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08 Jan 2020

Prosecutors say insufficient evidence in senior cop’s ‘unreasonable’ absence from work

A senior Public Security Police officer was accused by the Commission Against Corruption of unreasonable ground for absence from work many times between 2010 and 2014, but the Public Prosecution Office decided to close the case due to insufficient evidence.

07 Jan 2020

Government says steps in place to respond to ‘Wuhan virus’

The local government has taken multiple steps to monitor developments and respond locally to reports of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

07 Jan 2020

UM-developed Cantonese-Putonghua translation system now available

The University of Macau said on Monday that it has achieved “yet another breakthrough in machine translation.”

06 Jan 2020

Macau raises infectious disease alert level over Wuhan virus

The local government raised its infectious disease alert level to 3, which denotes a “serious” situation.

06 Jan 2020

Offences by cabbies drop 48.2% in 2019: police

The number of regulatory breaches by taxi drivers recorded last year decreased by 48.2% from the previous year.

06 Jan 2020

Vietnamese worker, 20, dies in 
Friendship Bridge traffic accident

A 20-year-old non-resident worker from Vietnam died on Sunday afternoon after being hit by a seven-seater people carrier on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge when he was pushing his employer’s lorry which had broken down on the bridge.

06 Jan 2020

Minibus rams casino shuttle bus on Friendship Bridge, both gutted in blaze

A minibus used as a tourist coach crashed into the back of a casino shuttle bus on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge on Friday morning, resulting in a huge fire that gutted the two vehicles.

03 Jan 2020

Government beefs up health control measures at airport over Wuhan health scare

Health control measures, such as requiring air passengers arriving in Macau from Wuhan to fill in a form regarding their health condition, are in place at the local airport.

01 Jan 2020

Ho’s New Year’s message highlights Xi’s ‘strategic vision’

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has highlighted President Xi Jinping’s “strategic vision” that he expressed in the “very important” speeches during his three-day working visit last month.