Info bureau vows to ‘encourage’ officials to explain policies on various platforms

Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Victor Chan Chi Ping, who is also the government’s chief spokesman, said yesterday that his bureau would continue to “encourage officials at all levels to make use of different platforms to explain government policies and measures in a simple and understandable way.”Chan made the pledge in a speech at an annual spring media gathering, hosted by his bureau at Macau Crowne Plaza Hotel. About 80 guests, including heads and representatives of local

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Kai Fong says provided support 2 million times last year

Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (UGAMM) President Ng Sio Lai said during a spring media lunch yesterday that the group had given support to people in Macau two million times last year.The association is commonly known as Kai Fong, its Cantonese name.Ng said the association introduced a free transportation service for elderly or disabled residents last year, adding that from November 2014 to October 2015, it had provided its support services two million times, a three percent

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Police confirm natural death of man under bunk bed

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday that a local man found lying dead under a bunk bed died of natural causes.PJ spokesperson Choi Ian Fai made the announcement at a special press conference at the PJ headquarters.The 52-year-old local man surnamed Liu, who according to previous police reports was an alcoholic, was found dead inside his family flat on the 33rd floor of Mong Sin Building, a social housing estate in Mong Ha, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said last month.

March 23, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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Eco-fair pledges to ‘bring green concepts’

The 2016 Macau International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (2016MIECF), which will be held from Friday to Sunday at the Venetian in Cotai, will “bring green concepts” to its visitors, Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Irene Lau Kuan Va said yesterday.Speaking during a press conference at the Macau World Trade Centre yesterday, Lau said Prof. Walter R. Stahel, a Swiss architect globally influential in the field of sustainable

March 23, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Mongolian wrestler busted for attempted theft

A Mongolian wrestler has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a woman’s belongings from her backpack, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Kai Sang said yesterday. Lei revealed details of the case during a regular press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape. On Sunday night, PSP officers in a police vehicle saw the 26-year-old suspect being chased by a man at the junction of Avenida de Horta e Costa and Estrada de Coelho do Amaral. The officers

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab trio for money laundering

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of three men – two locals and a Malaysian – on suspicion of money laundering.A PJ spokesman announced the case during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Nape.The spokesperson said that the two local suspects are a 21-year-old salesman surnamed Lo and a 22-year-old electrician surnamed Sio. The three money laundering suspects pose at a pressroom of the Judiciary Police (PJ) in Nape yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Domestic violence bill only covers those ‘under same roof’

Group urges broader definition of victimMacau Domestic Violence Legislation Coalition spokeswoman Cecilia Ho Wing Yin urged the government yesterday to broaden its definition of victims of domestic violence, as according to the current version of a government-initiated bill, only those living under the same roof are protected.The coalition comprises 14 local social work and community groups.The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held a closed-door meeting with the coalition at the

March 23, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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CTM makes 1.1 billion pataca profit last year

Local telecom operator CTM made 1.154 billion patacas in profit last year from its mobile, Internet and business solutions services, the company’s CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday.Poon made the remarks during a media lunch at Galaxy’s Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cotai. Last year’s profit was up 3.8 percent from the 1.112 billion patacas profit in 2014.   CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei addresses yesterday’s media lunch at Galaxy’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Cotai.  Photo:

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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91-year-old sexually assaults disabled woman: police

Suspect gives victim 5 patacas in hush money  A 91-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled woman, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Kai Sang said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press conference, Lei said the suspect is a male resident surnamed Tam, who put his hand into the victim’s trousers when they were in a lift in a residential building in Areia Preta, where both of them live, on Friday. “She didn’t resist because she

March 22, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Fisherman’s Wharf to get immigration checkpoint

According to the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has given the green light to the setting-up of an immigration checkpoint at the yacht pier at Fisherman’s Wharf.According to the executive order, the checkpoint will, however, operate only when needed, and it will only be used by those who travelled by yacht to enter and exit the city.The order will take effect on April 1. 

March 22, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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‘Yellow cow’ caught with 138 ferry tickets

The Public Security Police (PSP) caught a 63-year-old local man red-handed while he was trying to sell “yellow cow” ferry tickets to passers-by at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal on Friday night, a PSP spokesperson said yesterday.“Yellow cow” is Chinese slang for a ticket tout.The statement said the police found 138 ferry tickets for economy seats from Macau to Hong Kong on the suspect, an unemployed man surnamed Lei.According to the suspect, he bought the tickets from gamblers in a

March 22, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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IFT promotes Irish culture with food & whiskey

This photo taken during yesterday’s media food tasting event shows a typical spiced beef, carrot and stout casserole for the Irish Food and Whiskey Week at the IFT Education Restaurant. James Fox, a lecturer of Culinary Arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology (left), and Master of Wine from Ireland Martin Moran pose during a media food tasting event at the IFT Educational Restaurant yesterday. – Photo: Monica LeongFood is probably the best way to bring people together and learn

March 22, 2016 | BY Monica Leong

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FSS pension goes up 3 pct in July: govt

Social Security Fund (FSS) President Iong Kong Io said yesterday the government planned to increase its pension for the elderly by three percent in July, as well as other subsidies and gratuities. Iong made the remarks after a closed-door meeting of the government appointed Social Affairs Co-ordination Standing Committee (CPCS) at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Iong said that with the minimum subsistence index increasing from 3,920

March 22, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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Lawmakers urge govt to speed up budget hotel bids

The government should speed up its processing of the 27 applications to run budget hotels in Macau, legislator Chan Meng Kam, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Administration Affairs, said yesterday.The committee met yesterday to follow up on the government’s current review of the law on illegal accommodation. Briefing reporters afterwards, Chan quoted officials attending the meeting as saying that the 27 applications involved over 1,700 hotel rooms. Concerning

March 22, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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