NRW steals helmet hanging on motorbike

A non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland stole a helmet hanging from the handlebars of a motorcycle, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheuk Kou Chi said at a press conference on Monday.The suspect, surnamed Guan, is in his forties and worked as a shop assistant.According Cheuk, a person reported to the police on September 24 that his or her helmet, worth 250 patacas, hanging on the handlebars of their motorcycle was stolen in Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas. The police identified

October 26, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Woman loses 6.7 million yuan in online investment scam

A woman was cheated out of 6.7 million yuan (7.45 million patacas) in an online investment scam, while a man was arrested for money laundering and deception linked to the scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference on Monday. The 27-year-old suspect surnamed Leong worked as a waiter, while the victim surnamed Lao is 54 years old and told the police she’s jobless.According to Lou, Lao attended an online investment course in October 2021 where

October 26, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Int’l smart community tourism webinar features IFTM

The Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) was featured in the Smart Community Tourism Webinar Series, highlighting the positive impact of the UNWTO.TedQual Certification System on IFTM students and staff development, its graduates’ employability and quality assurance regarding its education, according to a recent statement by the tertiary education institution.The statement pointed out the UNWTO.TedQual Certification System is “a tool to assure the quality of tourism sector

October 26, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IAM urges public to stop eating ‘Flying Dragon’ & ‘Imperial Banquet Supreme’ dried bamboo fungus

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public in a statement yesterday to stop eating two brands of pre-packed dried Phallus indusiatus (commonly known as bamboo fungus) produced by “Flying Dragon” and “Imperial Banquet Supreme” as they were found to have excessive cadmium contamination.One of the problematic products was also found to contain excessive amounts of sulphur dioxide (SO2) used as preservatives, the statement noted.According to the statement, IAM inspectors discovered

October 26, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt to help private schools run vocational & technical courses: DSEDJ

The Education and Youth Development Bureau’s (DSEDJ) Non-tertiary Education Council said yesterday that it will consider supporting private secondary schools to convert part of their current theory-based commerce and engineering subjects into vocational courses.The chief of the bureau’s Division of Secondary Education, Leong I On, made the remarks during a press conference after the government-appointed council’s third regular closed-door meeting of the year when introducing Macau’s

October 26, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt proposes licensing of limited-scope banks

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council, announced last week that the local government has finished drafting a new bill regulating the city’s financial system, which proposes to introduce the licensing of limited-scope banks, aka restricted licence banks.According to specialist websites, a limited-scope bank means a bank or financial institution that is only permitted to carry out a

October 26, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt proposes 20 pct rise in fines for motorbike riders’ failure to pay street parking fees

The government has submitted a bill regulating public parking to the Legislative Assembly (AL), which proposes a 20-percent increase in the fines to be paid by motorcycle riders who fail to pay their street parking fees. The bill has already been uploaded to the legislature’s website. The legislature has scheduled a plenary session tomorrow for the debate and vote of the bill’s outline.The government proposes that the new public-parking law will replace the current public-parking

October 26, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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China’s far-reaching blueprint boosts global confidence

Analysis        BEIJING – The Communist Party of China (CPC), the ruling party of the world’s second-largest economy, has unveiled its new top leadership. How the new leadership will steer China on its future voyage catches the eyes of a great many across the world.Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a speech in front of the press in the presence of the other six members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC

October 26, 2022 | BY admin

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Customs busts 3 parallel-trading dens in shops

Macau Customs Service (SA) officers raided three parallel-trading dens in three shops on the ground floor of Vai Un Garden on Rua da Fábrica yesterday, where three local suspects and a non-resident worker (NRW) were arrested, according to an SA statement yesterday.According to the statement, a female suspect was spotted heading towards the Barrier Gate checkpoint yesterday, where she was found by customs officers to be carrying dried fish maw and medicines.Under questioning, the suspect

October 25, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt axes tyre park project in Taipa: Cheong

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheng Weng Chon announced last week that the government has decided to cancel its plan to build a temporary tyre park in an area comprising a number of idle plots in central Taipa, and that the area’s future use will be determined by the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) in line with the city’s urban master plan.Cheong made the remarks during Friday’s Executive Council press conference when asked by reporters about the

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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‘No regret’ from abusive son after battering 72-year-old dad with dustpan

A local man, whose 72-year-old father has complained to the police multiple times that he was beaten by him, was arrested for striking his dad with a dustpan on Saturday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lou said that the 34-year-old local suspect surnamed Loi lives with his parents in the city centre. His father is retired.According to Lou, since Loi lost his job in 2019 he has become increasingly irritable and has beaten his father

October 25, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Man furtively takes photos of PJ officer’s wife's legs

A Judiciary Police (PJ) investigator caught a man red handed surreptitiously taking photos of his wife’s legs when the couple were shopping, PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday. Lou identified the 56-year-old local suspect surnamed Wong as a computer engineer. The victim is 26 years old.According to Lou, on Friday at 1 p.m. when the victim was shopping with her husband in a supermarket in Taipa, her husband, a PJ investigator, discovered that a man,

October 25, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Trilingual Christmas cards to go on sale: Macau Post & Telecom Bureau (CTT)

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a statement yesterday that a new Christmas card design will be launched on November 1 and can be bought at the General Post Office (GPO) in Largo do Senado, as well as all other post offices.The card wishes its recipients a Merry Christmas in Chinese, Portuguese and English.The distinctively designed Christmas cards are priced at 15 patacas each and can be “sent to all destinations without affixing stamps”, the statement

October 25, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police bust 146 telecom fraud cases involving over 73.6 million patacas in Jan-Sept

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng told reporters yesterday that in the first nine months of this year, 84 cases of telecommunications fraud involving about 35.7 million patacas were recorded, while in terms of online scams, such as internet dating scams, the police investigated 62 cases involving 7.9 million patacas.Sit pointed out that telecommunications fraud cases have increased “significantly” in recent years, adding that the Judiciary Police will continue to conduct

October 25, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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