2 immigration officers arrested for graft

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two immigration officers on Sunday for taking bribes and abetting illegal entries and exits while on duty at the Lotus Flower Bridge Cotai-Hengqin border checkpoint, a PJ spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday.The two officers were members of a criminal organisation, and the police believe that the gang ran the illegal entry and exit scheme for at least eight months, the spokesperson said.According to the spokesperson, the gang helped

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Group petitions CE for new bus stop in Ha Van

Members of the Ha Van District Welfare and Mutual Help Association petitioned Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday about the setting-up of a bus stop in Rua do Almirante Sergio between Barra Terminal and The Riviera Macau residential building.Ha Van is the Chinese name for the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood in the Inner Harbour area.The government has removed two bus stops near the Maritime Training School and a footbridge in Rua do Almirante Sergio near The Riviera Macau since the

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Group petitions newspaper to correct ‘untrue’ report

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) petitioned Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News yesterday, urging the city’s best-selling newspaper to “correct the mistakes” it – allegedly – made in a report about the group and publish a revised version of the report.Speaking to reporters yesterday outside Macao Daily News Building in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, Paul Chan Wai Chi, an NMA board member, said some of the contents of a report published in the newspaper yesterday

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to raise old-age pension to 4,050 patacas

The General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) yesterday urged the government to increase its old-age pension to at least 4,050 patacas a month, which would correspond to the official minimum subsistence index.According to the Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) website, permanent residents aged at least 65, or those aged at least 60 who have been confirmed by the Social Security Fund (FSS) to be showing signs of premature ageing, and who have paid their dues to the

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Construction of Seac Pai Van water treatment plant starts

The construction of Macao Water’s Seac Pai Van water treatment plant in Coloane got off the ground yesterday, the public utility said in a statement.The ground-breaking ceremony for the project was held at the site yesterday.The company expects the project to be completed by the end of 2019, the statement said.The Seac Pai Van water treatment plant is located next to the Seac Pai Van Reservoir – opposite the Seac Pai Van public housing estate and at the corner of Estrada do Istmo in

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Galaxy sponsors city’s 1st large-scale e-sports event

Gaming operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) announced yesterday that it is the title sponsor of an e-sports tournament taking place from Friday to Sunday that will see gamers battle it out in the two chart-topping e-sports games “Wang Zhe Rong Yao” and “Hearthstone”.The statement said that the “Galaxy Macau • CEC 2017 China E-sports Carnival” will be Macau’s first large-scale premium e-sports event. It will take place at Broadway Theatre.According to the statement, the

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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2 men attack, try to rob woman in Cotai: police

Two men attacked and attempted to rob a mainland woman outside the Venetian in Cotai early yesterday, causing the woman eye and neck injuries, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the victim called the police early yesterday morning to report that two men had attacked and tried to rob her outside the resort.When the officers arrived at the scene, the victim told them that she was sitting on the ground outside the hotel and had put her handbag beside

August 22, 2017 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson, 7 scooters burnt

Seven scooters were burnt in a suspected arson attack in an alley in Iao Hon district in the early hours of yesterday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said yesterday.The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement they suspect that someone set the scooters parked in an alley behind Iau Tim Building on fire.Three of the seven scooters were completely gutted by the blaze while the other four were partially damaged, according to the PJ statement.The Fire Services Bureau received a report at 3:57 a.m.

August 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Public housing scheme divides forum

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum were starkly divided on whether the government should continue to build subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats.While a number of members of the audience said young people should not rely on the construction of HOS flats and instead work hard so that they can afford to buy a flat in the private market in the future, several other members of the audience said that property prices in the private market are far beyond the

August 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Scholar urges casinos to jointly run shuttle bus routes

The government should require gaming operators in Cotai to jointly run shuttle bus routes that take passengers to and from their resorts to help relieve traffic congestion, former Traffic Consultative Council member Kou Kun Pang said yesterday.Kou, the Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Macau (UM), made the remarks during a forum about the city’s traffic problems, held by the Macau Citizens Federation’s Youth Committee at its headquarters in Iao Hon

August 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Officials don’t reply to interpellations in time: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-building contractor Mak Soi Kun said yesterday that more than half of government officials failed to reply to his and fellow lawmaker Zheng Anting’s written interpellations within the required 30 days during the fifth legislative term (2013-2017), adding the situation showed that some government officials did not pay sufficient attention to the matters raised by lawmakers.Mak and Zheng, both board members of the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society, held a joint press conference about

August 21, 2017 | BY admin

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NMA activists deny link to ex-chief prosecutor’s graft case

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) has responded to graft accusations by “former” NMA member Caruso Fong Ka Leong by filing a defamation complaint to the Public Prosecution Office (MP), according to NMA Vice President Sulu Sou Ka Hou.However, Fong insists that he’s still a member of the association.Fong urged the Public Prosecution Office (MP) on Thursday to investigate the alleged involvement of Andrew Cheong Su Kin, who chairs the association’s supervisory board, in disgraced

August 21, 2017 | BY admin

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6th locally-infected dengue confirmed: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) on Saturday announced one more locally-infected dengue fever case, the sixth case reported in Macau this year.The statement said the patient is a 36-year-old local woman who lives in a residential flat in Tim Wai Building in Rua da Praia do Manduco, which is near Kam Long Building where the previous five reported dengue fever patients live or work.The statement said the patient went to Zhuhai on August 9 and returned to Macau the next day. Dengue fever symptoms appeared

August 21, 2017 | BY admin

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11 locals lose HK$127,580 in luxury bag scam: police

The police caught two local women on Wednesday for allegedly cheating 11 locals out of HK$127,580 in a luxury bag scam, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Ip, is unemployed while the other suspect, surnamed Tsui, is a student. Both are 23 years old, the spokesperson said, adding they are friends.The spokesperson said 11 victims told the police between February and June they had discovered that the bags which they bought from the

August 18, 2017 | BY admin

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