Drunken female tourist attacks cabbie & 2 cops: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested yesterday a drunken tourist for attacking a taxi driver and two PSP officers, PSP spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the 18-year-old suspect is surnamed Jia, from Sichuan province and holds a Macau entry permit. The three victims comprise a local taxi driver and male and female police officers. Their personal information was not released.According to Choi, the incident was reported by the

September 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho Iat Seng vows to unite Macau society to take part in national development

Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s incoming chief executive, has pledged to unite Macau society and lead Macau to participate in the nation’s development.Ho made the remarks in an interview with Xinhua after he was appointed as the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) by the State Council on September 4.Ho won the chief executive election with 392 of 400 valid votes on August 25 and will assume office on December 20.In the interview, Ho stressed that he will

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Mainland becomes pupils’ 1st choice for higher education: survey

About 40 percent of local senior high school pupils chose to study at the mainland’s universities for their higher education, a survey released by the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) showed yesterday.The association held a press conference at the U-go Centre in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais yesterday, to release its latest findings of local pupils’ intentions for higher education.The survey, conducted between June 24 and July 12, collected 1,128 valid questionnaires

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Financial reserves reach 571.7 billion in June

Macau’s financial reserves rose to 571.7 billion patacas – 0.571.7 trillion patacas – at the end of June, a year-on-year- increase of 2.4 billon patacas, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced yesterday.Macau’s quasi-central bank announced the figure in the Official Gazette (BO).According to the announcement, the financial reserves included 338.9 billion patacas in deposits and current accounts, as well as 152.2 billion patacas in negotiable instruments and 103.3 billion patacas

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HK teen sells drugs in Macau: police

An 18-year-old male from Hong Kong was hired by a gang to sell drugs in Macau, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect is surnamed Choi. He told the police he works in the transportation industry in Hong Kong.According to the spokesperson, the Judiciary Police were recently tipped off that someone had been hired by a Hong Kong gang to sell drugs to customers in night entertainment venues in Macau. After

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Ho says still listening to opinions on choosing policy secretaries

Chief Executive-designate Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that he was still listening to opinions from civil society about his selection of the government’s five policy secretaries in his upcoming administration.Ho, 62, spoke to reporters at the local airport yesterday morning before departing for a three-day working trip to Beijing where he will receive a State Council decree today designating him as the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Ho said that he

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Qingmao checkpoint project worker dies after fainting at work

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) in a statement yesterday expressed its sadness that a Qingmao project non-resident worker died after fainting at work, adding that the company who had hired him was requested to do its utmost to assist the worker’s family in coming to Macau to make arrangements for his funeral and to submit a report about the incident.According to the statement, the incident occurred shortly after midnight when the worker was feeling ill while working and then

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Rival firework teams offer ‘passion’ & ‘born afresh’ themes

Portuguese firework consultant Nuno Freitas and South Korean firework company managing director Chung Young-Mo said yesterday that their firework displays will be themed “fascination in a night of passion” for the Portuguese company and “born afresh in fireworks” for the South Korean company for their rival pyrotechnic displays on Friday that are part of the ongoing 30th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest.Both made the remarks during a press conference organised by the Macau

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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GGCT says no warning issued for travellers to avoid HK

The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) said yesterday in an English-language statement that it had never issued a warning for travellers to avoid visiting Hong Kong.Concerning recent comments posted on social media platforms claiming that the GGCT had urged Macau people to avoid non-essential travel to Hong Kong, the office insisted in the statement that it had never issued such a warning.The statement noted that GGCT is monitoring the current situation in Hong Kong and is reminding Macau

September 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Trio use picklocks to enter 3 flats, steal property worth 76,600 patacas: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two mainlanders on Monday for entering three flats by using picklocks and stealing jewellery, watches and cash worth a total of 76,600 patacas, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that at the time of the press conference the police were still searching for a third suspect. Choi did not elaborate on the gender of the third suspect and where he or she comes from.According to Choi, the first suspect surnamed Yang, in

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MGM chief expects better gaming business next year

MGM China Holdings CEO and Executive Director Grant Bowie said yesterday that the gaming revenue in the second half of this year was affected by negative growth, a situation that he described as serious.However, Bowie was quick to add he believed the income situation would improve next year.Bowie made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a public event, according to a report by government-owned broadcaster TDM.MGM China Holdings CEO-cum Executive Director Grant Bowie

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Plastic carrier bags to cost 1 pataca: gazette

Macau’s retail outlets will have to charge customers one pataca for each bag when the government’s plastic carrier bag levy scheme is finally implemented on November 18, according to a chief executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The bill on the implementation of the plastic carrier bag charge scheme for retail businesses in Macau was passed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) last month, following a review by the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee after the

September 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Man feigns to be driver in Coloane traffic accident as woman behind wheel driving without licence:

A local man – when questioned by the police – pretended to be the driver of a car involved in a traffic accident in which the real driver – a local woman who had no driving licence – crashed the vehicle into the hillside in Estrada de Cheoc Van in Coloane yesterday morning, after which the car turned turtle, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.There were three passengers in the car when the accident happened. In addition to the bogus driver – one of the

September 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Gambler cheated out of HK$2.1 million by ‘gang of four’: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a gang of four for cheating a mainlander out of HK$2.185 million, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the victim is a mainlander in his thirties. He told the police that he is a businessman. The four suspects, two males and two females, comprise three locals and a mainlander. Choi did not reveal the victim’s surname.The first suspect is a 51 -year-old man surnamed Chan who told the police that he is a

September 10, 2019 | BY admin

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