Customs officers seize air rifle in parcel

The Macau Customs Service has announced that it has seized parcel containing an air rifle sent from Taiwan which a local resident had bought on the Internet.According to a statement by the Customs Service on Friday, customs officers checked a parcel, via an X-ray scan, sent from Taiwan at the local airport on Tuesday last week.The officers discovered what appeared to be a firearm in the parcel, the statement said, adding that the Customs Service therefore deployed more officers to the post

May 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probing alleged sexual abuse in kindergarten

The Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed yesterday that they have received parents’ reports about suspected sexual abuse at a local kindergarten, in which two girls are the alleged victims.The Judiciary Police (PJ) said during a press conference that the parents of the two girls reported the alleged sexual abuse to the police on Tuesday.A PJ spokesperson said that a male Filipino national in his thirties was being investigated for the alleged child abuse.Since the parents’ report, the suspect,

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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‘The Night Just Before the Forests’, an immigrant’s cry for help

The monologue of an immigrant in “The Night Just Before the Forests” has been re-imagined, with an adaptation to be performed in Macau that will allow the audience to immerse into the thoughts, the feelings and the psychological state of a foreigner making a desperate cry for help.“The Night Just Before the Forests”, written in 1977 is considered one of the most captivating and unsettling texts by French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948-1989).The play will be presented on stage in

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Treat your Mum to royal pampering with Lush this Mother’s Day

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and as we all know our Mum’s are superheroes who deserve to be pampered like queens for at least a day. To spoil the queen in your life Lush has put together gift ideas that are packed with floral tones and sensational lathers.There are bath bombs, bubble bars, bubbleroons, bubble spinners, soaps, naked shower gels, massage bars, gift boxes and body lotions to choose from all handmade with ingredients including essential oils, coconut, raspberries and a host of

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Flood protection wall not ready this year: water chief

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said yesterday she expects the government to invite bids for a flood protection wall project along the Inner Harbour area “after this month”, adding she was “sure” that the project cannot be completed this year.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Customer Liaison Group (CLG) of public utility Macao Water at MGM Cotai.The bureau said in a statement in March that the government

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Macao Water starts installing smart water meters

Macao Water said yesterday that it has launched a smart water meter scheme, adding that it has started the installation of signal transmitters for 500 water meters, including various signal receptors, in Cotai earlier this month.Seak Ka Seng, senior meter workshop officer at Macao Water, made the remarks while delivering a speech during a meeting of the utility’s Customer Liaison Group (CLG) at MGM Cotai.According to Seak, there are 250,000 water meters in Macau. He said that his company

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt open-minded on more powers for police supervision: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government was open-minded about whether the Macau Public Security Forces Discipline Supervision Committee should be granted more powers, such as investigation powers for certain cases or complaints against law enforcement officers by residents.The members of the committee are appointed by the government.Wong made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U during a plenary session of the

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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TCM & New Era to merge: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government has authorised the merger of two of Macau’s three public bus operators.Rosario made the remarks during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday. He said that according to the government’s public bus agreements, the city’s bus operators can apply to merge.Consequently, according to Rosario, TCM and New Era could apply to the government to merge, noting that the request has

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Man dies in work accident: police

A male mainlander has died in a work accident in a flat in Fai Chi Kei, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the deceased as a 48-year-old decorator surnamed Feng. It did not say when the accident happened.According to the PJ statement, when Feng was demolishing an interior wall some of the bricks fell and hit him on the head.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Police bust HK man for drug trafficking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong on Wednesday for selling drugs in Macau, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 24-year-old chef surnamed Ng.According to Ho, the police recently received a tip-off that a Hong Kong man had been hired by a drug-trafficking gang there to sell drugs in Macau. After investigating, PJ officers identified Ng as the suspect.Packets of cocaine seized

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Royal Flight Airlines launches regular flight to Moscow

Russian carrier Royal Flight Airlines yesterday launched a regular scheduled flight between Macau and Moscow, opening up new air services and providing more options to travellers.During an inaugural ceremony yesterday at the local airport, Eric Fong Hio Kin, director of the Marketing Department of Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM), noted that Royal Flight Airlines started to provide charter flight services between Macau and the Russian capital in 2016 while the average passenger

May 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Top officials’ Beijing training ‘very necessary’: liaison vice-chief

Chen Sixi, a vice-director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said yesterday it had been “very necessary” for Macau’s nine principal officials and the chief prosecutor to participate in last month’s special training programme in Beijing, adding that the intensive training achieved “good results”.Chen made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance for Common People

May 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt plans to upgrade its think tank to bureau level

The government plans to upgrade its Policy Research Office (GEP) to a bureau-level permanent entity, its director Lao Pun Lap said yesterday.Lao made the remarks in his reply to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-gaming executive Angela Leong On Kei during a plenary session of the legislature.In her interpellation, Leong asked whether the local government would consider establishing a specific entity for coordinating the various policies and measures by different official entities

May 10, 2018 | BY admin

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No complaints about sacked casino staff ‘blacklists’ since 2016: labour chief

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday that the government has not received any complaints from casino workers since 2016 concerning the alleged existence of “blacklists” of sacked casino employees created by city’s six gaming operators.Wong made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Sun Iok during a plenary session of the legislature.In his interpellation, Leong said that casino employees suspect that

May 10, 2018 | BY admin

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