Mainland filmmakers inspire local students in iQIYI project
“Light up Grow up Project” (“光影助力成长计划”) hosted events in Macau last week where local students had the opportunity to meet and interact with the main creators of film and television works from the mainland, discussing the miniseries To the Wonder (我的阿勒泰) and the documentary film Tough Out (棒！少年), both produced by iQIYI*, a Beijing-based video streaming service company.“Light up Grow up Project” is a public welfare brand initiative jointly launched by
October 16, 2024
Top court confirms Sam’s election as chief executive
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday confirmed the results of Sunday’s chief executive election when Sam Hou Fai was elected with nearly all the votes cast as the sixth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), according to a statement by the court yesterday.The statement noted that the election results will be published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday next week.Sam, the sole candidate for Sunday’s election garnered 394 of the 398 votes cast by the
October 16, 2024
Jail holds 1,355 in 2023, 35 reintegrated into society
The Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) said in its annual report yesterday that the number of inmates at the Coloane prison stood at 1,355 at the end of last year, 32 more than at the end of 2022, with 35 prisoners reintegrated back into society through the government’s “Employment Scheme for Prerelease Inmates”.According to the report, of the total number of 1,355 inmates aged between 16 and 80, 1,087 were convicted prisoners, while the remaining were inmates on remand, most of them
October 16, 2024
LRT breaks down twice in 2 months, demands clarification from supplier
The Taipa Line of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) has experienced repeated failures since its commissioning in 2019, with two breakdowns in recent months, and the LRT operator said yesterday that it has convened an emergency meeting with its train and systems supplier, requiring the company to identify and clarify the causes of the malfunctions so as to avoid a recurrence of similar incidents.Free rides on the LRT were offered for three consecutive days between September 29 and October 1 in
October 16, 2024
Mainland filmmakers inspire local students in iQIYI project
“Light up Grow up Project” (“光影助力成长计划”) hosted events in Macau last week where local students had the opportunity to meet and interact with the main creators of film and television works from the mainland, discussing the miniseries To the Wonder (我的阿勒泰) and the documentary film Tough Out (棒！少年), both produced by iQIYI*, a Beijing-based video streaming service company.“Light up Grow up Project” is a public welfare brand initiative jointly launched by
October 16, 2024
Top court confirms Sam’s election as chief executive
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday confirmed the results of Sunday’s chief executive election when Sam Hou Fai was elected with nearly all the votes cast as the sixth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), according to a statement by the court yesterday.The statement noted that the election results will be published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday next week.Sam, the sole candidate for Sunday’s election garnered 394 of the 398 votes cast by the
October 16, 2024
Jail holds 1,355 in 2023, 35 reintegrated into society
The Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) said in its annual report yesterday that the number of inmates at the Coloane prison stood at 1,355 at the end of last year, 32 more than at the end of 2022, with 35 prisoners reintegrated back into society through the government’s “Employment Scheme for Prerelease Inmates”.According to the report, of the total number of 1,355 inmates aged between 16 and 80, 1,087 were convicted prisoners, while the remaining were inmates on remand, most of them
October 16, 2024
LRT breaks down twice in 2 months, demands clarification from supplier
The Taipa Line of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) has experienced repeated failures since its commissioning in 2019, with two breakdowns in recent months, and the LRT operator said yesterday that it has convened an emergency meeting with its train and systems supplier, requiring the company to identify and clarify the causes of the malfunctions so as to avoid a recurrence of similar incidents.Free rides on the LRT were offered for three consecutive days between September 29 and October 1 in
October 16, 2024
Local man, mainland masseuse nabbed for sham marriage
A local man and a mainland woman who married last year were taken last week to a police station for questioning about their alleged sham marriage, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said yesterday.The 31-year-old male suspect surnamed Leong told the police that he’s jobless, while the 29-year-old female suspect surnamed Zhang is a masseuse.According to Cheong, Zhang was arrested earlier this month for working illegally as a masseuse at a Cotai entertainment venue. During
October 16, 2024
Woman loses 15,200 yuan in concert ticket scam
A non-local woman was defrauded out of 15,240 yuan (17, 091 patacas) in a concert ticket selling scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the victim told the police that she had met a man online in July who was selling concert tickets. She purchased tickets from him and attended a local concert in August.Later, she attempted to buy three tickets for a concert to be held in Macau for 15,240 yuan. After transferring
October 16, 2024
Macao Union Hospital to launch app for walk-in patients
The Macao Union Hospital in Cotai, which officially opened last month, has announced that it expects to launch its mobile app at the end of this month for patients seeking treatment without referral from the Health Bureau (SSM), featuring various functions such as registering for walk-in treatment, making appointments for treatment, and checking their medical records.The hospital has also said that it will gradually roll out more types of walk-in outpatient services for those without referral
October 16, 2024
‘Style · Encounter Moment’ Fashion Parade to take place on Friday
The “Style · Encounter Moment Fashion Parade of the Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making” is slated to take place at 12 noon on Friday at the Macao Fashion Festival 2024, during which over 60 sets of clothing will be presented by models, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week.The free-admission event will be hosted at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo Hall C.The statement noted that the pieces to be showcased at the parade, which has been
October 16, 2024
Macau Bridge alleviates traffic on Friendship Bridge: DSAT
Macau Bridge, located to the east of Friendship Bridge, was officially opened to traffic on October 1, National Day, and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has said that in response to the opening of the bridge, the hourly traffic volume of the city’s second Macau-Taipa bridge on weekdays has been reduced by an average of about 10 percent in the evening peak hours in both directions compared to that of last month, alleviating the pressure on the traffic in the busy Rotunda da Amizade.Connecting Pac
October 16, 2024
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Editorial: Last-ditch negotiations must succeed to avert China-EU trade war over EV tariffs
After the 27 European Union countries failed on Friday to agree on whether to slap China-made electric vehicles (EVs) with steeper tariffs, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen may now finally get its controversial proposal to raise EU import duties on the environmentally friendly automobiles from China off the ground. The protectionist tariffs were proposed in June by the Commission, which claimed that China-made EVs were benefitting from government subsidies
October 7, 2024
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Editorial: Last-ditch negotiations must succeed to avert China-EU trade war over EV tariffs
After the 27 European Union countries failed on Friday to agree on whether to slap China-made electric vehicles (EVs) with steeper tariffs, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen may now finally get its controversial proposal to raise EU import duties on the environmentally friendly automobiles from China off the ground. The protectionist tariffs were proposed in June by the Commission, which claimed that China-made EVs were benefitting from government subsidies
October 7, 2024
Mainland filmmakers inspire local students in iQIYI project
“Light up Grow up Project” (“光影助力成长计划”) hosted events in Macau last week where local students had the opportunity to meet and interact with the main creators of film and television works from the mainland, discussing the miniseries To the Wonder (我的阿勒泰) and the documentary film Tough Out (棒！少年), both produced by iQIYI*, a Beijing-based video streaming service company.“Light up Grow up Project” is a public welfare brand initiative jointly launched by
October 16, 2024
A story about life: a review and recommendation
“The universe is large, he thought. It contains multitudes. It also contains me, and in this moment I am wonderful. I have the right to be wonderful.”– Stephen King, “The Life of Chuck” Imagine that the world is ending. Civil society has begun to collapse, extreme weather disasters are affecting every state, region and country, while food shortages are rampant. There are frequent power shortages, until one day, there just isn’t any while the internet goes dark. And at the
September 23, 2024
Jail holds 1,355 in 2023, 35 reintegrated into society
The Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) said in its annual report yesterday that the number of inmates at the Coloane prison stood at 1,355 at the end of last year, 32 more than at the end of 2022, with 35 prisoners reintegrated back into society through the government’s “Employment Scheme for Prerelease Inmates”.According to the report, of the total number of 1,355 inmates aged between 16 and 80, 1,087 were convicted prisoners, while the remaining were inmates on remand, most of them
October 16, 2024
LRT breaks down twice in 2 months, demands clarification from supplier
The Taipa Line of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) has experienced repeated failures since its commissioning in 2019, with two breakdowns in recent months, and the LRT operator said yesterday that it has convened an emergency meeting with its train and systems supplier, requiring the company to identify and clarify the causes of the malfunctions so as to avoid a recurrence of similar incidents.Free rides on the LRT were offered for three consecutive days between September 29 and October 1 in
October 16, 2024
Local man, mainland masseuse nabbed for sham marriage
A local man and a mainland woman who married last year were taken last week to a police station for questioning about their alleged sham marriage, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said yesterday.The 31-year-old male suspect surnamed Leong told the police that he’s jobless, while the 29-year-old female suspect surnamed Zhang is a masseuse.According to Cheong, Zhang was arrested earlier this month for working illegally as a masseuse at a Cotai entertainment venue. During
October 16, 2024
Woman loses 15,200 yuan in concert ticket scam
A non-local woman was defrauded out of 15,240 yuan (17, 091 patacas) in a concert ticket selling scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the victim told the police that she had met a man online in July who was selling concert tickets. She purchased tickets from him and attended a local concert in August.Later, she attempted to buy three tickets for a concert to be held in Macau for 15,240 yuan. After transferring
October 16, 2024
Mainland filmmakers inspire local students in iQIYI project
“Light up Grow up Project” (“光影助力成长计划”) hosted events in Macau last week where local students had the opportunity to meet and interact with the main creators of film and television works from the mainland, discussing the miniseries To the Wonder (我的阿勒泰) and the documentary film Tough Out (棒！少年), both produced by iQIYI*, a Beijing-based video streaming service company.“Light up Grow up Project” is a public welfare brand initiative jointly launched by
October 16, 2024
Macao Union Hospital to launch app for walk-in patients
The Macao Union Hospital in Cotai, which officially opened last month, has announced that it expects to launch its mobile app at the end of this month for patients seeking treatment without referral from the Health Bureau (SSM), featuring various functions such as registering for walk-in treatment, making appointments for treatment, and checking their medical records.The hospital has also said that it will gradually roll out more types of walk-in outpatient services for those without referral
October 16, 2024
‘Style · Encounter Moment’ Fashion Parade to take place on Friday
The “Style · Encounter Moment Fashion Parade of the Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making” is slated to take place at 12 noon on Friday at the Macao Fashion Festival 2024, during which over 60 sets of clothing will be presented by models, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week.The free-admission event will be hosted at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo Hall C.The statement noted that the pieces to be showcased at the parade, which has been
October 16, 2024
Macau Bridge alleviates traffic on Friendship Bridge: DSAT
Macau Bridge, located to the east of Friendship Bridge, was officially opened to traffic on October 1, National Day, and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has said that in response to the opening of the bridge, the hourly traffic volume of the city’s second Macau-Taipa bridge on weekdays has been reduced by an average of about 10 percent in the evening peak hours in both directions compared to that of last month, alleviating the pressure on the traffic in the busy Rotunda da Amizade.Connecting Pac
October 16, 2024