Man nabbed for attacking wife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Tuesday for attacking his wife earlier this month, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Long said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 33-year-old surnamed Wong who told the police that he is unemployed.The couple got married in March 2012 and often quarrelled over their relationship, according to Leng. The victim, who is in her twenties and whose surname was not disclosed by the police, works in the service sector. The

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Elderly flu patient dies: Health Bureau

A 69-year-old flu patient died yesterday shortly after his hospitalisation, but the cause of death still remains to be determined, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, the local man came down with cough and expectoration on Monday. When he failed to answer his family’s telephone calls yesterday morning, they called an ambulance to transfer him to the private Kiang Wu Hospital where he arrived without heart beat. Cardio-respiratory reanimation

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Record 35.8 million visit Macau last year

Macau hosted a record 35.8 million visitor arrivals last year, a year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced yesterday, citing official figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on the same day. On average, 98,092 visitors arrived in Macau every day last year. According to an MGTO statement, 400 travel industry and media representatives attended yesterday’s press conference about last year’s tourism developments and

January 24, 2019 | BY admin

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Deputy Liaison Office director raises legislative need for joint Hengqin checkpoint

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Deputy Director Zhang Rongshun said yesterday that certain legislative measures by both the central government and the local government will be required for the future operation of the mainland-Macau joint checkpoint on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai.Zhang made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Macau Science Centre in Nape on the sidelines of a seminar about the relationship between the “One Country, Two Systems” principle and the

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Health Bureau reports one more critical flu case

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday announced yesterday three more cases of influenza complicated by pneumonia and other complications, with one of the patients being in critical condition. According to an SSM statement, the three cases were reported by the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre and the private Kiang Wu Hospital yesterday. The statement warned the public that Macau continues to be affected by a season flu wave. However, the statement insisted that the situation was

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation rate hit 3.01 pct in 2018

Macau’s inflation rate amounted to 3.01 percent last year, up by 1.78 percentage points from the 1.23 percent rate in 2017, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Last year’s rate was the highest since 2015, which stood at 4.56 percent. In 2016, Macau’s inflation amounted to 2.37 percent. Last year recorded higher charges of eating out, higher rentals for residential units, rising parking meter rates and tuition fees, as well as increasing prices of adults’

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Man reports false robbery in revenge for thwarted phone theft

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday for reporting a false robbery to the police earlier this month, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Long said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect reported the false crime on January 11 claiming that he had been robbed of 320 patacas in cash by a man in Areia Preta district.According to Leng, in reality the suspect decided to report the false crime in revenge for having failed in his attempt to steal a mobile phone from the

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Man injures cop settling row between suspect & cabbie

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Sunday for slightly injuring a policeman after the former was refused a ride by a cabbie as the latter had already picked up a passenger, PSP spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the suspect in his forties surnamed Lo told the police that he is unemployed.At around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, the policeman on patrol witnessed a heated argument between Lo and the cabbie in Avenida 1º de

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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On average, flats cost 6.8 million patacas in 2018: report

On average, Macau’s 10,585 residential units sold last year cost 6.8 million patacas, about one million patacas more than in 2017, government-owned broadcaster TDM’s Portuguese-speaking radio station reported yesterday. According to Financial Services Bureau (DSF) data analysed by Radio Macau, 133 more residential units changed hands last year than in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 percent. On average, the units sold last year measured 61 square metres, six square metres less

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourist Police station opens

A Tourist Police station opened at the former headquarters of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.Officially, the station is called Tourist Police Service Centre.Yesterday’s opening ceremony of the station was attended by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak, Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun, as well as other senior government officials and local community leaders.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak (right), Unitary Police Service (SPU)

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Beijing-Macau police crack 30 billion yuan illegal money transfer case: report

The Beijing Public Security Bureau announced yesterday that the police in Beijing and Macau jointly busted a large-scale cross-border underground money transfer case involving 30 billion yuan (35.6 billion patacas), the official China News Service (CNS) reported yesterday. According to the CNS newswire dispatch, the police in Beijing and Macau were assisted in the joint operation against the illegal money transfer gang by the Ministry of Public Security’s Economic Crime Investigation Bureau

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Thai worker attempts to rape local woman: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a non-resident worker from Thailand on Saturday night for attempting to rape a local woman in her car in Taipa in the early hours of Saturday after the victim went to her vehicle intending to drive to work, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 23-year-old man surnamed Bunma who began to work in Macau in July last year for a local company as a marketing coordinator for the overseas market.

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Investment scam victims rise to 48, losing HK$219 million

Concerning the massive investment scam involving a local real-estate agency announced by the police last week, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said it had received complaints from a total of 48 people up until yesterday, involving a total loss of HK$219 million,PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced the rising number of victims during a regular press conference yesterday.The Judiciary Police (PJ) first said in a statement last Thursday evening that they had received complaints from 25 victims between

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau holds int’l gastronomy forum on creativity

Macau’s International Gastronomy Forum was held at JW Marriott Hotel yesterday, focusing on the creativity of gastronomy.The three-day event, themed “Possibilities of Gastronomy and Creativity,” attracted more than 30 chefs from 21 members of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy network, which includes Macau.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chong Weng said in his opening speech that the forum offered a platform for chefs from around the world to exchange their views

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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