Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

Macau should make use of the Internet and big data to build itself into a data city, Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said at University of Macau (UM) yesterday. Ma, also known as Ma Yun, made the suggestion during a public lecture hosted by the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, which is headed by the 51-year-old business magnate and philanthropist, at the public university on Hengqin island. Ma also said the city should establish a new type

The area of “Old Taipa” covering the junction of Rua de Fernão Mendes Pinto and Rua do Supico, the junction of Rua Correia da Silva and Rua Governador Tamagnini Barbosa, as well as the section between Calçada do Quartel and Avenida de Carlos da Maia, will be temporarily pedestrianised from noon to 7 p.m. between the first and the ninth days of the Chinese New Year (February 10-18), Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) Director Tai Kin Ip announced on Friday.Tai said that