Local man arrested for damaging motorbike while parking his own

A local man in his sixties was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Wednesday for damaging another person’s motorcycle while parking his own, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said in a regular press conference on Friday.The suspect told the police that he is a businessman surnamed Ng, the spokesperson said.According to the spokesperson, PSP received a report from a local man in early August that when he parked his motorcycle in a legal parking space on Rua dos Açores in Taipa,

October 7, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Teenage girl commits suicide by taking poison

The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report from the Fire Services Bureau yesterday at 11:54 a.m. stating that a teenage girl committed suicide by taking poison in a flat on Avenida 1 de Maio, the Judiciary Police said in a statement.The victim was identified as a female local minor.According to the girl’s mother, she saw her daughter enter her bedroom at around midnight and turn off the lights to go to sleep, the statement said.However, when she looked in on her daughter at around 11:30 a.m.

October 7, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Sam vows to enhance Macau’s competitiveness in GBA development

During Saturday’s public hearing with residents, chief executive candidate Sam Hou Fai acknowledged that Macau’s competitiveness is lower than the other three designated “core cities” in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), namely Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, despite the fact that Macau has various unique advantages in the GBA development, which he said Macau has failed to leverage.The GBA consists of nine cities in Guangdong Province and the nation’s two

October 7, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Drunk Russian crashes stolen motorbike into fire engine: police

A drunken Russian man stole a motorcycle, the key of which had been left in the ignition by its owner, parked on the street on Wednesday and drove it away, but soon afterwards he crashed it into a fire engine parked in a fire station as he was too drunk, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The Russian passport holder surnamed Dmitrii has entered Macau as a visitor. The man in his thirties told the police that he is a member of a

October 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Airport’s expansion to start by year-end

Macau International Airport operator CAM said in a statement last night that its land reclamation project to expand the airport is now scheduled to get off the ground before the end of this year and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2030.The statement also underlined that the expansion will raise the number of the airport’s annual passenger-handling capacity to 15 million.The statement noted that the local government formally granted CAM yesterday the necessary land concession

October 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Support measures needed to help local businesses: Sam

Macau’s sole candidate for the sixth-term chief executive Sam Hou Fai has been visiting various neighbourhoods to listen to people’s views, aiming to gauge public sentiment, and after yesterday’s walkabout in San Kio district, he said that the government should consider introducing support measures through online and offline marketing campaigns to improve different neighbourhoods’ business situation.The chief executive election will be held on October 13.  Accompanied by Women’s

October 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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New Macau Bridge promotes economic diversification: Ho

Macau Bridge, which officially opened to vehicular traffic at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, National Day, was inaugurated by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng three hours earlier where he said that the fourth Macau-Taipa bridge’s operation would help improve the population’s well-being and promote the city’s appropriate economic diversification.Macau Bridge is the city’s fourth sea crossing connecting the Macau peninsula and Taipa island, after Sai Van Bridge, Friendship Bridge, and the Governor Nobre

October 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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PJ warn public of ‘point expiry’ SMS scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday warned members of the public about fraudsters sending out “point expiry” SMS messages under the guise of banks and telecommunication companies, noting that multiple residents have filed reports about receiving these fake messages.According to the statement, the messages claimed that one’s customer points were about to expire, luring recipients to click on an embedded link that leads to a fake website that mimics those of banks or telecom providers.The

October 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau logs National Day holiday visitor record – 166,100 on Wednesday

Macau has recorded the highest single-day number of visitor arrivals for the National Day “Golden Week” holiday since official statistics started to be collected for the period, surpassing the previous single-day record of 162,100 on October 5, 2019, according to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday.Macau welcomed, the statement noted, over 166,100 visitor arrivals on Wednesday, the second day of the mainland’s National Day Golden Week on October 2, an

October 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Plot P senior housing tenants need to pay for clubhouse services: govt

Tenants in the government’s high-rise rental residential building for senior citizens on Plot P in Areia Preta district will need to pay to use its clubhouse and sport facilities, according to government announcements earlier this week.Tenants are scheduled to move into their flats in the housing estate from October 15 after it was inaugurated on Thursday last week.The housing estate has four podium levels from the ground to third floor. The podium’s second floor will be used as a clubhouse

October 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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121 works on display at Sands Gallery in ‘Echoes of a Golden Age’ exhibition

A quarter of a century’s works by nine seasoned artists are on display in Sands Gallery’s latest exhibition entitled “Echoes of a Golden Age: Macro Events through the Micro Visions of Macao’s Legendary Contemporary Artists”, which officially kicked off earlier this week and closes on January 5.A statement on Monday by integrated resort operator Sands China quoted Executive Vice Chairman Wilfred Wong Ying-wai as saying: “As this year marks dual celebrations, this exhibition aims to

October 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MUST laboratory director Prof. Erwin Neher first foreign expert from HK & Macau awarded Friendship Award by China

    German Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology laureate Prof. Erwin Neher is the first winner of China's Friendship Award for foreign experts from Hong Kong and Macau, according to a report by the Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News this week.   Xinhua has reported that State Councillor Shen Yiqin in Beijing on Monday presented the Friendship Award to 100 foreign experts working in the country in recognition of their contributions to China's development.

October 2, 2024 | BY admin

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Gross gaming revenue in Sept rises 15.5 pct to 17.2 billion patacas, but lowest in first 9 months

    Macau’s 30 casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 17.25 billion patacas last month, a year-on-year growth of 15.5 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.   Last month's GGR was the lowest in the first nine months of this year. So far, May generated this year's monthly record of 20.19 bilion patacas.    GGR in September was down by 12.6 percent month on month.   In the first nine months

October 1, 2024 | BY Staff Reporter

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CE Ho Iat Seng says nation regards Macau as 'pearl in the palm'

    Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has emphasised in his National Day address today that over the past 25 years, i.e., since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in December 1999, the nation has regarded Macau as a "pearl in the palm" (掌上明珠 - zhangshang mingzhu)*, and he underlined that the nation has consistently served as Macau's strongest support for maintaining prosperity and stability. thereby providing Macau's greatest

October 1, 2024 | BY Staff Reporter

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