Over 66 pct of fires caused by human error: Fire Services Bureau
The Fire Services Bureau (CB) yesterday announced the number of fire attendances in the first three quarters of this year, in which human error remained the most common cause of fires, accounting for 66.47 percent of the total number of fire attendances, urging the public not to leave their cooking unattended and to turn off all their electrical appliances before leaving home, while also being careful in handling and disposing of flammable items in their daily life, including cigarette
October 17, 2024
New Coloane jail to start operating on Saturday
The Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) announced yesterday that inmates held at the current prison on Rua de São Francisco Xavier (聖方濟各街) will be transferred on Saturday to the city’s new jail on Estrada da Barragem de Ka Ho (九澳堤壩馬路), both of which are located in Coloane.In response to the Post’s enquiry as to whether the relocation will include its “special detention zone” next to the Academy of the Public Security Forces for inmates requiring special detention,
October 17, 2024
22 MPU students present works at Creative Macau
The Creative Macau gallery in Nape is showcasing the works of 22 students from the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) until October 26 for an exhibition entitled “Time Pixels”, showcasing creativity through different mediums.The artworks were created by 22 year-four students who are mainly from the public university’s Visual Arts Programme.A recent statement on Creative Macau’s website notes that the students completed the works during the “Social Artistic Practice” and “Sociology
October 17, 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
Over 66 pct of fires caused by human error: Fire Services Bureau
The Fire Services Bureau (CB) yesterday announced the number of fire attendances in the first three quarters of this year, in which human error remained the most common cause of fires, accounting for 66.47 percent of the total number of fire attendances, urging the public not to leave their cooking unattended and to turn off all their electrical appliances before leaving home, while also being careful in handling and disposing of flammable items in their daily life, including cigarette
October 17, 2024
New Coloane jail to start operating on Saturday
The Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) announced yesterday that inmates held at the current prison on Rua de São Francisco Xavier (聖方濟各街) will be transferred on Saturday to the city’s new jail on Estrada da Barragem de Ka Ho (九澳堤壩馬路), both of which are located in Coloane.In response to the Post’s enquiry as to whether the relocation will include its “special detention zone” next to the Academy of the Public Security Forces for inmates requiring special detention,
October 17, 2024
22 MPU students present works at Creative Macau
The Creative Macau gallery in Nape is showcasing the works of 22 students from the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) until October 26 for an exhibition entitled “Time Pixels”, showcasing creativity through different mediums.The artworks were created by 22 year-four students who are mainly from the public university’s Visual Arts Programme.A recent statement on Creative Macau’s website notes that the students completed the works during the “Social Artistic Practice” and “Sociology
October 17, 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
Song calls for setting up Macau-Hengqin collective court
The opening ceremony of the new judicial year 2024/2025 was held yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape, during which Song Man Lei delivered a speech for the first time in her current capacity as acting president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI), revealing the local courts’ plans for their future work, including the implementation of a pilot scheme for the appointment of non-permanent judges from Macau to the People’s Court of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in
October 18, 2024
MPU scholar among ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists’ for 4th year
Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Faculty of Languages and Translation (FLT) Associate Professor Mark Teng Feng was again listed in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” annual impact rankings, marking his fourth consecutive year on the list for his field, according to a statement yesterday from the public university.The list, the rankings website noted, is compiled by Standford University and Elsevier, showing which scientists have had the “biggest impacts on their field”, while adding
October 18, 2024
China-PSCs Cultural Week kicks off
The four-day 16th edition of the Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) kicked off yesterday at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, retaining some of the most popular attractions of the previous editions, Forum Macao’s Permanent Secretariat Secretary General Ji Xianzheng said yesterday.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) is also known as Forum Macao.Ji made the remarks during the opening
October 18, 2024
GBA Cultural Heritage Forum guided tours, family workshop applications open now
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that applications for its guided tours to revitalised historic buildings and family workshops, both of which are among the activities of the “Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Forum”, opens to members of the public today.The around two-hour guided tours include sailing and walking tours, and are presented in Cantonese, Putonghua, Portuguese and English by professional docents, according to the statement.A statement on the event
October 18, 2024
Police seize cocaine worth 15,000 patacas from Tanzanian trio
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested three Tanzanians for drug trafficking and have seized 4.52 grams of cocaine from them, with an estimated street value of 15,000 patacas, a PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the three suspects are a 34-year-old man surnamed Sanga, a 42-year-old man surnamed Kituta and a 27-year-old woman surnamed Kabongo, who arrived in Macau in August. The trio tested negative for drugs when they were arrested on
October 18, 2024
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
22 MPU students present works at Creative Macau
The Creative Macau gallery in Nape is showcasing the works of 22 students from the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) until October 26 for an exhibition entitled “Time Pixels”, showcasing creativity through different mediums.The artworks were created by 22 year-four students who are mainly from the public university’s Visual Arts Programme.A recent statement on Creative Macau’s website notes that the students completed the works during the “Social Artistic Practice” and “Sociology
October 17, 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
Song calls for setting up Macau-Hengqin collective court
The opening ceremony of the new judicial year 2024/2025 was held yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape, during which Song Man Lei delivered a speech for the first time in her current capacity as acting president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI), revealing the local courts’ plans for their future work, including the implementation of a pilot scheme for the appointment of non-permanent judges from Macau to the People’s Court of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in
October 18, 2024
MPU scholar among ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists’ for 4th year
Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Faculty of Languages and Translation (FLT) Associate Professor Mark Teng Feng was again listed in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” annual impact rankings, marking his fourth consecutive year on the list for his field, according to a statement yesterday from the public university.The list, the rankings website noted, is compiled by Standford University and Elsevier, showing which scientists have had the “biggest impacts on their field”, while adding
October 18, 2024
China-PSCs Cultural Week kicks off
The four-day 16th edition of the Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) kicked off yesterday at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, retaining some of the most popular attractions of the previous editions, Forum Macao’s Permanent Secretariat Secretary General Ji Xianzheng said yesterday.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) is also known as Forum Macao.Ji made the remarks during the opening
October 18, 2024
GBA Cultural Heritage Forum guided tours, family workshop applications open now
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that applications for its guided tours to revitalised historic buildings and family workshops, both of which are among the activities of the “Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Forum”, opens to members of the public today.The around two-hour guided tours include sailing and walking tours, and are presented in Cantonese, Putonghua, Portuguese and English by professional docents, according to the statement.A statement on the event
October 18, 2024
Police seize cocaine worth 15,000 patacas from Tanzanian trio
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested three Tanzanians for drug trafficking and have seized 4.52 grams of cocaine from them, with an estimated street value of 15,000 patacas, a PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the three suspects are a 34-year-old man surnamed Sanga, a 42-year-old man surnamed Kituta and a 27-year-old woman surnamed Kabongo, who arrived in Macau in August. The trio tested negative for drugs when they were arrested on
October 18, 2024
Police bust 3 street deception cases, suspect nabbed after 7 years on run
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have uncovered three street deception cases involving the use of so-called high-tech electronic components to defraud passers-by, resulting in the arrest of three mainland men, including a fugitive who cheated a female senior citizen out of HK$55,000 in 2017.PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong announced yesterday the arrest of the three suspects – a 60-year-old surnamed Zeng; a 58-year-old surnamed Wei; and a 58-year-old surnamed Zu. According to Cheong, Zeng had persuaded
October 18, 2024
Couple caught red-handed reselling Mark Six tickets: police
A local couple was caught red-handed reselling Mark Six lottery tickets in the northern district, Public Security Police spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference yesterday.During a search of the duo’s grocery shop on Avenida da Longevidade (長壽大馬路) on Sunday, the Public Security Police seized 58 Mark Six lottery tickets and 1,960 patacas believed to be proceeds from reselling the tickets.Cheong identified the two suspects as local residents, both surnamed
October 18, 2024
Health Bureau logs 14th imported dengue fever case
The Health Bureau (SSM) announced yesterday that one more dengue fever case has been reported, involving a 31-year-old female non-resident worker (NRW) from the Philippines, making her the 14th imported dengue cases in Macau this year.The statement said that the patient lives in Seng Kon Building (勝光大廈) on Rua de Tomé Pires (道咩卑利士街) and works near Estrada do Visconde de S. Januario (若憲馬路).According to an SSM statement, the female patient, who stayed in the
October 18, 2024