Woman steals diamond ring from friend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a young woman from the mainland on Friday on suspicion of stealing a diamond ring valued at 350,000 yuan from her friend who had left it in the bathroom of their hotel room, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said yesterday.Chan identified the suspect as a 20-year-old surnamed Wang and the victim as a 25-year-old. Chan did not disclose the victim’s surname.According to Chan, the victim and her four female friends arrived in Macau from the mainland on Thursday and

March 21, 2017 | BY admin

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MGTO has no concrete plans for Greater Bay Area yet: tourism chief

The development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area will require “large-scale” co-operation among the three regions, and the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has no concrete plans about it yet, MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday.Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the sidelines of a sharing session at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf Convention & Exhibition Centre co-hosted by the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and the Secretariat for

March 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Election reformer dies

Ex-legislator Rui Afonso, widely known as the prime mover in the city’s 1980s electoral reforms that gave local Chinese the right to vote, died in Lisbon on Friday, Portuguese media reported at the weekend.According to the reports, the 70-year-old lawyer died after a prolonged illness.Afonso was a member of the Macau Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1997. He headed the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) in the 1980s when he was one of the driving forces behind a profound

March 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt spends 1 million patacas to raze 2 shipyards

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susanna Wong Soi Man said yesterday her bureau spent about one million patacas to demolish two shipyards in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village earlier this month.Concerning the fate of another nine shipyards officially earmarked for demolition, Wong also said her bureau was “carrying out procedures”, with the aim of tearing them down also.Wong made the remarks on the sidelines of an advocacy event for water conservation. The event, co-organised by her

March 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Police probe Grand Lisboa Palace fire

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement at the weekend that they have launched an investigation into a fire at the construction site of a hotel project in Cotai on Friday night.The statement did not identify the project. According to local Chinese-language media reports, SJM’s Grand Lisboa Palace project was partly damaged by the blaze. According to the statement, the fire broke out in a warehouse storing construction materials and paint on the 14th floor of the casino-hotel project.

March 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Group slams govt for ‘ignoring’ logistics industry

Macau International Logistics and Forwarding Association Director Victor Lei Kuok Fai accused the government yesterday of “ignoring” the logistics industry.He made the remarks on the sidelines of the weekly open-air Macau Forum in Areia Preta Park.Lei was a member of the government-appointed Logistics Development Committee which was axed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in an executive order published last Monday. The committee was set up in 2011.Macau International Logistics and

March 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Forum urges govt to prioritise new holiday rules

Panellists and most audience members at yesterday’s Macau Forum said that paid paternity leave and compensatory holidays should be given top priority when revising the Labour Relations Law.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.Yesterday’s forum focused on the proposed changes to the Labour Relation Law, such as five days paid paternity leave, 14 unpaid days in addition to the current 56 days paid maternity leave, and

March 20, 2017 | BY admin

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Schoolgirl among 9 drug suspects: police

A schoolgirl and eight other suspects were arrested yesterday in two separate drug-taking and selling cases, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the seven suspects in the first case are from Macau, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Mongolia. The spokesperson said one of the suspects, surnamed Lio, is a 17-year-old schoolgirl.After receiving a tip-off a week ago that the seven suspects were holding drug parties in a residential flat near the Barrier

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Mainland transfers murder suspect to Macau

Mainland police yesterday transferred to local police the male suspect in a homicide which happened in the city in SeptemberThe transfer took place in the border area between Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint and Macau’s Barrier Gate checkpoint.The murder occurred on September 19 when the male victim in his fifties died in a fight between him and his friend – the suspect – during a heated argument outside a restaurant near Horta e Mitra Municipal Market. The victim, who suffered cuts to his

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Regulator raises base rate to 1.25 pct

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement that it raised the base rate of the discount window yesterday from 1.0 percent to 1.25 percent.The base rate is the interest rate that a central bank or other monetary regulator will charge to lend money to commercial banks.The discount window is an instrument of monetary policy that allows eligible institutions to borrow money from the regulator, usually on a short-term basis, to meet temporary PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Union calls for way to replace non-local workers

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I urged the government yesterday to set up a strict mechanism to replace non-resident workers. Lei made the remarks during a press conference at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen) headquarters in Rua da Ribeira do Patane.The union announced the results of the Top 10 Labour Rights News Stories, an activity organised by the union for the first time, with some 2,090 residents participating.Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Smoking lounges don’t impact VIP gamblers: SJM

SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said yesterday he believed high-rollers will not lose their enjoyment of gambling in VIP rooms if in the future they can only smoke in smoking lounges. So made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday after attending the opening ceremony of SJM’s first recruitment centre, which is located in the China Civil Plaza in Nape.The government has recently amended its draft version of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill, proposing to

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt starts interest subsidy to push language learning

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) will link up with six local banks to launch an interest subsidy scheme for local graduates who learn Putonghua, Portuguese or English outside Macau, the office’s Assistant Coordinator Chang Kun Hong said yesterday.Addressing a press conference about the scheme at the office, Chang said the government believed that Macau will further strengthen its co-operation with the economies covered by the central government’s Belt & Road Initiative,

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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Wynn pampers guests with 5-star Forbes Travel Guide package

In celebration of its new status as the only resort in the world to have eight Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star awards, in addition to its Michelin recognitions, Wynn Macau has rolled out a series of accommodation-with-dining-and-spa packages for guests to enjoy and experience luxury defined by Wynn for just under 2,000 patacas.The hotel amenities awarded five stars by Forbes Travel Guide are all located under one roof: Wynn Macau hotel and Encore at Wynn Macau, The Spa at Wynn, the Spa at Encore,

March 17, 2017 | BY admin

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