Local man nabbed for abetting phone scams: police

A local man was arrested on Monday for allowing a phone scam gang to use his bank account to transfer phone scam money, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Mak, is a 28-year-old local driver.The spokesperson said that a local woman reported to the Public Security Police (PSP) on Monday that she received a call that morning from a man who claimed to be a Macau Customs Service officer. The

August 2, 2017 | BY admin

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PLA anniversary film premieres in Macau

A film in celebration of today’s 90th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had its local premiere yesterday. “The Foundation of an Army” will have its theatrical release in Hong Kong and Macau on Thursday.A ceremony marking the local premiere was held at Macau Tower. Senior local officials and top central government officials posted to Macau attended the ceremony, including Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng as well as

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Woman nabbed for ‘theft by finding’: police

A Vietnamese woman was arrested on Sunday for finding and keeping a folder containing the owner’s personal information and some money, as well as telling the owner to pay her 500 patacas if she wanted her folder back, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference yesterday.The folder contained the owner’s Philippine passport, some identification documents issued by the local government and 50 patacas, Wong said.According to Wong, the woman who found

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Committee reaches consensus on rent control bill

The legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee yesterday finished reviewing a controversial rent control bill and finally reached a consensus, the committee’s President Cheang Chi Keong said, adding that the bill will be submitted for a final article-by-article vote to a plenum of the legislature before the summer recess.The recess begins on August 15.Cheang made the remarks when briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee at the Legislative Assembly (AL) in Nam Van.According

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Mentally ill patient steals doorman’s mobile: police

A local man who has a mental illness was arrested for stealing a mobile phone of a doorman at the residential building where he lives on Thursday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said the doorman of the residential building in Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa in Toi San district told the police on Thursday afternoon that his phone had been stolen while he was in the toilet.After investigating, the police discovered that a

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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1st local dengue case this year confirmed: SSM

The Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday confirmed the first locally-infected dengue fever case this year.An SSM statement identified the victim as a 60-year-old local man living in Rua da Praia do Manduco.The victim began to run a fever and suffer muscle and joint pains on Thursday. On Sunday, the man came out in a rash and went to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for treatment, according to the statement.The bureau’s Public Health Laboratory confirmed yesterday that the patient has been infected by

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to issue ‘quad play’ licences: Rosario

The government proposes to issue licences for telecom operators who provide “quadruple play” of cable television, Internet access, fixed line and mobile communication services in Macau, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday.In telecommunications, quadruple play or quad play is a marketing term combining the triple play service of broadband Internet access, television and telephone with wireless service provisions. This service set is also sometimes

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt discusses anti-phone scam measures with telecom operators

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) held a meeting with representatives of local telecom operators yesterday to discuss measures that can be taken against phone scams, the police said in a statement yesterday.The government called the urgent meeting amid the recent wave of phone scams, the statement said.According to the statement, representatives of CTM, China Telecom (Macau), Hutchison Telephone (Macau) and SmarTone, in addition to CTT officials and PJ

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Group releases microfilms to mark World Breastfeeding Week

Seven microfilms produced by the Macau Breastfeeding & Nurturing Promotion Association (APACIM) offering seven different perspectives on the importance of community support to help mothers sustain breastfeeding will be released one a day from today on different media platforms to mark World Breastfeeding Week.This year is the 25th anniversary of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), which is organised by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA).According to a string of studies and

August 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Scholar calls for no cap on No. of gaming concessions

Davis Fong Ka Chio, who heads the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming at the University of Macau (UM), says that possible amendments to the law regulating the local gaming industry should not stipulate the maximum number of gaming concessions to be granted – as the city’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions expire between 2020 and 2022.Fong made the remarks in a phone interview with The Macau Post Daily last week.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Rent control bill leads to heated debate at forum

The city’s controversial rent control bill caused a heated discussion among panellists and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum, as some feared that rent control measures would lead to rent increases while others said it was necessary for the government to step in to adjust the city’s overheated rental market.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday. Yesterday’s forum saw a record audience attendance of

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Account phone transfer service to be launched: regulator

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement yesterday that a number of banks are planning to launch a mobile phone account transfer service platform which allows customers to transfer money from their bank accounts to other customers’ accounts via their mobile phones.The statement did not name the banks which will take part in the scheme.According to the statement, the planned service will be run through Jetco (Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited) – the biggest network of

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Fraudsters now call landlines: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a message yesterday that phone scam fraudsters pretending to be local customs and immigration officers as well as officials from the mainland have started to use another way in their phone scams – calling landlines, in addition to what they usually do – ringing mobile phones.The Judiciary Police reminded residents in the message that no authorities of any countries and regions will ask residents on the phone to transfer or deposit money to any particular

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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Heat shelter opens but no-one comes

The government’s disaster relief shelter in Ilha Verde has been open since Friday for people who need a place to keep cool during the extremely hot weather, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced on Friday.However, by yesterday afternoon no-one had yet shown up at the heat shelter.According to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), 38.4°C was recorded at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal at about 1 p.m. yesterday, the highest temperature this summer in Macau. The SMG website says

July 31, 2017 | BY admin

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