Fireman suspended after drunk driving & hit and run

A fireman has been suspended for a period of time after he knocked over 18 motorcycles in a roadside parking space in August last year when he was driving his car while drunk, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) announced on its website yesterday.According to news reports in August last year, the fireman faced charges of drunk driving and hit-and-run. The accident occurred when he was off duty.After the accident occurred in August last year, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) suspended the fireman on

August 30, 2024 | BY admin

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Sam Hou Fai announces his CE candidacy

‘Macau’s long-term development depends on nation’s support’ With only 46 days left until the polling day of the sixth-term chief executive election on October 13, Sam Hou Fai, the former president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) who revealed last week that he was considering running in the election, formally announced at a press conference yesterday his candidacy for the position of the Macau Special Administrative Region’s chief executive (CE), putting forward his philosophy

August 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Declaration of Candidacy*

As stipulated in the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Chief Executive Election Law of the Macao SAR, I hereby announce my decision to stand for the election for the sixth- term Chief Executive of the Macao SAR. This decision is fundamentally driven by the call of the times to fully, faithfully, and resolutely implement the policy of One Country, Two Systems and contribute to building a great country and achieving national

August 29, 2024 | BY admin

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Spirit of CPC Central Committee 3rd plenum helps guiding Macau development: Ho

A seminar to promote the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held yesterday afternoon at the Services Platform Complex for Commercial and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (aka Forum Macao Complex).During the seminar, where 500 government officials and sector leaders attended, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng highlighted that the event aided government officials and various sectors of Macau’s

August 29, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Central authorities’ delegation delivers spirit of CPC Central Committee 3rd plenum in Macau

During a session yesterday afternoon held in Macau about the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said that the nation’s next five-year plan for its socioeconomic development will be a powerful force that can help Macau make concrete achievements in its appropriate economic diversification campaign.The nation’s ongoing 14th Five-Year Plan for its socioeconomic development covers the period

August 29, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Cross-platform interchange b/w LRT Taipa & Seac Pai Van sections to open Sunday

The cross-platform interchange connecting the current Light Rail Transit (LRT) Taipa-Cotai section and Union Hospital Station on the future Seac Pai Van section will open on Sunday, enabling passengers to take trains on the Taipa-Cotai section from the Macao Union Hospital through an indoor corridor, the government-owned LRT operator, Macau Light Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (MLM), announced in a statement yesterday.The 1.6-kilometre-long Seac Pai Van section, which is scheduled to open at

August 29, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Filipino domestic helper nabbed for stealing goods in supermarket

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a Filipino woman on Monday for stealing goods worth 400 patacas from a supermarket in San Kio district, a PSP spokesperson announced during a regular press conference yesterday.The 40-year-old suspect surnamed Mayuyu, who holds  a Philippine passport, has just been hired as a domestic helper.According to the spokesperson, the supermarket staff saw a Filipino woman putting several items from the shelves in the supermarket into her own bag and

August 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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32nd Int’l fireworks contest to budget at around 18.45 million patacas

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Acting Director Cheng Wai Tong announced yesterday that the 32nd Macao International Fireworks Display Contest slated to be held on September 7, 14 and 21 and October 1 and 6 will be budgeted at around 18.45 million patacas, with 18 million patacas to be borne by the city’s six integrated resort (IR) operators.Cheng made the announcement yesterday during a press conference held at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre yesterday, adding

August 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Elderly woman cheated by ‘guess who I am’ scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) uncovered yesterday a “guess who I am” phone scam, in which a man purporting to be the victims’ “son” cheated an elderly local woman out of a total of 300,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a special press conference yesterday.The victim received a call on her landline on Monday from her “son” who told her that he needed 300,000 patacas immediately, asking the victim to hand the cash over to a “female friend of his”

August 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Over 20 fans fall for concert ticket scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that fans of a famous boy band from the mainland fell for an online ticket scam for a recently held concert in Macau, noting that PJ had received at least 20 reports involving 24 victims since August 23 resulting in a loss exceeding 210,000 patacas.The statement noted that fraudsters claimed on social media that they had concert tickets for sale after official channels had sold out. The victims were lured into paying in full or making a

August 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Sam Hou Fai to announce his CE candidacy today

Sam Hou Fai will announce at 11 a.m. today at the Macau Science Centre in Nape his candidacy for the sixth-term Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) chief executive (CE) seat.The Sam Hou Fai Election Campaign Office Preparatory Group invited the media yesterday to this morning’s press conference, stating in an English-language letter that “Sam Hou Fai will be holding a press conference to announce his candidacy running for the sixth-term chief executive of the Macau Special

August 28, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Ten local youths selected as ‘GBA outstanding young entrepreneurs’

A total of 125 young entrepreneurs who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) were prize winners at the 5th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award Ceremony held at the University of Macau (UM) campus yesterday, among whom 10 are from Macau, including five UM alumni.The ceremony, which was organised by the Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Union, was held simultaneously on the UM campus and in Hong

August 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Drunken cabbie hits bollards, reverses, hit and run 

A taxi driver has been arrested for drunk driving, hitting 10 traffic bollards, reversing against the flow of traffic, and a hit and run, Public Security Police (PSP) Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday. The suspect surnamed Fong is in his forties. He said he’s self-employed.According to Wong, the police received a report from a local resident in the wee hours of Monday saying that a car had reversed along Avenida Norte do Hipódromo and hit several traffic

August 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Mainlander steals phone left on shuttle bus: police

A man from the mainland has been arrested for stealing a smartphone left on a shuttle bus, Public Security Police (PSP) Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei said that the suspect surnamed Yu is in his thirties. He told the police that he works as a manager.According to Wong, the mainland victim forgot his phone, worth 8,900 patacas, when he got off a shuttle bus travelling to a Cotai casino on May 1. After failing to retrieve the phone himself and suspecting that

August 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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