2 nabbed for stealing 70,000 patacas from temple: police

Two mainland men were nabbed on Sunday for allegedly breaking into a local temple in 2015 and stealing 70,000 patacas from donation boxes, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the two suspects, both surnamed Qin, are from the same area in the mainland. The spokesperson did not elaborate. One of the suspects is 33 years old while the other is aged 35. The temple is in Avenida do Almirante Lacerda, the spokesperson said.The spokesperson said the

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Croupier & friend nabbed for stealing chips 116 times

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a local dealer and a friend of his for stealing casino chips 116 times since mid-April, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho said security staff of a casino in Cotai reported to the police on Wednesday they suspected one of their croupiers of stealing casino chips with the help of a man who pretended to be a customer.According to Ho, the 42-year-old dealer surnamed Chao realised that he was not required to spread

June 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Caritas raises concerns about neglected children

Caritas Macau Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng yesterday urged residents to reach out to children who are neglected due to difficult family conditions.Pun made the remarks on the sidelines of an International Children’s Day bazaar hosted by the Catholic welfare organisation at Flower City Garden in Taipa.Pun said children whose parents are recovering from mental illness might sometimes be neglected.Caritas Macau Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng speaks to reporters on the sidelines of an

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Cash handouts start next month

The government will start to distribute its annual “wealth-sharing” cash handouts to residents from early next month, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng has announced.The amount for the handout scheme this year is 9,000 patacas for permanent and 5,400 patacas for non-permanent residents, both unchanged from last year, Leong said at a special press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.The last batch of beneficiaries will receive their cash handouts in September,

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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NMA holds screening of June 4 documentary

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) held the screening of a documentary about the June 4 incident at the group’s headquarters yesterday evening.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the sidelines of the screening, Chan said NMA members have customarily joined the annual open-air vigil held by Macau Democratic Development Union headed by lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San. However, he said his association held a different type of event this year to enable the public to look at the

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Workshops for PSC officials end with certificates

A certificate presentation ceremony for two workshops organised by the Training Centre of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, also known as Forum Macau, was held at Grand Lisboa yesterday.The workshops, which started on May 22 and ended yesterday, were about production capacity cooperation and finance cooperation respectively for officials from Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), according to the secretary-general of the Permanent

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Small crowd attends June 4 vigil

A small crowd attended the annual June 4 candlelight vigil organised by grassroots lawmakers Au Kam San and Ng Kuok Cheong in Largo do Senado yesterday.The duo, both veteran lawmakers and leaders of the Macau Democratic Development Union, have been organising the annual vigil since 1990 to commemorate the June 4 incident in Beijing in 1989.Footage of the incident was shown, tribute songs were sung, and leaflets about the background of the incident were handed out to participants during the

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum agrees new Taipa terminal will boost economy

Guest speakers at yesterday’s Macau Forum agreed that the new ferry terminal in Taipa will help boost the city’s economic development in the long term, and also that it will make Macau better prepared for the expected increase in visitor arrivals resulting from deepening economic cooperation with the mainland.However, some members of the audience at the outdoor forum criticised the government for building “such a large terminal” where some facilities are still not open after it started

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt discusses security with gaming operators

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) and Judiciary Police (PJ) held a meeting with the city’s six gaming operators yesterday at the bureau to discuss casino security, according to a statement jointly released by the bureau and police.The government called the urgent meeting following “the gunfire and arson incident” that recently took place “in a nearby country”, the statement said.The statement did not mention the country.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

June 5, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to promote child adoption

Good Shepherd Centre Director Juliana Devoy yesterday called for “the right of every child to have a family”, urging the government to promote child adoption.Devoy made the remarks during a press conference at the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Women Mutual Help Centre in Rua Central with the aim of raising public awareness of children’s rights.The press conference was held on International Children’s Day.Good Shepherd Centre Director Juliana Devoy (left) addresses yesterday’s press

June 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Sino-PSCs fund headquarters moves to Macau

The local headquarters of the Cooperation and Development Fund between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) was officially opened yesterday.The government said that the establishment of the headquarters in Macau would allow local companies easier access to their counterparts involved in projects in PSCs.The headquarters will be temporarily housed in the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Service Centre of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) at China Civil Plaza

June 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt sets up mental health support team: council

The government has set up a mental health service team, with the aim of enabling better coordination of resources for mental health support provided by social organisations and encouraging those unwilling to seek help to look for assistance and receive treatment, the Northern Districts Community Service Consultative Council said yesterday.Yesterday’s focus of the government-appointed council’s regular meeting was on how the government is supporting residents who need possible treatment for

June 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for family-friendly policies

The findings of a survey conducted by the Association of Building a Good Home Together, chaired by lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng, show that local parents feel stressed about having to take care of their children as they need to work long hours. The group urged the government to implement family-friendly policies to help relieve local families of stress.The group yesterday announced the findings of a survey about local family situations and needs during a press conference at the headquarters of the

June 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Student nabbed for hiring student to take exam

The police arrested a non-local university student on Wednesday for hiring another non-local university student to take an exam for him, while the non-local student who was hired was arrested for using a fake ID card, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, both male suspects in their twenties are mainlanders studying in Macau.The police announced on Wednesday the arrest of a local female university student for having hired a non-local female

June 2, 2017 | BY admin

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