Govt to repair Gate of Understanding

The government will repair the Gate of Understanding in Sai Van (West Bay), according to a statement by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.The statement said that the repairs are for the monument to open to the public again. The Gate of Understanding has been closed to the public for a number of years due to safety issues, the statement said.The bureau unsealed bids by 20 construction companies for the project yesterday. Among the 20 bids, 15 were accepted, while

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Residential property price index rises 0.7 pct

Macau’s overall residential property price index increased by 0.7 percent from September to November last year, as compared with that of the previous survey period from August to October last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the overall residential property price index from September to November for the peninsula rose by 0.8 percent while that for Taipa and Coloane held steady.The index for existing residential units went up by 0.5

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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CTM launches credit card for easy payment on mainland

Telecom operator CTM has partnered with Tai Fung Bank and BOC Credit Card (International) Limited to launch a UnionPay dual currency credit card that will provide a more convenient way for Macau residents to make payments while travelling around the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).A launch ceremony of the new card was held at Tai Fung Bank Headquarters Building in Nape yesterday, attended by the bank’s vice president Ao Ieong Iu Kong, the city’s Post and Telecommunications

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Flu kills 86-year-old man

An 86-year-old local man died of Type A influenza associated with pneumonia on Monday – the first flu death confirmed in Macau this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night.The chronically ill victim started to have respiratory infection symptoms on December 26 and took some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remedies on the mainland, but his condition failed to improve, the statement said.On Friday, the man felt short of breath and went to the public Conde de Sao Januario

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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1st vocational skills contest to involve all 6 gaming operators

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) will jointly organise Macau’s first vocational skills competition for staff members of the city’s six gaming operators next week, Chan Kam Meng, the trade union’s chairman, announced during a press conference yesterday.The press conference took place at the union’s headquarters in Patane district.All the contestants are local employees who will take part in three contests – table

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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8 Iranians arrested for using fake passports

Eight Iranians were arrested on Sunday for entering Macau with fake passports with the intention of flying to Europe from Macau to seek jobs, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said at a regular press conference yesterday.The six men and two women, aged 20 to 40, were arrested on Sunday when an immigration officer at the local airport checked one of the Iranian’s passports after the eight had arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur. The bar code reader could not read the

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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CO poisoning victim’s daughter nabbed for overstaying: police

Last Sunday a 68-year-old woman surnamed Dong from the mainland died of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the kitchen of a suspected illegal inn in Rua de Berlim – and after further investigation, the police confirmed that the victim’s daughter, aged 50, is an overstayer, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference yesterday.Apparently, the kitchen had been converted into a bedroom. The flat’s water heater is located in the kitchen, the door and windows

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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4-year-old boy in critical condition due to flu

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday that a four-year-old boy was in critical condition due to Type A influenza associated with encephalitis.The bureau made the announcement during a press conference about Macau’s situation of seasonal influenza. The presser took place at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.Addressing the press conference, Lam Chong, who heads the bureau’s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, said that patient data from the public hospital and the

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman defrauds husband’s brother: police

The wife of a mainland man took HK$50,000 from her husband’s younger brother on Sunday morning in a residential flat near the Barrier Gate, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said yesterday at a regular press conference.Lai said that the victim, his brother and his 30-year-old sister-in-law, surnamed Choi, came to Macau to gamble. The three went to a casino in Cotai to play the tables.They rented a flat near the Barrier Gate checkpoint and went there after gambling. The flat was

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt mulls pepper spray for PSP officers: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government will study the possibility of Public Security Police (PSP) officers on duty in or around local casinos being equipped with pepper spray cans.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee, which is reviewing, article-by-article, a government-initiated bill on cybersecurity.Wong’s remarks came after an incident in which a policeman

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland woman raped in hotel room: police

A mainland woman was raped in a hotel room in Cotai last Thursday by a male compatriot she had met in Macau and went to gamble with, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said yesterday at a regular press conference.Lai said that the victim, a woman in her 30s and the 33-year-old man surnamed Yang met in Macau and went to gamble together. Last Wednesday, the victim and Yeung met for the second time and went to gamble again. The victim booked a hotel room in Cotai in her name and invited

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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New Liaison Office chief urges Macau to contribute to peaceful reunification

The new director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, Fu Ziying, yesterday urged Macau people to continue to contribute to the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and peaceful reunification of the motherland. Fu made the appeal in a speech during a special gathering of local government officials and community leaders at Macau Tower to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chinese mainland’s Message to Compatriots in Taiwan. On January 1, 1979,

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Man gives illegal money changer 200 fake HK$1,000 notes: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland in the early hours of Sunday for deceiving a female money changer by giving her 200 fake HK$1,000 notes, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 29-year-old surnamed Zhang. The victim, a female mainlander in her thirties, runs an illegal currency exchange business in and around local casinos.According to Leng, the victim met Zhang in a casino in Zape on Saturday. Zhang

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman sleeping in illegal inn’s kitchen dies of CO poisoning

A woman sleeping in the kitchen of a suspected illegal inn in Nape most probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement said.The woman was pronounced dead after being taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for emergency treatment, according to the Judiciary Police.The police identified the deceased as a 68-year-old mainlander, surnamed Dong.The statement said that at about 10 a.m. yesterday, the victim’s daughter who was staying in the same illegal inn,

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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