Central govt hands over local part of delta bridge to Macau

The State Council has authorised the official transfer of the Macau Border Checkpoint Administrative Zone of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to the Macau government in a ceremony held at midnight, the Macau Government Spokesperson Office (GPV) said in an early morning statement today.According to the statement, the handover ceremony was held at the Macau border checkpoint building on the Zhuhai-Macau artificial island.The statement said that the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Border

March 15, 2018 | BY admin

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3 newcomers to CPPCC Standing Committee from Macau

Among the four elected local members of the 300-head Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), three are newcomers to the standing committee.During the fourth plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing yesterday, former Macau chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah was re-elected as a vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.2,144 CPPCC members voted for Ho, or 100 percent of

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Public urged to stay clear of beaches: govt

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) urged the public yesterday to keep away from the city’s two beaches over a “black substance” found there.According to a DSAMA statement, there was less of the “black substance” spotted on the sand at Hac Sa Beach yesterday than in the previous days although the Macau Waste System Company (CSR) staff yesterday were still removing the “black substance”. As for Cheoc Van Beach, the bureau didn’t spot any of subustance there yesterday.The

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Police bust 2 local drug dealers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two local men on Tuesday for drug trafficking, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Chan identified the two suspects as a 31-year-old surnamed Lei and a 26-year-old surnamed Wong.According to Chan, the Judiciary Police received a tip-off about a fortnight ago that a local man was selling drugs, delivering them to customers at night entertainment venues on his scooter. After investigating, PJ officers identified Lei as the

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Mainland trio caught stealing mobiles in tourist hotspot: police

Three men from the mainland were arrested for theft on Monday while the flat where they were staying in Nape turned out to be an illegal inn, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said yesterday during a regular press conference in Zape.Fong identified the three suspects as 28-year-old Zhao from Henan province, 38-year-old Li from Liaoning province and 40-year-old Jiang from Anhui province, with all claiming to be unemployed.Fong said that on Monday afternoon police

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MUST chief urges local graduates to grab GBA chance

Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) President Liu Liang said yesterday that 43 per cent of non-local graduates in his university who were looking for work last year chose to seek employment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), adding he believed that the number will likely increase in the future.Liu made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a two-day annual career fair on the campus of the private university in

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Firefighters remove loose 15th floor window

Firefighters were deployed to remove a loose window at a residential building near Hotel President in Zape yesterday afternoon.According to a spokesman for the Public Security Police (PSP), the Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a report yesterday that an aluminium-framed window was at risk of falling from a flat on the 15th floor of the building. The Fire Services Bureau deployed several firefighters and a fire engine to remove the window.Some police officers warned people not to get near to

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Police now have mobile police stations: commissioner

Public Security Police (PSP) Commissioner Leong Man Cheong said yesterday that the police started to use a number of mobile police stations in popular tourist spots last month.Leong made the remarks while delivering a speech during a dinner that marked the 327th anniversary of the establishment of the police force on March 14, 1691, at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.Leong did not specify the exact locations where the mobile police stations are located.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak

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Local athletes launch Parisian’s ‘Light The Night Run’

The Parisian Macao will be holding the Light The Night Run at the Eiffel Tower replica in Cotai on April 28, and yesterday the US gaming company kicked off the charitable event by getting local athletes, boxer Ng Kuok Kun aka KK and triathlete Chi Wai Kuok, to run the 750 steps up to the 37th floor observation deck finish line.Before the runners set off there was a show with dancers twirling light swords accompanied by a violinist and speeches by Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying Wai and

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Govt urges public to avoid beaches over ‘black substance’

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) urged the public yesterday not to go to the city’s two beaches as a “black substance” had been found there.According to a DSAMA statement, the “black substance” arrived with the tide and was spotted on the sand at Hac Sa Beach on Sunday and Cheoc Van Beach yesterday, adding that Macau Waste System Company (CSR) staff were still cleaning up the beaches yesterday. A notice was also put up at the two beaches in Coloane advising beachgoers to stay off

March 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Infrastructure chief passes away

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that its director Chau Vai Man passed away as the result of an illness on Tuesday last week.The statement said that the staff of the office have expressed their deep sadness and conveyed their condolences to the bereaved family.The statement said that the home page of the GDI website will be in black and white until Friday.Infrastructure Development Office Director (GDI) Chau Vai Man addresses a press conference in

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Man tries to blackmail owner of lost phone: police

A man from the mainland has been arrested for keeping a mobile phone a passenger left on a bus and then trying to blackmail him, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said yesterday during a regular press conference.According to Fong, the suspect is a 38-year-old decorator from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, surnamed Huang. The victim, Gou, is a 20-year-old man from the mainland studying at a local university.Fong said that on Monday afternoon Gou got on a bus in Taipa

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Lawmaker slams proposed changes to protest rules

Suspended directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou yesterday criticised the government for its “wrong” decision of proposing an amendment bill to the existing assembly and demonstration law – under the proposed amendments, groups planning to hold an assembly or protest will be required to inform the police in advance.Sou, a vice-president of the non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA), made the remarks during an annual press conference about the group’s planned activities for

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Cabbie keeps passenger’s laptop: police

A taxi driver kept a passenger’s laptop that had been left in his cab, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Fong Cheong Chun said yesterday during a regular press conference.Fong identified the suspect as a 57-year-old man surnamed Lei while the victim is a 20-year-old woman from the mainland surnamed Li.According to Fong, Li got into the taxi in Avenida Doutor Mário Soares and asked to be taken to the Barrier Gate checkpoint on February 10. After getting out of the taxi, she realised that

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