Xi to unveil plans to make Macau financial hub: Reuters

President Xi Jinping plans to announce policies aimed at diversifying Macau’s economy beyond gaming, Reuters reported yesterday, in a nod of support as violent anti-government unrest continues to trouble Hong Kong.The policies include establishing a yuan-denominated bourse, accelerating a yuan settlement center which is currently being developed and allocating land for Macau on Hengqin, Reuters said, citing unidentified government officials and company executives.“Macau will be allocated

December 13, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau’s achievements illustrate vitality of ‘One Country, Two Systems’: envoy

GENEVA – Macau’s development achievements over the past 20 years have demonstrated the vitality of “One Country, Two Systems,” a senior Chinese diplomat said in Geneva on Wednesday.Addressing a photo exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland at the United Nations Geneva headquarters, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva Chen Xu said that the exhibition will give visitors a fresh look at Macau’s dramatic changes and

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Govt to pay smart terminal system provider 150 patacas per month for each taxi

The company which has been granted a contract for the installation, operation and maintenance of all Macau taxis’ officially required “smart terminal system” – consisting of various devices such as a meter, a Global Positioning System (GPS), an audio recorder and a video recorder – will charge the government 150 patacas for each taxi per month, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced this week.The smart terminal system is to be installed in every taxi, based on the new law regulating

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Macau’s young startups embrace GBA opportunities

At 8 a.m., when most Macau residents just wake up, Lei Zhen has already left his home at Estrada de Cacilhas for his company in the neighboring city of Zhuhai.One hour later, he arrives at his office at the Zhuhai National Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, where he has set up Zhuhai Nanometals Technology to develop nano flexible transparent conductive material.A graduate of the School of Material Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University, Lei chose to set his startup in Zhuhai, a city

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Ho appoints 8 new ExCo members, keeps 3

The Office of the 5th Chief Executive yesterday announced the list of the 11 members of the Executive Council (ExCo) – the chief executive’s top advisory body – comprising eight new and three reappointed councillors, all of them male.According to Article 50 (8) of the Macau Basic Law, it is the chief executive who appoints or removes the ExCo members. Article 56 states that the council “shall be an organ for assisting the chief executive in policy making”, while Article 57 states that

December 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Local students encouraged to know more about motherland

Every Monday morning, Hou Kong Middle School holds a national flag-raising ceremony attended by all the teachers and the students.The ceremony dates back to October 1, 1949, when the school’s principal Du Nam raised the five-star red flag on the campus. The flag-raising ceremony has been held until today, which has become the common memory of all the teachers and students of Hou Kong Middle School.Nowadays, the majority of primary and middle schools in Macau hold national flag-raising

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Lorry driver robs pregnant woman: police

A 37-year-old man, who works as a lorry driver, robbed a 34-year-old pregnant woman of 500 patacas in cash in Fai Chi Kei district on Monday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Both the suspect, surnamed Fan, and the victim are locals.At around 5 a.m. on Monday, the victim, who is nine-months pregnant, was walking from her home towards a staff shuttle bus stop near Avenida Marginal do Lam Mau, when a man – Fan – suddenly threatened

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Fringe festival to bring ‘alternative urban cultural experience’

From flash mobs to a murder mystery tour, speed-dating to paper theatre, this year’s Macau City Fringe Festival taking place next month will be “an alternative urban cultural experience” for the public, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian said yesterday.Mok made the remarks during a press conference held at the Xian Xinghai Memorial Museum about the festival, which is packed with 17 programmes and 13 outreach activities over just 10 days starting from January 10.The

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Reception held in NZ to celebrate 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to motherland

WELLINGTON – The Chinese embassy in New Zealand held a reception yesterday at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland.Delivering an opening speech at the reception which was attended by over 200 people, Ambassador Wu Xi noted that this year marks the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland. In the past two decades, “One Country, Two Systems” and “Macau people governing Macau” have been

December 12, 2019 | BY admin

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LRT opens with much excitement, just one minor glitch

Residents, many of them senior citizens, were keen to try out their free-of-charge LRT rides on the Taipa section of the long-delayed Light Rail Transit (LRT) when it finally start operating yesterday afternoon – there was a lot of excitement in the air and just a minor glitch.Passengers can take free LRT rides until December 31.Macau’s first-ever railway was inaugurated yesterday morning at the LRT depot – which is located opposite Wynn Palace, before the first ride departed from the

December 11, 2019 | BY admin

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MSAR anniversary & zodiac notes collection ends on Dec 19

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced in a statement yesterday that the banknotes for the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, and the four zodiac banknotes (Years of the Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig) issued this year will end next Thursday.The city’s quasi-central bank said it would like to remind those registrants who have not yet collected their subscribed notes to pick them up from their selected bank branches during the remaining period.The statement pointed

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Baidu chief to give talk at UM on autonomous driving: UM

Zhang Yaqin, president of Beijing-based internet giant Baidu, will be giving a lecture on “Advances in Autonomous Driving” on Monday at the University of Macau (UM) campus on Hengqin Island, according to a UM statement yesterdayAt the event, Zhang will talk about the opportunities and challenges brought about by autonomous driving from “technological, industrial and policy perspectives”, the statement said.The lecture, which is a part of the University Lecture Series, will be conducted

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Jobless man pilfers 2 handbags: police

The police nabbed a local man on Monday for misappropriating two handbags at the Barrier Gate Plaza earlier this week, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the suspect, a 46-year-old man surnamed Mok, told the police that he is unemployed. The two victims, a male and a female, are local residents, Cheong said. The victims reported the lost property to the police on Sunday and Monday respectively.The male

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Non-resident worker takes upskirt photos, videos: police

A non-resident worker was arrested on Sunday for taking upskirt photos and videos of a female in the Ilha Verde district, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong said the 41 year-old suspect surnamed Zeng told the police that he works as a dishwasher for a restaurant in Ilha Verde. The personal information of the female victim was not released by the spokesman, who did not reveal where the suspect comes from.At about 12:35

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