3 Mongolian women nabbed for theft near St Paul’s Ruins: police

Three Mongolian women from the Republic of Mongolia were arrested on suspicion of theft at the Ruins of St Paul’s, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The three suspects are aged between 35 and 42. One of them lied to the police about her personal information, and it was discovered that she had served a prison sentence related to a theft case in Macau in 2017.According to Lai, two mainland tourists reported to the police

March 2, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police urge public again to beware of ‘govt’ calls

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public again yesterday to beware of phone scams from purported “government entities”.According to a PJ statement, a resident, whose gender was not disclosed in the statement, reported to the Judiciary Police recently that he or she received a call from a purported PJ officer claiming that he or she was involved in a fraud and money-laundering case, after which the call was transferred to a purported mainland police officer. During the process, the victim

March 2, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab local man for blackmail & money laundering

A local man was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in a blackmail case where he laundered the money collected from the scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a special press conference yesterday.Leng said the 39-year-old suspect surnamed Choi told the police that he’s a tour guide. According to Leng, a local man in his thirties reported to the police that his mother in her eighties had been blackmailed in a phone call on February 20 at 11 a.m. During the

March 2, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Casino takings rise 55 pct to 21.9 billion patacas in Jan-Feb

Macau's gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 55.3 percent year on year to 21.9 billion patacas (US$1.27 billion) in the first two months of this year, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.According to a DICJ statement, Macau's 37 casinos' GGR increased 33.1 percent year on year to 10.3 billion patacas last month. However, GGR was down by 10.8 percent month on month.February's year-on-year growth was a marked slowdown from January's spectacular increase of 82.5

March 1, 2023 | BY admin

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Capacity of Coloane Municipal Kennel to go up by 45 pct: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that in order to “effectively and efficiently” relieve the chronic overloading of shelter space and optimise the supporting facilities of the bureau’s two kennels, the bureau has decided to use the former carpark of the Coloane Municipal Kennel on Estrada de Cheoc Van to build another shelter for animals in the form of prefabricated housing, where 35 cages covering about 3.5 square metres each have been added for dogs and 20

March 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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CCAC delegation visits HK counterpart

Commissioner Against Corruption Chan Tsz King led a delegation to visit Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday, according to a Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) statement.The statement noted that during the visit, Chan met with ICAC Commissioner Woo Ying-ming, with both exchanging views on the “integrity-building work” of the two special administrative regions (SARs). Both are pursuing the same goals, the statement said, and will continue to strengthen

March 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Lio Kuok Man to conduct 2 Macao Orchestra concerts

Macao Orchestra Company Limited said in two separate statements recently that the Macao Orchestra (OM) will be performing two concerts in early March – both conducted by its local-born principal guest conductor Lio Kuok Man.The first performance “Fantasy of Four Seasons – Yu-Chien Tseng and Macao Orchestra” features violin soloist Tseng Yu-Chien from Taiwan, the top prize winner of the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition who had collaborated with the Philadelphia Orchestra

March 1, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Macau can expect temperatures higher than average in spring: SMG

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) issued a statement yesterday predicting that the temperature in spring, which lasts from March to May, will be normal to higher than average, while rainfall throughout the season will be normal to lower than average.The spring season is a transitional season when the winter monsoon changes to the summer monsoon, with wet and rainy weather common in Macau at the beginning of spring due to the easterly flow of a cold trough of high pressure

March 1, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police urge public to be wary of downloading apps from unknown sources

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday issued a statement reminding residents not to download mobile apps from unknown sources, in order to avoid the risk of money theft.According to the statement, the Judiciary Police recently received reports from members of the public that they had seen a job advertisement on a social networking site where the recruiter asked them to fill in their personal information through a mobile application called “job application”, which they downloaded on their

March 1, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Currency dealer scams 2 men out of 89,600 yuan with ‘film props’

An illegal currency exchange dealer was arrested on Thursday for defrauding two males out of 89,600 yuan (104,410 patacas) with fake money, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a press conference on Monday. The 21-year-old jobless male suspect from the mainland is surnamed Pan.According to Leng, the Public Security Police (PSP) referred a suspected false imprisonment case to the Judiciary Police on Thursday, in which a security guard of a Cotai hotel claimed that a male

March 1, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Privacy office urges public not to engage in ‘doxxing’

The Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) urged institutions and individuals yesterday to respect others, treat personal information in accordance with the law, maintain a “reasonable balance” between the two fundamental rights of personal data protection and freedom of expression, and not to engage in “doxxing”, in order to avoid violating the law.Doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organisation, usually via the

March 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local group presents ‘ecological dance’ on Guia Hill

Local art organisation Four Dimension Spatial staged a performance called “Expressive Sight: Take Root” recently as part of its “Deconstruction of Subjectivity” series around the Guia Hill area.The Macau Post Daily published an exclusive interview on February 15 about the three-day performance (February 17-19).Dancer Guo Rui said in a brief interview before the performance that the work took the format of a guided tour, aiming to combine the experience of observing the ecological sights

March 1, 2023 | BY William Chan

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CTT issues 11th ‘Macao Philatelic Catalogue’

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a recent statement that the 11th edition of the Macao Philatelic Catalogue has been compiled and is now on sale.According to the statement, the “Macao Philatelic Catalogue XI” features background information on all philatelic products from 2021-2022 and follows the format of the previous edition.The catalogue, the statement noted, covers local stamps’ history and recalls the themes and design of the stamps of the year, recording

March 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Junction in Toi San district gets traffic lights

The two zebra crossings at the junction of Avenida do General Castelo Branco (白朗古將軍大馬路) and Rua Central de T’oi Sán (台山中街) in the peninsula’s Toi San district will be replaced by traffic light-controlled crossings from today, with the aim of ensuring the safety of pedestrians, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a statement yesterday.The statement said that the bureau has decided to change the two zebra crossings to traffic light-controlled crossings after

March 1, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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