On average, flats cost 6.8 million patacas in 2018: report

On average, Macau’s 10,585 residential units sold last year cost 6.8 million patacas, about one million patacas more than in 2017, government-owned broadcaster TDM’s Portuguese-speaking radio station reported yesterday. According to Financial Services Bureau (DSF) data analysed by Radio Macau, 133 more residential units changed hands last year than in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 percent. On average, the units sold last year measured 61 square metres, six square metres less

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Tourist Police station opens

A Tourist Police station opened at the former headquarters of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.Officially, the station is called Tourist Police Service Centre.Yesterday’s opening ceremony of the station was attended by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak, Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun, as well as other senior government officials and local community leaders.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak (right), Unitary Police Service (SPU)

January 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Beijing-Macau police crack 30 billion yuan illegal money transfer case: report

The Beijing Public Security Bureau announced yesterday that the police in Beijing and Macau jointly busted a large-scale cross-border underground money transfer case involving 30 billion yuan (35.6 billion patacas), the official China News Service (CNS) reported yesterday. According to the CNS newswire dispatch, the police in Beijing and Macau were assisted in the joint operation against the illegal money transfer gang by the Ministry of Public Security’s Economic Crime Investigation Bureau

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Thai worker attempts to rape local woman: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a non-resident worker from Thailand on Saturday night for attempting to rape a local woman in her car in Taipa in the early hours of Saturday after the victim went to her vehicle intending to drive to work, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 23-year-old man surnamed Bunma who began to work in Macau in July last year for a local company as a marketing coordinator for the overseas market.

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Investment scam victims rise to 48, losing HK$219 million

Concerning the massive investment scam involving a local real-estate agency announced by the police last week, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said it had received complaints from a total of 48 people up until yesterday, involving a total loss of HK$219 million,PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced the rising number of victims during a regular press conference yesterday.The Judiciary Police (PJ) first said in a statement last Thursday evening that they had received complaints from 25 victims between

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau holds int’l gastronomy forum on creativity

Macau’s International Gastronomy Forum was held at JW Marriott Hotel yesterday, focusing on the creativity of gastronomy.The three-day event, themed “Possibilities of Gastronomy and Creativity,” attracted more than 30 chefs from 21 members of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy network, which includes Macau.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chong Weng said in his opening speech that the forum offered a platform for chefs from around the world to exchange their views

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Police nab hired arsonist from HK

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong in the early hours of Sunday for setting fire to two cars parked in the car park of Block 9 of the luxury residential estate Star River Windsor Arch in Taipa, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng said that the suspect was hired by someone in Hong Kong to come to Macau to set fire to the two cars for a “fee” of HK$20,000.Leng identified the suspect as a 26-year-old surnamed Lai a construction

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Taxi overcharging rises 20.9 percent last year: police

A total of 6,126 offences by taxi drivers were recorded last year, an 11.6 percent increase from 2017, the Public Security Police (PSP) announced on its website yesterday.The annual taxi violation figures for last year were announced in the police’s 2018 traffic statistics uploaded on their website yesterday.According to the website, 62.8 percent (3,846) of the 6,126 cases concerned overcharging, while 21.8 percent (1,336) were about cabbies refusing to pick up passengers.PLEASE READ THE FULL

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt open to discuss tourist entry fee, wants ‘better tourists’: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday the government was open to discussing lawmaker Agnes Lam Iok Fong’s recent proposal to charge tourists an entry fee in an attempt to control the number of visitor arrivals. Tam told reporters on the sidelines of the International Gastronomy Forum Macau at Galaxy Macau’s JW Marriot Hotel that he found Lam’s proposal “interesting”, but acknowledged that as there existed different opinions about her suggestion,

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Motorcyclist flees after hitting 3-year-old boy in street: police

A motorcyclist fled the scene after hitting a three-year-old boy when he was walking with his father and his father’s friend in a street near Praça de Ponte e Horta on Sunday night, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.The police located the motorcyclist later that night and took him to a police station for questioning; where he admitted to having hit the boy but then fled the scene, according to Cheong. The boy lost a front

January 22, 2019 | BY admin

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UM says student rents out on-campus accommodation

The University of Macau (UM) confirmed yesterday that a postgraduate student rented out an on-campus accommodation unit to others via an online home rental platform, according to government-owned broadcaster TDM yesterday.The public university has ordered the student to move out of the unit, the TDM report said.Yesterday’s UM confirmation came after a report by Orange Post – an online media outlet run by the Communication Society of the University of Macau Students’ Union (UMSU) –on

January 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Flu patient in critical condition after giving birth

A 31-year-old flu patient who gave birth prematurely on Friday was in critical condition yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday. The woman is suffering from influenza with pneumonia. According to the statement, the woman has never had a flu shot in her life. She came down with a fever, cough and shortness of breath last Monday. She was given outpatient treatment by the University Hospital of the University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the private Kiang Wu

January 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Tam denies knowing main suspect in investment scam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said at the weekend that he did not know the real-estate agency and the main suspect allegedly involved in a massive investment scam announced by the police last week.Tam also said that his colleagues in the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) did not know the real-estate agency and the female suspect either. He also said that he and his MGTO colleagues did not have any knowledge about the cultural and creative projects that the

January 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Female scooter rider dies after crashing with taxi on Friendship Bridge

There were two major traffic accidents on Friday, one where a woman riding a scooter died after crashing with a taxi on Friendship Bridge, and the other in which 10 passengers were injured after two buses collided in the Areia Preta area.According to a Public Security Police (PSP) statement, the fatal accident took place at about 6 a.m. when a woman, a local resident in her fifties riding her scooter and a taxi crashed on Friendship Bridge heading towards the peninsula.Firemen at the scene said

January 21, 2019 | BY admin

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