Sino-Vatican deal won’t affect local diocese under Basic Law: bishop

Local Roman Catholic Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-Sang said yesterday that no matter what the details of the recently signed provisional Sino-Vatican agreement are, it wouldn’t affect the Macau diocese under the “One Country, Two Systems” principle guaranteed by the Macau Basic Law.Lee made the remarks in an interview with The Macau Post Daily at the Bishop’s House in the city centre.In an English-language statement published on the diocese’s website yesterday, Lee writes, “I am pleased

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt launches organ donation website

The Health Bureau (SSM) launched an organ donation website yesterday, aiming to provide a convenient way for the public to register as organ donors.During a ceremony at the bureau, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in a speech that organ donation not only saves lives, but also helps the families of those who received donated organs. Tam expressed the view that organ donation is an indicator of the harmony and progress of civil society.Tam signed up as an organ

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam says not him to decide on greyhounds near old-age home

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that it was not for him to make the final decision on how to solve the controversial issue of housing about 500 greyhounds right next to a retirement home in Coloane, after telling reporters on Monday that he would talk with other policy secretaries to look into relocating the dogs to another location.Tam made the remarks when speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at the public Conde de Sao Januario

September 28, 2018 | BY admin

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New FM commissioner ‘delighted’ with Macau’s int’l prestige

Newly appointed Foreign Ministry Commissioner Shen Beili said yesterday her office was “sincerely delighted” with Macau’s “growing external engagement and international prestige.” Shen, who heads the ministry’s local office, gave the praise in a speech during a welcome reception marking her recent posting to Macau. Shen arrived in Macau on September 14, when she succeeded Ye Dabo in a routine change at the helm of the commission. Shen paid a courtesy call on Chief Executive Fernando

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Overseas visitors rise in August

The number of visitors from the US, Australia, Canada and other countries overseas rose year on year last month, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) this week. US visitors rose 15.1 percent to 13,700, visitors from Australia grew 18.1 percent to 5,400 and those from Canada increased 11 percent to 5,400. UK visitors rose 6.4 percent to 4,600. Those from France increased 1.9 percent to 3,300. South Korean visitors fell 12.6 percent to 66,100. Those from

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe fire in residential building

The Judiciary Police (PJ) are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred in a residential building in Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga yesterday afternoon.The Fire Services Bureau (CB) said that it received a report at around 4 p.m. yesterday that a fire had broken out in a flat on the 5th floor of Pou Lai On Building.Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze. No one was injured in the incident while the firemen evacuated a man and two women, a CB spokesman said.Firefighters

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Imported workers rise 4.6 pct 185,066

Macau’s number of non-resident workers (NRWs) rose 4.6 percent year on year to 185,066 at the end of August, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) announced this week. Workers imported from the mainland (115,724), Hong Kong (4,817) and Taiwan (1,425) accounted for two-thirds of the total number. A total of 30,746 workers imported from the Philippines worked in Macau at the end of last month. The number of workers imported from Vietnam stood at 15,079. Indonesian and Nepalese workers amounted

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Cryptomining suspect released on bail

Local businessman Frederico dos Santos Rosario, who was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Monday and later that day transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for further questioning, has been released on bail, according to government-owned broadcaster TDM.The 34-year-old suspect was arrested over a cryptomining scam involving at least 71 local victims who lost a total of HK$20 million, according to a TDM report earlier this week.The police have taken statement from 46 of the

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Police catch Mid-Autumn Festival robber

The police caught a robber red-handed outside a Cotai resort-hotel on Monday – the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a 25-year-old male mainlander surnamed Zhang, who claimed to be unemployed. The victim is a male mainlander in his 50s, who was visiting Macau with his wife and daughter.Leng said that on Monday evening, while the victim was

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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UM forecasts 8.3 pct GDP growth for this year

The University of Macau (UM) forecast yesterday that Macau’s economy will grow 8.3 percent this year and 7.1 percent next year.The forecast was jointly announced by the public university’s Department of Economics and UM Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) during a press conference on the university’s campus on Hengqin Island.Yesterday’s press conference was co-hosted by Kwan Fung, assistant professor of the Department of Economics, Legislator Agnes Lam Iok Fong, director of the Centre for

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt consults public on phone tapping bill

The government yesterday launched a 45-day public consultation on the drafting of a bill regulating the tapping of telephones during police investigations into criminal cases.The bill aims to allow the police to tackle ever more sophisticated crimes due to the constant development of telecommunications technology while ensuring higher protection of citizens’ privacy rights.A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday at the S. Francisco Barracks. The public consultation

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to ‘test’ impact of greyhound centre next to old-age home

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sónia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the government would start an evaluation process for the noise and hygiene once some of the 530 greyhounds move into an “adoption centre” controversially set up just a few metres away from a retirement home in Coloane.Chan made the remarks after attending a welcome reception in honour of Foreign Ministry Commissioner Shen Beili at Macau Tower.Chan told reporters that the government would evaluate the noise,

September 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Local man nabbed for over 14 million patacas cryptomining scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man yesterday over a cryptocurrency investment scam, in which 71 locals have lost a total of 14.2 million patacas, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a 34-year-old businessman surnamed Rosario.Government-owned broadcaster TDM identified the suspect as Frederico dos Santos Rosario, citing the Judiciary Police.PJ officers escort the cryptomining suspect to a

September 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for dropping lit cigarette end at old Catholic Centre

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Saturday for dropping a lit cigarette end on the ground floor of the long-abandoned Catholic Centre building in the city centre earlier this month, which resulted in a fire there, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The Catholic Centre, located at the junction of Rua do Campo, Rua Formosa and Avenida da Praia Grande, has been vacant for over two decades.Leng identified the suspect as a

September 25, 2018 | BY admin

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