Mainlander runs away from PSP patrol: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a male mainlander on Monday after he refused to follow PSP officers’ orders and even injured one of them in Cotai, PSP spokeswoman Chong Sin I said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.According to Chong, the suspect, surnamed Lai, is a 50-year-old from Jiangxi province engaged in illicit currency exchange activities in local casinos.Chong said that on Monday evening two PSP officers patrolling near Avenida Cidade Nova in Cotai spotted

August 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill on elderly rights

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the framework for the protection of senior citizens’ rights, which aims to create a more senior citizen-friendly society.The bill, passed during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle, is slated to come into effect 90 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).The new Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly aims to promote the virtue of respecting the

August 8, 2018 | BY admin

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Police arrest robber with help of CCTV cameras

A male illegal immigrant from the mainland was arrested on Sunday for robbing a local woman and then attacking a male Nepalese – a passer-by – who chased after the robber earlier that day, the Public Security Police (PSP) and Judiciary Police (PJ) jointly announced during a special press conference yesterday.PSP officers caught the suspect two hours after the robbery thanks to the police forces’ closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in the area where the robbery occurred and

August 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Telecom shop scams customers by giving wrong phones: police

The owner and a staff member of a telecom shop in Zape have been arrested for scamming customers by not giving them the phones they thought they had purchased, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the two suspects as a 40-year-old local woman surnamed Wu, who is the owner of the shop, and a 29-year-old local man surnamed Ip, who is an employee of the shop. Lei said that one of the victims is a man from the mainland in his

August 7, 2018 | BY admin

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No timetable for Land Law changes: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday the government was studying the various issues possibly resulting from the implementation of the current Land Law that took effect several years ago.However, Chan was quick to add that there was no timetable for the government to propose amendments to the Land Law.The Land Law – as any other law – can only be changed by the Legislative Assembly (AL).Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan speaks

August 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Local man nabbed for burgling girlfriend’s home

Three local men, including the victim’s boyfriend, were arrested last week for entering a flat by deception and stealing valuables worth over 20,000 patacas in Praia do Manduco (Ha Van) district last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Lei, the suspects are a 28-year-old surnamed Lai and a 22-year-old surnamed Lei, who are both unemployed. The other suspect is surnamed Tang. Lei did

August 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Wynn Resorts settles with Elaine Wynn, gets new VP

LAS VEGAS – Wynn Resorts elected former Harrah’s CEO Phil Satre to the position of vice chairman of the board after reaching a settlement with its largest shareholder, Elaine Wynn.Satre will take over as chairman of the Las Vegas-based casino operator following the retirement later this year of D. Boone Wayson, Wynn Resorts said in a statement yesterday. Under the agreement with Elaine Wynn, who owns just under 9 percent of the stock, she won’t significantly increase her stake, nominate

August 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Gaming mogul Okada arrested, released on bail in HK

TOKYO – Controversial Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada was arrested in Hong Kong over alleged and unspecified “corruption-related” offences, his former company in Tokyo said yesterday.Universal Entertainment Corporation said the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) had arrested Okada and released him on bail earlier in the day.Contacted by AFP, the ICAC was not able to confirm the information immediately, citing a policy of not commenting on individual

August 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposes bill ‘localising’ national anthem law

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng has announced that the government has finished drafting local legislation for the country’s National Anthem Law to be applied in Macau, following its inclusion in Annex 3 of the Macau Basic Law as one of the national laws to be applied in the special administrative region.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has completed its discussion of the bill

August 6, 2018 | BY admin

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IPM to sue ex-staff over ‘inauthentic allegations’

The public Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) announced on Friday that it plans to sue David Quartermain, a former deputy director of the tertiary education institution’s MPI-Bell Centre of English, over his “exaggerating and inauthentic allegations”The institute made the announcement during a press conference at on its Zape campus. The conference was attended by several IPM officials including retiring IPM President Lei Heong Iok and MPI-Bell Centre of English Director Lin Ziyu.The press

August 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 5 cabbies involved in brawl

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested five local men in relation to a brawl amongst a group of taxi drivers which took place outside a resort hotel in Cotai last Wednesday.PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced details of the case during a special press conference on Friday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.Last week, footage circulating online showing more than 10 taxi drivers brawling beside several black taxis in Avenida Cidade Nova went viral. In the video clips, some of the cabbies were

August 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt proposes adding municipal body members to CE election committee

The Executive Council has announced that the government has drafted a bill to amend the Chief Executive Election Law, which proposes that two members of the Chief Executive Election Committee will come from the city’s future municipal organisation.The government is proposing the chief executive election law amendment bill, after the Legislative Assembly (AL) last month passed a government-initiated bill on the establishment of a non-political municipal organisation in Macau. The new law was

August 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Frenchman burgles beauty salon twice: police

A Frenchman burgled a beauty salon in the city centre twice in four days at the end of last month due to gambling losses, leading to a total loss of valuables worth around 30,000 patacas, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference on Friday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to the spokesperson, the suspect surnamed Sellu is a French national aged 38. He entered Macau at the beginning of June.At 8:45 p.m. on July 23, the spokesperson said, a female

August 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Mothers breastfeed in park to promote cause

Yolanda Leong Sok Man, president of the Macau Breastfeeding Association, said yesterday in Flora Garden that her group “wants to let the public know the legitimacy of breastfeeding and that mothers breastfeeding in public areas should not be driven away.”Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a breastfeeding promotion activity held by the association in the public park.It is currently “World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2018” and the theme this year is “Breastfeeding: Foundation of

August 6, 2018 | BY admin

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