Govt ‘respects’ F3 co-ordinator’s decision to quit

The Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement last night that the government respected the decision by Barry Bland, whose Motor Race Consultants company had co-ordinated the Macau Grand Prix since 1983 when Formula 3 was first included in the annual motor-racing event, to withdraw from the local organisation of the F3 race “with immediate effect”.Earlier this year, the organisation work of the Macau Grand Prix for this year was transferred to the Sports Bureau from the now defunct Macau Grand

September 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Liaison Office gets new vice-director

The State Council announced yesterday the appointment of Xue Xiaofeng as deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau.The council announced a reshuffle of several senior government officials yesterday.According to previous media reports, Xue, 55, is a former journalist. His last position before his posting to Macau was secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) committee in Zhongshan city.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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60 pct of new City U students are locals: rector

City University of Macau Rector Zhang Shuguang said yesterday that some 60 percent of the new students for this academic year are locals.Zhang made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending an orientation ceremony for the new academic year on the campus in Taipa.According to Zhang, there are some 1,600 new students, comprising all degree levels, attending the private university in the new academic year, around the same as last year. Zhang pointed out that the number of school

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‘Mermaids’ to urge people not to eat fish

A pair of activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia will be dressed like mermaids today in the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, to urge people not to eat fish.The animal protection group said in a statement yesterday that the “mermaids” would be around the square’s fountain at midday, holding signs reading “Fishing Hurts”.“When it comes to feeling pain and having a will to live, fish are just like all other animals – including humans,” the

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Police nab ketamine smuggler

A 20-year-old local man, already involved in an alleged drug trafficking case under investigation by the Public Prosecution Office (MP), has been detained again for smuggling ketamine from the mainland, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday.The local suspect, surnamed Leong, told police that he is unemployed and lives in the mainland.The spokesperson said the police received a tip-off on Tuesday that someone would be smuggling drugs through the

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HK man rapes local girlfriend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 57-year-old man from Hong Kong on Tuesday on suspicion of raping his local girlfriend late last month.PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai made the announcement during a regular press conference yesterday.The local victim in her forties reported the case to the police on Saturday, Choi said.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Observatory says ‘low’ chance of signal no. 3

The chance of hoisting a higher typhoon signal is low as Super Typhoon Meranti was moving towards the coast of Fujian late last night, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said.The weather station hoisted the No. 1 standby signal at 10 a.m. yesterday. It was still up at 1:30 a.m.According to the observatory, as Meranti was sparing Macau, it was possible that residents could get at least a glimpse of the full moon for the Mid-Autumn Festival tonight.This photo taken yesterday evening

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Macau businessman in talks to buy Portuguese media firm: report

Macau businessman Kevin Ho King Lun is in talks to buy a controlling stake in a major Portuguese media company, the Portuguese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported yesterday. According to the report, Ho is currently in Portugal as a delegation member of the Macau Young Entrepreneurs Association which is on a fact-finding visit to the country. Ho told Radio Macau he was taking advantage of the visit to meet “relevant people” in his talks with Global Media

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Police probe suspicious fire at airport

The Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday a suspected case of arson at the local airport.The incident happened at around noon yesterday. No injuries were reported.According to a PJ statement, the police found a small amount of burnt paper towels behind a currency exchange shop located in the airport arrival hall. The statement said the fire had been extinguished before the police arrived.The police also found burn marks on a litter bin and a shelf above a toilet in a washroom opposite to the

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4 workers threaten to jump off tower crane in Cotai

A labour dispute broke out at the Grand Lisboa Palace construction site in Cotai yesterday morning, with four workers demanding their unpaid wages by climbing up a 60-metre-high tower crane, according to the Public Security Police (PSP).The Fire Services Bureau (CB) said that the four were safely back on the ground last night.The construction site of SJM Holdings Ltd’s casino resort is located in Rua da Patinagem.This photo taken yesterday shows the four workers sitting at a tower crane, at

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Adelson says he wants to build more in Macau

US casino magnet Sheldon Adelson said yesterday he was interested in building even more integrated resorts in Macau now that he has completed the development of all six plots of land he was granted by the government.Adelson, who is the chairman, CEO and executive director of Sands China, made the remarks during a press conference ahead of the grand opening of The Parisian in Cotai.Huge crowds gathered outside the half-scale replica Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony that featured

September 14, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to amend consumer protection law

The government has finished drafting a bill on proposed amendments to the law on consumer rights protection, Economics Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday.Tai made the remarks when speaking to reporters before attending a seminar titled ‘Competition Law and Anti-Monopoly Law in the Mainland’. The seminar, hosted by the bureau, was held yesterday at the bureau in Nam Van.The bureau invited two law scholars from the mainland to give presentations about the competition law

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It’s difficult to prosecute human trafficking cases: PJ

When investigating alleged human trafficking cases it is difficult for the police to collect and obtain sufficient evidence to make sure that the Public Prosecution Office (MP) is able to charge suspects with human trafficking, Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong said yesterday.Chau made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a forum on ‘Understanding Human Trafficking from a Global and Local Perspective’. The forum, organised by the Good Shepherd Sisters,

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Macau’s last Portuguese bishop dies

Arquiminio Rodrigues da Costa, Macau’s last Portuguese Roman-Catholic bishop, passed away in his native hamlet of Sao Mateus in Portugal on Monday, aged 92, the Catholic newswire Ecclesia reported yesterday. According to the report, the bishop emeritus died in the hamlet on the island of Pico in Portugal’s Azores archipelago, where he was born on July 8, 1924. His funeral on Pico is to take place today. No cause of death was given by the report. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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