Taxi fares to go up on Sunday – flagfall rises 11.8 pct

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San announced yesterday that the city’s taxi fares will be raised on Sunday, with the flagfall increased by 11.8 percent, from 17 to 19 patacas, and the distance for subsequent incremental charges to be shortened from 260 to 240 metres.Lam announced the fare hike during a press conference at the bureau’s headquarters yesterday. He pointed out that the city’s taxi fares had not been increased since 2014.According to Lam, an additional fare of 5

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman nabbed for false report: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 33-year-old woman from the mainland for reporting an invented crime to the police, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Yeung said the woman, surnamed Wang, told the police on Saturday that a man had robbed her of her mobile phone. However, after further investigation, the police found that Wang had lost contact with the man she had accused and invented the case so that the police would track him down, said

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Anima wants dog racetrack for a year

Local animal protection group Anima yesterday urged the government to allow it to take over the greyhound racetrack in Fai Chi Kei for one year, after the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. shuts down its business there in July next year, so that the association would have enough time to rehabilitate the greyhounds for adoption overseas.Anima President Albano Martins made the remarks during a press conference at the association’s office in Nam Van.In July last year, the government told the

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Uber to put brakes on Macau service, again

Taxi hailing app Uber will “temporarily suspend” its ride-sharing operation in Macau, effective from Friday 23:59 p.m., the company said in a statement yesterday.The US company, headquartered in San Francisco, began operations in Macau in October 2015. “Uber”, which means “super” in German, was founded in 2009 and began to expand globally in 2012.Last year, through a letter made public by legislator Au Kam San, the company said its last day of operation in Macau would be on

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Police check upgraded border control system

The police yesterday carried out an exercise simulating a breakdown in the border control system at the Barrier Gate border checkpoint, with the aim of testing whether the backup function in its recently upgraded system works properly in the case of a breakdown in its system, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.Immigration matters are run by the Public Security Police.According to the statement, the police upgraded their Barrier Gate border control system last month.

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Man attacks victim in shopping centre

A local man was attacked by a man with a knife yesterday morning in the Ginza Plaza shopping centre after a quarrel with the attacker, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the victim as a 31-year-old owner of a computer shop, surnamed Sitou.According to the statement, the attack happened at 10:40 a.m. in the lobby on the ground floor of the high-rise in Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva. The victim was stabbed in the neck when he was on his way to his

July 18, 2017 | BY admin

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Most pupils exercise less than 30 minutes daily: survey

The findings of a survey released by the Macau General Association of Chinese Students (AECM) and the Macau Youth Research Association (MYRA) yesterday show that 59 percent of local pupils and students exercise for less than 30 minutes a day, with 8 percent not exercising at all.The groups conducted a survey of local students and pupils’ opinions on public sports facilities between February and June, collecting 918 valid questionnaires from 17 secondary schools and tertiary education

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt needs to amend gaming law: forum

Guest speakers at yesterday’s Macau Forum agreed that there is a need for changes to the law regulating the local gaming industry – as the city’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions will expire between 2020 and 2022.The weekly debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The focus of yesterday’s open-air forum was on whether the government should keep the current system of gaming sub-concessions.Guest speakers and audience members

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Ex-top prosecutor gets 21 years for over 1,000 crimes

Macau’s former chief public prosecutor Ho Chio Meng was sentenced on Friday to 21 year behind bars for over 1,000 crimes including corruption, fraud, embezzlement, organised crime, money laundering and unjustified wealth.The court said in its judgement that Ho’s “behaviour was a severe violation of the law’s obligations,” adding that as a former prosecutor he “was supposed to know the law and abide by the law, and have strict self-discipline”.Due to his former status as one of

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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20 projects suspended after 3 fatal accidents in 3 days

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has ordered the full or partial suspension of 20 construction projects after inspecting 74 construction sites on Saturday, according to a DSAL statement released later that day.The statement says that the bureau will conduct safety inspections on the city’s 557 construction projects starting from Saturday in response to a string of recent work accidents causing multiple deaths and injuries. Three workers died in separate work accidents in three days last

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Commentator raises GBA Internet issue

Government appointed Economic Development Council member Iu Veng Ion said yesterday he hoped that Macau’s participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area would not only focus on economic cooperation.Iu also called for a solution to the restricted Internet access in the mainland.Iu made the remarks during a forum hosted by think tank Macau Wisdom Convergence Network in a recreational area in Fai Chi Kei. The open-air forum was about how Macau can diversify

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature allows casino smoking lounges

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has finally passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill, which allows casinos to set up smoking lounges in gaming areas in line with the standards set by the government. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.The bill was passed during a plenary session on Friday.The amendments state that smoking lounges with the officially required standards will have to be set up within a year of the law coming into

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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8-month old girl contracts measles – 1st case in decade

An eight-month old girl has been diagnosed with measles, but has recovered and was discharged from hospital on Friday, Health Bureau (SSM) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director Lam Chong said during a press conference at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) on Saturday.According to the hospital, the baby was taken to the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science Technology (MUST) on July 8 with a fever, cough and rash, but was not admitted. Two days

July 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Police nab man mugging woman

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Wednesday for mugging a woman as she was on her way home in Areia Preta district on Monday, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a 30-year-old surnamed Tam.According to the spokesperson, when the victim was walking in Rua do Canal Novo in Areia Preta district on her way home shortly after 3 a.m. on Monday, the suspect suddenly snatched her handbag and ran away. The victim

July 14, 2017 | BY admin

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