Woman nabbed with illegal weapon at airport: police

The police caught a woman from the mainland on Monday morning at the local airport for carrying an illegal weapon, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai identified the suspect as a woman in her thirties surnamed Zang, who flew from Hangzhou to Macau on Saturday.According to Lai, Zang was set to depart from the local airport on Monday morning. When she was going through the airport’s security check, security guards spotted a

January 17, 2018 | BY admin

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JLL says no to govt’s home- ownership scheme

The government’s public housing policy should focus on renting out flats because selling off the units would further worsen the housing supply shortage, the cause of Macau’s housing problem, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Macau Managing Director Gregory Ku Ka Hou said yesterday.Macau has two types of public housing, consisting of social rental housing and a home-ownership scheme (HOS) that allows residents to buy a government-subsidised unit, which the owner can only sell on the private market

January 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Legislature passes coastal waters framework bill

The legislature yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on the framework for the management of Macau’s coastal waters. The bill proposes that no gaming projects be allowed on land newly reclaimed from the sea.Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.In December 2015, the central government granted Macau jurisdiction over 85 square kilometres of its

January 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass outline of job agencies bill

The legislature yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s employment agencies. The bill proposes that employment agencies are barred from providing services to tourists or non-resident workers.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The existing decree-law on the licensing of employment agencies was enacted back in 1994 when Macau was

January 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman on zebra crossing hit by van

A local woman in her seventies was hit by a van yesterday when she was on a zebra crossing in Lam Mau Tong district, the Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday.The police said that the male driver of the van is a non-resident worker. The police said they were investigating whether he was illegally working as a driver.The hiring of non-local drivers – both for passenger and goods vehicles – is banned by the government.According to the police, the accident happened at around 2 p.m. in

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Ex-weather chief’s pension amount to be calculated: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the Pension Fund (FP) will calculate the amount of the pension that the former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun will receive.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL).The day after Super Typhoon Hato pummelled Macau on August 23 and killed 10, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On accepted Fong’s

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Workers protest on rooftop over labour row

Four construction workers sat on the 16th floor rooftop of a recently-completed residential high-rise in Fai Chi Kei for two hours in protest over a labour dispute yesterday, the police said.The police did not say what grievances the workers were protesting about.The quartet began their sit-in on the rooftop of one of the buildings of the recently-completed residential estate in Rua Nova do Patane at around 10 a.m., the police said.Firefighters stand on the podium next to a safety cushion of

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Staff caught stealing goods from supermarket

A local woman was arrested yesterday for stealing from a supermarket in Taipa where she works, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference.Lai identified the suspect as a woman in her fifties, surnamed Tam who worked as a shelf filler in the supermarket.Lai said that in the early morning hours yesterday the police received a report about a suspected theft from the owner of a supermarket.This handout photo released by the Public Security Police

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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10,425 residential units sold last year: official

A total of 10,452 residential units were sold last year, 339 more than in 2016, the Finance Services Bureau (DSF) announced yesterday.The DSF statistics are based on stamp duty records.The price per square metre rose 17 percent year on year to 100,569 patacas.Some 74 percent of the units were sold on the Macau peninsula, averaging 91,403 patacas per square metre. A total of 335 units were sold in Coloane, averaging 129,517 patacas per square metre. The average price per square metre of the

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Teen loses 14,600 yuan in a K-pop ticket scam

A local teenager was hit by a concert ticket selling scam, in which she lost a total of 14,600 yuan, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Yeung identified the female victim as a 19-year-old high school pupil surnamed Ng.According to Yeung, in the small hours of Sunday morning Ng saw a post on the Chinese microblogging website Weibo about tickets for sale for a K-pop group’s concert at Studio City that night. Ng contacted the seller

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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MGM COTAI still awaits gaming tables approval: CEO

MGM China CEO and Executive Director Grant Bowie said yesterday that the company was still waiting for the government to approve the number of gaming tables it can operate at MGM COTAI, slated to open on January 29.Bowie made the remarks while speaking to reporters after the launch ceremony at MGM Macau of its joint effort with local telecom operator CTM to provide a cloud data backup service to its local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) vendors who have lost important data and

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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CTM chief says security, privacy can coexist in cyberspace

CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday that the local telecom operator supports having a cyber security law in the city, pointing out he believes that security and privacy can coexist in cyberspace.Poon made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending the launch ceremony at MGM Macau of a cloud backup service to help MGM’s SME vendors whose business have been affected by last year’s devastating Super Typhoon Hato.“I support the cause for a cyber security act or law in Macau

January 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Wong orders jail to review security checks

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has ordered the city’s prison administration to review its security checks of all those entering the jail, and also review its management and supervision of the over 1,000 inmates, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said in a statement at the weekend.The statement issued on Saturday came after the police earlier that day announced a case in which two prisoners managed to instruct a man outside the prison via mobile phone to sell illicit drugs in

January 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Culture chief’s sick leave won’t affect bureau: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng revealed at the weekend that Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Cecilia Tse Heng Sai has been on sick leave for two weeks, but insisted that her absence will not affect the bureau’s operations.Tam said the bureau have temporarily been headed by Kent Ieong Chi Kin, its vice-president. The bureau has two vice-presidents but one of the posts is currently vacant.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Saturday on the

January 15, 2018 | BY admin

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