Govt wants longer hours for public use of UM sports facilities

Macau Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said yesterday he hoped the University of Macau (UM) will extend the number of hours that members of the general public can use its sports facilities.Pun made the remarks to the media on the sidelines of a closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Sports Council at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai. During the meeting, senior officials of the Sports Bureau including Pun explained the use of the public university’s sports

July 20, 2016 | BY admin

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Family reunion leader’s trial hears conflicting views on ‘assembly’

Macau Family Reunion Federation President Lei Iok Lan’s trial regarding allegations of aggravated disobedience and unlawful assembly continued in the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday morning. Both the prosecutor and the defendant’s lawyer focused on the definition of “lawful assembly.”The trial concerns a scuffle outside the Legislative Assembly (AL) in August last year with over 100 mostly elderly members of the federation being refused entry to the legislature for a Q&A

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Caritas Macau to hold first-ever charity run at UM

Caritas Macau will launch its first-ever “Caritas Macau Run” to raise funds to improve its rehabilitation services. Caritas Macau’s Secretary General Paul Pun Chi Meng said during yesterday’s press conference at Sao Joao de Brito School about the event he hoped local runners would join the charity run to foster social integration between able-bodied and disabled persons. According to the press conference, the run will take place on September 25, and 1,200 participants are

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Liaison office has new chief

The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau said in a statement last night that the State Council has appointed Wang Zhimin as director of the Liaison Office, replacing Li Gang as the central government’s top official posted to Macau. According to the statement, Wang, aged 59, was born in Fujian’s Xianyou county. He graduated from Fujian Normal University’s Faculty of Economics and Law. Wang holds a doctorate in economics.The statement pointed out that Wang was a

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Police nab 3 for cheating bank out of HK$20 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of a man and two women for an alleged scam in which they worked together with a fugitive male suspect to deceive a local bank into lending them HK$20 million for their business in the mainland.A PJ spokesperson said at a regular press briefing yesterday that the bank reported the case to the police last November.The spokesperson identified the three suspects as a 40-year-old man surnamed Pun, a 41-year-old woman surnamed Wu and a

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Macau Archives hosting postcard exhibition

An exhibition shows a selection of over 260 postcards from Macau and eight Portuguese-speaking countries and regions, aiming to show their characteristics and identity in the early 20th century.The exhibition, titled “Memories of a Moment”, is being held by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) at the Macau Archives to celebrate both China Cultural Heritage Day and International Archives Day. The exhibition hall is located in Praça do Tap Seac According to the exhibition text, “the

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Police probe 56-million-pataca investment scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday they are investigating a suspected fraud case involving a local investment company and at least 53 victims who lost a total of 56.54 million patacas. PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai announced the city’s latest scam at a regular press briefing. Choi said that the 53 people – 48 local residents and five mainlanders – had begun reporting the case to the police last Thursday. Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai speaks during

July 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt won’t consider adjusting bus lane operation time: official

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Vice Director Chiang Ngoc Vai said yesterday his bureau won’t consider adjusting the operating time of the special public bus lane connecting Barra and Lam Mau Tong.Chiang spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the “Event Title Sponsorship Agreement Signing Ceremony” for the 63rd Macau Grand Prix, at Macau Tower.The special public bus lane connecting Barra and Lam Mau Tong in Fai Chi Kei came into daily operation on July 1.Transport Bureau (DSAT) Vice Director

July 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Cabbie nabbed for blackmailing passenger

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a taxi driver on Saturday for allegedly demanding HK$1,500 from a passenger from the mainland after he left his mobile phone in the cab.A PSP spokesperson said in a regular press briefing yesterday that the 40-year-old male passenger had hailed the taxi driven by the suspect, surnamed Fong, in Zape to go to a hotel in Cotai on Saturday night. Soon after the passenger, surnamed Zhong, got out of the taxi, he found he had left his mobile phone

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Family reunion leader rejects disobedience claims

Macau Family Reunion Federation President Lei Iok Lan, 64, rejects all allegations of aggravated disobedience and unlawful assembly in the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday. The issue at hand is concerned with a scuffle outside the Legislative Assembly (AL) in August last year with over 100 mostly elderly members of the federation being refused entry to the legislature for the tri-annual Q&A session with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On. The federation was founded in

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Activists protest int’l court ruling on S China Sea

Political activists including Lee Kin Yun yesterday submitted a petition to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office to express their anger at last week’s ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the South China Sea.The activists handed their petition to a staff member of the office in Nape, addressed to Lu Chang-shui who heads the office.The activists say in their petition that the South China Sea has been always been an integral part of China, urging the Taiwan authorities to

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Grand Prix to cost 200 million – again

The budget for the Macau Grand Prix this year is around 200 million patacas, around the same as last year, Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said during a press conference at Macau Tower yesterday.Pun spoke to reporters about the 63rd Grand Prix after signing an agreement with Suncity Group to sponsor the event again this year. He said this year’s budget was the same as last year’s because the Sports Bureau was determined to keep its expenditure in check. The Macau Grand Prix

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Group urges govt to support medical service centres

The government should give more financial support to medical service centres run by social service associations, Cheong Cheng, a vice-president of the People’s Alliance for the Development of Macau (APIM), said yesterday Cheong, the doctor in charge of the two medical centres operated by the alliance, made the appeal on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the “Chinese-Western Medical Week” at the group’s headquarters in Areia Preta.  The alliance is holding the

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Residents happy to receive HOS keys after up to 20-year wait

Residents eligible to buy a home ownership scheme (HOS) flat in recently-built Cheng I Building in Ilha Verde were able to pick up their keys from the Housing Bureau (IH) yesterday.Some Cheng I flat owners said they were very happy to receive the keys to their new homes despite having been waiting for many years, with one even saying that they had been waiting for two decades.After receiving his front door key from IH staff members, an HOS owner surnamed Lai told reporters at the bureau that he

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