Man nabbed with 80 bogus HK banknotes

A 35-year-old man from the mainland has been arrested for owning 80 counterfeit HK$1,000 banknotes and attempting to buy casino chips with one of them, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, a staff member of a casino in Cotai reported on Wednesday afternoon that the suspect, surnamed Wang, tried to use a bogus HK$1,000 banknote among 699 real ones to buy casino chips.After further investigation, said the

July 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Group urges govt to build coastal cycle paths

Local think tank Macau Synergy Association yesterday urged the government to optimise the city’s coastal areas and build cycling paths along the waterfront.The group addressed the issue during a press conference at the group’s office in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.Addressing the press conference, the association’s chairman, Ron Lam U Tou, pointed out that residents only have access to about 11 kilometres of the city’s 50-kilometre coastline.Macau Synergy Association

July 21, 2017 | BY admin

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Playground equipment poses safety risks: group

The Association of Building a Good Home Together said yesterday it found that the equipment of outdoor playgrounds does not meet children’s needs, and also discovered that some of the equipment presents safety risks to kids, after it carried out on-site inspections of public parks and recreational areas.The association yesterday announced the findings in a press conference at the headquarters of the Macau Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen) in Rua da Barca.The

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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1 local, 5 Vietnamese busted for drug trafficking & abuse

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a local man and five Vietnamese, four men and a woman, for drug trafficking and drug abuse, a PJ spokesperson said during a special conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.The spokesperson said that according to information provided by the Public Security Bureau in Zhuhai, a local man was smuggling drugs frequently from Zhuhai to Macau. After further investigation, the Judiciary Police identified the suspect as a 29-year-old construction

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Elex committee urges not to join mock poll game

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) yesterday urged residents not to take part in any mock election “games” as their personal information may be exposed or they may be found liable of violating the Legislative Assembly Election Law.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 17. A record 25 groups are running in the direct election while six groups are running in the indirect election.Speaking to reporters after a regular meeting by

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Group opposes legislature’s proposed placard ban

Board members of the New Macau Association (NMA) held a press conference yesterday at the grassroots group’s office in Nam Van to express their opposition to certain amendments to the Legislative Assembly Procedure Rules proposed by the legislature’s Committee on House Rules, such as barring lawmakers from displaying placards during plenary sessions.The committee’s President Vong Hin Fai said on Monday that in order to maintain the legislature’s solemnity and authority, the committee

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Group calls for e-coach charging stations

The Macau Properties and Facilities Management Association yesterday called for the government, in collaboration with power utility CEM, to set up electric vehicle charging stations for tourist coaches, to encourage travel companies to buy e-coaches.CEM has set up 70 e-vehicle charging stations for cars and motorcycles in 18 public car parks. The utility said earlier this year that it planned to roll out 50 more charging stations for cars and motorcycles in several other public car parks.Albert

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to suspend sewage plant operation for 3 days

The operation of the Macau Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant will be suspended for three days next week for the replacement of a damaged section of pipe in the plant, during which sewage produced in the peninsula will be pumped straight into the sea along the coast, the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday.There are five sewage treatment plants in the city – two on the peninsula, two in Taipa and one in Coloane. The two plants on the peninsula are the Macau

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Anti-money laundering group praises Macau

The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), of which Macau is a member, has praised Macau’s efforts to fight money laundering and supervise its gaming industry, the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, Macau got the brownie points during the APG’s current 5-day annual meeting in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. The meeting, which included a forum on technical training and assistance, ends tomorrow.The GIF statement said that

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Jockey Club reports 4 billion patacas in accumulated losses

The Macau Jockey Club in Taipa reported yesterday accumulated losses of 4.07 billion patacas, assets of 240 million patacas and liabilities of 1.3 billion patacas at the end of last year.The horse-racing company reported an operating loss of 109 million patacas last year.The company announced the figures in a statement in yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).The figures released yesterday were approved by a board meeting of the company on March 29. Lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei is the company’s

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Union launches survey on legislature’s transparency

The Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), headed by lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho, launched a survey yesterday on residents’ opinions on whether local lawmakers should work full-time and whether the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) committee meetings should be open to the public.Coutinho made the announcement during a press conference at the ATFPM office in Zape. ATFPM Vice-President and lawmaker Leong Veng Chai and ATFPM General Assembly President Rita Santos also attended the press

July 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Police to study guidelines on getting private CCTV footage

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Public Security Police (PSP) would study the setting-up of guidelines on acquiring CCTV footage from private buildings.Wong made the remarks during a forum marking the 2nd anniversary of the TV and radio programme “Police and Residents, Same Mission” at the Secretariat for Security (GSS) in the S. Francisco Barracks. The programme is produced by the secretariat and aired by government-owned

July 19, 2017 | BY admin

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MGM helps keep ‘senior buddies’ healthy

MGM yesterday hosted its annual “Health Day for Senior Buddies” event in which some 200 senior citizens were given health consultations by medical practitioners and enjoyed a lion dance performed by children.It’s the eighth consecutive year that MGM has organised the event, the company said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the 200 participants were from five senior citizens’ service centres run by Caritas Macau and one centre run by Macau Tung Sin Tong Charitable

July 19, 2017 | BY admin

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Man cheated out of 264,000 yuan in forex scam: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 27-year-old man from the mainland for cheating a fellow mainlander out of 264,000 yuan (314,000 patacas) and attacking him, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the victim told the police that he received a phone call from the suspect at about 2 a.m. on Saturday. The suspect, surnamed Cai, told him that he had HK$300,000 in cash that he was ready to exchange for yuan.The spokesperson said the

July 19, 2017 | BY admin

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