16-year-old schoolboy rapes 17-year-old girl: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 16-year-old schoolboy on Wednesday for raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl on Sunday after the victim had repeatedly declined the boy’s pleas to be his girlfriend, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect and the victim are enrolled in the same school, according to Lai, who said that the rape happened in the girl’s family home in Patane district.A year ago, the boy, surnamed Leong, got to know the girl who later

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Film festival to take audience by surprise

Eight film classics will be shown at Cinematheque.Passion but the audience won’t know what they’re in for until the lights go down and the film starts.This “Surprise Film Festival” taking place from March 30 to April 28 will mark the 2nd anniversary of the cinema, which belongs to the Cultural Affairs Bureau and is run by CUT Ltd.“The vibrant programme is sure to excite and ignite the audience with works ranging from auspicious directorial debuts, moving and nostalgic love stories,

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Inflation rate hits 2.79 pct last month

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.79 percent year-on-year last month, down 0.25 percentage points from the 3.04 percent growth in January, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the increase was attributable to the higher cost of eating out and rising residential rents, as well as rising prices of motor cars, adults’ clothing and fruit.The price indices of education, transport, and clothing and footwear grew “notably”

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt unseals bids for 3 Cotai hospital buildings

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that it expects the construction of three main buildings of the public hospital project in Cotai, officially known as Cotai Health Complex, to get off the ground in the fourth quarter of this year.Last year, the government said that construction of the three buildings was slated to be completed in 2023.The Cotai hospital project comprising seven buildings was first announced in 2010 and its construction has been

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau logs fewest cold days since 1952: observatory

Just 18 days with a temperature at or below 12.5 degrees Celsius were recorded in 2018, the fewest number of cold days of any year since 1952, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a report yesterday.In its Climate Review for Winter 2018, the bureau said that the Macau’s winter temperature last year had broken several historical records.According to the bureau’s statistics, the number of cold days in the winter last year amounted to just 18, the fewest number of days

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Jobless man attacks shift-working wife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local jobless man on Tuesday for punching and kicking his wife and squeezing her neck in their home after she asked him to lower his voice when berating his son as she needed to sleep after working a night shift, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The victim was taken to hospital for treatment after suffering multiple injuries in the domestic violence incident, according to Lai.Lai identified the suspect as a

March 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Doctor loses 1.17 million patacas in hospital job scam involving exorcism: police

A local woman has been arrested for cheating a 27-year-old female local doctor out of a total of 1.17 million patacas by claiming that she could help her get a job in a local public or private hospital, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect’s husband has also been arrested for his alleged involvement in the scam.According to Choi, the victim works as a doctor, but she did not say where the victim works.Choi identified the

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt mulls mandatory measles shots for non-local workers

The Health Bureau (SSM) is considering mandatory measles shots for non-resident workers, Lam Chong, director of the bureau’s Disease Prevention and Control Centre, said yesterday.Lam made the remarks during a press conference at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre about the measles situation in Macau.Lam pointed out that Macau was officially declared measles free in 2014, when it was one of the first four countries and regions in the Western Pacific region to have eradicated

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Man assaults wife’s boyfriend with 15.7-cm-long knife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday night for assaulting his estranged wife’s boyfriend during a dispute over the separated couple’s two daughters, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said the suspect is a 46-year-old man surnamed Zan. He told the police that he is unemployed. The victim is a 52-year-old man surnamed Lei who told the police that he is businessman. The two men are local residents.According to Choi, both told

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass 2 finance leasing bills to boost sector’s development

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s finance leasing sector, with the aim of promoting its development.Yesterday’s plenary session also passed a bill on tax benefits encouraging the establishment of finance leasing firms.The two bills will come into effect the day after their respective promulgations in the Official Gazette (BO).Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac (left) speaks during yesterday’s plenary

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Liaison chief urges Macau to grab ‘historic GBA opportunity’

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that the central government attaches “unprecedentedly” high importance to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) development, adding that the GBA is bringing “unprecedented historic opportunities” to Macau’s future development.Fu made the remarks while delivering a keynote speech at a GBA seminar held by the local government’s Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR)

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject peer’s 2 ‘protest motions’

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday rejected a peer’s two “protest motions”, one against how the government tackles the issue of illegally employed non-local professional drivers, and the other against the government’s plan to sign a reciprocal driving licence recognition agreement with the mainland authorities in due course.The motions were presented by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-political activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou. Both motions were roundly condemned by several lawmakers.

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for assaulting friend, causing intestinal perforation: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man last Tuesday for hitting his “old friend” during an argument after they got drunk, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai said the suspect is a 69-year-old man surnamed Ku. The victim is a 65-year-old man whose surname was not released. Both told the police that they are local retirees.They said that they share the same hometown and have been “old friends” for many years.A Judiciary Police (PJ) officer

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for 373,000 pataca burglary: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a mainlander for breaking into a flat in a low-rise residential building in Estrada Marginal do Hipódromo in Areia Preta district on January 14, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 33-year-old man surnamed Li who told the police he is a delivery man on the mainland. The surname of the victim was not released.Lai said that the Judiciary Police received a burglary case from the Public

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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