2 activists petition elex committee for ‘clean’ poll

Political activists Lam Meng and Kuong Kai Nang petitioned the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday, urging the committee to promote a clean and fair election.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Neither of them is running in the upcoming elections. Four years ago, Lam ran under the banner of activist Lee Kin Yun, commonly known as “Street Fighter” while Kuong was one of the candidates in Lee’s group in 2005.Activist

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Macau-Beijing-Lisbon route takes off

Beijing Capital Airlines yesterday launched a route between Macau and Lisbon via Beijing yesterday.The new route allows passengers from Macau to get a connecting flight to Lisbon in Beijing – and vice versa. The airline launched the route between Beijing and Lisbon last night.Passengers between Macau and Lisbon who transit in Beijing do not need to reclaim their luggage and check in their luggage again.The Beijing-based airline held a launching ceremony at the airport in Taipa

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Opera, classical music dominate int’l music-fest

This year’s month-long Macau International Music Festival (MIMF), which starts on September 29, will see international rising stars presenting the work of opera, orchestra and philharmonic classical music masters.The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), which organises the annual event, held a press conference at the Macau Cultural Centre In Nape yesterday where it was announced that to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Italian composer Umberto Giordano, his four-act opera “Andrea

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Maid steals 135,000 patacas from employer: police

A 44-year-old Vietnamese woman who works as a domestic helper has been arrested for stealing about 135,000 patacas from her employer, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said a woman told the police on June 27 that HK$80,000 and 10,000 patacas had been stolen from her purse earlier that day.She told the police that she had the cash in her purse when she got home from work that evening. However, when she looked in her purse at

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Babies to get measles jabs: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) will vaccinate babies aged between 9 and 12 months against measles starting from yesterday as a temporary measure to protect infants against the highly contagious disease, according to a SSM statement yesterday evening.In another SSM statement earlier yesterday, the bureau announced that an 11-month-old boy was diagnosed with measles on Monday. He was being treated in an isolation ward at the private Kiang Wu Hospital at the time of the statement.According to the bureau,

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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Most AoS deals to end this month: culture chief

The employment of most of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) staff members who were controversially hired through acquisition of services (AoS) contracts will be ended this month, IC President Leung Hio Ming said yesterday, adding that the bureau will, however, rehire 23 of them to fulfil the bureau’s urgent staff shortages.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the “2017 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Film Production Investment and Trade Fair” at Regency Art Hotel in

July 26, 2017 | BY admin

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‘Agent’ of university exam cheats nabbed: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested the alleged “agent” of local university exam cheats on Sunday at the Barrier Gate checkpoint, a PSP spokesman announced at a regular press conference yesterday.According to PSP spokesman Lei Kai Sang, the female suspect surnamed Tian, who is aged around 20 and from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an undergraduate student in Macau.Tian admitted to the police that she provided the intermediary service between the substitute exam takers and

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Duo exchange fake HK$10,000 chips for real ones: police

Two mainland men were arrested for exchanging fake HK$10,000 gaming chips for genuine one in a casino in Cotai on Saturday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, one of the suspects, surnamed Zhao, is 21 years old while the other suspect, surnamed Zhang, is aged 22. Both are unemployed.The spokesperson said the casino management told the police on Saturday its staff discovered that the duo had used bogus chips. The suspects reentered Macau via the

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Group objects to elex committee’s decision: govt

One of the 25 groups in the upcoming direct legislative election has objected to a decision by the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee’s (CAEAL) on its list of candidates, the government-appointed committee announced in a statement yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17.Amended information on all the groups running in the elections was posted at the Public Administration Building last week. Official representatives could refute the

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Police warn of wave of phone scams by fake customs, immigration officers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public late last night to beware of phone scams by fraudsters pretending to be local customs and immigration officers.According to a PJ message, on Sunday the Judiciary Police and Customs Service received reports about 75 phone scam cases by fraudsters masquerading as local customs or immigration officers. The message did not elaborate on what the scams were about.Yesterday between midnight and 4 p.m. the Macau Customs Service, Public Security Police (PSP)

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Customs Service arrests 4 II’s & 2 snakeheads

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have arrested four illegal immigrants (II) and two snakeheads in Coloane.“Snakehead” is a Cantonese slang term for people smugglers.According to the statement, the Customs Service received information from the border police in Zhuhai at 4 a.m. on Sunday that a “suspicious” speedboat was travelling towards Cheoc Van Beach in Coloane.A Customs Service patrol vessel stopped the speedboat and arrested two

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Loan shark nabbed for false imprisonment

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 33-year-old man surnamed Li for falsely imprisoning a gambler from the mainland who died during his confinement, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the gambler was found dead on a platform located on the second floor of a residential high-rise in Nape on May 25. At that time, the police told the local media in a statement that the man was suspected of having committed suicide.After investigating, the

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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Int’l food fair to be held in mid-autumn

The 8th International Culture and Food Festival, featuring the nation’s gastronomic capitals Shunde and Chengdu, is slated to be held from September 30 to October 8 at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, Frederick Yip Wing Fat, who heads the festival’s preparatory committee, announced during a press conference yesterday.According to Yip, president of Macau Association of Retailers and Tourism Services, the food fair will feature Shunde and Chengdu, each listed as a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO, in

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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National flag raised upside down at Coloane Pier in April: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak confirmed yesterday that officers of the Macau Customs Service mistakenly raised the national flag upside down at the Coloane Pier on April 21. Wong also said it was “unbelievable” that the Customs Service repeated the mistake of incorrectly raising the national flag.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the closing ceremony for a summer camp for high school pupils and local university students, at the Taipa barracks of

July 25, 2017 | BY admin

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