HK security chief meets Macau CE to learn about national security

Hong Kong's Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu visited Macau yesterday for a meeting with Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng "to learn about the city's work in safeguarding national security and its latest development," according to a statement by the Hong Kong government's Information Services Department (ISD). Yesterday's ISD statement pointed out that Ho briefed Lee on the national security legislative process and "considerations and experiences concerning the city's

June 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Visitor arrivals drop 99.5 pct in May

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals declined 99.5 percent year-on-year to 16,133 last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.The bureau pointed out that, however, the number of visitor arrivals rose 46.1 percent month-on-month.Overnight visitors and same-day visitors totalled 9,115 and 7,018 respectively. Visitors’ average length of stay rose by 4.1 days year-on-year to 5.3 days, as overnight visitors stayed longer for an average of 14.7 days (+12.4 days) on

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Health Bureau passes 504 health voucher fraud cases for prosecution

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that since the launch of its annual medical subsidy programme – known as health vouchers – in 2009, its officials have carried out 3,711 inspections in private clinics and medical institutions that have joined the programme, and transferred 504 cases to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for allegedly defrauding the government through the illegal use of the vouchers.The statement also said that the bureau has cancelled the programme’s

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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A matter of trust, control & responsibility – Editorial

It’s an old habit of mine to reread books that I bought years or even decades ago, sometimes because they are simply too good to not read them again such as one of my favourite novels, “La Colmena” (“The Hive”) by Camilo José Cela, or because of their timeless topicality such as “O Jogo em Macau” (“Gaming in Macau”). I decided to reread the latter in the wake of Dr Stanley Ho Hung Sun’s passing late last month when I was asked by quite a number of journalists and

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Galaxy hosts sharing session on NPC, CPPCC sessions

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said in a statement yesterday that it recently hosted a sharing session about last month’s “two sessions”, i.e. the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Macau has 12 NPC deputies and some three dozen National Committee CPPCC members. According to the statement, Ma Iao Lai, a member of the Standing Committee of the National

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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House of Dancing Water shut – set to return with new show in January

The House of Dancing Water is temporarily closed until January when it will return with a new show, Melco Resorts and Entertainment said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that the new show would be “re-imagined” by The House of Dancing Water’s creative director Franco Dragone, and would be presented in January in time for the Chinese New Year in 2021.The statement quoted the company’s Macau Resorts Chief Operating Officer David Sisk as saying the new show would offer new

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Okura’s restaurant reopens with new set lunch

Hotel Okura is gradually reopening its restaurants with the Terrace now presenting a new three-course lunch menu with a 20 percent discount for Macau residents.Priced at 178 patacas per person, the set lunch features a combination of appetisers including mushroom soup, salad and takoyaki. The main course is a choice of Beef Diane, Pork back ribs, Pan-fried salmon in leek sauce or Teriyaki chicken. The meal ends with a dessert and tea or coffee.The contemporary all-day dining restaurant is

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Sales assistant spends 500 patacas of MACAUpass cards left by clients: police

A convenience store’s sales assistant was arrested on Monday for using MACAUpass cards left by customers in the store, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference on Wednesday.The suspect surnamed Cheang is in his twenties.According to Lai, a man reported to the police on June 1 that he had lost his MACAUpass card in January, after which he applied for a new one. When he transferred the balance of his old card to the new one, he discovered that it

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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MGTO releases video to promote Sustainable Gastronomy Day

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that it has produced a video to share Macau’s unique gastronomic culture, recipes and culinary arts, in order to promote the world’s Sustainable Gastronomy Day.The statement pointed out that making the video is part of the city’s endeavour to “foster the preservation of gastronomic culture” as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Creative City of Gastronomy and contribute to

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Dead man found in van

A man was found dead yesterday in a van parked at a meter parking spot in Rua do Mercado de Iao Hon near Iao Hon Municipal Market, according to a message by Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam.According to Ho’s message, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) notified the Judiciary Police at 6:46 a.m. yesterday that they had found a corpse and asked PJ officers to go to the scene to investigate.The deceased was a 52-year-old local man surnamed Chan.According to the message, Chan used to park

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Customs officer suspended for credit card fraud

The Macau Customs Service has decided to suspend an officer who was arrested in late 2016 for his alleged involvement in bogus credit card fraud after the Public Prosecution Office (MP) shelved the case in 2018, as it considered that from the viewpoint of disciplinary responsibility, the officer had “obviously violated the principle of uprightness” that security forces personnel are supposed to adhere to, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said on its website yesterday.When the customs

June 19, 2020 | BY admin

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14-day quarantine for all arrivals from virus-hit Beijing: Leong

Addressing yesterday evening’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre press conference, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou said that two travellers who arrived in Macau yesterday who had been in Beijing within the past 14 days were immediately transferred to 14 days of quarantine and medical observation at one of the government’s “quarantine hotels”, as the local government’s 14-day

June 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Ambulance carrying pregnant woman crashes with 7-seater carrier

A 7-seater people carrier and an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman crashed in Avenida de Horta e Costa yesterday evening, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.According to a statement by the bureau, eight people were taken to hospital, of which seven were injured, including four paramedics.The accident occurred at about 7 p.m. at the junction of Avenida de Horta e Costa and Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral, near Pui Ching Middle School.While the ambulance was travelling along Rua do Almirante

June 18, 2020 | BY admin

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8 nabbed for at least 497,000-pataca health voucher fraud

Eight men and women comprising a doctor running a Western medicine clinic and seven people working for a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacy including its licensee and a TCM practitioner were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a digital health voucher fraud of at least 497,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.The eight suspects are a 32-year-old local Western medicine physician surnamed Kuong, a

June 18, 2020 | BY admin

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