23 mainlanders nabbed for loan sharking, illegal credit card deals: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 23 suspects yesterday in raids on two addresses in Taipa for their alleged involvement in casino loan sharking and illegal credit card transactions.The suspects belonged to two separate gangs.PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan announced details of the arrests during a special news conference in Taipa near the two flats where the suspects were arrested.Police officers escort some of the 23 suspects from the mainland to a police vehicle in Taipa yesterday.

December 12, 2017 | BY admin

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New culture chief is capable: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he believes that the president-designate of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Cecilia Tse Heng Sai, is “capable” of working in her new position as she has extensive work experience in the public administration and sound managerial skills.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual “Walk for a Million” charity event in Nape.Tse, one of the two vice-directors of the Macau Government Tourism Office

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Officers’ punishments for upside-down flag ‘not lenient’: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the various punishments recently imposed on three Macau Customs Service officers who mistakenly raised the national flag upside down earlier this year “were not lenient”.The Macau Customs Service fined two officers and suspended another for mistakenly raising the national flag upside down earlier this year, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said in a statement last week.Wong also said yesterday that the government will not reveal the

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Guangdong-Macau meeting ‘rescheduled’

The annual Guangdong-Macau Joint Cooperation Conference has been rescheduled sine die, the Macau Government Spokesperson Office has announced. The one-day conference had been scheduled to take place in Guangzhou today.Friday’s announcement said the rescheduling of the conference had been requested by the Guangdong government. The announcement did not give a reason for the change in schedule. It said that the new schedule for the conference would be announced in due course. PLEASE READ THE

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Film-fest starts with Renner on red carpet

The 2nd International Film Festival and Awards – Macau (IFFAM) kicked off on Friday with a star-studded red carpet event which included Hollywood star Jeremy Renner, but was marred by “equipment failure” for the screening of “Rashomon” on Saturday.The festival’s opening ceremony took place at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) with “Paddington 2” as the opening film, which had its world premiere in London on November 5.This year’s festival is themed “A New Avenue to the World

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Local patient may have CJD: Health Bureau

A 60-year-old local woman is believed to have contracted Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), an invariably fatal brain disorder, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.According to an SSM statement on Friday, the patient fell ill during a visit to the United States in October, when her condition showed various symptoms such as hemiparesis, muscle weakness and difficulty with speech. She sought medical treatment in the US, Zhongshan and Hong Kong before returning to Macau on December 7 when she

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Even fewer ‘La Scala’ public housing units possible: Rosario

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the number of units in the government’s large-scale public housing project on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury real-estate project in Avenida Wai Long could be lowered again.Rosario made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual charity event “Walk for a Million” yesterday.According to Rosario, as some citizens have expressed the view that the plot faces pollution issues due to sewage and the

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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Chief prosecutor: no political motive behind lawmaker’s prosecution

Public Prosecutor-General Ip Son Sang said yesterday there was no political motive behind the decision of the Public Prosecution Office (MP) to prosecute directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou earlier this year of alleged aggravated disobedience.Ip made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual “Walk for a Million” charity event in Barra.Last week, Sou was suspended from the Legislative Assembly (AL), when 28 out of 33 members of the legislature voted for his

December 11, 2017 | BY admin

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15 vie for 12 NPC seats

A total of 15 local residents have submitted their nominations at the Macau Science Centre in Nape that they obtained from electors to run in the upcoming election of 12 local deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC).The 11-day nomination period ended yesterday.Out of the 15 local residents, eight are sitting deputies to the 12th NPC, which will end in March. Each NPC term is five years.Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s only member of the NPC Standing

December 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Sou tries to hand envelope to Rosario

Suspended lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou tried to hand his written questions and views to Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario on the sidelines of yesterday’s plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle.Yesterday was the second and final day of a Q&A session about Rosario’s portfolio policy guidelines for next year. Sou made the move during a break in the session. However, Rosario did not accept Sou’s envelope.According to Chinese-language media reports, Rosario told

December 7, 2017 | BY admin

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2 officers fined, 1 suspended for upside-down flag

The Macau Customs Service has fined two officers and suspended another for mistakenly raising the national flag upside down earlier this year, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said in a statement yesterday.The statement did not reveal the amount of the fines imposed on the two officers and the length of the suspension of the other.On July 3, officers of the Customs Service erroneously raised the national flag upside down on the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal at 7:10 a.m., but the mistake was

December 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Helipad to move from Outer Harbour to Taipa: Rosario

Addressing yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said there will no longer be a helicopter service at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal on the peninsula after the construction of high-rises on the land reclamation area known as Zone A, and that at that time the helicopter service will be moved to the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On.Rosario made the remarks on the last day of the two-day Q&A session about

December 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman treated for Legionnaires’ disease: SSM

A 43-year-old local woman is undergoing treatment for Legionnaires’ disease in the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the patient is in a stable condition.The woman sought treatment at the hospital on December 3 after she had developed a fever, dyspnea (shortness of breath) and fatigue two days earlier. She was initially diagnosed with pneumonia and laboratory tests later confirmed a Legionella

December 7, 2017 | BY admin

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CTM launches GBA service plan

Local telecom operator CTM yesterday launched a service plan for the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in cooperation with telecom operators China Mobile in mainland China and China Mobile in Hong Kong.The launch ceremony was held at Mandarin Oriental yesterday.According to the presentation, the “Greater Bay Area Service Plan” is an addition to CTM’s cross-border sharing service, where customers can share mobile, voice and SMS data usage under one telecom plan in Guangdong, Hong Kong and

December 7, 2017 | BY admin

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