Customs officials seize HK$3 million at delta bridge

A Hong Kong man carried HK$3 million in cash into Macau via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) which was seized at the bridge’s Macau border checkpoint on Tuesday last week, the Macau Customs Service said in a statement on Saturday.The man entered Macau across the bridge, when Customs officers intercepted him in the green channel (nothing to declare) at the “Macau Port” checkpoint.Customs officers found a large amount of undeclared cash in the man’s luggage. The statement said

December 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Police plan facial & vehicle number plate recognition for CCTVs: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government plans to introduce facial recognition and automatic number-plate recognition to the police forces’ closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera system next year.The policy secretary also said that the two recognition technologies would be first installed in 100 CCTV cameras each.According to Wikipedia, automatic number-plate recognition is a technology that uses optical character recognition on

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Parisian’s spa offers sonic wave anti-pollution facial with red tea extract serum

December is approaching, and it’s time to brighten up the complexion for all those social engagements and year-end parties.The first step to beautiful radiant skin is deep cleansing, and the simplest, or laziest, way to do it is a good facial treatment.Le SPA’tique at the Parisian has recently launched a special facial treatment that is based on a powerful red rooibos tea extract serum.An-Tea Oxidant Advanced Anti-pollution Solution is LING’s latest skincare product, which is incorporated

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Galaxy Macau rolls out Christmas shopping offers

The advent calendar countdown to Christmas begins tomorrow, which means there is not much time left to get all the tree and decorations ready to put up, to go shopping for gifts and prepare for Christmas dinner.Good news is that you can get most of these done at Galaxy Macau, especially when the integrated resort’s The Promenade Shops and some of the brands there are doing shopping promotions.T Galleria Beauty by DFS at the shopping mall has a range of Christmas items that are good for him or

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Tis the season: white truffles, chestnuts, Christmas

It’s always good to eat seasonally and as white truffles from Alba and chestnuts are being harvested now, they are the highlight of a Christmas menu offered at 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana at Galaxy Macau.The Italian restaurant in Macau is one of three restaurants led by Umberto Bombana, who opened his first 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana restaurant in Hong Kong in 2010.The Hong Kong restaurant was awarded three Michelin stars in 2012, its Shanghai establishment has two Michelin stars and the one in

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Fans bid last farewell to martial arts novelist Jin Yong

It’s been a month since martial arts novelist Louis Cha Leung-yung, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, passed away but his legacy lives on, with his original work and creative process all documented in a permanent exhibition at Hong Kong’s Jin Yong Gallery.Cha died on October 31 aged 94 in Hong Kong, and tributes poured in from around the world for the literary giant. The Hong Kong Heritage Museum at that time set up a condolence point outside its Jin Yong Gallery, which drew fans from

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Mobile phone imports leap 179 pct last month

Macau’s mobile phone imports jumped 179 percent to 1.18 billion patacas last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau announced yesterday. In the first 10 months of the year, mobile phone imports rose nearly 87 percent to 5.86 billion patacas. Macau’s total merchandise imports between January and October increased 23.1 percent to 74.3 billion patacas. Last month’s imports grew 37.8 percent to 8.52 billion patacas.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Barrier Gate bus terminal to reopen on Dec 15

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday that the flood-hit underground bus terminal at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint will resume operation on December 15.Lam made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a regular meeting of the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council at his bureau.The poorly ventilated underground terminal was severely damaged by floodwaters during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Hato on August 23 last year. Since then, the

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Local man swindles 7 out of 400,000 patacas in post-Hato case: police

A local man who used to work at a car dealership in Areia Preta district swindled his former employer and six other men out of a total of 400,000 patacas in the aftermath of Typhoon Hato, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 43-year-old surnamed Ng and who is currently unemployed.Chan said that the Judiciary Police received reports from the six victims between December 20 last year and March 8 this year. Each

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Local boy buys fake Macau ID card ‘for fun’

A local teenager bought a fake Macau permanent resident ID card (BIR) from a mainland woman via WeChat, a messaging app, “for fun and out of curiosity”, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, at midday on Tuesday the Public Security Police received a report from the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) that a suspected bogus Macau ID had been used to apply for a Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR)

November 30, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie nabbed for sham marriage, keeping 7 bullets

A male taxi driver has been arrested for illegal possession of seven bullets which he obtained from his employer decades ago when he worked as a security guard and which he did not return to the security company when he quit his job in the 1990s, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the case emerged after the police had received a report by the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) about a suspected sham

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, mainland ink new air transport deal

The civil aviation authorities of mainland China and Macau signed an air transport deal in Beijing this week. According to a statement by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM), the memorandum of understanding (MOU) increases the destination points on the mainland to 68. It also extends the destination area for scheduled and chartered helicopter services. Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and AACM representatives met in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday for civil aviation talks

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Owner of THE 13 admits ‘significant’ doubt about future

Hong Kong-listed South Shore Holdings Limited, which owns THE 13 Hotel in Coloane, has admitted that “a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt” on its “ability to continue as a going concern.”The company announced the downbeat news in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday night. In the statement, the company described THE 13 as an “exclusive luxury hotel and entertainment complex.” This photo taken in September shows THE 13 Hotel (in red)

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Gambler uses fake HK$1,000 banknotes in casino: police

A gambler from the mainland allegedly used at least five counterfeit HK$1,000 banknotes at a casino in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a press briefing yesterday.Chan said that earlier this week staff at the Cotai casino discovered the five bogus HK$1,000 banknotes in the dealer’s cash box and reported the case to the police. Police officers went to the casino to investigate and arrested the 31-year-old suspect who was still there. He refused to cooperate with the

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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