Repeat offender gropes woman’s breasts in street: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a non-resident worker from the Philippines – a repeat offender – last Friday for groping the breasts of a local woman walking in a street in Taipa in the early hours of last Tuesday, PSP spokesperson Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the suspect in his twenties surnamed Vergara works as a waiter in Macau.When the woman in her twenties was walking in Rua do Minho – a street near the new Nova Grand

May 28, 2019 | BY admin

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dermatologist's paintings show 'young spirit of the elderly'

Over 110 Chinese paintings have gone on display at the “Young Spirit of the Elderly – Choi Weng Chi Painting Exhibition” at the UNESCO Centre of Macau in Nape.Choi is a dermatologist by profession and painter and calligrapher by passion.The exhibition is hosted by the Macau Foundation (FM).The objective of the exhibition is to promote cultural exchanges in the calligraphy and painting sectors and also to foster the development of Macau’s cultural and creative industries, according to a

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Forum aims to help improve BRI infrastructure strategies

A forum to be held in Macau later this week aims to be a platform for leaders to exchange ideas and information on infrastructure strategies mainly in connection with the central government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Yu Xiaohong, vice-president of the China International Contractors Association, said yesterday.Yu also said that hosting the International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) will allow leaders from different countries and regions to interact.Yu also

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MPay payment on public buses to start on June 7

Public bus passengers can start to pay bus fares with the MPay application on their mobile phones from next Friday (June 7), according to a statement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday.The bus fares when using MPay will be the same as the fares when using MacauPass cards, according to the statement. MPay is a third-party mobile payment platform run by MacauPass.Currently, all passengers paying with cash pay six patacas per trip on all routes. Passengers using MacauPass cards pay three

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CCTV cameras in 5th & 6th phases to come into use by 2023: govt

The government said yesterday that it planned to install 980 cameras in the fifth and sixth phases of the police forces’ citywide CCTV camera system and that it aimed to complete their installation by 2023.The CCTV cameras in the fifth and sixth phases will be installed in the city’s new land reclamation zones.Mui San Meng, an assistant to the commissioner-general of the Unitary Police Service (SPU), made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by indirectly-elected

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General jobless rate stays at 1.7 pct

Macau’s general unemployment rate remained unchanged at 1.7 percent from February to April, as compared with that of the previous survey period from January to March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.3 percent from February to April this year, as compared with that of the previous survey period.The total labour force stood at 391,900 and the labour force participation rate

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Man steals friend’s valuables twice in same guestroom: police

The police arrested a mainlander for stealing his friend’s valuables on two occasions in a hotel guestroom in Zape last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) Lai Man Vai said in a special press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the 36-year-old suspect is surnamed Zhu. He told the police he works as a furniture carpenter on the mainland. The male victim is 46 years old.The thefts happened on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The victim reported the thefts to the police on Friday evening, according

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9 deals bolster Guangdong-Macau cooperation

Yesterday’s Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Joint Conference has resulted in nine agreements covering the next phase of cooperation between the two areas, and reinforced their efforts to press ahead with the objectives envisaged under the central government’s Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui headed the

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Local, Zhuhai police nab 4 suspects in HK$3.1 million pepper spray casino chip robbery

The local police and their counterparts in Zhuhai have arrested four mainlanders – three males and a female – for their alleged involvement in Friday’s gambling chip robbery at the Plaza Casino in the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai in which two men robbed chips worth HK$3.1 million by attacking first a security guard and then a dealer with pepper spray, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press conference at the weekend.The press conference about the case, hosted by several PJ

May 27, 2019 | BY admin

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Retail sales drop 1.9 pct in Q1

Retail sales in the first quarter of this year fell by 1.9 percent year-on-year to 20.38 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.Quarter-on-quarter, however, sales were up by 2.6 percent.In the first three months of the year, timepieces and jewellery accounted for 20.9 percent of the total value of retail sales, followed by goods in department stores (17.6 percent), leather goods (13.6 percent) and adults’ clothing (12.4 percent).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

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Octogenarian dies after being hit by car

An 85-year-old local woman died after being hit by car near Barra on Saturday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.The police identified the driver as a local woman surnamed Cheang in her thirties.According to a police statement on Saturday, the accident happened at around 8 a.m. in Rua do Almirante Sérgio. When Cheang was driving her car from the outdoor car park next to the Maritime Training School, she hit the victim walking there.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Eco enzyme made from kitchen waste can save planet: group

A local group launched a series of events yesterday promoting the idea that eco enzyme made from kitchen waste can save the planet.The opening ceremony for the “Eco Enzyme Saves the Earth” series was held at the Family Service Centre of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) in Rua da Barca yesterday.Christopher Chang Wan Chong, the director-general of the China-Macau Youth Development and Promotion Association (CMYDPA), told reporters on the sidelines of the

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Local woman, 62, dies from flu

A 62-year-old woman died from influenza yesterday morning, the third person to die from the flu this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement.According to the statement, the woman experienced a high temperature and cough on May 17. She went to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on May 19 and was immediately given Tamiflu after a rapid diagnostic test was positive for influenza B. She was hospitalised after chest X-rays showed she had double pneumonia.The statement said

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2 Indonesian pickpockets steal HK$133,000 from mainland tourist: police

Two Indonesian pickpockets were arrested for stealing HK$133,000 in cash from a mainland tourist in the city centre on Thursday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a special press conference on Saturday.The two 35-year-old suspects held valid tourist visas. One suspect is surnamed Wahidin, who claimed to be unemployed, and the other is surnamed Nurhisan, who told the police that he is a car spare parts salesman, according to Chan.The male victim is in his 50s who came to Macau

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