New sewage pumping station in Taipa starts

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that a new pumping station for sewage in Taipa has recently come into operation, which the bureau said will increase the capacity to treat sewage in the area by 43 percent.The new pumping station, built on Rotunda Ouvidor Arriaga, replaced two old sewage pumping stations nearby, according to the statement, which noted that the two old pumping stations had insufficient capacity to treat the sewage produced in the

July 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Old Bridge to have rumble strips

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said yesterday that the central road markings on the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge (commonly known as Old Bridge) will be changed to rumble strips.According to Wikipedia, rumble strips, also known as alert strips or audible lines, are a road safety feature to alert inattentive drivers of potential danger, by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the vehicle interior.The first peninsula-Taipa bridge – with one lane

July 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Journalist nabbed for speeding & DUI: police

A local journalist has been arrested in Zape for driving a car at 107 km/h after drinking, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect, who is in his sixties, works for a local media outlet.Choi said that in an operation against speeding offences on Monday night, PSP officers were deployed in Zape. At about midnight, officers’ equipment clocked the suspect driving at 107 km/h in Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, a

July 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Youth job fair offers jobs in Macau – & GBA

Last weekend’s Youth Career Expo offered over 4,000 job opportunities and attracted over 3,400 attendees, according to a statement released by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.It was the city’s 13th Youth Career Expo. Last year’s fair drew over 4,000 attendees.According to the statement, the two-day event was co-organised by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), Macau New Chinese Youth Association, and General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM). The fair was held

July 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Police bust pimping gang from Heilongjiang

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a couple from the mainland on Monday for pimping in Macau, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Police officers also caught five prostitutes aged between 24 and 33 when they took action to arrest the two suspects.The two suspects are members of a gang from the mainland which is believed to have been engaged in pimping in Macau for a year, according to Ho.Prostitution paraphernalia seized is displayed in a pressroom at the

July 26, 2018 | BY admin

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CEM to upgrade 100 substations this year for flooding defence

Power utility CEM is upgrading 100 of its customer substations in the city’s low-lying areas this year, with about 80 of them already completed, CEM Transmission and Distribution Department Senior Manager Billy Chan Hon Keong said yesterday.Chan made the remarks during a press conference about the company’s anti-flood measures, at the CEM System Dispatch Centre in Zape.Last August, Super Typhoon Hato pummelled the city resulting in 10 fatalities and 244 injuries, causing damage officially

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Filipino carries bullet at airport: police

During a security check, an airport security guard found a bullet in a Philippine man’s luggage on Friday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference yesterday at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape.According to Choi, the suspect is a 26-year-old surnamed Subaba, who is self-employed.The suspect was about to return to Manila from Macau on Friday. The security guard found that he had a bullet in his hand luggage when it went through

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Vietnamese maid runs fake base stations: police

A Vietnamese maid was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday morning for running fake base stations in Toi San district, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 37-year-old surnamed Pham, who has worked as a domestic helper for a family in Iao Hon district for two years.A fake base station consists of telecom equipment which sends out a signal, disconnecting mobile phone users in a

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Activist stands trial for defamation

High-profile non-establishment activist Jason Chao Teng Hei was tried yesterday by the Court of First Instance (TJB) in absentia for alleged defamation of Wang Jianwei, ex-director of the University of Macau’s Department of Government and Public Administration. Wang continues to be a professor with the department. Chao, 31, is reported to be in the UK where he is said to be enrolled in a master’s degree course. He is a former president of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA). He once

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Navy Yard No. 2’ to be new venue for music-fest

An area known as “Navy Yard No. 2” near Barra will be the new venue for one of the performances of the 32nd Macau International Music Festival (MIMF) that will be held from September 28 to October 28, Ieong Chi Kin, the acting president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), said yesterday.Ieong made the remark during an MIMF press conference at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) where he announced that the budget for this year’s festival is roughly 30 million patacas.According to Ieong, the

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Police bust 2 drug-selling cases

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted two drug-selling cases yesterday, in which two male mainlanders and a local man were arrested, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Concerning the first case, Ho identified the two suspects as a 27-yaer-old man from the mainland surnamed Tang, who said he is unemployed, and a 31-year-old local man surnamed Fok, who said he works as a builder and decorator.According to Ho, the Judiciary Police were tipped off recently that a

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman, with fake passport, withdraws chips from casino account: police

A mainland woman was arrested on Saturday for using a fake passport to withdraw chips worth HK$50,000 from a casino account in Zape earlier this month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson Ho Chan Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the Ho, the suspect is a 44-year-old surnamed Wang, who works as a doorwoman.Ho said that in the afternoon of July 10, Wang, along with another suspect at large at the time of the press conference, went to a casino in Zape. Wang presented

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Top court orders govt to reassess quotations for LRT depot project

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that it has rejected an appeal by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On against a ruling by the Court of Second Instance (TSI) in March, which determined that the government would need to reassess the rival quotations submitted by seven construction companies for the construction of the depot of the Light Rail Transit (LRT).The TSI ruling in March annulled the government’s contract with a company for the construction of the LRT

July 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Local youths’ gambling problems increase over past decade: survey

The findings of an annual survey released yesterday conducted by the Bosco Youth Service Network (BYS) show that increasingly more young local people had gambling problems during the last decade.The latest annual survey on young local people’s gambling problems was conducted last year, which was the ninth time the group conducted the survey.The group yesterday hosted a press conference at Dom Bosco (Yuet Wah) College near Avenida do Coronel Mesquita yesterday about a comparison of the nine

July 24, 2018 | BY admin

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