MGTO & MGM launch training series to promote hospitality

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and MGM Macau jointly launched yesterday a training series entitled “Together We Deliver Exceptional Hospitality As Tourism Ambassadors”, including a themed seminar hosted by Hong Kong artist-cum-emcee Mayanne Mak Mei-yan and a short video contest.MGTO Deputy Director Cheng Wai Tong addressed the programme’s launching ceremony held at the MGM Cotai Theatre yesterday, with more than 700 participants attending.The series, with the aim of promoting

May 22, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lawmakers pass bill toughening oath-taking rules

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday unanimously passed a government-initiated bill amending the oath-taking law, according to which members of the Chief Executive Election Committee will also be required to take an oath when taking office.The bill passed yesterday will amend the current law regulating the oath-taking of those in the executive, legislative and judicial organs of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).The amendment bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session

May 22, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Legislators pass bill enabling LRT East Line expansion

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday unanimously passed a government-initiated bill enabling the Light Rail Transit (LRT) East Line to be extended to the Qingmao pedestrian border checkpoint by running under the Barrier Gate.The new law will take effect on the day after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature last month, after which the bill was reviewed by its 1st Standing Committee, before it was resubmitted

May 22, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Man, 77, in hospital with serious flu

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night that a 77-year-old local man inflicted with chronic diseases is in a serious condition after being infected with influenza.The statement said that the man was taken by his family members to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Monday for treatment where he tested positive for the influenza A virus and a scan showed that he was suffering from double pneumonia.Consequently, the statement said, he was diagnosed with

May 22, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Lawmakers pass civil registration law

The Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) passed an amendment law on civil registration in its second and final reading yesterday in the legislature’s hemicycle.Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon attended yesterday’s plenary session when the bill was voted on article-by-article.Cheong said during yesterday’s plenary session that the main objective of the bill was to make the civil registration procedures electronic and, at the same time, simplify the registration

May 22, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Fraud gang launders 4.7 million patacas by buying gold in Macau: police

A criminal gang linked to eight fraud cases in the mainland, involving 5.5 million yuan (6.17 million patacas), allegedly transferred about 4.7 million patacas of the proceeds by buying gold in Macau with the use of mainland bank cards, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said yesterday, adding that PJ officers caught one of the gang’s key members red-handed while he was committing his money-laundering crime in a jewellery shop in Cotai on Sunday. During yesterday’s special

May 22, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mainlander short-changes man in currency deal

A man from the mainland has been arrested for short-changing another man in a currency exchange deal, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Chen, is in his forties. He told the police that he’s a businessman. According to Kong, the victim from the mainland encountered Chen in a casino in Cotai on May 2 and agreed to exchange 45,000 yuan into HK$48,000. Chen counted his cash in front of the victim and

May 22, 2024 | BY William Chan

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HK student steals backpack: police

A Hong Kong student has been arrested for stealing a backpack, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 20-year-old suspect is surnamed Chang.According to Kong, a Hong Kong woman reported to the police in March that while she was at a hotel in Cotai, she placed her backpack near an escalator and went to find her friend. When she returned after approximately 15 minutes, the backpack, worth 21,400 patacas, was gone.Police

May 22, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police rule out any criminal offence in 4-month-old baby’s death

A four-month-old baby girl died suddenly at Fong Chong (Taipa) Nursery in October last year, and Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said yesterday that no criminal offence was involved in the case.  Cheong said during yesterday’s regular police press conference: “After an in-depth PJ investigation of the environment, facilities, practices and all staff members of the nursery as well as the [baby girl’s] forensic examination, in particular, the blood sample of the

May 22, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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10 Fantasia gallery shows ‘The Mysterious Packages’ book series

Interview by William Chan        Cynthia Chan Lok Si, in an interview with the Post yesterday, discussed her curation of a Chinese-language book series entitled “The Mysterious Packages” at the 10 Fantasia gallery.The exhibition is a collaboration between 10 Fantasia and The Macanese Publishing Ltd. The series consists of three children’s books featuring robot animals. The first book addresses the issue of school bullying, the second focuses on attention deficit

May 22, 2024 | BY admin

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SSM to further study feasibility of tightening smoking curbs: Dr Lo  

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it will continue to study the feasibility of banning people from smoking while walking and designating parts of streets as no-smoking areas, with the aim of further improving Macau’s tobacco control. In reply to a written interpellation raised by lawmaker Leong Sun Iok in mid-March, SSM Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said that since the Tobacco Prevention and Control Law came into force in 2012, smoking has been

May 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Foreign Ministry, local govt host symposium on external legal affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the local government jointly held a symposium on external legal affairs on Friday, seeking new opportunities for legal development and exchanges.The symposium themed “New Achievements, New Opportunities, New Actions: Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Macau’s Return to the Motherland” was attended by some 370 officials, scholars, students, and association representatives.Good work in the Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) external legal

May 21, 2024 | BY admin

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Woman forges mother’s signature in mortgage scam

A woman has been arrested for forging her mother’s signature in a mortgage scam, according to Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong during a press conference yesterday.The 33-year-old female suspect, surnamed Leong, owns a restaurant in the northern district.Facing financial difficulties in 2023, Leong saw an advertisement on social media offering loans. She contacted the advertiser, a man who claimed she did not qualify but suggested mortgaging her mother’s flat instead.The man

May 21, 2024 | BY William Chan

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42,000 locals get mainland driving licence in year since start of reciprocal deal

The Macau government said yesterday that as of last week, around 42,000 Macau residents had obtained a mainland car driving licence without having to take a driving test there, in the year since the implementation of the reciprocal driving-licence recognition agreement between the mainland and Macau, which took effect on May 16 last year.The local government signed the agreement with the Ministry of Public Security in February last year.The mutual driving-licence recognition only applies to

May 21, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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