Man gives business partner 3 dud cheques for 1.1 million patacas each

A local man was arrested for separately giving three cheques that bounced to a business partner, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a regular conference yesterday.The 38-year-old suspect surnamed Ao owns a technology company. Ao and the victim, who also owns a technology company, together bid for and won a monitoring project of a local university in May. Chan said that they both invested 3.2 million patacas in the project.According to Chan, Ao received the first payment from

December 6, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Police urge public to be wary of theft of personal data

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public yesterday to be wary of their personal information on social media platforms being stolen.According to a PJ statement, the Judiciary Police have received reports from several members of the public that criminals had stolen their photos and opened social media accounts in their names on various platforms, after which the criminals constantly contacted “friends” on the account to obtain their telephone numbers or personal information.The statement

December 6, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab Maotai smuggler-money launderer

A local woman was arrested on Friday for her alleged involvement in a major smuggling and money laundering case, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a regular conference yesterday.Chan said that the 48-year-old suspect surnamed Kam told the police she’s a businesswoman.According to Chan, the police were tipped off at the end of last year that Kam was using a wine cellar in Zape to store Maotai. PJ officers on Wednesday arrested Kam at the shop. Singapore, Hong Kong and

December 6, 2022 | BY William Chan

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UM scholar chosen as fellow for Chemistry & Biology societies

The University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Associate Professor Henry Kwok Hang Fai has been elected fellow of the UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Biology for his contributions to chemical and biomedical sciences, according to a statement from the public university.The two societies are among the most “prestigious and authoritative” academic institutions worldwide and award fellowships to scientists “who have made outstanding and

December 6, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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4 hurt in traffic accident on Friendship Bridge

Three men and a woman were slightly injured in a traffic accident involving three motorcycles and a dump lorry (aka dumper) on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge yesterday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement.The accident occurred at around 9 a.m. in the direction from the peninsula to Taipa. The four people who were injured were motorcycle drivers or pillions, the statement said.The quartet, all of them local residents aged between 17 and 61, were taken to the private Kiang Wu

December 6, 2022 | BY admin

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Subsidised-Training Scheme to include more kinds of jobs: DSAL chief

Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday that the government plans to include more kinds of jobs in its Subsidised-Training Scheme in response to the development of intelligent building construction in recent years and also to help construction workers upgrade their  technological skills.Wong made the remarks during a Q&A plenary session in the legislative’s hemicycle yesterday.Public Works Bureau (DSOP) Deputy Director Luís Manuel Silva Madeira de Carvalho

December 6, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt launches sales programme for RAT kits, 4 patacas per kit

The Macau government has rolled out a programme that enables local residents, non-resident workers (NRWs), and non-local students enrolled in Macau’s higher education institutions to buy rapid antigen test (RAT) kits used for COVID-19 self-tests from designated outlets at a discounted price.The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced the programme, which starts today, in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, each eligible individual can buy a total five RAT

December 6, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Tak Chun trial starts with just ex-boss attending

The trial of nine defendants from former junket operator Tak Chun in the Court of First Instance (TJB) started yesterday with only the now defunct company’s ex-boss, Levo Chan Weng Lin, attending the hearing. A statement by the court pointed out that Chan is the only one of the nine defendants who has been remanded in custody. The other eight defendants chose not to be in the dock yesterday. Nevertheless, the three-judge panel decided to get the trial, which had been adjourned once

December 6, 2022 | BY admin

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Sirens to wail in homage to ex-president Jiang

Sirens will wail in Macau this morning in homage to former president Jiang Zemin, the Unitary Police Service (SPU) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, the sirens will wail for three minutes during the memorial meeting paying tribute to Jiang in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which will begin at 10 a.m. The memorial will be telecast live by public broadcaster TDM. The sirens are located on hill tops, namely Guia Lighthouse, Taipa Grande Hill, Coloane

December 6, 2022 | BY admin

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Underlying defect of US’ all-fronts competition

China Daily Editorial        “We are pushing on all fronts, all at once,” United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said of her country’s ongoing efforts to outcompete China in a speech at MIT last Wednesday. “And we need to do it all together.”While the Joe Biden administration is making “whole-of-government” endeavors for that purpose, Raimondo called for closer, broader engagement, with the private sector and US allies and partners, because “competing

December 6, 2022 | BY admin

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Govt vows ‘precise’ COVID-19 work & ‘minimised’ impact on residents’ lives

Macau has reported 20 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend involving the community, from Friday to yesterday, some of which were related to the current cluster that started with a 74-year-old taxi driver on Monday last week, while some of them were visitors from the mainland who were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Macau after arriving here.Meanwhile, the Macau Health Bureau (SSM) underlined on Saturday that the Macau government is now carrying out its COVID-19 prevention and control measures in a

December 5, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau to follow national memorial meeting for Jiang tomorrow

The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement on Saturday that in order for people in Macau to be able to express their deep condolences for the passing of former president Jiang Zemin, the local government and local people will follow a national memorial meeting which will be held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing commencing at 10 a.m. tomorrow.According to the statement, the memorial meeting will be broadcast live on the television and radio channels of public

December 5, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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2022 Galaxy Macao Int’l Marathon meets Sports Bureau’s expectations: Pun

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun told the media yesterday at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Taipa that the runners’ performance in the 2022 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon, which was held in the morning, “was excellent”, with both the mainland and local marathoners performing “well”, and that the marathon met his bureau’s expectations.The 41st Macao International Marathon, which was jointly organised by the Sports Bureau and the General Association

December 5, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Tennis finals featuring top players starts today

The 2022 CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals (Macau) and National Tennis Championships will be held from today until December 11 at the Macau Tennis Academy in Cotai, with the event featuring the top 16 nationally ranked players in the mainland competing for top prizes.The players will compete across four categories, which are men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles, with the tournament’s finals being held in Macau for the second consecutive year.Speaking with

December 5, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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