Macau named co-chair of Asia/Pacific Joint Group by Int’l AML Org: govt

Chu Un I, director of the local government’s Financial Intelligence Office (GIF), was appointed as the co-chair of the Asia/Pacific Joint Group, according to a statement by the office yesterday.The decision was approved unanimously by all members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the statement said.The statement did not elaborate on when Chu was appointed.The Asia/Pacific Joint Group is a regional subgroup of the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG), which is under

May 14, 2020 | BY admin

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US trick of shifting blame to China sure to backfire

CommentaryUS politicians have tried every trick in the book and intensified their efforts to attack China as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation becomes increasingly severe in the US.Like octopuses emitting toxic ink as soon as they encounter a threat, US politicians are using their poisonous ideas to shield themselves, besmirch China, and muddy the entire world.However, as the saying goes, “A clean hand wants no washing”.At the beginning of its fight against the novel

May 14, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt mulls Ao's request to serve rest of 29-year jail term in Portugal: report

The Macau government has confirmed that it has received a request on behalf of ex-secretary for transport and public works Ao Man Long to serve the remainder of his 29-year prison sentence in Portugal, the Portuguese-language daily Hoje Macau ("Today Macau") reported yesterday. According to the report, the office of Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon confirmed to the newspaper that it has received the request "from the Portuguese

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau joins nation’s medical team helping Algeria fight COVID-19

The Macau government announced yesterday that a local medical team will join a national medical team today which will then depart from Chongqing for Algeria to support the North African country in fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.The local team joining the national anti-COVID-19 medical team consists of five members from the local branch of the China International Emergency Medical Team.Mio Chi Fong, who heads the local five-member team, made the announcement during

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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IC launches new mobile app ‘My Library’

The Macau Public Library of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has launched a mobile app called “My Library” to facilitate the use of library resources and promote residents’ reading habits, according to an IC statement this week.By using the app, users can search, reserve and renew library items as well as check the status of reserved, loaned and overdue items, fines and checkout history, according to the statement.The statement points out that the app can be used as an electronic library

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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Decision to disallow June 4 exhibition ‘not political’: Cheong

The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) recent decision to disallow a roving exhibition by the non-establishment Union for Democratic Development (UDD) about the June 4 incident was “not political” but for public health reasons, Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon told reporters yesterday. Cheong made the remarks on the sidelines of a judicial swearing-in ceremony when asked by the media about the issue. Cheong insisted that after perusing the relevant

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Xi stresses achieving moderately prosperous society in all respects

TAIYUAN – President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to complete building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and ride on the momentum to write a new chapter in socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks during an inspection tour in northern Shanxi province.Xi called for efforts to overcome the adverse impacts of the

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

People look at T-shirts at a street vendor in the city centre yesterday.  Photo: Iong Tat Choi This video grab made yesterday shows what appears to be a lone Chinese white dolphin in brackish waters close to the peninsula’s southern waterfront. The video was posted by a netizen online yesterday and has since gone viral, with people raising concern that the dolphin might have lost its way because of the ongoing land reclamation project nearby.

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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Man spends 500 patacas of stolen MACAUpass card: police

A local man spent 500 patacas on a MACAUpass card that he found in a convenience store in February, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference on Monday.The 54-year-old suspect surnamed Ng is a local resident who told the police that he is self-employed.According to Wong, the victim on February 11 topped up his or her MACAUpass card in a convenience store in Rua da Doca do Lam Mau. The victim, whose gender was not revealed by the police,

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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Security guard takes upskirt photos of woman: police

A local security guard was arrested on Friday for taking upskirt photos of a woman from the mainland when she was withdrawing cash from an ATM in Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular conference on Monday.The 37-year-old suspect surnamed Cheang, a local resident, told the police that he works as a security guard.Wong said the woman, a non-resident worker in her twenties, felt something touch her thigh when she was

May 13, 2020 | BY admin

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Gaming inspectorate to get new chief: govt

Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) will get a new director, a spokesperson for the Office of Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong told The Macau Post Daily today. Asked about media speculation that the bureau's current director, Paulo Martins Chan, would leave his post next month, the spokesperson said that both Chan and the Public Prosecution Office (MP) had requested Lei that he be allowed to return to his former post as assistant public

May 12, 2020 | BY admin

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Gaming tax receipts fall 47.9 pct in Jan-April: govt

The government's receipts from gaming taxes fell 47.9 percent year-on-year to 20.5 billion patacas (US$2.56 billion) in the first four months of the year, the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) announced today. According to DSF data, gaming tax receipts accounted for 85.6 percent of the government's total current revenue of 23.9 billion patacas between January and April, down 13.6 percent year-on-year. The government's total expenditure rose 42.2 percent to 23.39 billion patacas,

May 12, 2020 | BY admin

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Group holds 2nd ‘Caring Adoption Day’ during COVID-19 epidemic

Two dog adoption events were held at the Everyone Stray Dogs Macau Volunteer Group (ESDMVG) canine shelter on Saturday and Sunday. This was the 2nd “Caring Adoption Day” organised by the group during the COVID-19 epidemic, according to its Facebook page.According to the FB page, Caring Adoption Day restarted on April 25 after it had been suspended in line with the government’s COVID-19 epidemic prevention measures. About 60 dogs were up for adoption at the two events.Chan In Cheng,

May 12, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

Pupils wearing facemasks have to go through a temperature scan when entering their school on Avenida de Horta e Costa.Teenagers in their school uniform, all of them wearing facemasks, gather near a bus stop close to Lou Lim Ieoc Garden.Pedestrians buy “egg waffle” street snacks near Nam Van.  Photos taken yesterday by Iong Tat Choi, Camy Tam and Monica Leong 

May 12, 2020 | BY admin

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