Local loses HK$1.2 million to ‘gun-wielding’ robbers: police

A 31-year-old local man was held up by a gang of robbers on Tuesday night and robbed of HK$1.2 million, and one of the robbers was allegedly wielding a gun, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press briefing, the spokesperson said that on Tuesday night, the victim received a call from a mainland man he had met at a casino a while ago, informing him that someone wanted to exchange yuan to HK dollars, asking him to take the cash to a room at a hotel in

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Scholar urges local youths to befriend mainlanders

Peking University Professor Chen Yuyu said yesterday that local youths have an advantage when it comes to the opportunities provided by the central government’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, adding that they should visit the mainland more often and befriend more mainlanders.Chen, a professor at the world-famous university’s Guanghua School of Management, made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar at the Macau Science Centre about the central governments ‘One Belt, One Road’

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Activists to ask residents to vote on Macau Foundation reform

The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) will ask residents to vote on how to reform the public Macau Foundation (FM), NMA Vice-President Jason Chao Teng Hei said yesterday, adding that his group was gathering the public’s views until July 30 on how the proposed poll should be conducted. Chao and four fellow NMA members held a press conference at the group’s office in Nam Van. He said the foundation did not process applications of subsidies in a transparent way and slammed the public

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Groups petition over lawmaker’s ‘non-local dealers’ proposal

Four local unions yesterday handed in petitions against a recent suggestion by indirectly-elected lawmaker Cheang Chi Keong that civil society should consider the possibility of setting up a ratio for non-locals to be hired as casino dealers (croupiers). The groups are the Macau Gaming Industry Frontline Workers (FMG), New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, People Power, and Workers’ Self-Help Union.Activists from the People Power group including its high-profile Vice-Chairman Cheong

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Lawmaker urges govt to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Lawmaker-cum-businessman Si Ka Lon urged the government in an interpellation yesterday to explain why it has given Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation Ltd. a 470 million pataca service contract for the light-rail transit (LRT) project.The government said in a notice published late last month in the Official Gazette (BO) that as the contract for the LRT management and technical support with the current service provider was about to end, the government had decided to sign a two-year contract with MTR

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Data Protection Law can regulate cloud services: govt

Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) Director Vasco Fong Man Chong said yesterday that the current Data Protection Law is capable of regulating cloud services.According to Wikipedia, cloud computing is a kind of Internet-based computing that provides shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as servers, storage, applications and services,

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Swiss-based artist explores body language

Guangzhou-born artist Sylvie Chen Xing, who lives in Switzerland, is holding an exhibition at the Rui Cunha Foundation gallery in Avenida da Praia Grande to show the public how she is using her body to communicate.The exhibition, titled “Name. Unnamed” in English, comprises exhibits of various artistic forms such as Chinese paintings, calligraphy, videos, photos, and installations. The exhibition’s Chinese name means “Body”.The gallery says in the exhibition text that the 36-year-old

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Anti-smoking bill delayed over discord: lawmaker

The legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee has delayed the submission to the government of its members’ proposed changes to an anti-smoking bill because of disagreements over the representation of lawmakers’ opinions to be contained in a memorandum on the issue. The committee, headed by lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, is reviewing the government-initiated amendment bill article-by-article. The bill will later undergo a final article-by-article vote in its second reading

June 15, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Lawmakers yesterday raised concerns over the supervision of the city’s private notaries if more lawyers will be able to acquire a private notary licence after a government-initiated bill regulating the profession becomes law, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said yesterday. Kwan made the remarks after a meeting of the committee to discuss the bill with government officials at the Legislative Assembly. The legislature last month passed the outline

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Election bill to be submitted to legislature before summer break: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday the government will submit its election amendment bill to the legislature before the summer recess starting in mid-August. The bill must be passed by the Legislative Assembly to become law. The policy secretary also said that under the current election system, the legislature’s direct and indirect elections in 2013 went smoothly, adding she saw “no urgent need” to change the indirect election

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St Augustine’s Church roof repairs to cost 1 million patacas: official

The three-month restoration of the partially collapsed roof of an outbuilding of St Augustine’s Church will cost about one million patacas, Leong Wai Man, who heads the Cultural Heritage Department of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), said yesterday.Several senior IC officials, including Leong, spoke to reporters during the bureau’s “Cultural Gathering” with the media at Dom Pedro V Theatre, which is opposite the UNESCO World Heritage-listed church.Asked by reporters who will pay the

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Guangdong says nuclear plant is safe: govt

The local government said in a statement last night its Guangdong counterpart had given assurances that the under-construction nuclear plant in Taishan city will be safe.The statement was published by the Office of the Government’s Spokesperson.Earlier this year, Hong Kong’s news media drew attention to alleged safety concerns over the nuclear plant in the city located 130 kilometres from Hong Kong, as it was claimed that despite concerns over design flaws in the reactors selected for the

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Police nab mainland drug dealer

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced the arrests of three men for taking drugs and another man for selling the drugs.A PJ spokesperson revealed details of the case during a regular press briefing. All of the suspects are from the mainland, Ho saidAccording to the spokesperson, a member of staff of a hotel in Taipa reported to the Judiciary Police on Monday afternoon that a quantity of drugs had been found in a room of the hotel. The room was occupied by a 33-year-old businessman

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Photos aim to inspire introspection on city life

Local photographer Lou Kam Ieng hopes to inspire visitors to his exhibition to rethink their urban lifestyle.The exhibition, organised by the Macau Foundation (FM), titled “Free Will” is being held at the Lou Lim Ieoc Garden gallery until Friday. It features numerous photos of Tibet.According to a statement from the organiser, Lou, who heads the Macau Multi Media Photographic Association, has always been in love with Yunnan and Tibet.Please read the full article in our print edition.

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