New campus for IPM Seniors Academy set to provide 520 places

The new Chun Su Mei Campus – located near Taipa Village – of the Seniors Academy of the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) will provide a total of 520 places, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday.Chun Su Mei is an area name, indicating the past existence of pine trees there.Tam made the remarks in a speech during his visit to the site of the 1,800 square metres campus-to-be. He was welcomed by IPM President Marcus Im Sio Kei, along with dozens of

October 17, 2018 | BY admin

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300 greyhounds have dental disease: IACM

About 300 greyhounds at the old Canidrome have periodontitis, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee President Jose Tavares said yesterday, suggesting that the dogs get treatment for their disease outside of Macau.Tavares made the remarks when responding to a member of IACM’s Consultative Committee during their regular meeting at the bureau’s head office.The bureau took over the Canidrome in Fai Chi Kei when the government ordered two years ago it be closed for

October 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt expects new radio taxi operator to start service in Q3 next year

The government said yesterday that it expects the successful bidder for the licence of another 200 special radio taxis to start running its first 100 vehicles in the third quarter of next year.Chang Cheong Hin, acting chief of the Traffic Management Department of the Transport Bureau (DSAT), made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting in which DSAT officials unsealed bids submitted by five firms for a company licence to operate another 200 special radio taxis. The

October 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Friendship Bridge hit by tailbacks in both directions

Two traffic accidents within half an hour of each other on Friendship Bridge yesterday morning caused traffic tailbacks in both directions.In the first accident, five cars going towards the peninsula piled into each other on the bridge at around 8 a.m. yesterday. Four local residents aged between 33 and 55 suffered minor injuries and were transferred to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for treatment, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Meanwhile, the other crash involved a coach, a taxi,

October 17, 2018 | BY admin

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2-year overstayer checked into same hotel over 40 times: police

A mainlander who overstayed in Macau for two years managed to check into the same hotel in Cotai more than 40 times, PSP spokeswoman Chong Sin I said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chong, the overstayer is a 30-year-old man from Hunan province surnamed Peng, who claimed to be unemployed.Chong said that early on Monday morning, PSP officers inspected a local bar. During the inspection, officers discovered Peng had overstayed in Macau for two years, so Peng was taken to

October 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Vietnamese worked as bogus dentist in Macau: police

A male domestic helper in his forties from Vietnam has been found providing unlicensed dental services in a residential unit in Iao Hon district, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong said that 30 Vietnamese had received dental treatment from the suspect, surnamed Nguyen, during a period of over two months. The suspect also worked as a bogus dental surgeon in his home country before coming to Macau to work as a domestic

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt receives 5 bids for 200 ‘green’ radio taxis

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) received five bids for a company licence to operate another 200 special radio taxis up to yesterday – the deadline for the submission of bids, according to a report by the Chinese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM.DSAT officials will unseal and screen the bids at the Transport Bureau Building today.The bureau launched a public tender on August 15 for a company licence to operate up to 200 special radio taxis.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Nightclub managers force Kazakhstani into prostitution: police

Two nightclub managers have been arrested for forcing a Kazakhstani into prostitution, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokeswoman identified the suspects as a 34-year-old local woman surnamed Lei, an assistant manager, and a male manager surnamed Wong, both working at a hotel nightclub in Zape. She noted that the victim is a 22-year-old woman from Kazakhstan who has worked as a dancer in the nightclub for six months.Wong’s

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police to handle financial intelligence from today

The Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) will be overseen by the government’s public security portfolio from today, according to an executive order signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On that was published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday. According to the order, the office’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing tasks will remain unchanged. The office had been part of the government’s economy and finance portfolio since its setting-up in July 2006. PLEASE

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Student association sets up sex crime concern group

The General Association of Chinese Students of Macau announced yesterday that it has set up a sex crime concern group, urging the government to toughen punishment for such crimes.The announcement was made during a press conference hosted by the association’s president.Last week, the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 78-year-old local man for allegedly molesting two girls aged eight and nine during a music class. According to the girls’ statements, the suspect had asked them to sit on his lap

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Body found near Kun Iam Statue – man drowns in Barra: police

A man’s body was found lying on the beach near the Kun Iam Statue in Nape and a man drowned in the Inner Harbour near the bus terminal in Barra, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in separate statements yesterday.The first statement said at 7:15 a.m. yesterday, a security guard working at the Kun Iam Statue called the authorities after seeing a body lying on the waterfront there. Customs officers and firemen arrived at the scene to retrieve the body.According to the statement, the man passed away

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Eatery near Horta da Mitra market gutted by fire

A fire gutted a restaurant outside the Horta da Mitra Municipal Market in the early hours of yesterday, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).The fire erupted at around 6:30 a.m. at the well-known Tai Heng Noodle Shop – located at the junction of Rua de Horta e Costa and Rua da Colina. The eatery is in a two-storey house at the junction. The fire broke out on the first floor.Alerted by a call, firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze within an hour.Firemen stand in

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Nobel laureate Diamond visits UM, gives talk on ‘good pension design’

Peter Arthur Diamond, a US economist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2010, visited the University of Macau (UM) and delivered a talk titled ‘Good Pension Design’ last week, according to a statement released by the public university yesterday. Friday’s event attracted a full-house, including UM faculty members, students, and guests.Diamond, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, discussed the purpose of a pension system, its key

October 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police discover Macau’s first capsule hotel

The Public Security Police (PSP) have discovered Macau’s capsule hotel in Zape, believed by the police to be the first of its kind locally, and have caught two women allegedly involved in the operation of the illegal accommodation business, the Public Security Police said on Friday.The police said in a statement said that they received a tip-off on Thursday that a residential flat in Rua de Pequim was suspected of being run as an illegal inn. Later that day, police officers went to the flat

October 15, 2018 | BY admin

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