Police nab suspected arsonist

A local resident was arrested over a suspected arson case in a residential building in Avenida de Kwong Tung in Taipa that occurred on Sunday night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said yesterday during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape.On Sunday evening, a resident living on the 16th floor of the Kam Keng Kok building of Tak Fok Hoi Keng Fa Un estate saw smoke coming from the staircase. Firefighters rushed to the building where they discovered that a

July 12, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Mission impossible’ – accomplished!

MAE SAI – The final five members of a young football team were rescued from a flooded Thai cave yesterday after spending 18 harrowing days trapped deep inside, completing an astonishing against-the-odds rescue mission that captivated the world.Elite foreign divers and Thai Navy SEALs extracted the final batch of four boys, plus the 25-year-old coach, yesterday afternoon via a treacherous escape route that required them to squeeze through narrow, water-filled tunnels in darkness. “All 12

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Audio recorder data in taxis ‘to be kept by taxi operators’

Lawmaker-cum-lawyer Vong Hin Fai, who heads the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, quoted government officials as saying yesterday that the government “was considering” proposing – for its taxi bill currently under review – that the sound recorded in a taxi should be kept by the company holding the taxi’s operation licence.Vong briefed the media after a closed-door meeting of his committee which is reviewing a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s taxi sector, the

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau, HK reach deal to facilitate greyhound adoptions

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) announced in a statement yesterday that it has reached an agreement with Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) for Hong Kong people to go through easier quarantine procedures than normal for the adoption of greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd.Under the special arrangement for the greyhounds, the racing canines with Macau-issued export health certificates that have been taken to Hong Kong will not

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Man ‘vents anger’ by pushing over scooters: police

A local man vented his anger by pushing over several scooters parked in a street in Toi San district on Monday night after drinking, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the 50-year-old man went to a police station yesterday morning and admitted that it was him who had pushed over the scooters.According to Lam, the police received a report at around 10:45 p.m. on Monday that a number of scooters parked in Rua do

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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HK waiter sells cocaine in Macau: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested for trafficking cocaine in Fai Chi Kei yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect is a 25-year-old surnamed Tsang, who works as a waiter in Hong Kong.Choi said the police received a tip-off about a Hong Kong man selling drugs in Macau. The police later identified Tsang as the possible suspect. At 2 a.m. yesterday, PJ officers took action

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Gaming union requests better staff benefits

Members of the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union yesterday petitioned gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment outside City of Dreams in Cotai, urging the company to improve its staff benefits.Last Thursday, the union also handed a petition to the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) over the issue.Speaking to reporters after handing the petition to a Melco representative, the union’s president, Cloee Chao Sao Fong, said that her group was urging the gaming operator to pay all its

July 11, 2018 | BY admin

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Local woman loses HK$3.6 million in phone scam: police

A local woman has lost over HK$3.6 million (3.73 million patacas) in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the victim is a woman in her forties who works as a croupier.Choi said that on May 18 the victim received a phone call from a person claiming to be a staff member of the delivery company SF Express. She was told that a parcel she had sent contained a prohibited item

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman cheated out of HK$240,000 in marriage scam: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested last week for cheating a mainland woman out of HK$240,000 in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Choi, the suspect is a 56-year-old surnamed Leung who works as a chef. The victim is a woman in her thirties who wanted to marry a Hong Kong man.Choi said that in late May, the victim posted a marriage advertisement in a Hong Kong newspaper. Leung contacted

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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70 pct of public hospital surgeons master SPL skills: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday that 70 percent of surgeons at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital have mastered the skills to carry out single-port laparoscopy (SPL) – a recently developed technique in laparoscopic surgery.According to Wikipedia, laparoscopic surgery, also known as minimally invasive surgery (MIS), is a modern surgical technique in which operations are performed far from their location through small incisions (usually 0.5 – 1.5 centimetres) elsewhere in the

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson in residential building

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that they are investigating a suspected arson case in a residential building in Taipa that occurred on Sunday night.The fire broke out on a stairwell of Kam Keng Kok Building of Tak Fok Hoi Keng Fa Un Estate in Avenida de Kwong Tung.According to the statement, a resident living on the 16th floor saw smoke coming from the staircase at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt saddened by death of park worker

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday it was saddened by the sudden death – the exact cause of which is yet to be determined – of a male staff member tasked with conservation work at the city’s public parks.According to the statement, the man had worked for the bureau for over three decades.In a statement last night, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified the deceased as a 62-year-old local man surnamed Choi.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt receives 9 bids for central library design

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) told the media yesterday that nine companies have submitted bids for the detailed design for the government’s long-delayed new central library project in Nam Van.Yesterday was the deadline for submitting the bids.The bureau will unseal the bids today.This undated handout photo retrieved from the website of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday shows the Old Courthouse in Nam Van that is being planned to become Macau’s new central library. The central

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Rolls-Royce buyer cheated out of HK$1.75 million

A man from Hong Kong was arrested recently for cheating HK$1.75 million from a mainland man in a luxury car purchase, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said that the suspect, surnamed Hui, is a 39-year-old businessman who imports cars into Macau.According to the Choi, the victim last August agreed to buy a Rolls-Royce from Hui, and paid Hui HK$5 million in cash. The deal was for the suspect to originally hand the car over to the

July 10, 2018 | BY admin

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