Macau & S Korea sign accords on fugitive offenders’ transfer, mutual legal assistance

Macau and South Korea signed yesterday an agreement on the transfer of fugitive offenders and an agreement on mutual legal assistance, enhancing judicial cooperation between the two sides, according to a statement by the Secretariat for Administration and Justice.The signing ceremony of the Agreement on the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders and the Agreement concerning Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People’s Republic of

October 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Over 560 kg of undeclared & unquarantined seafood seized: customs

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers cracked a case of seafood smuggling at the customs station in Rua das Lorchas earlier this week, seizing 562.3 kilogrammes of undeclared and unquarantined seafood from the mainland.According to the statement, the station’s coastal patrol conducted an inspection operation to monitor and inspect imported seafood on vessels docked in the Inner Harbour in the early hours of Monday morning, the statement noted.During the

October 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Illicit encashments face up to 5 million pataca fine: AMCM

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement yesterday that any individual or entity engaging in financial activities that are subject to supervision without official authorisation commits “a particularly serious offence”, warning that illicit encashments are punishable by a fine of up to 5 million patacas.According to the statement, AMCM officials recently noted that there are individuals distributing posters that are promoting illegal encashments in Macau, using the Chinese

October 24, 2019 | BY admin

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HK boy nabbed for smuggling & taking drugs: police

A 16-year-old boy from Hong Kong was hired by a gang to smuggle and sell drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the teenager surnamed Ho told the police that he has dropped out of school in Hong Kong.According to Leng, the Judiciary Police were recently tipped off that someone had been hired by a Hong Kong gang to smuggle and sell drugs in night entertainment venues in Macau. After investigating, PJ

October 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust ‘drug party’ in hotel room

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Taiwanese woman and four men and women from the mainland on Tuesday for participating in a “drug party” in a hotel room in Taipa, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the Taiwanese woman as a 29-year-old who told the police that she works for an airline. The four mainlanders in their twenties and thirties comprise two men and two women. One of the quartet was found to have overstayed in Macau.The

October 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau’s 1st Ikea store to open in Taipa next year

The first local Ikea store will open in Taipa in the first quarter of next year, a statement from the Swedish furniture retailer said yesterday.The brand currently only has a pick up point at Macau Tower for local customers to collect their purchases made through its online website, while customers also can pay extra for home delivery.The statement did not specify where in Taipa its 90,000-square-foot (8,361-square-metre) store will be located.This undated handout photo provided by Ikea shows

October 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt collects views on eco-assessment of Macau-Taipa tunnel

The government started to collect opinions and suggestions from the public yesterday on a draft report of the ongoing environmental assessment of an undersea tunnel between the peninsula and Taipa, the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday.According to a previous DSSOPT statement, the local government has commissioned CCCC Highway Consultants Company Limited – a subsidiary fully owned by China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) – to

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Expandable baton found in tourist’s backpack at airport: police

The police arrested a tourist from the mainland on Friday at the local airport for carrying an expandable steel baton, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said the 33-year-old suspect surnamed Tong told the police that he works as a manager in a local hotel. Tong was about to take a flight with a female friend, Choi added. Her personal information was not revealed by the spokesman.According to Choi, the incident was

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Footbridge lift installation near Triangle Garden to start in H1 next year: govt

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday that it expects a project to install lifts at the three access points of the footbridge near Triangle Garden in Areia Preta district to get off the ground in the first half of next year.The bureau unsealed bids submitted by 14 construction companies for the project yesterday. All bids were accepted.According to the statement, the quotations proposed by the 14 bidders range from 13.65 million patacas to 23.94

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless gambler cheats 2 friends out of HK$450,000: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) detained a mainlander on Sunday for allegedly cheating two friends out of HK$450,000 in winnings which they had won in a local casino while gambling together, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The case was reported to a police station by a mainlander in June.Leng said the 30-year-old suspect surnamed Zhao told the police that he is unemployed. He also told the police that he visited Macau with two male friends in May. The

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Exhibition promotes Guia Circuit

An exhibition entitled “The Guia Circuit as the World Heritage of UNESCO” by the Macau Guia Circuit Promotion and Development Association (APOCGM) is on display in the ground floor gallery of the Ritz Building in Largo do Senado.According to the exhibition text, the event celebrates the 3rd anniversary of the association.APOCGM is a group which promotes the legendary Guia Circuit locally and internationally. The group is of the view that the circuit has a special historic meaning because of

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Over 30 million visitors in 9 months

Macau recorded 30.2 million visitors in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year growth of 17 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Same-day visitors accounted for 52.7 percent of all visitor arrivals between January and September. While the number of same-day visitors rose 30.6 percent, the number of overnight visitors increased a mere 4.9 percent.Visitors’ average length of stay stood at 1.2 days.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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16.5 pct of university students identify as LGBT: study

Some 16.5 percent of Macau’s tertiary education students identify as LGBT, according to a study, the first of its kind locally, cited by the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday.LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.According to the Rádio Macau report, the study was conducted by Spencer De Li, a professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Macau (UM).PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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MSAR anniversary notes show Macau’s success relies on mainland’s support: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the new banknotes issued to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland show that Macau’s successful achievements in its social and economic progress in the past two decades have been relying on the mainland’s support.Leong made the remarks when delivering a speech at a ceremony about the new banknotes’ issuance and the opening of an exhibition about the national (yuan) and the local

October 23, 2019 | BY admin

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