Chief prosecutor calls for study on punishing DUI

Public Prosecutor-General Ip Son Sang yesterday called for a study about possible changes to the criminal punishment of those driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugsIp made the comments yesterday when delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Judicial Year 2016/17, at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape.Ip pointed out that the number of cases, launched by the Public Prosecution Office (MP), concerning traffic accidents decreased by 11 percent to 1,277 cases during the

October 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Faster 4G network to get full coverage next year: CTM

Local telecom operator CTM is adding a new technology to its 4G network that will make download speed superfast and it will be available in its entire network next year, CTM Network Services Vice President Declan Leong Pui Hong said yesterday.Leong made the remarks during a press briefing at CTM’s Praia Shop in Fai Chi Kei about applying the new FDD Carrier Aggregation Technology to its 4G network.According to the press conference, thanks to the carrier aggregation technology the download

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Police nab female human trafficker

A 47-year-old woman from Jilin province was arrested on Tuesday for alleged human trafficking and pimping involving a 17-year-old girl, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, Public Security Police (PSP) officers saw the 17-year old wandering around casinos in Cotai on May 3 and suspected she was a prostitute looking for clients. They questioned her. As she was under 18, the police suspected she was a victim of human

October 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Exhibition organiser says recession affects sales

One of organisers of the annual car, yacht and business aviation exhibitions said yesterday that the city’s economic downturn would certainly affect the fair’s sales, adding that the exhibitions would focus on promoting exchanges among exhibitors this year.According to a statement of the exhibitions’ organisers, the 6th China (Macau) International Automobile Exposition, 6th China (Macau) International Yacht Import & Export Fair and 5th Macau Business Aviation Exhibition will be held

October 20, 2016 | BY admin

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3 lawmakers urge govt to axe LRT peninsula plan

Three lawmakers yesterday urged the government to dump its plan to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system on the peninsula. The trio said they were worried that the construction of the project on the peninsula would cause severe traffic jams.Indirectly lawmakers Kou Hoi In, Cheang Chi Keong and Chui Sai Cheong suggested that instead a monorail be built along the peninsula’s coastline, pointing out that the central government has granted the local government jurisdiction over Macau’s

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Property sales double in September

The number of flats sold last month rose 100 percent year-on-year to 934, according to official statistics released by the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) yesterday. In September last year, 466 units changed hands. Month-on-month, the number of flats sold rose 25.4 percent. The average price per square metre fell 2.2 percent year-on-year to 81,769 patacas, according to the DSF data. 

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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CEM plant demolition to take about a year: energy chief

Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) Director Hoi Chi Leong said yesterday that the demolition of the former CEM power station on the peninsula would be finished in about a year.Hoi also said he was confident that once the demolition is finished, the plot of land would be ready to start the construction of a public housing project. The government has plans to build a public housing project providing up to 1,000 units as well as a government service building on the plot of land where the

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Pearl Horizon buyers urge govt to ‘supervise’ Polytec

Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association urged the government yesterday during a press conference to “supervise” the ill-fated residential project’s developer Polytec Asset Holdings (PAH) to prevent it from transferring the money collected from the sale of Pearl Horizon flats to the company’s new residential project known as “Lote T+T1” in Areia Preta‘Lote’ is Portuguese for ‘plot of land’.Addressing the press conference at the association’s office, its

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Mainlander assaults woman in hotel: police

The police arrested a man from the mainland on Monday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in his hotel room, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking at a regular press briefing, the spokesperson identified the suspect as a 33-year-old jewellery trader surnamed Li.The spokesperson did not give any details about the woman.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Typhoon pushes Lusofonia Festival to next week

The three-day Lusofonia Festival, which was due to kick off on Friday, will be postponed to next Friday due to Typhoon Haima, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.The bureau is the organiser of the event. Typhoon Sarika skirted the city yesterday, but weather stations around the region forecast that Typhoon Haima would make a landfall in Guangdong on Friday. The IC statement said that due to the possible impact of Typhoon Haima and for the safety of

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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21st MIF debuts partner country & city

The 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) announced yesterday that it will have a partner country and a partner city for the first time, which will be Portugal and Beijing respectively. The annual event, once again themed “Co-operation – Key to Business Opportunities”, will be held from tomorrow until Saturday at the Venetian in Cotai. There will be around 1,600 exhibition booths and over 50 participating countries and regions, according to the

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Cage supervisor gives himself up after stealing HK$13 million chips: police

A local casino cage supervisor gave himself up to police on Monday as he had stolen chips worth HK$13 million from a casino where he worked, a spokesperson for the Judiciary Police (PJ) said during a special briefing yesterday.The PJ spokesperson said the suspect, surnamed Cheung, is a 31-year-old local resident who had been working as a cage supervisor for three to four years for a junket operator.According to the spokesperson, the suspect said he had stolen chips worth HK$2 million, HK$3

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject universal suffrage motion

Lawmakers yesterday rejected a motion by grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong to express a “wish” – his “wish” was that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On would launch a political reform process for universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2019.According to the Legislative Assembly Procedure Rules, lawmakers can present a motion to “express a wish”. Article 52 of the rules says that the “wishes” a lawmaker can express include congratulations, grief,

October 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Ex-Transport Bureau official gets 12 1/2 years for graft

The former chief of the Transport Bureau’s (DSAT) Division of Transport Management, Lou Ngai Wa, was sentenced yesterday to 12 and half years in prison, with a 36,000 pataca fine for his involvement in a public car park management corruption case which took place between 2012 and 2015.Lou was convicted of corruption, abuse of power and money laundering.The ruling was handed down by the Court of First Instance (TJB). A total of six defendants were sentenced. A vehicle of the Macau

October 18, 2016 | BY admin

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