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Second fatality due to hypothermia

Second fatality due to hypothermia

A new case of death due to hypothermia was discovered on Monday when a 65-year-old woman who lived alone was found by relatives in a critical state. According to the Health Bureau (SSM), attempts to revive her were unsuccessful after she was admitted to the central hospital. It is the second fatality due to hypothermia […]
Gaming-related crimes rise exponentially in 2015

Gaming-related crimes rise exponentially in 2015

The number of cases registered by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in 2015 grew to 11,305, which constitutes 568 more cases than in 2014, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.3 percent. These results were presented to the press yesterday during the annual police New Year meeting, held at PJ headquarters. From the annual report, the PJ […]
Ung Vai Meng to head Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau

Ung Vai Meng to head Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau

Macau, China 26 Jan – Current head of the Cultural Activities and Recreation Department of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Ung Vai Meng will be replacing Heidi Ho Lai Chun da Luz as the president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM), according to The Macau Post Daily. The paper said that details of […]
Six eateries and two stalls busted for serving smuggled food in Macau

Six eateries and two stalls busted for serving smuggled food in Macau

The Macau Customs Service said in statement on Monday their officers and officials of the Food Safety Centre have seized about 586 kilogrammes of smuggled food from six eateries and two vegetables stalls near the Barrier Gate checkpoint. The Customs Service said in the statement that their officers and officials of the centre, which comes […]
Elderly woman dies of hypothermia as cold wave persists in Macau

Elderly woman dies of hypothermia as cold wave persists in Macau

An 88-year old woman has died of hypothermia. The Health Bureau issued a statement earlier this evening saying the elderly was hospitalized on Monday. She was among five citizens suffering from hypothermia who sought medical assistance over the past 24 hours. This happens as Macau continues to be under a cold front, with the mercury […]
Audit report slams Macau government overspending on public surveys

Audit report slams Macau government overspending on public surveys

Several public services have been criticised by the Commission of Audit for overspending when commissioning public surveys and consultancy services. In a report issued today, the Commission notes several instances which lack transparency and disregard legal guidelines in the award of services. According to the report, between 2010 and June 2013, 62 public services requested […]
Macau needs to amend and abolish 1,200 laws, regulations from Portuguese era

Macau needs to amend and abolish 1,200 laws, regulations from Portuguese era

The Secretary for Administration and Justice said that Macau needs to abolish half of the 1,200 laws and regulations inherited from the Portuguese era that are no longer suitable to the international city the SAR has become. In a recent interview with Exmoo News, Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said that the co-ordination and revision of […]
Police ‘cleaning house’ is necessary says Macau Secretary for Security

Police ‘cleaning house’ is necessary says Macau Secretary for Security

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said internal “house cleaning” over the past year was difficult but necessary, as rogue officers give the police a bad name. Wong made the remarks during a speech at a media dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai. A number of police corruption cases erupted over the last […]
Macau Lawmakers pass bill on longer jail time for drug crimes

Macau Lawmakers pass bill on longer jail time for drug crimes

Lawmakers approved on Wednesday the outline of a government-drafted bill to increase the minimum prison terms for the selling of drugs from the current three years to five years, as well as the minimum and maximum sentences for drug-taking. Government officials including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan and Judiciary Police (PJ) […]
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