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	Macau Security Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the time of the handover of Macau to the People's Republic of China, plans were in place to modernize the police force with the goal of better positioning the force to combat organized crime and to stop illegal immigration.
		With the integration of Macau into the PRC, greater attention has been paid to internal security matters, and the Guangdong Province Public Security Bureau and Macau Security Force began cooperating in a crackdown on organized crime.
		Within Macau, an organized crime team, comprising personnel from the Security Department and the Justice Department, work on the crackdown on and prosecution of major crime cases.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macau_Security_Force (233 words)

	macau
		Macau was officially founded as a colony of Portugal in 1557 and recognized by the Chinese in 1670.
		Macau prospered as a port and was a subject of repeated attempts by the Dutch to conquer it in the 17th Century.
		Macau comprises of a peninsula, and the islands of Taipa and Coloane.
	www.fact-library.com /macau.html (881 words)

	Macau Security Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the time of the handover of Macau to the (Click link for more info and facts about People's Republic of China) People's Republic of China, plans were in place to modernize the police force with the goal of better positioning the force to combat organized crime and to stop illegal immigration.
		Increasing crime in the (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s was attributed to organized crime organizations ((A set of three similar things considered as a unit) triads).
		With the integration of Macau into the PRC, greater attention has been paid to internal security matters, and the (A province in southern China) Guangdong Province Public Security Bureau and Macau Security Force began cooperating in a crackdown on organized crime.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/macau_security_force.htm (268 words)

	International Higher Education--23/10
		Macau gained wide international attention in December 1999 when responsibility for administration of the territory reverted from Portugal to China.
		Macau was small and distant from Portugal and, especially after Hong Kong from 1842 onwards provided a far superior port, had little strategic significance.
		The pace was maintained by the formation, in 1995, of the Institute of European Studies of Macau and the Institute for Tourism Studies and, in 1996, by the Inter-University Institute of Macau.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News23/text010.htm (1430 words)

	AllRefer.com - Macau - Defense And Internal Security \| Chinese Information Resource
		Security was the responsibility of a civilian undersecretary for public security.
		The Macau Garrison is under the command and control of the Central Military Commission, and its budget is administered by the central government in Beijing.
		At the time of the return of Macau to China's sovereignty, plans were in place to modernize the police force with the goal of better positioning the force to combat organized crime and to stop illegal immigration.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/macau/macau8.html (521 words)

	Macau
		Macau, a 13 square mile enclave on the south China coast, reverted from Portuguese to Chinese administration on December 20, 1999 (the handover).
		Forced and bonded labor by both residents and nonresidents is prohibited by law, and there were no reports of such practices; however, there were cases of trafficking in women (see Section 6.f.).
		Forced and bonded labor is prohibited by law; although child labor is not specified in the law, it is covered by the law's provisions, and there were no reports of its use (see Section 6.c.).
	www.freeserbia.net /Documents/Macau.html (4988 words)

	Macau Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Title: Macau Human Rights Practices, 1995 Author: U.S. Department of State Date: March 1996 MACAU Macau, a tiny enclave on the south China coast encompassing only 6 square miles, is recognized by both China and Portugal as Chinese territory under Portuguese administration.
		A recent ruling by the Macau Supreme Court upholding a Portuguese Constitutional Court decision on the unconstitutionality of extraditing individuals to countries that practice the death penalty clarified Macau's policy towards people alleged to have committed commercial or criminal violations in China.
		The Macau authorities have suggested that the three persons affected by the recent court ruling could be tried in Macau for the crimes they allegedly committed in China, using evidence and witnesses furnished by China.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/macau.htm (2757 words)

	Macau (10/05)
		Macau has ten higher education institutions, including the University of Macau; 85.5% of the University of Macau’s 4,708 students are local and 14.5% from overseas.
		The city of Macau and the islands of Taipa and Coloane each had a municipal council until January 1, 2002, when the Civic and Municipal Bureau was formally established to replace the two municipal councils.
		Macau's foreign relations and defense are the responsibility of China.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7066.htm (2252 words)

	Macau Topic Center - Travel to China
		Macau Security Force On December 20, 1999, the various police force branches of Macau, under the jurisdiction of Security and Justice departments, with the excep...
		Macau Law Macau law is broadly based on PortugalPortuguese law, and therefore part of the civil law tradition of continental European legal systems.
		University of Macau The University of Macau (Universidade de Macau, 澳門大學, formerly known as University of East Asia), was established in 198
	www.famouschinese.com /topic/Macau (739 words)

	SCMP.com - Hong Kong's leading English news channel - Macau Handover - Macau Handover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Macau Governor General Vasco Rocha Vieira has expressed his regret over China's lack of co-operation in localising the enclave's judicial system before the handover.
		At a seminar on Macau's Portuguese legal system in Lisbon, he said that while Portugal had done everything to complete the territory's new basic judicial system before the handover, China had failed to co-operate fully in the matter.
		About 3,000 Macau security force personnel will be on duty for the handover celebrations, a top security official said yesterday.
	special.scmp.com /macauhandover/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19991209182000532.html (212 words)

	Triad - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Since the crackdown in Macau, the 14K triad resurfaced in North American cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver.
		In terms of figures, a show of force with over one hundred people might seem a big thing, but often most of the people do not really belong to the gangs – they are either paid to make an appearance or show up simply to help out.
		The interactions and integrations of power among triad gangs from the Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong are not to escape unwavering counter-operations from local authorities, but are, in fact, driven by agreeable benefits.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Triad (3770 words)

	AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The organisation was established in 1979 as a body capable of enforcing Commonwealth criminal_law, with the ability to protect Commonwealth and national interests from crime in Australia and overseas.
		The Australian Federal Police was formed on 19 October 1979 by the merging of the Commonwealth_Police, the Australian_Capital_Territory_Police and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?sdID=117.
		It is a member of Interpol and maintains extensive and intimate liaisons with the national police forces of at least 20 countries.
	www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Australian_Federal_Police (439 words)

	Macau Security Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On December 20, 1999, the various police force branches of Macau, with theexception of the customs police, who were reassigned to the Financial Service Department, were merged into a single force - theMacau Security Force - under the supervision of the secretary of security.
		At the time of the handover of Macauto the People's Republic of China, plans werein place to modernize the police force with the goal of better positioning the force to combat organized crime and to stopillegal immigration.
		With the integration of Macau into the PRC, greater attention has been paid to internal security matters, and the Guangdong Province Public Security Bureau and Macau Security Force began cooperating in acrackdown on organized crime.
	www.therfcc.org /macau-security-force-253212.html (240 words)

	Department of State Washington File: Text: State Dept. Says Macau Doing Well Under Chinese Sovereignty
		Macau's status since reverting to PRC sovereignty in December 1999 is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, the SAR's mini-constitution promulgated by China's National People's Congress (NPC) in March 1993.
		Macau's economy is centered on gambling and related tourism industries and this action is the centerpiece of the post-reversion government's policy to improve Macau's international reputation and transform the SAR into a Las Vegas-like gaming, convention, and family-oriented holiday destination.
		Macau's several dozen practitioners regularly perform qi gong exercises in Macau parks and public areas and distribute literature protesting the PRC government's treatment of practitioners on the Mainland.
	usinfo.org /wf-archive/2002/020411/epf410.htm (5115 words)

	Triads Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Unlike some of the biggest international drug dealers who have their own armed forces and can perhaps take charge of their local governments, Hong Kong triads are, comparatively speaking, operating on a much smaller scale, even though they might pursue and maintain significant resources such as their own stockpiles of ammunition.
		In terms of figures, a "show of force" with over one hundred people might seem a big thing, but quite many attendants either are mercenaries - paid just to turn up, or come simply to help out.
		It is interesting to note that after China resumed sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997, a top official of the Ministry of Public Security publicly acknowledged his acceptance of triad organisations, stating that many of its members were patriotic to the motherland.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Triads (4724 words)

	Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong - The Correspondent - Dec 01-Jan02
		The security after immigration at Chek Lap Kok (CLK) gave the impression of being more thorough, but it wasn't.
		OK. The security checks have to be done after the Nine Eleven debacle.
		The American government is so unnerved by the lack of post-Nine Eleven security, in spite of the hoopla, that they have created a new security force of 28,000 - created by Republicans who were elected on the usual "too much government" slogan.
	www.fcchk.org /correspondent/corro-dec01/dec-zero1.htm (1756 words)

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		The mass murder of Black Muslims in Darfur is the first genocide of the 21st century: 70,000 have been slaughtered, 2 million forced into the desert as refugees, and thousands raped and enslaved.
		Prominent members of the UN Security Council have oil and military contracts in Sudan, and reports indicate that your country is one of several that opposed the inclusion of any concrete measures to ensure the government stop killing, starving, and enslaving its own citizens.
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	Story Changes -- Macau says five arrested not involved in US Attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Macau said on Monday it had arrested five Pakistani nationals after a tip-off, but the government there played down suggestions of links between the five and last week's terror attacks in the United States.
		Members of the Macau security forces' special intelligence unit armed with automatic weapons made the arrests during swoops in the central casino district and elsewhere.
		In the only official comment, a Macau government spokeswoman said police acting on a tip had arrested five Pakistani nationals who had overstayed their visas and were suspected of robbery.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ba5a580143a.htm (1482 words)

	Asian Migration News, 15 December 1999
		Macau authorities will issue special permits to residents that will allow holders to re-enter Macau from Hong Kong on multiple occasions as long as the document is valid.
		Following discussions between the Hong Kong Immigration Department, the Macau Identification Department and the Macau Immigration Department, an agreement was reached to allow holders of Macau SAR passport or Macau SAR travel permits with identity cards to go to Hong Kong for seven days visa-free.
		A detective said that there was no evidence that the accused man forced the three to have sex, but police are investigating the case because of the victims' ages.
	www.smc.org.ph /amnews/amn991215.htm (8127 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		Thailand’s police force was placed on special alert as of today to prevent a sudden influx of criminal gangs from Macau after the former Portuguese colony reverted to being part of mainland China, a senior police official said.
		Macau officially reverted to being part of China on December 20th.
		He sought to underplay the border dispute between the two countries saying they had much in common which outweighed their differences, and therefore it was essential to narrow down the differences in broader common interests.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /99dec22/inter.htm (3472 words)

	Macau
		Macau is only has about 10 square miles of area situated on a tiny peninsula at the mouth of the Pearl River about two miles from the island of Taipa.
		Macau is situated on a tiny peninsula at the mouth of the Pearl River.
		Although it is well known that a large proportion of Macau's GDP comes from gambling, people regularly travel to the country in the hope of hitting the jackpot.
	www.gettingaway.com /directory/asia/macau/main.htm (4057 words)

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		President Chen Shui-bian may call "national security" referendums on topics that may include a vote on China's proposed "one country, two systems" unification formula or a demand for China to remove close to 500 medium-range missiles deployed against Taiwan, senior aides said yesterday.
		Militarily, Lin pointed to the refusal of the PRC to abandon the use of force against Taiwan and Beijing's efforts to prevent Taiwan from procuring defensive arms abroad or forming cooperative security arrangements with other powers.
		Lin also cited the firing of missiles near Taiwan's two major international ports on the eve of the island country's first direct presidential election in March 1996 in an effort to influence its results as well as the deployment of nearly 500 medium-range tactical missiles against Taiwan.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /TN/2003/TN-031203.htm (718 words)

	ipedia.com: Triad Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Should a member discover that there is little advantage in remaining in his group, then he might transfer himself to another one which is more socially robust and potent: the traditional principles of triad moral believes have been disregarded under such benefits-first stance.
		In terms of figures, “showing off force” with over one hundred people might seem a big thing, but the truth is: most of the people do not really belong to the gangs — they are either paid to make an appearance or show up simply “to help out”.
		The interactions and integrations of power among triad gangs from the Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong are not to escape unwavering counter-operations from one or another local government, but are, in fact, driven by agreeable benefits.
	www.ipedia.com /triad.html (3723 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Macau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East.
		China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
		Macau's well-to-do economy has remained one of the most open in the world since its reversion to China in 1999.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/mc.html (1044 words)

	Fuerza De la Seguridad De Macau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A la hora del handover de Macau a la República Popular de China, los planes estaban en el lugar para modernizar la fuerza del policía con la meta mejor de colocar la fuerza al crimen organizado combate y a la inmigración ilegal del tope.
		Con la integración de Macau en el PRC, la mayor atención se ha prestado a las materias de seguridad internas, y la oficina de la seguridad de la provincia de Guangdong y la fuerza públicas de la seguridad de Macau comenzaron a cooperar en una medida enérgica en crimen organizado.
		Sobre de dentro de Macau, un equipo organizado del crimen, abarcando personal el departamento de seguridad y el departamento de la justicia, trabajo la medida enérgica en y procesamiento de los casos importantes del crimen.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/fu/Fuerza%20De%20la%20Seguridad%20De%20Macau.htm (307 words)

	dictionary - Military branches - Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		the Security Forces of Macau (SFM) that are subordinate to the General Secretariat of...
		the only armed force in Macau; several police forces constitute the Security Forces of Macau (SFM) that are subordinate to the General Secretariat of...
		Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force; these forces are under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in Beijing and under administrative
	www.exxun.com /enml/dy_military_branches_19.html (759 words)

	Pakistan News PakTribune.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		BERLIN: Germany is stepping up diplomatic and political pressure on Nato and the UN Security Council to reach a decision on changing the status of the international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
		Under its UN mandate, the Nato-led 5,500-strong International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) is restricted to Kabul where one of its main tasks is to bring security to the capital.
		Plueger, who is expected to tour Afghanistan with members of the U.N. Security Council in late October, said discussions are ongoing with NATO and a resolution on extending ISAF's range should be ready to present to the Security Council in October.
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=39998 (954 words)

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