The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted nine suspects from the mainland – one man and eight women – in Taipa and the Nam Van area for alleged membership of a criminal organisation that provided sex and drugs to clients. A PJ spokesperson said in a press conference on Friday that officers received a tip-off a month […]
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There will be just 10 local crèche places for 18 babies on average next year, according to the results of a survey announced by the Collective Wisdom Policy Centre (CWPC) Thursday. Using official data provided by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on the number of births in the past three years and information provided […]
Sands China said in a terse statement Wednesday it was neither selling its Four Seasons Hotel nor spinning off of the company’s shopping mall assets through a business or real estate investment trust. The statement followed Hong Kong media reports that Sands China had allegedly sold 19 serviced apartments in the Four Seasons Hotel in […]
In what police officers described yesterday as the largest drug bust in Macau’s history, the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested four Filipinos – two males and two females – on Saturday in two local hotels. The four suspects were identified by police as a 44-year-old man surnamed Ermino, a 36-year-old man surnamed Jinlan, a 25-year-old woman […]
The government has announced that it will start paying the 637,892 beneficiaries of its annual “wealth sharing” scheme on July 2, which will cost the government about 4.88 billion patacas. Leong Heong Teng, spokesman for the 10-member advisory Executive Council (ExCo), said during a press conference on Friday that the government had completed a by-law […]
The European Union (EU) released Thursday the annual report on Macau highlighting the measures taken to the “economic diversification” in a economy largely depending on gaming, The joint report (issued by the European Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) was released by the European Union Office to […]
Veteran directly-elected lawmaker-cum-businessman Chan Meng Kam will run with local community leader Si Ka Lon in the legislative election on September 15. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a reception of the 5th anniversary of the People’s Alliance for the Development of Macau, Si Ka Lon, who heads the association, said that he would […]
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said earlier this week that the government did not exclude the possibility of taking “some special measures” to further contain speculation in the local property market. However, he declined to say whether “special” measures are already in place or not and when they would be implemented. […]
Around 2,000 protesters took to the streets Wednesday to mark Labour Day, to petition for better remuneration and welfare for workers. As the Legislative Assembly (AL) general election is just four months away, the petitioners also called for a more democratic political system, including additional directly-elected lawmakers and the right to vote on who becomes […]
A medical team will be appointed to go to Hong Kong to evaluate 61-year-old Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau Luen-hung’s health after the graft trial defendant used illness as a reason for his absence in a local court for a second time Monday, delaying the hearing date to June 17. Presiding Judge Mário […]
Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) Director Chan Hoi Fan said Monday that the government is encouraging businesses and civic associations to tell the office if they have installed security cameras on their premises. Chan made the appeal at a press conference about her office’s campaign this year which aims to raise public awareness of […]
Infra-red thermograph devices will be in use at five other border checkpoints from today as the new H7N9 bird flu virus seems to be spreading down south from eastern regions in the mainland where the potentially lethal bug was first reported. A statement from the Health Bureau (SSM) cited by The Macau Post Daily said […]