LRT East Line northern section to cost up to 5.13 billion patacas: govt

Quotations submitted by six construction companies or consortia for the government’s public tender for the design and construction of the northern section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) East Line range from 4.47 billion and 5.13 billion patacas, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced in a statement yesterday.The 7.7-kilometre-long LRT East Line will connect the Barrier Gate border checkpoint and the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On via the Zone A and Zone E1 land reclamation areas. The East

February 15, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Filipinos rejoice at relaunch of direct Macau-Manila flights

With more direct flights from Macau to destinations such as Manila slated to resume next month, The Macau Post Daily interviewed several Filipinos who expressed excitement over the prospect of being able to return home on a direct flight again.No holidayJane has not had a holiday for five years. The one time, she said, she had planned on going home was for her child’s graduation, but the COVID-19 pandemic struck and caused a change in her plans. However, the 35-year-old domestic helper

February 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CTT to sell Year of the Rabbit coins from today

The Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a statement on Monday that it will sell commemorative coins of the Year of the Rabbit released by the Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) from today.According to the statement, the coins will be sold at the General Post Office’s Philatelic Shop in Largo do Senado.The prices, the statement noted, are as follows: 1,230 patacas for a one ounce “Lunar Year of the Rabbit” Silver Coin, 7,200 patacas for a five ounce “Lunar Year of the

February 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Water consumption drops over past 3 years: Macao Water 

Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng said yesterday that Macau’s tap water consumption dropped continuously under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the past three years, adding that the city consumed 83 million cubic metres last year, down by 3.5 percent year on year.Kuan made the remarks at a media spring luncheon hosted by the utility at MGM Macau in Nape.Kuan pointed out that although the number of visitor arrivals to Macau has increased thanks to the government’s

February 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Filipina cheated out of 7,600 patacas selling old banknotes

A Filipina non-resident worker (NRW) was scammed out of 7,600 patacas when selling her old banknotes, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference on Monday.According to the Leng, the victim reported that she saw a post on social media about “buying old banknotes at a high price” and then contacted the “buyer” who agreed to buy nine of her 5,000 old South Korean won banknotes for 45,000 patacas.A won at today’s prices is 1 to .0064 patacas.According

February 15, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Woman helps drug gang launder over 3 million patacas: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday that in the follow-up investigation into a drug trafficking case uncovered last year, PJ officers intercepted one more local woman yesterday morning at her workplace in the northern district for providing her three bank accounts details – two in the mainland and one in Macau – to assist the drug gang in collecting and transferring drug funds, involving at least 700 transactions totalling over three

February 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Florists & bakeries swarming with people on Valentine’s Day: vox pop

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and The Macau Post Daily visited several local florists and bakeries to experience the festive atmosphere.St. Valentine’s Day takes place on February 14 of the Gregorian calendar each year. It has its origins in either Christianity or Roman mythology and is now celebrated almost everywhere around the world.Flowers seem to be a common gift on Valentine’s Day to show one’s love for their significant other. The owner of a florist shop in Travessa do Bispo

February 15, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Permanent residents aged at least 65 can apply to rent special flats for seniors: govt

The government is planning that permanent local residents aged 65 or over who meet certain conditions will be able to apply to rent a flat in a high-rise housing project for senior citizens, which is being built in an area of Plot P in Areia Preta district, the Social Affairs Bureau (IAS) said in a statement yesterday.The project comprising two hotel-style apartment towers on a podium, which got off the ground in late 2020, is now slated to be completed in December this year.The two buildings

February 15, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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CTT alerts residents about scam phone calls

The Macao Post and Telecommunication Bureau (CTT) alerted residents yesterday about phone calls purporting to be from CTT staff.According to a CTT statement, the bureau has been informed that some residents received phone calls from someone pretending to be CTT staff members who claimed that fraudulent messages were suspected of being sent from their mainland telephone number and that, at the request of the mainland police, the residents were asked to cooperate with the “investigations”.The

February 15, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police & Customs nab 2 mainlanders for people-smuggling

Two suspects were arrested on Monday near the shoreline at the airport in Taipa for people smuggling using a sampan to bring mainlanders illegally into Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a special press conference yesterday.Three other suspects aged between 40 and 43 were also caught at the scene. Leng identified them as illegal immigrants who were banned from entering Macau for two to four years for various crimes, including fraud, theft and overstaying, that they

February 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local ex-con blackmails ex-classmate out of 100,000 patacas: police

A local man was arrested on Monday for blackmailing his old classmate out of 100,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a special press conference yesterday.The 22-year-old suspect surnamed Chan told the police that he’s jobless. Leng said that Chan had blackmailed four underage students in 2021, had been jailed for eight months and is currently on parole.Leng said the male victim, who is in his twenties and knew Chan when he was young, reported to the police on

February 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Croupier beats live-in girlfriend several times: police  

A casino dealer was arrested at his flat in Nape on Monday morning for beating his girlfriend, who has been living with him for eight years, several times over trivial matters and relationship problems, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the 31-year-old local suspect, who is surnamed Lou, lived with the victim in her twenties, their underage son and daughter, and a domestic helper.Leng said that the Judiciary Police

February 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local art group to host site-specific dance performance at Guia Hill

Interview by William Chan        Local art organisation Four Dimension Spatial will stage a performance called “Expressive Sight: Take Root” this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of its “Deconstruction of Subjectivity” series around the Guia Hill area, performance producer Chong Weng Kei said in an online interview with The Macau Post Daily last week.The interview also included choreographer Wu Hui and performer Lao Pui Lon.Founded in 2013, Four Dimension

February 15, 2023 | BY admin

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China-Iran ties not subject to the West

China Daily Editorial        The attention Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to China from yesterday to tomorrow has drawn from Western countries exposes their reluctance to observe normal interstate exchanges as what they are.China has always viewed its traditional friendship with the Islamic Republic from strategic heights. And consolidating and developing relations is the strategic choice made by both sides.Both experience and the increasingly volatile

February 15, 2023 | BY admin

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