MSAR passports granted visa-free entry to Myanmar

Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport holders have been granted visa-free access to Myanmar, the Identification Service Bureau said in a statement yesterday.MSAR passport holders can now enter Myanmar for tourism purposes through Yangon International Airport, Mandalay International Airport, Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, Yangon international seaport, Myanmar-Thailand land border checkpoints and Myanmar-India land border checkpoints for a maximum stay of 30 days, the bureau

October 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Indonesian couple nabbed for loansharking & robbing compatriot

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a man and a woman from Indonesia for loan sharking and robbing a female compatriot, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Lai, the suspects are a 38-year-old man who is a waiter at a local sauna, and a 35-year-old female nightclub manager. Lai didn’t reveal the surnames of the two suspects, but noted that they are boyfriend and girlfriend. The victim is a 38-year-old who

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Govt finds ‘fake classes’ amongst violations in continuing education subsidy

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) began its third round of continuing education development plans in April last year and has since found about 20 cases of violations involving scams, forged documents and fake classes, the bureau’s Continuing Education Division Chief Wong Chi Iong said yesterday.Wong made the comments while speaking to reporters after giving a press conference on its upcoming Lifelong Learning Week at the bureau’s main office in the city centre.According to Wong,

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Man punches wife during quarrel, burns her calf with lit cigarette: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man yesterday for punching his wife and also burning her on the calf with a lit cigarette, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Lai identified the suspect as a 49-year-old surnamed Iau, who works as a coach driver, and the victim as his 35-year-old local wife. According to Lai, the two got married six years ago, have a 4-year-old daughter and live with Iau’s 17-year-old son in a flat

October 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Sisters molested by music teacher: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 78-year-old local man for molesting two girls during a music class, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a music teacher surnamed Chan, who has been teaching music and painting courses on the peninsula since 2015. The victims are two sisters aged eight and nine who started to attend Chan’s course in April.The two girls said that Chan had asked them to sit on his lap when there were

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Anima chief says possible litigation won’t stop greyhound adoptions

The around 500 greyhounds remaining in their original Canidrome kennels can still be adopted, irrespective of possible legal action by the government against Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd., Anima President Albano Martins said yesterday.Martins made the remarks on his Facebook page, adding the arrangement was based on a new deal reached between the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and Yat Yuen.Martins, the animal protection group’s prime mover, tendered his resignation on Monday.

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Lawmaker refuses to apologise over phone tapping doubts

Directly-elected non-establishment lawmaker Au Kam San has said that he refuses to apologise to the Judiciary Police (PJ) for his remarks last month in which he wondered whether the police had illegally carried out phone tapping, adding that the request made by the police last week was “ridiculous”.Au also said that the police’s possible launch of a criminal procedure against any lawmaker over his or her remarks expressing concern about the police’s possible illegality in carrying out

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2,309 eateries generate 11.2 billion patacas in 2017

Macau’s 2,309 eateries generated 11.2 billion patacas in receipts last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Based on Macau’s total land area of 30.8 square kilometres, there were nearly 75 eateries per square kilometre last year. The bureau’s definition of eateries comprises restaurants, “eating and drinking places” and cooked-food stalls.Guests relax at a restaurant with outdoor seating in the city centre yesterday.Photo: Maria Cheang Ut

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Govt should send checkpoint closure info to phones during typhoon: councillor

Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Jiang Xuchun said yesterday that the government should send details about the temporary closure of the city’s border checkpoints during a typhoon to everyone’s mobile phone.Jiang made the remarks during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council at the Islands District Public Services Centre in Taipa.During Super Typhoon Mangkhut’s onslaught last month, the city’s three land border checkpoints with Zhuhai – the

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29 of 33 lawmakers visit Beijing & Tianjin

A total of 29 members of the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) went to Beijing yesterday for a four-day visit to the national capital and the nearby municipality of Tianjin, with the aim of better understanding the ongoing social and economic development of the mainland, at the invitation of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.Four legislators of the 33-member legislature did not go on the trip, having requested leave of absence. The four lawmakers are directly-elected

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Macau becoming ‘preferred destination’: Pansy Ho

Macau has developed itself with the “right infrastructure” and is becoming a “preferred destination” for visitors, Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) Secretary-General and Vice Chairwoman Pansy Ho Chiu King said during a GTEF press conference at MGM Cotai yesterday.Ho, group executive chairperson of Shun Tak Holdings and co-chairperson of MGM China Holdings, made the comments when she was asked by a reporter how Macau could provide quality tourism as local streets are overcrowded and

October 9, 2018 | BY admin

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EU & Guangdong to be tourism forum’s partners

The European Union (EU) and Guangdong will be the partners of the upcoming Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) that will be one of the highlight activities of the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY 2018), GTEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Pansy Ho Chiu King said yesterday.While the 28-nation bloc will be the event’s partner region, Guangdong will be its featured partner province.Ho made the remarks during a press conference about the forum which has been held annually since 2012.PLEASE

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Over 4,100 fined for illegally smoking in Jan-Sept

Anti-smoking inspectors fined 4,131 people for illegally puffing away in the first nine months of the year, with the category of illegally smoking in casinos topping the list, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The new version of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Law, which took effect on January 1 this year, bans smoking within a 10-metre-area of all bus stops.The no-smoking area at bus stops is currently indicated by grey lines painted on the ground. The Health Bureau said

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Macau’s Golden Week run seen fading as mainland economy slows

Macau’s robust Golden Week holiday performance isn’t likely to continue with concerns over mainland China’s softening economy weighing down the gambling outlook in the world’s biggest gaming hub. Mainland Chinese tourist arrivals in Macau for the week-long holiday that ended on Sunday jumped 14 percent year on year to about 734,000, according to Macau government data. Betting volume from high rollers was up more than 10 percent in the first six days of the month over the same period

October 9, 2018 | BY admin

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