2-year-old girl injured in Taichung’s gas blast returns to Macau

A 2-year-old local girl surnamed Tang sustained a serious head injury in a gas explosion at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store in Taichung earlier this month – and Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency (CNA) yesterday afternoon quoted that city’s China Medical University Hospital representative as saying that the girl would be transferred to Macau by a medical charter flight, while public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre officials said yesterday evening that the girl

February 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man, 61, ‘burnt to a crisp’ in ‘suspicious’ fire: Fire Services Bureau

A 61-year-old local man perished in a fire yesterday in a flat in Block 4 of Lok Kuan Building in Seac Pai Van – and the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said that “the local man was burnt to a crisp in the flat”, adding that the Judiciary Police were immediately notified about the incident for further investigation into the “suspicious” case.According to the Fire Services Bureau, the incident occurred at about 7 p.m. yesterday. Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters saw an inferno on the

February 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Not the right time yet’ to raise public servants’ wages: Sam

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai continued yesterday to listen to views and suggestions from different sectors of civil society in preparation for his 2025 Policy Address in April – and Macau Civil Servants Federation (MCSF) Chairman Pang Kung Hou told the media after his group’s meeting with Sam in the afternoon that the chief executive’s response to a possible pay rise for public servant was “quite engaged”, quoting Sam as saying that “it’s not the right time yet” for a salary

February 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab local man for drunk driving

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Monday for drunk driving and negligent injury, and his blood alcohol concentration was 1.94 grams per litre, PSP spokesman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The self-employed suspect surnamed U is in his fifties.According to Lai, the police received a report about a traffic accident on Avenida Marginal Flor de Lótus (蓮花海濱大馬路) in Cotai on Monday evening, in which two cars collided as U was

February 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Trade union says gaming workers’ stress on the rise last year

Gaming workers’ job insecurity decreased by 7.61 percent compared to the COVID-19 pandemic year in 2021, but the index of emotional exhaustion at work increased by 12.31 percent, and physical and mental adjustment problems surged by 24.15 percent, reflecting the psychological challenges posed by the industry’s restructuring, Macau Gaming Industry Employees Home senior member Pak Kin Pong said yesterday.The Macau Gaming Industry Employees Home, a trade union for those working in the gaming

February 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Financial reserves reach 616.4 billion patacas at 2024 end, up 6 pct

The government’s financial reserves reached 616.4 billion patacas at the end of last year, an increase of six percent from the 581.4 billion patacas at the end of 2023, according to a notice published by the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.However, the 616.4 billion patacas represented a decrease of 0.3 percent from the 618.3 billion patacas at the end of November last year.The total amount of the financial reserves at the end of November in 2024 was

February 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Exploring the asalato with Dave Wan

Interview by Rui Pastorin        In 2013, local nature and music lover Dave Wan (尹均球) was gifted a pair of African asalatos, piquing his interest to learn how to play the percussion instrument. He formed a deeper connection with it when his son was born, seeing the happiness the instrument brought whenever he played it, igniting a desire to go deeper, hoping to play it together one day.Today, Wan, the founder of the woodworking shop “Zawood”, a percussionist and a

February 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Police apprehend 3 illegal currency exchange dealers

A local man and two male mainlanders were arrested separately on Monday for participating in illegal currency exchange and fraud, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a special press conference yesterday.In the first case, there are two suspects. The 62-year-old local suspect surnamed U claimed to be jobless. The 34-year-old suspect is a non-resident worker (NRW) surnamed Lu, who is suspected to have been illegally employed by a restaurant.According to Cheong, PJ officers

February 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Govt demolishes dilapidated building

The government has demolished a dilapidated building that had been classified as posing a danger to public safety on Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida (荷蘭園大馬路), the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau had ordered the property owner to demolish the building with its roof having already collapsed, but the owner did not take any action, because of which the bureau carried out the demolition and will

February 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab HK-mainland duo for ‘transferring’ fake cash

A man from the mainland and a man from Hong Kong were arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in a counterfeit money case, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said in a special conference yesterday.The 24-year-old Hong Kong suspect surnamed Yu and the 38-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Fang told the police that they are jobless.According to Cheong, a casino in Cotai reported to the police on Monday that Yu had attempted to buy gaming chips with 409 counterfeit

February 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Residents, lawmakers call for amending noise pollution law amid rising complaints

Residents and lawmakers voiced concerns over the effectiveness of Macau’s over a decade-old noise pollution law during a current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi yesterday.Directly-elected lawmaker-cum-social worker Nick Lei Leong Wong, who participated in the programme yesterday, pointed out that while over 99 percent of noise complaints were officially registered by the authorities, many of the complainants believe that merely registering their complaints does not mean

February 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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DSAL probes 21 cases involving underage employment in 2022-24

Macau’s Employment Act stipulates that employees must be aged at least 16 when entering into a labour contract – but the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) says that between 2022 and 2024 it investigated 21 cases involving underage employment, primarily concerning employers breaching the employment conditions for minors and failing to comply with the government’s official notification obligation.The bureau made the remarks in January in response to a written interpretation by

February 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Pharma bureau recalls Taiwan-made ‘Huang Lien Chieh Tu Pill S.F’ exceeding bacterial limit

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement yesterday that Batch No. UD04 of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) “Huang Lien Chieh Tu Pill ‘S.F’”, produced by Taiwan-based Taiwan Three Mast Pharmaceutical Limited, has been recalled from the local market as it has a bacterial content exceeding the limit of the registration criteria.The product, which is used to treat dry mouth, dry throat, haematuria (the presence of blood in the urine),

February 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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China to lower asset threshold for HK, Macau institutions investing in mainland insurers

BEIJING – The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) yesterday announced that China will lower the asset requirement threshold for Hong Kong and Macau financial institutions to invest in mainland insurers, as part of its efforts to deepen opening-up in the financial sector.From March 1, Hong Kong and Macau financial institutions will no longer be required to have assets totaling no less than US$2 billion at the end of the previous year to invest in mainland insurance companies,

February 27, 2025 | BY admin

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