Wife hires husband to work illegally: police

The police have questioned a woman, who hired her husband to work without a work permit, and her husband for working illegally and riding a scooter without a valid driving licence, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said yesterday during a regular press conference in Zape.According to Lam, the two suspects, both from the mainland, are surnamed Lin, and aged 49. The wife is the owner of a local restaurant.Lam said police officers on Monday saw the male suspect riding a scooter the

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CEM profit rise 6.3 pct to 793 million patacas in 2017

Macau’s electricity utility CEM announced yesterday a net profit of 793 million patacas for last year, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 percent.According to a statement issued after yesterday’s annual general meeting of the company, the city’s total electricity consumption reached 5,377 GWh last year, up 2.3 percent year on year.The statement pointed out that the local electricity generation cost was “still more competitive than that of electricity imported from the mainland,” adding

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Man tries to change HK$300,000 with play money: police

A man from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for trying to scam a money changer with play money in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.Ho said that the suspect surnamed Huang, 25, works in a hotel while the victim is a money changer who is also from the mainland.According to Ho, Huang told the victim that he wanted to exchange HK$300,000 on Monday morning in a resort-hotel in Cotai. The victim agreed to give Huang

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100 e-taxi licences draw 981 bids, top bid of 988,080 patacas

A committee chaired by Transport Bureau (DSAT) Vice Director Chiang Ngoc Vai unsealed and screened 981 bids for 100 new common taxi licences yesterday, with the highest bid amounting to 988,080 patacas.The lowest bid of the 100 accepted bids stood at 810,101 patacas. The minimum bid had been set at 200,000 patacas.Members of the committee started unsealing and screening the 981 bidding documents at 10 a.m. The result was announced in the afternoon at Macau Forum in Zape.Members of a committee

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4 women’s volleyball teams to compete in Macau

Four women’s volleyball teams will compete in Macau in May, the organisers announced yesterday.Details of the competition were announced during a press conference at Galaxy in Cotai.The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Women’s Volleyball Nations League – Macau 2018 tournament will take place at Macau Forum in Zape from May 22 to 24.Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Director Philip Cheng Yee Sing (left) hands Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun a ceremonial sponsorship

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Ex-weather chief gets pension of over 70,000 patacas per month

The former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, will be paid a monthly pension of 865 salary points (equivalent to 73,525 patacas) after he applied to retire, according to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The amount of one salary point for a public servant’s salary or pension increased to 85 patacas – from 83 patacas last year – starting from January this year.The announcement was approved by Secretary for

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Trio nabbed for running fake base stations: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three suspects from the mainland and Vietnam earlier this week for operating fake base stations for about six months, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Ho, in addition to operating fake base stations in five residential units, the gang members also ran a “mobile” fake base station that was inside a suitcase.Ho identified the trio as a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman surnamed Tran, a 49-year-old man surnamed

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Pawnshop robber nabbed in less than a day: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said that the suspect of a pawnshop robbery on Monday inAvenida da Praia Grande was arrested yesterday in Zhongshan, some 40 kilometres north of Macau, by the Public Security Bureau (PSB).The announcement was made by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday in a special press conference.PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam identified the suspect as a 39-year-old man surnamed Zhang from Jilin province, some 2,600 kilometres north of Macau, who claimed to be unemployed.The robbery

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Police question duo for attempted fraud for post-Hato aid

The Judiciary Police (PJ) questioned two local men on Monday for attempting to defraud the government out of a subsidy and an interest-free loan for businesses affected by the deadly Super Typhoon Hato which hit Macau in August last year, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the two suspects as a 28-year-old casino host surnamed Chan and a 28-year-old businessman surnamed Ieng.After Hato pummelled Macau on August 23, which caused massive

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Govt to invite bids for urban renewal study

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government planned to launch a tender late next month or in early May for the drafting of a research report about the city’s urban renewal.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council which lasted two hours.The meeting of the council, chaired by Rosario, was held at the Transport Bureau (DSAT) Building. The government-appointed council is tasked

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Police arrest 8 men, 2 women in drug bust

The police have arrested eight men and two women from Macau, Hong Kong, and Vietnam in a drug bust on Monday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho noted that the 10 suspects include six local men, a local woman, a man from Hong Kong, a Vietnamese man, and a Vietnamese woman. The suspects are aged between 21 and 52, with occupations ranging from cleaner to masseuse and unemployed.According to Ho, the police recently received a tip-off

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Elderly woman falls to death: police

A 68-year-old local woman fell to her death from a high-rise in the Seac Pai Van public housing estate in Coloane yesterday morning, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement excluded the possibility of suspicious circumstances.According to the statement, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a report yesterday morning that the body of a woman was lying on a road in the sprawling housing estate. Firemen rushed to the scene and suspected that the woman, surnamed

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Thailand’s Gaggan named best restaurant in Asia

Indian eatery Gaggan in Bangkok topped this year’s list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, and consequently also bagged the best restaurant accolade in Thailand, it was announced during an awards ceremony last night at Wynn Palace in Cotai.It’s the fourth year in a row that Gaggan Anand’s restaurant has been named Asia’s No. 1 by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants organisation.Anand was one of many top chefs from Asia who took part in collaborating and networking pop-up activities as part

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Shenzhen to upgrade urban management with mega-investment

SHENZHEN – The nation’s southern innovation hub Shenzhen said yesterday that it would invest about 111.8 billion yuan by 2020 to improve the environment and social governance.According to a sustainable development plan published by the city, it will integrate technologies such as waste recycling, sewage treatment, ecological restoration, biological treatment, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.The city will also improve its service sector and cultivate more talent to

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