Driver nabbed for U-turn on bridge while high on Ice: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday a local driver admitted to police that he had done a U-turn in the middle of Friendship Bridge and headed in the wrong direction on Sunday after taking methamphetamine, popularly known as Ice.According to the statement, the suspect was transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for further questioning yesterday.According to the statement, at about 3:54 a.m. on Sunday the PSP received a report that a white car was being driven

August 16, 2016 | BY admin

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Mainland woman, 71, caught for VIP room scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrest of a 71-year-old woman from the mainland on suspicion of cheating a 52-year-old businessman from the mainland out of four million yuan by persuading him to invest in a casino VIP room which she claimed she was running.A PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday that the suspect, surnamed Yan, met the victim last year in the mainland. She told the victim, surnamed Yao, that she was running a VIP room in a casino in

August 16, 2016 | BY admin

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Group urges lawmakers to pass property management bill asap

In order to prevent the “sudden exit” of property management agencies from residential condominium buildings, a senior member of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Association yesterday urged lawmakers yesterday to pass a bill on regulating property management companies as soon as possible.Cheng Son Meng made the appeal on the sidelines of a crime-prevention event organised by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in Areia Preta Park.Cheng chairs the association’s Building Works Committee.Kai

August 16, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmaker calls for ‘flexible’ solution to ‘land debt’ row

The government should consider giving developers “flexibility” to set the floor area ratio for future building projects when compensating developers whom it owes land-lease rights, lawmaker-cum-urban planner Jose Chui Sai Peng said yesterday.Chui made the comments yesterday on the sidelines of the annual Macau Youth Summit jointly organised by 10 local youth associations at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On admitted last month in the legislature that the

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab ‘Ubxx driver’ for driving under influence

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that it has transferred a case to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) involving a local man working as a “Ubxx” driver suspected of drink-driving. According to the statement, the suspect surnamed Iau, who is in his thirties, was arrested during an action combating illegal passenger services in Cotai on Saturday afternoon. The PSP statement “there was a strong indication” that the man was charging for passenger

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Group strengthens protection measures for boot camp kids

Macau Flying Eagle Association Director-General Kent Yuen Seng Kam said yesterday his group had come up with more protection measures for children who participate in boot camps provided by the group, after one of the group’s male tutors was accused of sexually assaulting six schoolboys who took part in a military training camp last November.Yuen made the remarks on the sidelines of a ceremony held at the group’s training site in Coloane for children who recently finished a 7-day summer

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Chan clarifies ‘foreign’ lawmakers rule in bill

Asked by reporters on Friday whether local residents who are – hypothetically – lawmakers in Taiwan or Hong Kong could also run in local elections, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said, “Yes, they can” – due to the fact that neither are foreign jurisdictions but integral parts of China.Chan made the comments when speaking to reporters at the legislature where she attended a meeting of the 2nd Standing Committee which is reviewing a government-drafted

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Group holds vigil urging officials’ accountability

The Love Macau Association held a candle-light vigil yesterday in the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, urging the government to hold its officials accountable for their deeds, such as in the recent land swap and typhoon signal rows.The event started at 7:30 p.m. and ended at 9 p.m. The members of the association distributed candles to passers-by to join the vigil. However, there were very few who passed by that sat down with the group. During the one-and-a-half-hour vigil, about two dozen

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Heroes of the World draw near capacity crowd

Singapore-based ONE Championship debuted its mixed martial arts’ Heroes of the World event at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena on Saturday night drew a near capacity crowd – with the fights televised in 118 countries around the world pulling in around one billion viewers, according to the MC of the night.There were nine fights on the programme culminating in the Interim Flyweight World Championship fight between Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes of Brazil and Tilek Baytr” Batyrov of

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Forum divided over ban on coaches around St Paul’s Ruins

Guest speakers at yesterday’s Macau Forum disagreed about whether tourist coaches should be banned from the area around the St Paul’s Ruins.Yesterday’s focus of the forum was on how to improve the traffic management of the coaches that take tourists to the area, following an accident in which a coach slammed into a residential building in the area early last week.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Audience members and

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmaker calls for govt incentives for affordable flats

The government should provide developers with incentives to build flats which young people can afford to buy, lawmaker-cum-developer Fong Chi Keong said on the sidelines of the annual Macau Youth Summit which was jointly organised by 10 local youth associations at the Macau Science Centre yesterday. “For example, the government should give developers an incentive to redevelop Macau’s idle industrial buildings,” Fong said, adding the government should be more flexible when drafting

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Taipei Office vows more info for local students on island’s legal system

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office chief Lu Chang-shui said yesterday his office would release more information to raise awareness among local students about the differences in the legal systems between the two places before going to study there.Lu made the remarks on the sidelines of a banquet held at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape last night when asked by reporters for his comments on a local student who is studying in Taiwan and has been accused of killing two stray cats there, according to

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Activist ‘very satisfied’ with impact of ‘banner’ protest

New Macau Association (NMA) President Scott Chiang Meng Hin said yesterday he was “very satisfied” with the impact of a banner accusing Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng of being “cultural heritage killer” that had been displayed for about 10 minutes over the iconic mosaic mural of the former Hotel Estoril on Thursday. Talking to The Macau Post Daily on the phone last night, Chiang said that he and fellow NMA board member Alan Lam Na Lon, also known as

August 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Taiwan’s ‘cat killer’ from Macau strikes again

Local student identified as Chan Hou Ieong, who studies at National Taiwan University (NTU), went to a police station in Taipei last week and admitted that he killed another cat, this one named Ban Ban early this month, Taiwan media reported yesterday. According to the news reports, Ban Ban was a stray cat fed by the owners of a vegetarian restaurant and it often wandered the area where the eatery is located.The reports said that the restaurant owner immediately checked CCTV

August 12, 2016 | BY admin

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