Bungee jumps halted after incident

Macau Tower has halted its bungee jumps after a rare incident on Monday, in which a jumper was left dangling in mid-air for over an hour before being rescued by firefighters.According to a statement posted at Macau Tower, the bungee jumps are currently unavailable due to “operational maintenance”. Not having specified when the bungee jumps will be restarted, the statement merely said that they would not be in operation until further notice.However, the websites of both Macau Tower and AJ

February 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Vietnamese nabbed for 2015 attack: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested an illegal immigrant from Vietnam on Tuesday for attacking a compatriot in 2015 which caused the victim to suffer a serious head injury, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as 30-year-old a man surnamed Nguyen.According to Chan, Nguyen was caught by the Macau Customs Service when he illegally entered Macau again on Tuesday. The Customs Service transferred Nguyen to the Judiciary Police after

February 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Vehicles dip 3.6 pct to 241,457 in 2017

Macau’s number of licensed motor vehicles at the end of last year dropped 3.6 percent year on year to 241,457, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Scooters decreased 20.7 percent to 29,352, whereas motorcycles rose 3.0 percent to 96,922. Light automobiles dropped 20.7 percent to 107,403.New registrations of motor vehicles increased 20.6 percent to 16,803 last year – including 9,880 motorcycles (+34.8 percent).The number of traffic accident last year fell 4.1 percent

February 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Gold jewellery imports reach 6.7 billion patacas in 2017

Macau imported gold jewellery worth 6.7 billion patacas last year, up 16.3 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Gold jewellery accounted for 8.8 percent of last year’s total value of imports.Gold jewellery made up the second biggest item among Macau’s imports, after food and beverages (12.0 billion patacas, + 4.7 percent) and ahead of fuels and lubricants (6.4 billion patacas, + 5.2 percent).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

February 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam says CE has accepted his choice for new culture chief

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has agreed with his proposal that senior civil servant Mok Ian Ian become the new president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event to award outstanding pupils in the academic year 2016/17, at Keang Peng School in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira.Tam also said that Chui has accepted Cecilia Tse Heng

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Police nab money laundering quartet

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested four local men and women on Monday for alleged involvement in money laundering and the receiving of stolen goods and money, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the four suspects comprise a 32-year-old woman surnamed Un and three men – her 57-year-old father, 26-year-old brother and 33-year-old boyfriend surnamed Wong.The quartet were arrested in three residential units, the woman and her boyfriend in

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Mainlander damages hotel room: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Monday for damaging a guestroom in a hotel in Cotai, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 30-year-old engineering technician surnamed Guo.According to Chan, a hotel in Cotai reported to the police on January 19 that its house-keeping staff found bed linens and blankets in a guestroom stained with blood, vomit was all over the furniture and that the carpet was

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt confirms 3 hypothermia cases

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday confirmed three more hypothermia cases, all of them males, aged between 24 and 81, affected by the current cold snap.According to an SSM statement, the cases were diagnosed by doctors at the emergency department of the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre between 4 p.m. on Monday and 4 p.m. yesterday.The statement described the three cases as “mild hypothermia,” adding that while two of the patients were hospitalised for observation, the other

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Police to set up anti-terror prevention unit

Judiciary Police (PJ) Acting Director Sit Chong Meng said yesterday that he was in the process of setting up a new unit this year tasked with preventing terrorism.Sit spoke to reporters after a Spring Festival luncheon for the media at the PJ headquarters in Zape.Underlining that the fight against terrorism around the world is difficult, Sit said that the Judiciary Police were aware of the menace, and since last year they had been working on setting up an anti-terror prevention unit.PLEASE READ

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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PJ records 5-fold rise in phone scams last year

Judiciary Police (PJ) Acting Director Sit Chong Meng said yesterday that the number of phone scam cases recorded by his criminal investigation force rose to 146 last year from just 26 in 2016, a 5.6-fold rise.Sit revealed the figure during a Spring Festival luncheon for the media at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Sit, the overall number of all types of suspected crime cases the Judiciary Police recorded last year increased 2.3 percent to 12,629.Judiciary Police (PJ) Acting

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 9.6 pct to 13 million last year

Macau’s hospitality industry recorded 13.15 million guests last year, up 9.6 percent year on year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, mainlanders accounted for nearly two thirds (65.65 percent) of all hotel guests in 2017.Hongkongers, South Koreans and Taiwanese accounted for the sector’s second, third and fourth largest guest segments, at 1.6 million, 501,000 and 493,000 respectively. While the numbers of guests from the mainland, South

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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5 die in workplace accidents last year: govt

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) announced yesterday that five workers died in four fatal workplace accidents due to violations of the city’s occupational health and safety rules by the employers or contractors last year.The bureau hosted a press conference yesterday to brief the media about the statistics in the areas of workplace health and safety, as well as workplace inspection. The press conference was held at the bureau in Areia Preta district.Addressing the press conference, Lam Iok

January 31, 2018 | BY admin

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Bungee jumper dangles in mid-air for over 1 hour

A man was left dangling in mid-air for more than an hour during a bungee jump that went terribly awry at Macau Tower yesterday for reasons that were not immediately known.According to a Fire Services Bureau (CB) spokesman, the bureau received a call about a man who was dangling in mid-air at Macau Tower at 2:40 p.m. yesterday. The bureau sent a total of eight fire engines including an aerial ladder fire engine with a 75-metre ladder for the rescue.About three dozen firefighters and several

January 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Australia’s Crown sells Vegas site to Wynn Resorts

SYDNEY – Australia’s Crown Casino said yesterday it had finalised the sale of its interest in a Las Vegas site it had formerly earmarked for a casino.Crown’s majority-owned Alon Las Vegas Resort sold its stake in a piece of land on the Vegas strip for US$300 million to American gaming giant Wynn Resorts, Crown said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange.Mogul James Packer’s Crown will take about US$264 million of the proceeds, the statement said. PLEASE READ THE FULL

January 30, 2018 | BY admin

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