2 imported malaria cases confirmed: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday announced two imported cases of malaria.According to an SSM statement, two Portuguese patients, aged 30 and 63, are father and son who live in Angola.The statement said they arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday, after transiting in Dubai last Wednesday. Then they caught a ferry to Macau, to spend their holiday in the city.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

December 28, 2016 | BY admin

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Residents want graft-free society: survey

An annual survey released earlier this week conducted by the Public Opinion Programme (POP) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) shows that 34 percent of Macau residents hope the city will become a corruption-free society –the highest percentage of all categories – compared to the other four options.The POP’s Macau annual survey is to evaluate how satisfied the city’s residents are with the government and the city’s development.The findings of the survey for 2016 can be downloaded

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt vows to allow more local cars to enter Hengqin

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said earlier this week that the local and Zhuhai governments would gradually allow more Macau-registered vehicles to enter Hengqin Island.Wong made the remarks on Tuesday at Macau Tower where he attended an official reception  to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).According to a press conference jointly hosted by the local and Zhuhai governments in Hengqin on Friday, the first

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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6 busted in 3 separate drug cases

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrest of six people on suspicion of trafficking and taking drugs in three separate cases.Three local men were arrested on Wednesday in one of the cases. A PJ spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday that the police received a tip-off that members of a cross-border drug trafficking gang were planning to smuggle a kilogramme of marijuana into Macau.After investigating, the police identified the buyers of the marijuana as two

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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6 groups, 2 individuals protest on MSAR anniversary

Six groups, comprising five small trade unions and the Macau Family Reunion Federation, and two individuals demonstrated on Tuesday – the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).According to the Public Security Police (PSP), about 600 people participated in the protest marches.The Macau Workers’ Power Union, Union for the Protection of the Employment Rights of Local Workers, Macau Bar Benders Association, Macau Workers’ Alliance

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Galaxy labour union calls for better pay

A labour union formed by Galaxy staff asked the gaming operator yesterday a salary rise, a year-end bonus of at least one month’s salary and the granting of days off in lieu if employees’ scheduled days off coincide with mandatory public holidays.The union, backed by lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho, held a press conference at the headquarters of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) in Avenida da Amizade.Loi Ngai Wai, who heads the union, noted

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Elderly woman run over by car – dies  

A local woman aged about 80 died after being run over by a car in Patane district yesterday evening.According to the Fire Services Bureau (CB), the woman was stuck under the vehicle, and when the car was jacked up, firemen noticed that the woman was bleeding, had sustained bone fractures and had stopped breathing.She was taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) and was declared dead on arrival, according to the Fire Services Bureau.This photo

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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2 Mongolian women steal cardigan, phone: police

Two Mongolian women were caught on Monday for stealing a cardigan worth 599 patacas from a shop in a Cotai casino resort hotel and a mobile phone worth about 9,000 patacas in Avenida de D. João IV, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Khalzan, is in her thirties while the other suspect, surnamed Sarantsetseg, is in her twenties. They told the police that they are

December 23, 2016 | BY admin

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1,000 roadwork projects to start next year: transport chief

About 1,000 roadwork projects will be carried out from next year, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San announced yesterday during a press conference at the bureau.  Addressing the press conference about next year’s roadwork projects, Lam said the government’s interdepartmental Road Projects Co-ordination Group, which was established in 2009, has received 711 applications for roadwork permits from government entities and public utilities to be carried out next year.Lam said

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Red pandas Lok Lok, Tong Tong make first public appearance

Macau’s first-ever pair of red pandas, male  ‘Lok Lok’ and female ‘Tong Tong’, who arrived last month from Sichuan province made their first public appearance at Seac Pai Van Park yesterday.According to a statement on Friday by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), which manages the park, Lok Lok and Tong Tong have passed the 30-day quarantine period and are fit and healthy so that they can greet the public at the Pavilion of Rare Animals in the park,

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Buyers petition Liaison Office

A group of Pearl Horizon pre-sale flat buyers handed in a petition addressed to Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Wang Zhimin at his office in Zape yesterday.Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association Kou Meng Pok told reporters that the group would like the Liaison Office to assist them in settling the conflict between the buyers, the developer and the government.The Pearl Horizon residential project has been mothballed since last year as the project’s

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Public servant’s daughter nabbed for scam

A 23-year-old local woman was arrested on Friday on suspicion of cheating a local man out of 40,000 patacas by exploiting her father’s position as a public servant, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.According to the spokesperson, a local man reported the case to the police on Thursday. He told officers that the suspect, surnamed Sio, had been introduced to him by a mutual friend.The victim told the police that Sio told him in October that

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt vows daily Kou Ün Kai coach ban: traffic council

Traffic Consultative Council Convener Kuok Keng Man said yesterday the government planned to extend the 10-hour ban on tourist coaches along Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro – Kou Ün Kai in Cantonese – on Saturdays and Sundays to every day of the week from FebruaryKuok said that the government would review the ban at some time in the future but no timetable was given.According to an announcement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) early this month, tourist coaches

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Ho denies benefitting from outsourced contracts

Former ex-chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng yesterday continued to deny that he illegally benefitted from the overpriced granting of a string of outsourced services and projects for the Public Prosecution Office (MP) to 10 “shell companies” over the past decade or so.Ho made the remarks in his defence on the fifth day of his trial by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday.The trial is being conducted by a three-judge panel comprising TUI President Sam Hou Fai,

December 20, 2016 | BY admin

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