Jobless man cheats phone shop out of HK$144,000

A local man was arrested on Friday for cheating a phone shop in the Zape area out of HK$144,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a regular press conference on Monday.The 30-year-old suspect surnamed Lei, told the police that he is unemployed.According to Chan, a staff member of a telephone shop reported to the Judiciary Police on February 10 last year that the shop had made a deal with Lei who claimed that he could purchase smartphones for them at a discounted price, but Lei

August 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Ex-shipwright tells bittersweet story behind viral TikTok ‘Dalgona’ coffee

A coffee-flavoured whipped cream placed nicely on a glass of iced milk originally known by locals as “hand-beaten coffee” has become a TikTok phenomenon under the name “Dalgona coffee”. However, behind the aesthetic regular joe hides the bittersweet story of Macau café owner Leong Kam Hon.Whisking sugar and coffee together by hand 400-times has been a quarantine must-do since early this year. Making this coffee has become a sensation on TikTok, a mobile app which allows users to create

August 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Joint Hengqin checkpoint cuts clearance time to about 30 secs

The new Macau-mainland joint Hengqin checkpoint – officially called “Hengqin Port” – that opened to the general public yesterday afternoon cuts clearance time to about 30 seconds. According to a statement released by the Gongbei Customs District yesterday.The clearance services for travellers and for Macau-bound vehicles has now relocated to the new Hengqin checkpoint building, while the clearance services for mainland-bound vehicles remain at the current Hengqin checkpoint building,

August 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau to hoist typhoon signal No. 8 at 11:30 p.m. today

Macau's observatory said in a statement tonight that it will hoist the typhoon signal No. 8NE at 11:30 p.m., which will replace signal No. 3 which was hoisted earlier in the day. At 10 p.m., according to the statement, Typhoon Higos was located about 150 km south-east of Macau and moving west towards to the Pearl River Delta. Signal No. 8 means that a tropical cyclone continues to approach Macau. Winds with sustained speeds of 63 to 117 km/h are expected or blowing and the gusts may

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau hoists signal No. 3 as Tropical Storm Higos edges closer

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) issued the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 at 3:30 p.m. today, as Tropical Storm Higos edged closer to the city and gained strength.The bureau said in a statement that "the signal No.3 will remain in effect for a period of time. The local winds will strengthen.”According to the statement, at 3 p.m. Higos was located about 290 km south-east of Macau and was moving toward the western coast of Guangdong province. The statement warned that as

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho meets with health & finance chiefs in Beijing to boost cooperation

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday met with the central government’s health and finance ministers to further strengthen cooperation between the mainland and Macau in the two areas.Ho held discussions in Beijing with the National Health Commission (NHC) about closer cooperation between Macau’s Health Bureau (SSM) and the commission such as the latter assisting its local counterpart in the training of medical professionals and hospital management personnel.The NHC is a cabinet-level

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

Dozens of people wearing facemasks wait at a bus stop in Nam Van yesterday evening. – Photo: Camy TamA man wearing a facemasks looks at a mattress that has been dumped in a pedestrianised area in Nam Van yesterday. – Photo: Monica Leong

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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2 vehicles crash in Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral

A private car and a scooter were involved in an accident in Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral near Hap Tak Building at around 10 a.m. yesterday, according to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB).The statement said that a male scooter rider scraped his lower right leg severely, adding that firefighters suspected that he had also fractured his right leg. The statement added that he was taken to the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre.No mention was made as to the condition of the car

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Guangdong’s new COVID-19 cases won’t affect resumption of travel permits: govt

Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou said that the fact that a number of new local COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Guangdong last week will not affect next week’s resumption of the issuing of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and group tours permits for Guangdong residents to travel to Macau, provided that the

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Sexagenarian installs minicam in toilet to film his maid: police

A man in his late sixties was arrested on Friday for installing a “pinhole video camera” in a toilet at his flat in the Avenida de Horta e Costa neighbourhood to film his Filipina domestic helper, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during yesterday’s regular press conference.The 69-year-old local man surnamed Wong told the police that he is unemployed. He lives with his wife in a flat in Rua de Silva Mendes. The victim had worked for Wong for five years.According to

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Gambler attacks wife & their 2 kids, threatens to kill them

A local businessman was arrested on Friday for domestic violence, allegedly hurting his wife and two children and threatening to kill them with a knife, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 56-year-old suspect surnamed Ieong married his wife, who is in her forties, in 2012, and they have a 5-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter. The family lives in the city centre.According to Chan, Ieong’s wife rang the police early on Friday

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Observatory expects to hoist signal No.3

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement last night that it expected to hoist tropical cyclone signal No. 3 between tonight and early tomorrow morning.According to the statement, the tropical cyclone standby signal No.1 was issued at 8 p.m. yesterday. The statement also said that signal No.1 would remain in effect for a period of time.At midnight, the unnamed tropical depression was located about 630 km east-southeast of Macau and was moving towards the western coast

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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IC issues global call for Macanese cuisine recipes

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it has launched a programme called “International Call for Macanese Cuisine Recipes”, which aims to enrich the government’s Macanese Cuisine Database and facilitate further studies about culinary arts.Customarily, the term “Macanese” refers to Macau’s ethnic community of mixed Portuguese and Asian descent and its sizeable disapora. In culinary terms, “Macanese” denotes the community’s unique fusion cuisine

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Local artist shows large paintings ‘gleaming through shade’

A painting exhibition entitled “Gleam Through Shade” by local artist Lai Sio Kit is being held at the UNESCO Centre of Macau.The exhibition, which is sponsored by the Macau Foundation (FM), is part of the Macau Young Artists Programme which started in 2019.According to a statement by the public foundation, the exhibition showcases nearly two dozen large-scale oil paintings by Lai Sio Kit who was born in Macau in 1983 and holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Oil Painting from the

August 18, 2020 | BY admin

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