Local woman loses 3.9 million patacas in online investment scam: police

A local woman reported yesterday to the Judiciary Police (PJ) that she was cheated out of 3.9 million patacas in an online investment scam, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement did not disclose any information on the victim’s age and occupation.According to the statement, the victim told the police that she met a male netizen through a karaoke app who claimed to be “the head of the nation’s military”. He told the victim that he was familiar with the

October 16, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Camphor tree near Lou Lim Ioc Garden is weakening: IAM

The condition of a camphor tree (Camphora officinarum) was found to be “rapidly weakening” in recent months during routine inspection, and the crown leaves of the tree were all withered and showed signs of infestation by diseases and pests, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the tree is located on Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida outside Lou Lim Ioc Garden.According to the statement, the tree has been on the government’s

October 16, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police fine cabbie for driving into Largo do Senado

The Public Security Police (PSP) have fined a cabbie for driving into the pedestrian-only Largo do Senado, the city’s main square, on Saturday afternoon, local Chinese-language media reported.According to the reports on Saturday, the case occurred at around 2:45 p.m. on Saturday when the cabbie, a 60-year-old local man, drove into the square from Travessa do Roquete, the street situated between the General Post Office and Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Holy House of Mercy), shortly after which

October 16, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs this year’s 6th imported dengue case: local returning from Guangzhou

Macau recorded this year’s sixth imported case of dengue fever, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the patient is a 34-year-old local woman who lives alone in a flat in the luxury La Marina residential estate on the peninsula’s north-eastern coast, i.e., an area in the densely populated Areia Preta district. Her workplace is located near Avenida da Amizade in Zape, the statement said.The woman travelled to Guangzhou, the capital of the

October 16, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Two-state solution only way out of the Palestine-Israel conflict

China Daily Editorial        The only way to resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict is to apply the two-state solution – that is, Israel for the Jewish people and Palestine for the Palestinian people – which the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed to in 1993 as part of the Oslo Accords. And the international community should make sincere efforts to ensure the two-state solution is implemented, because too much blood has been shed, too

October 16, 2023 | BY admin

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Australia's Lee sweeps to victory at Macao Open golf tournament

World No. 46 Lee Min Woo of Australia recorded an exceptional two-shot wire-to-wire victory in the US$1 million SJM Macao Open golf tournament today, for his first title in two years.Earning a cheque for US$180,000, Lee once again combined power with precision at the event, skillfully adding a seven-under-par 64 to his opening 62 for a three-shot lead.The tournament's marquee player hit crushing drives and holed putt after putt to card an eight-under-par 63 for an astonishing four-round

October 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Composed Lee sets up final day thriller with Poom at SJM Macao Open golf tournament

Australian golfer Min Woo Lee led the US$1-million SJM Macao Open for the third successive day after firing a six-under-par 65 today for a staggering tournament total of 22-under, and a narrow two-shot lead over Poom Saksansin from Thailand.Poom fired an equally impressive 64 here at the Macao Golf and Country Club in Coloane, with South Korea's Eom Jaewoong two back following a 65, thanks to a brilliant eagle on 18.New Zealand's Ben Campbell (68) and Kim Meenwhee (69) from South Korea are four

October 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Birdie-merchant Lee dominates SJM Macao Open golf tournament

World No. 46 Min Woo Lee of Australia once again combined power with precision at the US$1-million SJM Macao Open golf tournament today, skillfully adding a seven-under-par 64 to his opening 62 for a three-shot lead.Lee's 16-under-par total at the Macao Golf and Country Club in Coloane is the lowest two-round total in the event and has been fueled by 15 birdies and an eagle since yesterday."Flawless golf today," said Lee, who missed numerous birdie opportunities including a

October 13, 2023 | BY admin

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IC to relocate shrine, protect tree in runup to new Central Library construction

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man announced yesterday that the bureau has entrusted the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (known as Kai Fong in Cantonese) to temporarily relocate a shrine located outside the erstwhile Hotel Estoril to somewhere else before December, while during school holidays in December the bureau will carry out maintenance measures such as the pruning and protection of a stonewall tree which is growing near the shrine, in preparation for

October 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Airport Golden Week passengers reach 2/3 of same period in 2019

The Macau International Airport recorded a total of 116,343 passengers during the seven-day period between September 30 and October 6, i.e., from the second to the last day of this year’s eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival-cum-National Day Golden Week holiday, reaching around 66 percent of the passenger numbers recorded in the same period in pre-pandemic 2019, the airport operator CAM has said.During the seven-day period, a CAM statement noted on Wednesday, the local airport recorded 975 aircraft

October 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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12-day Oktoberfest kicks-off at MGM COTAI

The 12-day Oktoberfest Macau at MGM 2023 kicked-off at MGM Cotai’s Roof Terrace yesterday, with the 13th edition of the festival once again held outdoors and seeing live performances by the HÖGL FUN BAND from Munich.The event, which has seen over 170,000 guests throughout its 12 editions, lasts until October 23. MGM China Holdings Limited President and Executive Director Kenneth Feng Xiaofeng kicked off the festival with a beer keg tapping ceremony.During his speech, Feng said: “Since MGM

October 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IAM starting to replant Ruins of St Paul’s flowerbed

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that it will start to completely replant the flowerbed along the stone steps in front of the UNESCO World Heritage-protected Ruins of St Paul’s on Sunday, in line with its original design.The statement noted that the flowers and shrubs there were planted around two decades ago, because of which they have aged and worn out to “various degrees”.The statement underlined that the bureau previously carried out small-scale

October 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Car bumper catches fire in office building’s carpark: police

The rear bumper of a car parked in the carpark of an office building in Nape caught fire yesterday afternoon, the cause of which was suspicious, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement last night.According to the statement, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) received a report shortly after 4 p.m. about the fire, which occurred in the building’s carpark on Alameda Dr Carlos D’Assumpção, the two-way avenue in central Nape.The statement did not reveal the name of the building.When

October 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Lee shares lead with Drysdale at Macao Open golf tournament

Australia’s Min Woo Lee and Scotland’s David Drysdale fired breathtaking nine-under-par 62s to jointly lead the first round at the 2023 Macao Open golf tournament yesterday.As the highest ranked player in the field, the Australian star fired an eagle, eight birdies and one bogey, which came on his first hole, the 10th, at the Macao Golf and Country Club in Coloane. “Sixty-two anywhere is a really nice score, especially on a course like this. It was tricky, and the wind got up,”

October 13, 2023 | BY admin

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