Female overstayer steals HK$150,000 from male friend’s hotel safe

A woman from the mainland, who has overstayed in Macau for three years and eight months, has been arrested for stealing HK$150,000 from a male friend’s hotel guestroom safe, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong told reporters at a regular press conference yesterday.The 61-year-old suspect, surnamed Gu, told the police that she’s jobless. The elderly victim had met Gu a year ago while gambling in a casino and had since been inviting her again and again to gamble with him and stay

September 3, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police nab local, 2 mainlanders for theft-by-finding

A local man and two women from the mainland have separately been apprehended for two theft-by-finding cases, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the local suspect surnamed Chan, who is in his sixties, told the police that he’s jobless.According to Lam, a local man reported to the police on August 26 that he had lost his wallet in Estrada de Dona Maria II, containing 7,100 patacas. Subsequently, police officers

September 3, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Mainlander robs illegal currency dealer with scissors

A man from the mainland has been arrested for robbing a female illegal currency exchange dealer in a hotel guestroom of HK$400,000 by threatening her with a pair of scissors, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said at a special press conference yesterday.The 52-year-old suspect surnamed Chen told the police that he’s jobless. The victim, also from the mainland, had conducted transactions amounting to HK$500,000 with Chen before.On Sunday the victim once again struck a currency

September 3, 2024 | BY William Chan

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No.1 stand-by signal may be hoisted today as ‘Yagi’ approaches Macau: SMG

The local observatory is considering hoisting the No.1 stand-by signal from tonight to tomorrow as Tropical Storm “Yagi” located east of the Philippines is forecast to be within 800 km of Macau.The storm, according to the weather station, is forecast to enter the South China Sea in the middle of this week, and is likely to move across the northern part of the South China Sea when its intensity will gradually increase, with a chance of it becoming a strong typhoon.However, the observatory

September 3, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Olympians help local residents enhance sense of patriotism, national pride: ID chief

The nation’s Olympians from the mainland concluded yesterday their three-day visit to Macau, and Sports Bureau (ID) Acting President Luís Gomes told the media that “the Olympic-themed patriotic education campaign” helped Macau residents enhance their sense of patriotism and national pride.Gomes also said that the campaign aimed to encourage Macau residents to take the nation’s Olympians as an example, learn to persevere and struggle for their goals, carrying forward Chinese

September 3, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Essence Unbounded’ presents gongbi painting works by 32 artists

A total of 32 paintings are on display at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery until Saturday for an exhibition entitled “Essence Unbounded”, with each work showcasing the gongbi technique through different themes.A careful realist technique in Chinese painting, Wikipedia notes that gongbi (工筆), which means “tidy” in Chinese, uses “highly detailed brushstrokes that delimits details very precisely and without independent or expressive variation”.A recent statement from the

September 3, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Whisky Live to make Macau debut next month

Whisky Live is set to be hosted at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai from October 11 to 13, marking the first time that the event will be held in Macau.Whisky Live in Hong Kong was launched in 2016 and is organised by Whiskey Magazine.The upcoming three-day Whisky Live Macau 2024, for which details were unveiled during a media preview event at GLP yesterday, is this year organised in partnership with SJM Resorts. There will be over 40 exhibitors showcasing international whiskies and culinary

September 3, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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8 people feel unwell after eating in Japanese eatery

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) is following up on two collective cases, where eight people felt unwell after eating in an izakaya (Japanese style pub) called “田淵” on Avenida da República in Sai Van on Friday, according to an IAM statement yesterday.The eight people developed abdominal pain, diarrhoea and fever on Saturday after eating Wagyu Sukiyaki and Japanese omelette, the statement said, adding that according to the epidemiological investigation conducted by the bureau,

September 3, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Mainland, HK, Macau sign pact to strengthen infectious diseases joint response

The mainland, Hong Kong and Macau signed a cooperation agreement yesterday aiming to strengthen their joint response mechanism for tackling infectious disease, the Macau Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night.The agreement was signed in Hong Kong yesterday by top officials from the three regions’ respective health authorities.According to the SSM statement, a five-member delegation led by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U travelled to Hong Kong yesterday to

September 3, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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CTT offers postmark cancellation in celebration of Teacher’s Day

A Temporary Post Counter will be set up at the General Post Office’s Philatelic Shop next Tuesday to provide the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “Celebration of Teachers’ Day”, according to a statement yesterday from the Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT).Apart from Macau, Teacher’s Day is also celebrated on September 10 in the mainland and Hong Kong.The counter will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.The statement added that commemorative envelopes

September 3, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Middle-aged woman falls to death from building in Taipa

A local woman “fell” from a flat in a residential building in Taipa yesterday afternoon and died in hospital later after emergency treatment to save her life failed, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement last night.The Public Security Police (PSP) informed the Judiciary Police at 3:05 p.m. yesterday of the case, which occurred at a building on Rua de Choi Long, a street just a stone’s throw from Taipa’s northern coast near the entrance to Friendship Bridge.After receiving a

September 3, 2024 | BY admin

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Mainland Olympians encourage local athletes ‘not to be afraid of adversity’

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games Mainland Olympians delegation, which arrived in Macau on Saturday via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge for its three-day visit, met and interacted yesterday morning with 600 young local athletes at the Olympic Sports Centre in Taipa, where they told them “to trust their teammates, not to be afraid of adversity, and to give their all to their favourite sports”.The delegation stayed in the Taipa’s Olympic Sports Centre for about an hour, during which mainland

September 2, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO, Melco & GEG win PATA Gold Awards

The 2024 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards presentation ceremony was held on Wednesday in Bangkok, with the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment receiving prizes.According to an MGTO statement on Wednesday, the PATA Gold Awards – Lunch and Award Presentation was among the highlights during the PATA Travel Mart, which this year marked its 47th edition and ran from Tuesday through Thursday.  The

September 2, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Customs busts shop selling clothing violating copyrights worth 880,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service (SA) officers on Thursday busted a shop suspected of selling fake products infringing on various brands’ intellectual property rights (IP), involving 57 bogus items worth 879,000 patacas in total, according to the prices set by the retailers, an SA spokesperson said during a press conference on Friday.A local female shop owner, surnamed Chou, aged 48, was arrested on Thursday, according to the spokesperson, adding that the shop that Chou owns has been in business for

September 2, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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