Casino worker keeps 290 upskirt videos on phone: police

A casino worker was arrested on Wednesday for taking upskirt videos of females in public areas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Wong, the local 30-year-old suspect is surnamed Lam. Lam told the police that he works as a technician in a casino.Wong said that the crime was discovered on Wednesday evening, when an off-duty police officer was walking along Avenida 1 de Maio in the northern district, the officer saw

July 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho has been accepted as nominee for CE election: Song

Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission President Song Man Lei announced yesterday that based on an “acceptability” assessment, former Legislative Assembly (AL) president Ho Iat Seng has been accepted by the commission as a nominee for running in next month’s chief executive election.Song made the remarks during a press conference after a regular meeting of the commission at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo.Song noted that the nomination period ended on Tuesday, and

July 26, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab S African with 4.5 kg of cocaine, worth 12 million patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a South African man at the local airport when he was trying to smuggle 4.5 kg of cocaine mixed with cotton padding in clothes packed in his hand luggage on Tuesday, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.The cocaine seized, which weighs 4.5 kilogrammes, has an estimated street value of 12 million patacas, Choi said.According to Choi, the 47-year-old suspect is surnamed Van Vuuren. He told the police that he is a

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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IAM & IC reach consensus on Red Market renovation

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) and the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) have reached a consensus on the building materials to be used in the renovation of the internal structure of the heritage-listed Red Market, according to an IAM statement yesterday.In the statement, the Municipal Affairs Bureau also said that it aimed to get the renovation project off the ground next year.The Municipal Affairs Bureau first said in 2017 that it planned to renovate the Red Market to improve its facilities,

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Rooftop recreational area at Seac Pai Van opens

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that its recreational area on the rooftop of the Community Integrated Building in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate will open to the public today.The open-air area, covering 3,300 square metres, opens from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, the statement said.The Community Integrated Building’s car park, on the third to fifth floor, came into service in December 2017. The supermarket, which is on the first floor of the

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Citizens have high expectations for next CE: survey

Macau residents’ concerns mainly revolve around improving the efficiency of the public administration, solving people’s livelihood issues and promoting their happiness, the vice-president of the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau (UGAMM), Chan Ka Leong, said yesterday.Chan chairs the union’s social affairs committee.The General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau is commonly known as Kai Fong. Kai Fong Social Affairs Committee Chairman Chan Ka Leong (centre) and

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Branded products fair, franchise expo to start tomorrow: govt

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Sam Lei Chou Sam announced yesterday that the Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair 2019 (GMBPF) and the Macau Franchise Expo 2019 (MFE) will be held at the Venetian in Cotai from tomorrow to Sunday.Lei made the remarks in a press conference about the two events at the Venetian.Lei said that concurrently holding the two fairs at the same venue would “foster synergistic development”, as it would bring together

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab 2 illegal car washers from Vietnam

Police arrested two Vietnamese men for illegally working as car washers in Macau, with one of them accused of employing the other one, after checking the ID papers of workers in a car park on Tuesday evening, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Wong, one of them – the first suspect – is a Vietnamese man in his forties who is a blue-card holder employed to work as a cleaner in a cleaning company. The second

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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At least 7,652 new residential units to be sold in 3 years: JLL

A total of 7,652 residential flats were under construction at the end of March, and the units are expected to be absorbed by the market over the next three years, the managing director of the local office of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Gregory Ku Ka Ho, said during yesterday’s Macau Mid-year Property Review press conference at the office in the Finance and IT Centre.Ku noted that 14, 572 residential units are currently in the design stage, including those for the Ilha Verde Urbanisation Plan

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers urge govt to clarify criteria for illegal tour guides

Lawmakers urged the government yesterday to clarify the definition of an illegal tour guide by amending the law and setting up an effective inspection plan as well as an evidence-search strategy, the president of the legislature’s Public Administration Affairs Monitoring Committee, Si Ka Lon, told reporters yesterday.The committee met government officials at the legislative chamber yesterday morning and signed reports about the supervision of illegal tour guides, the use of the Hong

July 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man chops 72-year-old mum in quarrel: police

Police have arrested a local man for attacking his mother with a cleaver during a heated quarrel, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the 40-year-old suspect is surnamed Lam. He told the police that he is unemployed. The 72-year-old victim is his mother. Her personal information was not released. They live in the same residential flat with the victim’s daughter and the victim’s grandchild. The grandchild is eight

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Kai Fong urges govt to optimise ‘A Ma La’ Car Park

Local community group Kai Fong released its findings about the low usage of the Praça de Ferreira do Amaral Car Park (colloquially known in Cantonese as “A Ma La Car Park”) during yesterday’s press conference, urging the government to optimise the car park’s facilities and redevelop its underground space.The press conference was hosted by the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau, commonly known as “Kai Fong”, at its Southern Area Office in Rua do Padre António

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Suspicious cargo at airport turns out to be false alarm

Suspicious cargo found during freight security screening at the local airport at 1 p.m. yesterday turned out to be a false alarm, according to a statement by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM). The statement said that after the suspicious cargo had been detected, the case was immediately reported to the Public Security Police (PSP) in line with the airport’s emergency plan.The airport emergency operations centre was activated to respond to the situation under the command of the Public

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau-Pyongyang flights to restart on Aug 2

Direct flights between Macau and Pyongyang by North Korea’s flag carrier Air Koryo will be resumed on August 2, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) announced yesterday. According to the announcement, Air Koryo will operate two return flights per day between the two cities. The company ran a Pyongyang-Macau-Bangkok service for several years in the 1990s.

July 24, 2019 | BY admin

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