Ex-staff gets into shop with copied key: police

A former employee was arrested on Monday for breaking into his former workplace using a key he had had cut from the original, and stealing over 70,000 patacas in cash from the safe, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the owner of a stationary shop in the northern district told the police last Tuesday that someone had entered the shop after it had closed, jimmied open a safe and stole over 70,000 patacas from it.The

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Police nab local woman for property investment immigration scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a 59-year-old local woman on suspicion of swindling 38 mainlanders out of about HK$6.64 million between September 2009 and the middle of 2010 by telling them that she could help them move to Macau through property investments here. The crux of the matter is that the government scrapped the property investment immigration scheme in 2007.A PJ spokesperson announced details of the scam during a regular press briefing. This

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Teaching material deal ‘lawfully granted’: Chui

Group and govt refute doubts over contract Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On confirmed yesterday that the government has granted a 5.9 million pataca service contract to the Macau Association for Promotion of Science and Technology, which is headed by his cousin Jose Chui Sai Peng, for compiling general knowledge teaching materials for local primary schools, “according to the law and established procedures”  The chief executive made the remarks on the sidelines of the

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Group pledges to boost ‘economic prosperity’

The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society will continue to contribute to Macau’s “long-term stability” and “economic prosperity”, local businessman Ian Soi Kun, the group’s newly sworn-in president, said yesterday. The society held a swearing-in ceremony of the new board members at Fisherman’s Wharf, which was attended by a number of high-ranking guests including Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah, who is now a vice-chairman of the National

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We can only improve by trial and error: Chui

CE insists public housing is a govt’s priorityChief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that concerning the home ownership scheme (HOS) registration process, the government could only improve the system through trial and error.Chui made the remarks on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of the new board members of the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society at Fisherman’s Wharf.The government amended the HOS registration process last year, in the hope of speeding up the procedure,

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Union urges workers to improve competiveness

Macau Federation of Trade Unions Vice President Wong Kuai Leng said yesterday that the continuing downturn in the local economy was causing local employees to worry about their future, adding that they should improve their competiveness to meet the challenges lying ahead.Wong made the appeal on the sidelines of a recruitment day co-hosted by the federation and luxury travel retailer DFS at the union’s youth centre in Rua do Campo.The one-day recruitment event was attended by about 100

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Govt vows to have taxi rule changes drafted by end of month

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said yesterday the government was “striving to complete” drafting its proposed changes to the city’s taxi regulation by the end of this month.Lam made the remarks after attending a meeting with the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Follow-up Committee for Public Administration Affairs.Since the government plans to upgrade the taxi regulation to a fully-fledged law, it will have to be submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for debate and

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Police question boss for illegal removal of 20 trees

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday that they have questioned a 38-year-old local man who runs a gardening company on suspicion of the illegal removal of 20 roadside trees in Seac Pai Van in Coloane, worth about 300,000 patacas.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a regular press briefing.  According to the spokesperson, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) told the police last month that 20 roadside trees in Seac Pai Van next to a hotel construction site were removed.

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HK doctor drugs, tries raping male friend: police

A physician from Hong Kong was arrested on Sunday for trying to rape a male friend, who he had drugged, in a hotel in Cotai in December, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press briefing, the spokesperson said the victim, a 57-year-old Hong Kong man, and the suspect travelled to Macau with a few friends in early December.While they were partying at a karaoke, the spokesperson said the suspect handed four capsules to the victim, which he claimed was

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27 taxis protest for better regulation, fair policing

Only 27 taxis participated in a slow-drive protest, which lasted less than 20 minutes, from a road near the Barrier Gate checkpoint to the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday for a better regulation of taxis and fair policing. The protest was jointly organised by two cabbie groups –  the Taxi Drivers Rights Association and the Local Drivers Rights Association. The groups had expected 50 and 100 taxis would join the slow-drive. Speaking to reporters before the protest in Avenida

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Govt plans to revitalise shipyards in Coloane: tourism chief

The government has so far repossessed three shipyards in Coloane’s Lei Chi Vun Village that it plans to revitalise, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday. The tourism chief made the remarks on the sidelines of a promotion fair hosted by the People’s Government of Hainan Province at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai yesterday.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in January the government wanted to co-operate

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Hainan wants more co-operation with Macau: governor

Hainan and Macau have many different and complementary strengths, Liu Cigui, governor of the nation’s southernmost province, said yesterday, adding that the two sides should step up their co-operation in various spheres such as tourism.Liu made the remarks when addressing a promotion fair hosted by the People’s Government of Hainan Province at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai yesterday.“We attach great importance to Macau and are grateful for Macau businesspeople’s long-term contribution to

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Top court turns down ex-chief prosecutor’s appeal

Court appeals all sentences in Hotel Lisboa trialThe Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday denied an appeal submitted by former public prosecutor-general Ho Chio Meng to overturn the decision by the same court to remand him in custody.Ho was arrested for his alleged involvement in a graft case on February 26 when he was about to leave Macau.Ho was remanded in Macau Prison in Coloane by order of the Court of Final Appeal on February 27. The order by the city’s highest court was needed because

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Lawmaker urges govt to improve outsourcing transparency

Grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong has urged the government to improve its outsourcing procedures and put a mechanism in place allowing the legislature to analyse and discuss the outsourced services “that will cost the public coffers a great deal of money”.The lawmaker made the appeal in a written interpellation submitted to the legislature yesterday. Copies of the interpellation were sent to the media.Ng says in the interpellation that the Commission of Audit (CA) has pointed out

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