9 locals cheated by wedding ring design centre out of 120,000 patacas: police

The Consumer Council (CC) announced last Saturday that it had received seven complaints regarding wedding rings ordered from the Macau branch of a Hong Kong-based wedding ring design centre that were not delivered as promised, while the Judiciary Police (PJ) added yesterday that between last Friday and Wednesday this week, nine local residents reported believing that they had fallen victim to the shop’s scam, with a total of 120,000 patacas involved.PJ spokesman Chao Teng Hin said: “The

March 21, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Fire erupts in flat near Barrier Gate checkpoint, ‘cause unknown’

A fire broke out in a residential flat in the Barrier Gate area yesterday morning, resulting in a man and two women being rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre – and the Fire Services Bureau (CB) noted in the afternoon that the cause of the fire was still unknown, and that the Judiciary Police (PJ) have been notified to conduct a follow-up investigation.The incident occurred on the 15th floor of Fong Nam Building on Istmo de Ferreira do Amaral. Firefighters arrived at

March 21, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Wang Zhengping’s ‘The Wind Blows Through the Grassland’ exhibition opens

Interview by Rui Pastorin         The first of three photography exhibitions in this year’s “The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival 2025” opened last night at the Tap Seac Gallery, showcasing the black and white images captured by lensman Wang Zhengping.Wang is from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.Titled “The Wind Blows Through the Grassland”, the Mongolian community and Mongolian horses are the subjects of Wang’s latest exhibition, which is

March 21, 2025 | BY admin

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Govt sets up group to ‘fundamentally’ minimise roadworks’ impact on residents

The government has set up a new working group aiming to “fundamentally” minimise the adverse impact of roadworks on residents by improving its cross-departmental coordination of roadwork projects, chaired by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raymond Tam Vai Man, who convened its first meeting earlier this week.According to a statement by Tam’s office on Tuesday, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai decided to set up the working group on Monday last week, after which the group held its first

March 21, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Man tries to smuggle 72 hermit crabs from Macau to mainland

Gongbei customs announced in a statement yesterday that a man attempted to smuggle 72 Coenobita perlatus, a type of hermit crab, from Macau to the mainland via the Gongbei checkpoint earlier this month.The statement identified the man as a mainlander surnamed Tan.According to the statement, the man, who was entering the mainland through “the nothing to declare” channel on March 4, “deliberately” covered his shopping bag with his clothing.Finding his demeanour suspicious, the statement

March 21, 2025 | BY admin

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HK, Macao, overseas compatriots commemorate 20th anniversary of Anti-Secession Law

BEIJING – Through a variety of events, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas recently commemorated the 20th anniversary of the enforcement of China’s Anti-Secession Law.They commended the significance of the law in deterring separatist activities aimed at “Taiwan independence,” stemming external interference, safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and ensuring peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.Two decades ago, China’s top legislature voted to

March 21, 2025 | BY admin

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Anti-Chinese sentiment and xenophobia barrier to productive sci-tech exchanges

China Daily Editorial        It defies belief how narrow-minded or lacking in common sense some politicians of the United States can be. Congressman Riley Moore has stepped to the fore as an example of this, introducing a bill last week to ban all Chinese nationals from receiving US student visas.“Every year we allow nearly 300,000 Chinese nationals to come to the US on student visas. We’ve literally invited the CCP* to spy on our military, steal our intellectual

March 21, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau, Guangdong police vow security cooperation for National Games

A meeting between the Macau and Guangdong police was held in Macau on Tuesday, attended by senior representatives of the two places’ public security forces, led by Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak and Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department Director Liu Guozhou, where they discussed security cooperation for the upcoming 15th National Games, in addition to exchanging views on various other policing topics, according to a statement released

March 20, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Forum Macao’s Permanent Secretariat vows to promote action plan’s implementation

The Permanent Secretariat of Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) held a meeting yesterday, pledging to carry out various tasks this year with the aim of ensuring the implementation of the Action Plan for Economic and Trade Cooperation (2024-2027), according to a statement by the Permanent Secretariat.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries is known as Forum Macao for short.Forum

March 20, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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DSEDJ vows to launch mobile device guidelines for schools in 2025/2026

In light of the findings of several local surveys indicating that young people are spending too much time on social media, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) announced yesterday that it will launch “reference guidelines” for schools in the 2025/2026 academic year, requiring them to regulate the use of mobile phones brought by students to the campus, specifying that, except during teacher-directed educational activities and in special circumstances, students will be

March 20, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM students win 2nd prize at Huawei ICT Competition Asia-Pacific Regional Final

A team of students from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) at the public University of Macau (UM) represented Macau in the Asia-Pacific Regional Final of the Huawei ICT Competition 2024-2025 in Kuala Lumpur last month, securing second prize in the Computing Track, according to a UM statement released earlier this week.The statement noted that the competition drew participation from over 8,000 students across more than 20 countries and regions, with only 110 students from 12 countries

March 20, 2025 | BY Adrian Vallesteros

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Police bust currency exchange dealer for fraud & money laundering 

A man from the mainland was arrested on Monday for committing in illegal currency exchange activities, fraud and money laundering, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 18-year-old suspect surnamed Pan claimed to be jobless.According to Chao, a young woman from the mainland wanted to transfer her casino winnings to the mainland. She contacted Pan via WeChat on Friday to arrange an illegal currency exchange deal after being introduced

March 20, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab banned driver for driving

A local man was arrested on Tuesday for driving despite his driving ban, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Chang is in his forties. He told the police that he is jobless. Chang was banned from driving from October 2024 until May 2025 due to speeding.On Tuesday at about 3 p.m. police officers noticed a car entering Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), a road with a “No Entry” sign, from Rua

March 20, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police arrest 2 illegal currency exchange dealers

The Judiciary Police separately arrested two men from the mainland on Tuesday for engaging in illegal currency exchange deals, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the 47-year-old man surnamed Ling is the owner of a restaurant.According to Chao, PJ officers on patrol saw Ling providing an illegal currency exchange deal to a male gambler in a casino in Cotai on Tuesday. The gambler transferred 4,850 yuan through

March 20, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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