The University of Macau (UM) pledged in a statement Tuesday that the CCTV cameras installed in some of its classrooms would only be switched on during exams.
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Macau’s general unemployment rate remained unchanged at 1.7 percent from February to April, as compared with that of the previous survey period from January to March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Monday.
A 62-year-old Macau woman died from influenza Sunday, the third person to die from the flu this year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement.
The Macau police and their counterparts in Zhuhai have arrested four mainlandersfor their alleged involvement in Friday’s gambling chip robbery at the Plaza Casino in the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai in which two men robbed chips worth HK$3.1 million.
The police investigated 438 suspected gaming-related crimes in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 14.1 percent from the 384 reported cases in the same period of last year.
SCMM President António José de Freitas pointed out in a speech that this year is special as it marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Macau’s population reached 670,900 at the end of March, an increase of 53.2 percent compared to December 1999 when the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was set up.
The Legislative Assembly passed unanimously a government-initiated bill which adds 21 substances to Macau’s anti-drug law.
The bureau was strengthening its cooperation in the fight against drug abuse and drug trafficking with other Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities.