Xi opens HK-Zhuhai-Macau mega-bridge, praises ‘aspiration to be the world’s best’

ZHUHAI – President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge at a launch ceremony in Zhuhai yesterday morning, the world’s longest sea bridge.On behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), expressed sincere thanks and warm greetings to those who participated in the design, building, and management of the mega-bridge.Han Zheng, vice

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Mongolian woman caught pickpocketing in mall

The Public Security Police (PSP) have caught a Mongolian woman pickpocketing a wallet at the Venetian in Cotai, PSP spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said during a regular press conference yesterday.Fong said that the police last month received a report of a pickpocketing case that took place at the Venetian. During the investigation, the police checked CCTV footage and discovered that there were two female suspects.Recently, PSP officers patrolling at the Venetian spotted two women acting

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe schoolgirl video assault case

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday contacted a schoolgirl of the Luso-Chinese Vocational and Technical School who appeared to be being assaulted by another schoolgirl, according to a video circulating online.In the video, a young girl was slapped across the face and kicked to the ground by another girl in an unidentified alley, with both of them wearing the uniform of the Luso-Chinese Vocational and Technical School. In the video, someone was heard yelling off camera during the assault that

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Naked woman wanders near Barrier Gate: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) caught a naked woman wandering in the Barrier Gate area yesterday, a PSP statement said.According to the statement, the woman is a non-resident worker from Vietnam in her fifties.At around 8 a.m. yesterday, PSP officers patrolling Praça das Portas do Cerco spotted the woman with no clothes on, the statement said. The police deployed female officers to the scene to assist, and paramedics of the Fire Services Bureau (CB) transferred her to public Conde de S.

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt plans to rebuild Red Market

The government plans to reconstruct the heritage-listed Red Market, with the height to remain unchanged and its outer walls intact, according to the proposed legal development conditions for the plot on which the wet market is situated, which were published by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday.The Red Market, officially known as Almirante Lacerda Municipal Market, is located on the corner of Avenida de Horta e Costa and Avenida do Almirante Lacerda.The Lands,

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposes cleaners & doormen’s minimum wage hike

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday that the government is proposing that the statutory minimum wage for cleaners and doormen employed by the property management sector be raised to 32 patacas per hour from the current amount of 30 patacas an hour.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a regular closed-door meeting of the Standing Council on Social Concerted Action at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) in Nape.According to the council’s

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau will benefit from delta bridge opening: MGTO chief

Macau’s top tourism official said yesterday she was convinced that the city would benefit from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), which was officially opened by President Xi Jinping in Zhuhai yesterday. The world’s longest sea bridge will open to traffic this morning. Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Helena de Senna Fernandes made the remark on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 7th Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) Macau 2018 at MGM COTAI. MGTO

October 24, 2018 | BY admin

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Late liaison chief worked very hard: Chui

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that he was very saddened by the death of Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong who had worked very hard.Chui made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Federal Restaurant in Zape on the sidelines of a National Day banquet hosted by the Macau Media Workers Association (known in Cantonese as Kei Hip).The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HMO) of the State Council in Beijing announced in a brief

October 23, 2018 | BY admin

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7 kids from Hou Kong school struck down with flu

Seven eight-year-old children from Hou Kong Middle School’s primary section have been struck with the flu, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the five boys and two girls are aged 8. Each of them suffered symptoms of acute upper respiratory tract infection such as fever, cough and sore throat on Saturday.The statement said that most of them had seen a doctor and none of them needed to be hospitalised. Five of the children tested positive for the

October 23, 2018 | BY admin

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2 public bus routes to begin 2 hours before delta bridge opens

Two local public bus routes travelling between the Macau border checkpoint on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) and the peninsula (101X), and between the checkpoint and Taipa (102X), will start at 7 a.m. tomorrow, two hours before the commencement of the operation of the delta bridge at 9 a.m., according to a statement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday.Route 101X, run by public bus operator TCM, will be in service 24/7, while route 102X, operated by public bus operator Transmac,

October 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Worker nabbed with fake Macau ID

The Public Security Police (PSP) have caught a mainlander using a fake Macau ID to work in the city, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a press conference in Zape yesterday.Wong said that last Friday at around 5 p.m. the police received a report from the security department of a hotel in Zape that some people might be using fake Macau ID cards.According to Wong, a contactor went to the hotel with five male workers to do some renovation work. When a security staff member checked the IDs of the

October 23, 2018 | BY admin

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UM students win gold prize at digital economy innovation contest

A student team from the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) won a gold prize this month at a digital economy innovation and entrepreneurship competition for university students from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, according to an UM statement yesterday. The Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Digital Economy Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2018 was hosted by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) on October 13. The competition

October 23, 2018 | BY admin

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No foul play in liaison chief’s death: PJ

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday there was no sign of foul play in the death of Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong, but declined to elaborate on why his death was “unsuspicious”.PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam made the announcement during a regular press conference in Zape.Ho said that the Judiciary Police were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) on Saturday evening of a case in which a man was suspected of having fallen from a height at

October 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Liaison chief falls to his death ‘due to depression’

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Zheng Xiaosong fell to his death “due to depression”, aged 59, from the building where he lived, on Saturday evening, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HMO) of the State Council in Beijing announced in a terse statement on its website at 10 a.m. yesterday.The liaison office shortly afterwards posted the HMO statement on its website.The news of Zheng’s death shocked political figures and civic leaders yesterday. Many

October 22, 2018 | BY admin

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