Mainlander steals HK$520,000 from fellow gambler: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Sichuan province on Sunday on suspicion of stealing five gambling chips worth a total of HK$500,000, plus HK$20,000 and 1,500 yuan in cash, from another mainlander, early this month. The suspect has known the victim for more than 10 years. The suspect hooked up with the victim again in Macau in a casino-hotel in Cotai late last month.PJ spokeswoman Lei Hong Nei announced the case in a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as

November 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Boost public housing turnover to tackle shortage: expert

Boosting the turnover rate of public rental housing was an important strategy to tackle the public housing shortage, Kwok Kwok Chuen, honorary senior research fellow at the School of Economics and Finance of the University of Hong Kong, said yesterday.Kwok made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar about public housing policies at the headquarters of the local branch of Bank of China (BOC) where he was one of the speakers. He had worked as an economist for the Hong Kong

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Govt plans transplant waiting list within a year: chief

The government will strive to complete a kidney transplant waiting list within a year, Tai Wa Hou,who headsthe Health Bureau＊s (SSM)transplant working group, said on the sidelines of yesterday’s Macau Forum.The forum, which is held every Sunday in Areia Preta Park, is a weekly public debate programme run by government-owned broadcaster TDM. About a dozen audience members attended yesterday’s forum.The forum was about how to encourage residents to donate organs and establish a

November 14, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmaker calls for legislature’s reform

Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San yesterday called for a gradual change in the composition of the Legislative Assembly (AL), in order to achieve the ultimate aim of universal suffrage for the election of all legislators, i.e. popular vote for all legislative seats.Au made the comments while speaking to reporters during a forum about the 40th anniversary of the beginning of legislative elections in Macau as well as the possible development of the legislative elections in the

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Schools don’t help pupils’ involvement in politics: scholar

Some schools only scratch the surface of the electoral system when teaching pupils about it, which does not give young people the enthusiasm to become involved in politics, according to University of Macau (UM) Associate Professor of the Faculty of Education (FED) Vong Sou Kuan. Vong made the remarks yesterday on the sidelines of a forum about the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) and the chief executive election, held by the Macau Civic Power (ECM) at the Portuguese

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Group sees obstacles to introducing guide dogs

Introducing guide dogs to the city would be very helpful for completely blind people to get around outdoors, but was unlikely to be locally feasible for several years, Macau Visually Impaired People’s Rights Promotion Association (MPVIRPA) President Albert Cheong Chi Pong said yesterday.Cheong made the remarks on the sidelines of a ceremony at Macau Tower to kick off a series of activities marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.Visually

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Group urges govt to update financial sector rules

The Collective Wisdom Policy Centre yesterday urged the government to update the city’s “antiquated” laws and regulations on the financial sector, as, according to the local think, they fail to meet the development concepts listed in the government’s recent Five-Year Development Plan.The think tank, which is affiliated to the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations, commonly known as Kai Fong, held a forum yesterday to discuss the development

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Land sinks at LRT site near A-Ma Temple

Land near a Light Transit Rail (LRT) construction site close to  A-Ma Temple sunk on Friday. The area measured 3 metres by 3 metres, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Macau Society of Civil and Structural Engineers President Wu Chou Kit said on Saturday that the subsidence was likely to have been caused by soil erosion as the area is on reclaimed land. He told reporters that as far as he knew following the incident many sandbags had

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Bus Travelling System’ app has all routes available from today

The “Bus Travelling System” mobile app run by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has all 79 bus routes in the city covered from today, for bus passengers to check the locations of buses, according to a statement by the bureau on Saturday.The app is available in Chinese, Portuguese and English, and for both iPhone and Android systems.Through the app, a smartphone user can see the locations of the various buses along each route.The bureau launched the app in late July for smartphone

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Ex-chief prosecutor accused of 1,970 crimes

Macau’s former chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng has been accused of 1,970 crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, money laundering, false testimony and illicit participation in business activities, the city’s top court said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, the trial of Ho and 9 co-defendants is slated to start on December 5. While the statement mentions the ex-chief prosecutor by his full name and former title, the nine co-defendants are only identified by their

November 11, 2016 | BY admin

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Population falls to 647,700

Macau’s population at the end of September stood at 647,700, a drop of 4,800 quarter-to-quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Females accounted for 51.4 percent of the total. A total of 1,885 live births were delivered in the third quarter, an increase of 246, or 15 percent, from the previous quarter. The sex ratio at birth stood at 113.7, corresponding to 113.7 male babies per 100 female babies.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Christmas charity drive to help Syrian children

The annual charity campaign “Bringing Joy and Love to Children at Christmas” aims to benefit local children as well as those in Syria and Nepal, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) official Wong Pou I said during a press conference yesterday at the bureau’s headquarters. Co-organised by IACM, Caritas Macau, Orbis and World Vision Macau Office, the campaign welcomes donations starting from tomorrow until December 11. The campaign is divided into gift-purchasing and

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So says Jai Alai should be ready by year-end

SJM Chief Executive Officer Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday that the renovation work at the Jai Alai complex should be completed at the end of the year.So, accompanied by the gaming operator’s managing director and chief administrative officer Angela Leong On Kei, spoke to reporters prior to attending the company’s annual charity auction and dinner at Grand Lisboa.Asked by reporters when the Casino Jai Alai complex, located near the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, would reopen, So said

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Union calls for minimum wage for construction workers

Activists of the People Power union handed in a petition addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday at Government Headquarters, urging the government to set a minimum wage for construction workers. Cheong Man Fat, the grassroots group’s high-profile vice-chairman, told reporters that construction companies preferred to hire imported workers and therefore often offered local workers wages lower than average. “Some companies offer the same wages to skilled workers

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