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Macau’s Customs Service said Thursday that its officers had seized 3,700 kg of untaxed tobacco and 2,130,000 untaxed cigarettes amounting to about 1.06 million patacas in unpaid tax. A customs spokesperson announced the haul to the media  in a factory in Ilha Verde, where the untaxed tobacco and cigarettes were discovered by customs officers earlier […]

The Macau Customs Service announced Wednesday they seized about 34 kg of raw ivory disguised as 583 “chocolate bars”, with an estimated street value of about 580,000 patacas. Mak Vun In, a senior customs officer, announced the case in a special press conference held in Barra. She was quoted by The Macau Post Daily as […]

The Legislative Assembly Election Affairs Committee (CAEAL) held a press conference Tuesday to announce the locations of the 31 polling stations in September’s Legislative Assembly (AL) elections. They include the Macau Stadium for Taipa residents, Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Service Centre in Areia Preta, the Macau Forum in Zape. The remaining polling stations are […]

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Wong Sio Chak said Tuesday that PJ officers investigated 308 alleged cyber crimes between June last year and May this year, an increase of 78 percent on the same previous period. According to The Macau Post Daily, Wong revealed the figure during a speech at an award ceremony marking the 53rd […]

The Audit Commission (CA) has criticised the government’s Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) for its failure to come up with an overall budget for the Taipa Pac On Ferry Terminal project for   which its 2005 budget was 580 million patacas that increased to 3.2 billion patacas after the original project was enlarged. The hard-hitting report also […]

The recent hacking of 34 CTM clients e-mail addresses included several email accounts of local government bureaus, Chief Executive Chui Sai On told reporters Wednesday. Chui made the comment on the sidelines of a public function. The 34 e-mail addresses were attacked by hackers whose IP addresses were in the United States and Hong Kong, […]

A survey conducted by the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) found that the high cost of housing and inflation have significantly lowered Macau’s consumer confidence for the last four years. The results of the survey on Macau’s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for the second quarter of this year compared to all previous […]

Hackers from Hong Kong and the US have attacked e-mail addresses of a local telecom operator’s clients, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said  after initial findings from an investigation into an alleged cyber-attack incident. The PJ statement said that a local telecom operator reported on Friday an alleged cyber-attack on 34 of its clients’ e-mail addresses. […]

Foreign migrants may be able to get assistance in adapting to the local culture and way of life as the government is planning to start a special social service for them, the head of the Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) department responsible for family and community support services, Au Chi Keung, told reporters Sunday. Au made […]