US judge tightens Macau entrepreneur’s bail rules

NEW YORK – A US judge has tightened security at the luxury Manhattan apartment where a Macau businessman convicted of bribing United Nations diplomats will likely reside under 24-hour guard until sentencing.US District Judge Vernon S. Broderick rejected a request by prosecutors to immediately imprison 69-year-old Ng Lap Seng after his conviction over a week ago on bribery and money laundering charges. The charges carry a potential prison term lasting decades, though his actual sentence would

August 9, 2017 | BY admin

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2,900 customers affected by power cut: CEM

Power utility CEM said yesterday that about 2,900 customers in Fai Chi Kei and Toi San districts were affected by a power outage that lasted for 21 minutes in yesterday evening.The company apologised to the affected households and shops, saying that it was carrying out an investigation into the cause of the power cut.In a written statement replying to media enquiries yesterday, CEM said that the power cut occurred at 5:45 p.m., when a power cable near the Fai Chi Kei Health Centre was damaged.

August 9, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to commend youth who spread ‘positive energy’

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) announced yesterday that it will be launching a youth commendation scheme to encourage young people to share their inspirational stories and spread “positive energy”.The scheme will be hosted by the bureau, organised by the Macau Youth Federation (MYF) in conjunction with government-owned broadcaster TDM.Addressing a press conference about the scheme at the bureau, Chan Iok Wai, chief of the bureau’s Training and Support Division for Youth

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Trump firm applies for local casino trademark

SHANGHAI – A Trump Organization company has applied for four new trademarks in Macau, including one for casinos, public records show.The new applications highlight the ethical complexity of maintaining the family branding empire while Donald Trump serves as US president, and are likely to stoke speculation about the organization’s future business intentions in Macau, where gaming concessions and sub-concessions held by six companies expire between 2020 and 2022.The applications for the

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Theatre audience to time travel with old-school treasures

An installation theatre will take the audience on a journey back in time where parents can relive their childhood days with old school treasures while telling their children about the – supposedly – good old days when there were no smartphones and computers.The immersive performance titled “Echoes of our Childhood”, a creation by locals Chan Si Kei and Chan Chi Cheng and their friend Chi Po Hao from Taiwan, will take place from Thursday to Sunday with six shows at the .ART black box

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Drunk driver’s car turns turtle after crashing into taxi

A drunk driver smashed into the passenger side of a taxi and flipped over in Areia Preta district yesterday morning, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said yesterday.The male driver was slightly injured and the taxi driver uninjured, the Fire Services Bureau said, adding that there were no passengers in the taxi at the time of the accident.The 32-year-old driver failed to pass a breathalyser test which showed that his alcohol concentration was 1.83 grammes of alcohol per litre of blood, the Public

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman loses 4 million patacas in phone scam: police

A Canadian Chinese woman has been cheated out of about 4 million patacas in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson Tam Weng Keong said yesterday.According to Tam, the 49-year-old overseas Chinese victim, who lives in Canada, went to the PJ headquarters to report to the police on Sunday that she had met a man via a messaging app in Canada in May.Tam said the suspect told the victim that he was a manager of a casino called “Running Horses” in Macau, adding the suspect claimed that

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature passes property management bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) finally passed the government’s bill regulating the city’s property management companies, slated to come into effect a year after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session yesterday.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenum of the legislature in October 2015. The bill aims to improve the quality of the services provided by property management companies. The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held 17 meetings to review the

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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BNU launches VISA Infinite credit card

Local Portuguese lender BNU has announced the launch of the BNU Visa Infinite credit card.According to a BNU statement received by The Macau Post Daily yesterday, the new card targets BNU’s “most distinguished customers, bringing them an unparalleled experience of comfort, prestige and privileges”.“The BNU Visa Infinite card rewards cardholders with an unrivalled 1 percent cash rebate from domestic and overseas transactions, credited directly into their card account, without a maximum

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Air quality improved last year: govt

The Environmental State Report 2016 released by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) yesterday shows that over 95 percent of the days last year were recorded with an air quality reading of “good” or “moderate” at a number of monitoring stations across the city last year, more than in 2015.According to the report, the data shows that Macau’s air quality improved last year.There are five monitoring stations in the city – a “roadside” monitoring station in Rua do Campo and a

August 8, 2017 | BY admin

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Man jumps to his death after attacking girlfriend: police

A Hong Kong man jumped to his death from a flat in the luxury estate One Oasis in Coloane shortly after throwing his two-year old daughter from the unit yesterday morning, according to police reports.The man “suddenly” attacked his girlfriend – the girl’s mother – with a cleaver in the flat before throwing his daughter out of the window and then leaping to his own death, PJ spokeswoman Gloria Sun Weng Si was quoted by the Portuguese radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM as

August 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Over 1,200 phone scams & enquiries in 17 days: police

A senior Judiciary Police (PJ) officer said during yesterday’s Macau Forum that the police have received more than 1,200 reported phone scam cases and enquiries about phone scams from residents between July 20 and Saturday, adding that it was difficult for the local police to solve such cases as phone scam fraudsters are primarily operating outside Macau.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Yesterday’s focus of the forum

August 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Union urges casinos to be more family-friendly to staff

It is difficult for many gaming workers to take time off during the summer holidays which is the gaming industry’s high season, Macau Gaming Industry Employees Home President Lou Io Wa said yesterday, urging gaming operators to adopt more family-friendly measures so that their staff can have more time to spend with their families.Lou made the remarks on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the board members of the association at the headquarters of the Macau Federation of Trade

August 7, 2017 | BY admin

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Bus crashes into barrier, 8 hurt

A New Era bus crashed into the road barrier on the pavement in Avenida da Amizade yesterday morning, which left eight passengers with slight injuries, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said yesterday.Four of the injured passengers were taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre, while two were rushed to the private Kiang Wu Hospital, the public hospital said in a statement yesterday.The two other injured passengers told the authorities that they did not require hospital treatment,

August 7, 2017 | BY admin

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