Driver abuses wife for over 10 years: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 59-year-old local man on Tuesday on suspicion of verbally abusing his wife for more than 10 years and attacking her twice late last month, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said in a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Lao, started to verbally abuse his wife in 2004, after the victim, surnamed Im, one day refused to have sex with him as she was feeling ill, according to Yeung.Lao and Im have a daughter aged 14, and two sons aged 11 and

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Shining Moment to compete at local film-fest

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan’s children’s dance drama Shining Moment will get its world premiere at the 1st Macau International Film Festival & Awards (IFFAM).The film joins 11 other international titles in the event’s official competition section, which will be judged by a jury headed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Shekhar Kapur.Other films competing at the event include Britain’s Trespass Against Us, by Adam Smith and starring Michael Fassbender and Brendan

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Wynn, MGM joint shuttle bus service begins today

Wynn Resorts and MGM China are launching a joint shuttle bus service, available from today, which connects the Barrier Gate checkpoint with Wynn Macau and MGM Macau in Nape, a joint statement said yesterday.The statement said that the joint shuttle bus service would “optimise the shuttle bus services of both properties” and was launched in response to the government’s “transport integration arrangement”.According to the statement, the joint shuttle bus route will be operational from

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Hotel guests rise 21 pct to 1 million in Oct

Macau’s 107 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.08 million guests in October, an increase of 20.9 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 64.1 percent and 14.2 percent of all guests. The number of guests from the mainland and Hong Kong rose 18.6 percent and 31.9 percent respectively. Guests’ average length of stay dropped by 0.1 night year-on-year to 1.4 nights. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

December 1, 2016 | BY admin

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Prison is 82 pct full: official

Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) Director Cheng Fong Meng told lawmakers yesterday that the city’s prison in Coloane is 82.81 percent full, adding that his bureau was ready to change the facilities in the penitentiary to raise its capacity. Cheng made the remarks when answering a question by lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng, on the last of a two-day Q&A session about the public security portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Wong asked for an update on the construction of the new

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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2 locals nabbed for owning banned weapons

Two local men were arrested on Monday for the alleged possession of banned weapons, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said in a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the PJ received information at the beginning of last month that trees and cars had been damaged in Cotai. After investigating, the police identified five suspects aged between 19 and 22 and took them in for questioning, resulting in Monday’s two arrests.The spokesperson said the police found a

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Elderly woman robbed by tourist

A Filipino was arrested on Monday for robbing an elderly local woman of 8,700 patacas last Tuesday night, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the unemployed suspect, surnamed Flores, is a 35-year-old tourist while the victim, surnamed Chong, is a 64-year-old retiree. It is the second time the suspect has visited Macau.The spokesperson said the suspect robbed the victim at about 8 p.m. last Tuesday near Largo da Cordoaria.

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Wong rules out buying rescue helicopters

Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the local government could ask for assistance from its counterparts in Hong Kong and Guangdong if it needed helicopters for rescue purposes.Wong made the remarks when answering a question by lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho, on the last of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Wong and several other senior officials of his

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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‘Morpheus’ by late Zaha Hadid to open in 2018

Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE) Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau-lung said yesterday that the fifth hotel tower at City of Dreams has been named “Morpheus”, adding that its construction was planned to be completed in the first quarter of 2018.Ho made the announcement during a name-unveiling event held at the City of Dreams complex in Cotai.Billed as the world’s first “free-form exoskeleton high-rise”, Morpheus, named after the god of dreams in Greek mythology, was one of the last

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt clarifies timing for election campaigning

The government has clarified that once the lists of candidates for the legislature’s direct and indirect elections are confirmed, the candidates are prohibited from carrying out any election campaign activities until the official start of the 14-day campaign period, the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee President Andrew Chan Chak Mo said yesterday. Chan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee with government officials on the draft of the

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Council calls for govt firm to lead urban renewal

Members of the Urban Renewal Council urged the government yesterday to set up a company to lead the city’s urban renewal projects, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said.Talking to reporters after the council’s sixth closed-door meeting, Rosario said details such as the firm’s capital and board members would be discussed if the government agrees with the councillors’ proposal to set up such a company.The meeting was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT).During

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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‘Tourist Police’ to serve Cotai next year: PSP chief

Public Security Police (PSP) Commissioner Leong Man Cheong said in the legislature yesterday that the city’s ‘Tourist Police’ unit was expected to provide assistance to tourists in Taipa and Cotai next year.Leong made the remarks when answering questions from several lawmakers, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about the public security portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.According to Leong, the 20-member Tourist Police unit has been in operation in the area around

November 30, 2016 | BY admin

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Allegiance declaration to prepare for rainy day: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that a declaration of allegiance, which candidates will have to sign to be able to run in the Legislative Assembly (AL) elections, to confirm their agreement with the Macau Basic Law and their fidelity to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), was “a precautionary measure for a rainy day”.Chan made the remarks after a closed-door meeting of the Legislative Assembly 2nd Standing Committee, noting that the

November 29, 2016 | BY admin

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Wong stresses need for CCTV for security

Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras was necessary to keep the city secure.Wong made the remarks when answering a question by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-civic leader Ho Ion Sang, on the first of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.The government said last year that the installation of 1,620 CCTV cameras

November 29, 2016 | BY admin

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