All public buses must be eco-friendly by 2024: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the government will sign new service contracts with the city’s two public bus operators – Transmac and TCM – later this month or next month, according to which all their buses will have to be eco-friendly by 2024.The two bus operators’ six-year-long new contracts will take effect on January 1 next year. No public tender will be held.The policy secretary also said that according to the new contracts, the

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A woman, not wearing a facemask and holding up a broken umbrella, stands on the pavement in Nam Van yesterday. Photo: Monica LeongA dog and a woman wearing a facemask looking on her smartphone wait for the traffic lights near Victory Garden yesterday. Photo: Camy TamA man (right) wearing protective goggles, a facemask and rubber gloves stands apart from other pedestrians as they wait to cross the road near Rua do Campo recently. Photo: Monica LeongA man takes photos of women posing in an

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Macau Int’l Music Festival ‘largely’ to be performed by locals

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it has made special arrangements for this year’s Macau International Music Festival as it will be mainly locals performing, and the date has moved from October to this month.The bureau said that due to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, there are many uncertainties regarding artists’ transportation, logistics and rehearsal arrangements, resulting in the inability of overseas performers to travel to Macau.

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IAM suspends frozen poultry imports from Brazilian exporter

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that it has suspended frozen poultry imports from an exporter in Brazil after Shenzhen found COVID-19 on their frozen chicken wings.The statement did not name the exporter, but Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM, identified the company as Aurora Alimentos.On Tuesday, Shenzhen’s Longgang district tested an order of frozen chicken wings which proved positive for the novel coronavirus. The

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G2E Asia to be delayed to next May: organisers

Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia said in a statement yesterday that it is rescheduling its events scheduled for this year in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the organisers received by The Macau Post Daily, Gs2E Asia will return to the Venetian in Cotai on May 25-27, 2021.Originally, the fair was scheduled for May this year. Afterwards, it was postponed to July. The organisers said that G2E Asia@the Philippines will reconvene at the Manila Marriot Hotel on

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SSM stands at forefront of COVID-19 fight

Advertorial       The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) broke out and a war without fire between humanity and a deadly infectious virus erupted, putting health workers around the world at the forefront of the battle to protect citizens.The fight in Macau started in late January, just when families and friends were gathering to prepare and welcome the Lunar New Year, the most important event on the Chinese calendar.Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng (second from left), Secretary for

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Police nab MACAU Pass, consumption subsidy card thieves

Suspects are a civil servant & a daycare teacherA local man was arrested for stealing a MACAU Pass from the helmet top box of a scooter and giving it to his son to use, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference on Wednesday.The 59-year-old suspect surnamed Chao told the police that he is a civil servant. His son is aged 20.According to Wong, the female victim told the police on August 4 that she had parked her scooter in Travessa da Sé on July

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3 youngsters fall victim to naked chat blackmail

Three separate extortion cases involving naked chats were reported to the police by their respective victims early this week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said at a regular press conference on Wednesday.14-year-old pupil A local man in his forties took his 14-year-old son to a police station on Monday to report that a woman had tried to extort the teenager out of 800 patacas after a naked chat. He told the police that his son met the woman through his Instagram app last

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Wynn receives multiple awards at Vocational Skills Competition

Wynn won several gold awards at the 2nd Macau Integrated Tourism and Leisure Enterprise Vocational Skills Competition co-organised by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) and the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM).Wynn staff members won a number of awards, including Special Gold Award in Game Table Service, Runner-up in Gaming Calculation, Special Gold Award and Most Attentive Award in Housekeeping and Theme Design, Bronze Award in Room Facility and Maintenance, Gold Award in F&B Culinary,

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Mandarin Oriental, Macau listed in TripAdvisor’s Top 25 hotels in China

The Mandarin Oriental hotel in Macau has been listed amongst the “Top 25 hotels in China” by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel platform.The award programme celebrates travellers’ favourite hotels, restaurants and airlines around the world.“We are thrilled to be recognised as one of the “Top 25 hotels in China” and to be included amongst our celebrated peers for the first time,” said the hotel brand’s Macau property general manager Christian Dolenc. “I am delighted to

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MGM Culinary Tour explores world’s gourmet capitals in one go

MGM is currently offering a culinary tour that will take guests around its restaurants in its Cotai hotel to explore their signature gourmet and the stories behind the dishes.The MGM Culinary Tour, taking off every weekend, begins with fiery spices and herbs of traditional Sichuanese cuisine at Five Foot Road, then sophisticated Cantonese classics at Chún, followed by sizzling premium wagyu grills at Grill 58, and wraps up with some unique cocktail experiences at Bar Patuá, all in just a meal

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GEG’s youth programme sharing session features Air Macau cabin crew

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG)’s Youth Achievement Programme (YAP) recently invited local cabin crews from Air Macau to share their dream-chasing experiences and stories in the hope of inspiring young people to continue to strive for personal growth and contribute to society during the pandemic.The programme, which has been running for nine years, is a joint project of GEG and Macau Management Association (MMA).The YAP “Air Macau Local Crew Sharing Session on COVID-19 Efforts &

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Galaxy chairman praises govt's 'admirable performance' in fighting COVID-19

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Chairman Lui Che Woo said today that "the Macau government continues to perform admirably throughout the [COVID-19] pandemic with proactive and decisive leadership and generating community support." According to a GEG statement, Lui expressed his admiration for the local government's anti-novel coronavirus disease measures during his company's presentation of its second-quarter and first-half interim results in Hong Kong. Lui said that Macau

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‘Last kilometre’ of COVID-19 prevention work has just started: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that Macau has been doing great at its COVID-19 prevention work, yet the “last kilometre” of the city’s COVID-19 battle has just started.Ho made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the local airport yesterday morning before departing for a six-day working visit to Beijing for meetings with central government representatives to discuss the development of the Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone planned for Hengqin island and exchange

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