STEM Car popularises sci-tech in local schools: UM

The Macau Base for Primary & Secondary STEM Education, established by the University of Macau (UM), has launched an On-the-Go Project, which aims to popularise science and technology in local secondary and primary schools with the aid of compact demonstration kits, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the UM STEM Car, a special vehicle dedicated to this purpose, has so far visited seven local schools, attracting more than 500

March 13, 2019 | BY admin

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2nd ‘Light the Night Run’ will be harder: Sands chief

The Parisian Macau will be holding its second “Light the Night Run” on April 13 but this year it will be longer and more athletes will be able to participate, according to a press conference about the event last night at the foot of The Parisian’s half-size Eiffel Tower.The launch runners on the sidelines of last year’s press conference about the event were boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK and triathlete Chi Wai Kuok who ran up the 750 steps to the 37th floor observation deck. This year was the

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Police to use 300 more body cams next quarter

The police have purchased an additional 300 body-worn cameras for their officers and they will come into use in the next quarter, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that 100 body cams first came into use for PSP officers carrying out duties on the peninsula in March last year on a trial basis.The statement said that PSP officers have activated their body cams on 21 occasions since March last year, primarily for tackling disputes among people.This

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Govt collects 800 kg of dead fish in water off Fai Chi Kei

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) has collected 800 kilogrammes of dead fish in the Patane North Bay since Sunday, according to a joint statement by the bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) yesterday.Patane North Bay – a bay off Fai Chi Kei and Ilha Verde – is known as Fai Chi Kei North Bay in Chinese.The statement said that the Marine and Water Bureau had recently found scores of dead fish floating in the bay, after which it dispatched vessels and workers to the scene to

March 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Motorcyclist hurt in crash in Coloane ‘possibly’ engaged in illegal racing: police

Concerning Monday’s crash between a motorcycle and a car in Coloane, the police do not rule out the possibility that the motorcyclist was engaging in illegal motor racing when the accident happened, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the police announcement on Monday, the crash happened outside the Macau Golf & Country Club and the Grand Coloane Resort in Estrada de Hac Sá on Monday afternoon, when the

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Man nabbed for battery, threatening girlfriend with scissors: police

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for assaulting his girlfriend and illegally imprisoning her as she wanted to end their relationship, Judiciary Police (JP) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 34-year-old man surnamed Kuok and the victim as a local security guard in her fifties whose surname was not released.According to Ho, the victim reported to the police on Sunday that her boyfriend had beaten and slapped her many times

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Beijing, Macau to set up science & tech cooperation mechanism: Wang

The central and local governments will set up a science and technology cooperation mechanism, Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang said yesterday.Wang made the remarks in a press conference on the sidelines of the current annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing.Wang said that Macau’s scientific and technological strength was an important part of the nation’s scientific and technological development, particularly in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).Wang said

March 12, 2019 | BY admin

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2 neighbours, 5-year-old girl hurt in scuffle over noise: police

Two local women and a five-year-old girl – the daughter of one of the two females – were injured during a scuffle between the two adults following a heated argument in the stairwell of a residential building in Avenida do Almirante Lacerda yesterday morning, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.The police received a report at around 8 a.m. yesterday about a fight in the stairwell of Weng Seng Building – near the Red Market – on the fifth floor, which resulted in three injured

March 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Labour chief mulls criminalising employment of non-locals in unauthorised jobs

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday the government needed to take various factors into account when considering proposing the criminalisation of employing non-resident workers in jobs that are not covered by their officially approved job description.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a regular closed-door meeting of the Standing Council on Social Concerted Action at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape.The Standing Council on

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Motorcyclist hurt in crash with car in Coloane

A male motorcyclist was injured in a crash in Coloane yesterday afternoon with a car driven by a non-resident worker from the mainland, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.The police said last night that there was no indication that the male car driver, who is allowed to drive in Macau in a private capacity, was illegally working as a professional driver when the accident happened.The hiring of non-local professional drivers – both for passenger and goods vehicles – is prohibited by the

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Man arrested for raping friend: police

A 26-year-old woman has allegedly been raped by a male friend in a hotel room in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said yesterday at a regular press conference.Both the suspect and the alleged victim are from the mainland.The 51-year-old suspect, surnamed Zhu, told the police that he is a businessman. The alleged victim’s surname was not released. They first met at a dinner on the mainland in October last year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Septuagenarian tries to exchange fake HK$100,000 casino chip for cash: police

A Hong Kong man was arrested on Friday for attempting to exchange a bogus HK$100,000 gaming chip for cash in a casino in Cotai earlier that day, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect surnamed Lao is a 71-year-old unemployed man from Hong Kong.The suspect came to Macau at around 5:15 p.m. on Friday and went to the casino’s cage, trying to exchange a HK$100,000 casino chip for cash at 6:45 p.m.PLEASE READ

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Loan shark takes nude photos & video of defaulting borrower: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a mainlander allegedly involved in a loan-sharking case who forced a defaulting borrower to pose in the nude for photos and a video to blackmail him into paying up, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said yesterday at a regular press conference.According to Ho, the suspect is a 32-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Chen. He told the police that he is unemployed. Other suspects were still at large at the time of the press conference, Ho said.In October last

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Macau has ‘important & unique’ position but is ‘too dependent’ on gaming: Zhang

Although Macau is not a big place, it has an “important and unique position” in the successful implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, apart from having many other highlights, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council Director Zhang Xiaoming says. Zhang made the remarks during a press briefing on the sidelines of the current annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. His remarks have

March 11, 2019 | BY admin

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