Grand Prix attracts many overnight visitors: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the Macau Grand Prix this year attracted visitor arrivals of 120,000 on Saturday alone, 20,000 of which stayed overnight.Tam made the comments while speaking to reporters as the four-day 63rd Macau Grand Prix wound up yesterday.“Although there were quite a few alarmingly dangerous parts, [the races] were very thrilling and very appealing, especially being the first year to have two FIA world cup races, so this

November 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Academic urges local youth to understand mainland

University of Macau (UM) Assistant Professor Chan Kin Sun said yesterday it was important for Macau’s young people to gain a better understanding of the mainland, so that deeper regional co-operation listed in Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s Policy Address 2017 last week and the government’s Five-Year Development Plan can be achieved.Chan made the remarks at Hotel Royal where he attended a seminar about talent development in the city. The one-day seminar was organised by the Macau

November 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to submit sex crime bill to legislature

The government will submit an amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code to the legislature this week, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said on Saturday.Speaking to reporters at Macau Tower on the sidelines of a public event, Chan said that the bill includes articles which will better protect minors.The government carried out a public consultation on the proposed amendments from December last year to February this year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN

November 21, 2016 | BY admin

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Firms must be on alert for information security threats: expert

Enterprises need to be on constant alert for threats to information security since even the most advanced security systems have vulnerabilities, Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre (Manetic) Chairman Yau Chuk said yesterday.Yau spoke to reporters at the 7th SAFE-T Summit hosted by Manetic at the Macau Science Centre, an event aiming to raise information security awareness.Yau said the government had high standards of supervision over information security for companies because of the

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman scammed out of 4.98 million yuan online by ‘Macau’ man

A woman from the mainland was cheated out of 4.98 million yuan by her online “boyfriend” who claimed to be a Macau resident, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson at a press briefing yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the woman moved from the mainland to Sydney in 2008. On July 3 this year, she became acquainted with a man via an online messaging service who claimed to be the manger of an entertainment company in Macau, and a cyber romance began.On September 8, the man

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Traffic jams during Grand Prix 1st day: police

There were traffic jams and “slow moving traffic” on the northern part of the peninsula yesterday morning, the first day of the annual Macau Grand Prix, which ends on Sunday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, during the 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. rush hour, the traffic was very busy and “slow” in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Avenida do Coronel Mesquita and Avenida de Sidónio Pais.There were traffic jams in Avenida do Almirante

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Culture chief expects craft market sales to do well

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said yesterday he expected sales at the Tap Seac Craft Market to do well despite the city’s economic downturn.The biannual event inaugurated in 2008 is Macau’s first large-scale platform for the display and sale of cultural and creative products, also featuring music performances, according to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau. Ung made the remarks on the sidelines of the event’s opening ceremony in Praça do Tap

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Boats collide near Friendship Bridge, 3 injured

Three men were injured in a collision between a sand barge and a fishing boat in the waters near Friendship Bridge at around 9:30 p.m. yesterday, according to the Macau Customs Service.Seven crew members were on the fishing boat, of which three men and a woman were taken ashore by a Macau Customs Service speedboat. The remaining three crew members stayed on the vessel. According to the Public Security Police (PSP), the three men were injured and were taken to the public Conde de Sao Januario

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Veteran educator stresses patriotic education

Veteran educator Lau Sin Peng said yesterday that the city had a long history of teaching locals to be patriotic, adding that the population’s patriotic education must remain an imperative for the government. Lau, the former principal of Seong Fan School, made the remarks at the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Taipa, where she spoke to students about Dr Sun Yat-sen’s life in Macau and his republican ideology.Dr Sun, also known as Sun Zhongshan or Sun Wen,

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab ex-casino worker for staff locker thefts

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man – a former employee of two casinos – on Wednesday on suspicion of having broken into staff lockers in four casinos and stealing money, worth a total of 13,000 patacas. The suspect managed to slip inside staff areas of the four casinos because he used to work in them and knew his way around, according to the Judiciary Police.PJ spokeswoman Lei Hong Lei announced the case in a press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 23-year old

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab man for attempted robbery

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland yesterday on suspicion of attempted robbery in which he and another man tried to rob a couple on the staircase of a residential building in Iao Hon district on Tuesday.According to the Judiciary Police, the couple fought the men off and the two robbers ran away empty handed.PJ spokeswoman Lei Hong Nei announced the case yesterday near the crime scene.Two Judiciary Police (PJ) officers yesterday show reporters the taser and the spray

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Rutter aims for 9th win at Motorcycle Grand Prix

On his 22nd visit to Macau eight-time champion Michael Rutter is aiming for his ninth win on the Guia Circuit at tomorrow’s 50th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix.After putting in the fastest lap time of 2 minutes 24.8 seconds in the first qualifying round despite losing the lead briefly to Martin Jessop, Rutter was happy with the result, saying, “I had to pull my finger out when he [Jessop] passed me.”Rutter, speaking to MPD Weekender after the race in the Bathams’ garage in the

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Local driver Chang aims for Top 10

The one and only local driver in the F3 race is 20-year-old Andy Chang Wing Chung, who told MPD Weekender yesterday after the qualifying race that the several red flags during the race had some effect on his performance, and so he finished 18th.However, he said that yesterday’s race was only a warm-up and that his speed would build up in the races today and tomorrow when he would have mastered when is the best time and where is the best place to brake so that he wouldn’t lose time to put

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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GP drivers revving up for ‘rollercoaster’ ride

Top drivers descended on the racetrack yesterday to get the first feel of the Guia street circuit during the practice and qualifying races on the first of the four-day 63rd Macau Grand Prix.One of the highlights of this year is the Formula 3 as it has been given World Cup status by the Paris-based Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). The entry list for the FIA F3 World Cup features 33 drivers. While some know the circuit like the back of their hand, others are here for the

November 18, 2016 | BY admin

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