – at the north-eastern coast of the peninsula – of a link to the man-made island where Macau’s border checkpoint of the bridge is located.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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The Roadhouse supports local boxer KK

Local boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK aka The Macau Kid has signed a “cooperation agreement” with The Roadhouse Macau pub to assist with his education and training costs.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on Saturday at the signing ceremony held at The Roadhouse Macau, which is part of Galaxy’s Broadway food street in Cotai, General Manager Richard Loughlin said that “The Roadhouse has been supporting local charities for the last five years and helping KK is a great opportunity.”Details of the

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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May casino receipts rise 12 pct

Gross revenue generated by local casinos’ games of chance rose 12.1 percent year on year to 25.49 billion patacas last month, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced on Friday. Month-on-month, gross gaming revenue was down 0.9 percent.Casino receipts in the first five months rose 20.1 percent year on year to 127.7 billion patacas. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Owner given until Friday to present solution to greyhounds’ fate

The owners of the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. have been told by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) to submit a revised proposal on the fate of its about 600 greyhounds, government-owned broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau has reported.According to a Radio Macau report on Friday, the government rejected earlier that day the company’s request to extend its deadline to vacate the racetrack premises in Fai Chi Kei district by another year. The racetrack has been ordered by the

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Temporary housing proposal for Pearl Horizon ‘most feasible’: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan has said that the government’s proposed temporary housing project is the most feasible way to solve the long-standing Pearl Horizon development row.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Government Headquarters on Friday on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of an agreement between Macau and Nigeria on the transfer of sentenced persons.The government announced last month that it will repossess the plot of land where

June 4, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau greyhounds' fate remains unclear

A scooter rider stands in front of the main entrance to the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd greyhound racetrack last night. According to TDM-Radio Macau, the racetrack company handed its proposal on the relocation of the greyhounds to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) yesterday, on the last day of a deadline given by the bureau. According to the Radio Macau report, the company chaired by legislator-cum-gaming executive Angela Leong On Kei and IACM official met about the fate of

June 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Man chopped for refusing drink with roommate: police

A male mainlander has been arrested for attacking a roommate with a cleaver in a residential building in Taipa on Thursday night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape on Friday.According to Lei, the suspect is a 22-year-old non-resident worker surnamed Qi while the victim is Qi’s roommate, who is also a non-resident worker and in his twenties. Lei said that both live in a flat on one of the upper floors in Hoi Van

June 3, 2018 | BY admin

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