‘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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Govt repossesses illegally occupied plot in Hac Sa

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday that its officials, in conjunction with officials from several other government entities, have repossessed an illegally occupied plot of land in Hac Sa Village in Coloane.The officials carried out the repossession of the public plot covering an area of 70,740 square metres last Tuesday, the statement said.The statement said that DSSOPT officials had discovered during their regular inspections that the public

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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2 mainlanders stab compatriot in cash row

Two mainland men who had an argument with a male compatriot because he would not lend them money stabbed him, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a press conference yesterday.At the time of the press conference yesterday afternoon, only one of the two suspects had been caught.The victim is a 32-year-old mainlander who came to Macau “to have fun,” according to Chan.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Police plan to renovate No. 2 Police Station

The Public Security Police (PSP) plan to renovate the police station located next to the former greyhound racetrack, according to the proposed legal development conditions for the plot on which the police station is situated, which were published by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.The station, colloquially known at the No. 2 Police Station, is located on the corner of Avenida do Conselheiro Borja and Avenida do Almirante Lacerda.The Lands, Public Works and

November 29, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab marital rape suspect

A local woman was allegedly raped by her estranged husband in her parents’ flat in Areia Preta district on Sunday because he was upset with her leaving him and taking their daughter with her to her parents’ home while he was living on the mainland, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday morning.The 32-year-old local woman works as a dealer in a casino. The suspect is a 31-year-old local resident surnamed Che who is unemployed and

November 28, 2018 | BY admin

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