Alcoholic beverage seller embezzles 1 million patacas of company funds for gambling: police

A non-resident worker employed as an alcoholic beverage salesman who embezzled company funds of over one million patacas (US$125,000) claimed that he had used the ill-gotten money for gambling, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference on Tuesday.Another staff member of the alcoholic beverage company reported the case to Judiciary Police last Friday, and the suspect was arrested later that day at his home in Rua da Felicidade, Chan said.The 31-year-old

April 2, 2020 | BY admin

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HK karaokes, nightclubs, mahjong parlours shut

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government yesterday ordered the temporary closure of more types of entertainment venues, after facing growing calls for further restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic.All karaoke lounges, nightclubs, and mahjong premises were ordered to close for 14 days from 6 p.m. yeterday to help slow the spread of COVID-19.The venues were added to a list announced on Friday that covered cinemas, gyms, ice rinks and video game arcades.The new regulations were published in the

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Baby among 51 new COVID-19 infections in HK

HONG KONG – A 40-day-old baby became Hong Kong’s youngest Covid-19 patient yesterday, while health authorities confirmed more infections linked to a karaoke session last week.The last two people who went to karaoke last week together with five others previously confirmed with the disease, also came down with the illness.The announcement came shortly after the government extended a 14-day mandatory closure of leisure facilities to karaokes, night clubs and mahjong parlours earlier in the

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Handle return of nation’s students carefully

Commentary by Yang Jingmin and Yang Xuedong*The rapidly worsening situation around the world due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced many countries to close down schools to curb the spread of the virus, which has affected Chinese students studying there, particularly those in the worst hit countries and regions.Aside from the threat posed by the novel coronavirus, a number of these students have also become the target of social discrimination and xenophobia in some places.

April 1, 2020 | BY admin

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20 bodies unclaimed in Macau last year: Health Bureau

Macau's Health Bureau (SSM) has revealed that the number of unclaimed bodies rose from 15 in 2018 to 20 last year. The bureau released the data to public broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau today. According to TDM's Portuguese-language radio channel, the number of unclaimed bodies stood at 20 in 2017 and just two each in 2016 and 2015. Last year, the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital recorded 15 unclaimed bodies, while the private Kiang Wu Hospital recorded just one. Four bodies were

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Melco International profit rises 10.5 pct in 2019

Macau gaming operator Melco International said in a statement yesterday that its 2019 profit rose 10.5 percent to HK$1.8 billion.According to the statement, net revenue increased 10.5 percent to HK$45.0 billion. Adjusted EBITDA grew 15.1 percent to HK$12.5 billion. "Construction on the Phase 2 expansion of Studio City [in Cotai] is progressing which will further elevate the integrated resort to offer a significant point of differentiation from all other Macau resorts."Upon

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Gaming receipts fall 79 pct in March

Macau's gross gaming revenue fell 79.7 percent year-on-year last month to 5.25 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. According to a DICJ statement, last month's revenue rose 69.3 percent month-on-month.Macau's casinos were closed by government order for 15 days in February as one of the authorities' anti-COVID-19 measures. Revenue dropped 60.0 percent to 30.48 billion patacas in the first quarter. The government has imposed

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Govt can’t ‘endlessly’ run special transport measure from HK airport: MGTO official

Addressing yesterday evening’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Inês Chan Lou, who heads the Licensing and Inspection Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said that the local government could not “endlessly” ask its Hong Kong counterpart to continue offering the special arrangement allowing Macau residents returning from overseas to transit at Hong Kong’s airport en route to Macau by special bus.The local government’s

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A well-deserved salute to our anti-COVID-19 cleaners – Editorial

I think it’s high time to salute our city’s anti-COVID-19 cleaners and other vitally important support staff, many of them non-resident workers, toiling hard to keep all of us safe. I have great respect for them. Incidentally, I respect all hard-working people, be they medical workers, waiters, sales assistants, rubbish collectors or, last but not least, journalists. I have always held so-called “3-D” workers in high esteem – that is to say all those engaged in dull, dangerous

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65 victims report online facemask sales scams worth 2.9 million patacas: police

A total of 65 victims reported separately to the Judiciary Police (PJ) between February 18 and March 30 that they had been cheated when ordering facemasks online, involving a total loss of 2.89 million patacas, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.Woman cheated out of 363,000 patacas for facemasks from IndonesiaChan said that in one case a local businesswoman who runs a hotel supply company reported to the Judiciary Police on Monday that she had been

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Xi inspects wetland conservation, urban management in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU – President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, yesterday inspected wetland conservation and technology-based urban management in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province.During the inspection, Xi visited Xixi National Wetland Park and City Brain, a smart city platform aiming to improve urban management.Hangzhou’s City Brain project was launched in 2016 to help the city make plans in areas including public security, transport and

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UM sets up joint cancer research centre with CAS Institute of Oncology and Basic Medicine

The University of Macau (UM) and the Institute of Oncology and Basic Medicine (IOBM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have signed a collaboration agreement to establish a joint cancer research centre, according to a UM statement yesterday.  According to the statement, the agreement aims to give full play to the advantages of the collaboration between UM and IOBM in terms of scientists and technologists, medical resources, and innovative research, and to improve the health and

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Drunken man nabbed for arson: police

A local man was arrested on Monday for alleged arson at a residential building in Rua do General Galhardo, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect is a 25-year-old Macanese logistics worker surnamed Silva who lives on the fifth floor of the building.Macanese generally consist of people of predominantly mixed Chinese and Portuguese as well as Malay, Sinhalese and Indian ancestry.According to Chan, the Judiciary Police (PJ)

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Pet cat tests positive for COVID-19 in HK

HONG KONG – A pet cat of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Hong Kong has tested positive for the virus, the Hong Kong government said on Tuesday.The domestic short-haired feline was sent for quarantine at an animal keeping facility at the Hong Kong checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge on Monday after its owner was confirmed with COVID-19.The Hong Kong government’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) collected samples from the cat for tests. Its oral

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