Local ‘film worker’ nabbed for drug trafficking

A local man surnamed Sio, who told police that he works in films, was arrested on Wednesday for drug trafficking, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday. The spokesperson said the police were tipped off a week ago about a local man smuggling drugs from the mainland and selling them in the city’s northern district.After investigating, the police identified the 21-year-old suspect. Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded drug suspect to a

March 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Rector hopes successor takes UM in new direction

Zhao Wei, the outgoing rector of the University of Macau (UM), said yesterday he hoped his successor will take the university in a new direction, adding he believed the university’s mission of a UM graduate eventually becoming Macau’s chief executive will be achieved. According to a UM statement last week, Zhao will quit his post at the university when his contract expires in 2018. The statement said Zhao had recently notified UM University Council Chairman Peter Lam Kam Seng of his

March 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Ex-convict nabbed for burglary: police

A 51-year-old ex-convict was arrested yesterday for burglarising a restaurant, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the burglary in Taipa was reported on March 7, in which 3,200 patacas were stolen from the cash register. The suspect also damaged the restaurant’s surveillance equipment.After checking nearby surveillance cameras and further investigation, the police identified the suspect from his facial features and found out

March 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Wake up the senses for spring with flavours from Oita

Japanese lime, delicately marbled beef, tuna with fresh wasabi and tempura chicken with spicy citrus sauce are just some of the food and flavours authentic to Oita, in the north-eastern part of Kyushu, in Japan, and they are on the menu in Yamazato restaurant in Hotel Okura Macau.The restaurant is once again hosting the Oita Prefecture Food Fair this year where executive chef Akira Hayashi and his culinary team have designed a lunch and a dinner menu where guests can savour the best of Oita.As

March 24, 2017 | BY admin

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Local scriptwriter asks: To leave or not to leave

Months after her short film “Crash” was nominated for Taiwan’s “Golden Horse” film award, local scriptwriter Miki To Weng Kei’s latest work will see her return to her roots in theatre with a story that explores the sense of belonging to Macau through her characters who need to decide if they will leave or stay in the city.To’s work is presented in the first half of the two-act play “Departures”, which is the result of the cultural exchange project “Twin Cities” organised

March 24, 2017 | BY admin

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2 buses, taxi crash on bridge, 32 hurt: police

Two buses and a taxi crashed on Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge late last night, leaving 32 people injured, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).According to the bureau, one of the bus drivers had been trapped and injured in his seat, and was pulled out by officers when they arrived on the scene. A female Filipino passenger suffered serious head injuries. Both were rushed to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.Victims of the three-vehicle collision on Governor Nobre de

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Smoking lounge standards are ‘practical’: health chief

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday that the government’s newly proposed standards for smoking lounges are “practical” for casino operations while also protecting the health of casino workers.Lei made the remarks when speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee, which is reviewing the Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill article-by-article.The committee’s president, indirectly-elected

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Group vows to raise awareness of autism

The Macau Autism Association (MAA) will hold a string of events to mark World Autism Awareness Day 2017 next month to raise people’s awareness of autism.The association’s director-general, Nicole Chan Sio Man, told reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a press conference about the upcoming events at the headquarters of Macau Cable TV that while some people with autism are very talented, they are not good at communicating with others.According to Wikipedia, autism is a neurodevelopmental

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Group wants heritage evaluation of ‘shipyard village’

An ad hoc concern group for the preservation of Coloane’s bucolic Lai Chi Vun Village submitted a petition to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday, urging it to initiate a cultural heritage evaluation of the village and its traditional shipyards, with the aim of preserving them as an integral part of the city’s industrial heritage.Speaking to reporters after handing the petition to an official outside the bureau in Praça do Tap Seac, the group’s deputy leader Tam Chon Ip said he

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Non-gaming income set to rise: casino operators

Representatives of Macau’s six gaming operators said yesterday they believed the share of income from their non-gaming businesses in their total revenue will continue to rise.The sextet made the remarks during a press conference at Studio City before attending a forum about their non-gaming business activities, organised by the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM).Wynn Resorts Macau Executive Director Linda Chen said when addressing the press conference that the non-gaming revenue increase rates

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Election board to brief ‘interested public’ next month

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) will hold a briefing for members of the public with a special interest in the upcoming poll in mid April, its president, Tong Hio Fong, said yesterday, adding that committee will send election-related information to residents through various channels in the run-up to polling day. The direct and indirect legislative elections will be held on September 17, after a two-week election campaign scheduled to end at midnight on September 15.

March 23, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt bans Brazilian meat imports

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night that it has decided to ban with immediate effect the importation of all frozen and chilled meat products from Brazil.The decision came in the wake of Brazil’s “rotten meat” scandal in which about 30 people have been arrested. According to Brazilian police investigations, major meatpackers in the country were found to have been selling tainted meat products at home and abroad for years. The meatpackers allegedly

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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2 Malaysians nabbed for using bogus credit cards

Two Malaysian men were arrested for using bogus credit cards in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday. According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Liew, is 24 years old while the other suspect, surnamed Koh is aged 25. Liew and Koh are members of a counterfeit credit card gang in Malaysia, according to the spokesperson. The duo were paid 10 percent of the total retail value of the goods they bought with the cards. Both suspects told the police that they

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge ex-secretary to keep promise

Several dozen Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers held a rally outside the Macau Science Centre in Nape yesterday, urging former secretary for transport and public works Lau Si Io, who is now the president of the Macau Science Centre, to keep his promise to solve the ongoing Pearl Horizon residential project dispute.The residential project has been mothballed since the government decided in 2015 to axe the ill-fated development’s temporary land concession that had expired. The government has

March 22, 2017 | BY admin

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