Union to give civil service recruitment ‘tips’

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions will hold a nine-day exhibition which will include photos showing the work done by different sectors in Macau and information boards on “tips” about the city’s civil service recruitment, Un Oi Mou, the co-ordinator of the event, said yesterday.The federation is commonly known as Gung Luen.Addressing a press conference about the event at the Beautiful World Restaurant, Un, who heads the federation’s Sports Committee, said that the exhibition will be

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Police nab Mongolian serial shoplifting couple

Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I announced yesterday the arrest of a serial shoplifter from Mongolia.According to Chong, the 24-year-old female suspect surnamed Enkhbat was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing from at least 12 shops in the city centre.Chong said the suspect was arrested at the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Tuesday as she was about to leave the city.Please read the full article in our print edition.

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Man threatens to jump from building

A man threatened to jump from the 9th-floor corridor balcony of Julieta Nobre da Carvalho Building, Block C, in Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, yesterday. The man, a 26-year-old mainlander surnamed Zhang, appeared there at about 8 a.m. yesterday, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman told The Macau Post Daily by phone, adding that the police found the man’s passport “somewhere near the building”. A middle-aged female resident, who was in the crowd watching Zhang, told The Macau

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Crown cuts stake in MCE for HK$6.2 billion

Australian mogul James Packer’s Crown Resorts has reduced its stake in Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE) from 34.3 percent to 27.4 percent for HK$6.2 billion, Hong Kong-based Melco International Development (Melco) announced last night. According to the deal, MCE has agreed to repurchase 155 million shares from a Crown Resorts subsidiary called Crown Asia Investments (CAI). After the repurchase agreement, Melco’s stake will rise to 37.9 percent from 34.3 percent. Melco Crown

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Deal reached on rent arbitration centre: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-banker Cheang Chi Keong said yesterday that his standing committee had reached an agreement on the setting-up of an arbitration centre which would allow a speedier option for solving rent disputes than going to court.The proposed arbitration mechanism is part of a rent control bill initiated by nine of the legislature’s 33 lawmakers. The legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee yesterday held a closed-door meeting with government officials and some of the lawmakers who

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Govt vows guidelines for barrier-free environment

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Celeste Vong Yim Mui says that the government will come up with guidelines for barrier-free designs for public and government-subsidised construction projects.Vong makes the pledge in a reply to a written interpellation submitted by lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I. Copies of the reply were sent to the media yesterday.Lei asked the government in her interpellation what it would do to give the city’s disabled people a barrier-free environment,

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3 family members hospitalised with CO poisoning

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that three members of a local family – two men and a woman aged 17 to 53 living in a building in Areia Preta – would remain in the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre overnight suffering from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.The SSM statement said that the three were in a stable condition after medical treatment but needed to stay in hospital under observation.According to the statement, the accident took place early yesterday

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ANIMA calls for TV debate on dog racetrack’s fate

The Macau Society for the Protection of Animals (ANIMA) yesterday challenged representatives of Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. to take part in a TV debate on the future of the greyhound racetrack in Fai Chi Kei.Addressing a press conference held at ANIMA’s office in Nam Van, Albano Martins, who heads the group, said he and his fellow activists weren’t afraid of having a TV debate with the operator, adding that the company’s bosses should tell the public the reasons why they think that

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Seac Pai Van health centre is too small: civic leader

The Health Bureau’s (SSM) Seac Pai Van provisional health centre is “too small” and is not able to meet the growing demand for healthcare in the neighbourhood, Sin Chi Young, a vice-convener of the government-appointed Islands Community Services Consultative Committee, said yesterday. Sin, who heads the Macau Elderly Sports General Association, made the remarks when addressing a committee meeting with government officials in a community centre run by the Civic and Municipal Affairs

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Police call for witnesses to near-fatal traffic accident

The Public Security Police (PSP) are calling for witnesses to contact them about a near-fatal traffic accident in Areia Preta on Saturday, a PSP spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a press briefing, the spokesperson said an 8-year-old boy was hit by a car on a pelican crossing in Rua 1 de Maio.The spokesperson said the victim suffered a brain haemorrhage from the accident, and was still undergoing hospital treatment at the time of the press briefing.Please read the full article in our

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Police urge residents to set better passwords

Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I yesterday advised residents to set better passwords, an example being not to include it in their public social media name.Chong gave the advice during a press briefing where she announced the case of a 32-year-old unemployed local woman, who in April was able to steal from a victim’s hotel safe and bank account by using the numbers he used for his social media name.According to Chong, the suspect was arrested on Monday in Praceta 24 de

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Police should learn from checkpoints computer glitch: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in a statement released by his office yesterday that the security forces should learn from Saturday’s computer glitch at the city’s border checkpoints, pledging to improve their ability to co-ordinate preparation for, and response to emergencies.Automated passenger clearance systems – also known as e-channels – at the checkpoints did not work properly between 5:18 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. that day due to a computer malfunction, according to a Public

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HK cop flees to Macau with HK$1 million: reports

According to Hong Kong Chinese-language news media reports on Monday, a Hong Kong police sergeant who stole HK$1.07 million in bail money from a report room at a police station in Wan Chai has absconded to Macau.Speaking to reporters during a press briefing yesterday, both Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai and Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Chong Sin I said they did not have any further information about the case. They added that their Hong Kong counterparts had not filed

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Committee ‘basically finishes’ review of asset-freeze bill: lawmaker

The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee “has basically finished” its review of a government-drafted bill on the freezing of assets allegedly related to terrorism, lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang, who chairs the committee, said yesterday.Kwan, a vice chairwoman of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, briefed the media on yesterday’s closed-door committee meeting about the bill afterwards.Kwan said she hoped the bill can become law by the end of the current legislative session,

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