SJM hosts science-themed reading workshop

SJM Resorts hosted a family reading workshop on Sunday at the Macao Science Centre (MSC) in Nape ahead and in support of “4.23 Reading in the City”, with the event attended by nearly 60 parents and children, the integrated resort (IR) operator said in a statement on Wednesday.Workshop attendees came from the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau (UGAMM, commonly known as Kai Fong in Cantonese), Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen in Cantonese)

April 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Sands China launches ‘Summer Fiesta’

Sands China has recently launched its Summer Fiesta, being the latest initiative of its Community Revitalisation Series at the erstwhile Iec Long Firecracker Factory and Taipa Houses, the integrated resort (IR) operator said in a statement earlier this week.The statement noted that the former firecracker factory has been transformed into the “Iec Long Zoo”, which showcases “colourful and whimsical animal sculptures and the beauty of nature to create a joyful atmosphere”, while Love at

April 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Those sowing seeds of discord are not like-minded with regional countries

China Daily Editorial        Those trying to drive a wedge between China and its Asia-Pacific neighbors feel no qualms about smearing the Belt and Road Initiative and other cooperation mechanisms between China and regional countries as Beijing’s geopolitical tools. They intentionally turn a blind eye to the fruits that have been harvested in the form of infrastructure facilities, jobs, environmental protection and green development, and the development achievements that

April 19, 2024 | BY admin

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China can promote interregional cooperation between BRICS, GCC

Commentary by Liu Hong*        This year marks the first year after the expansion of BRICS with Russia assuming the rotating presidency.As US political scientist Peter Katzenstein has said, “We live in a world composed of regions.” At present, the global political landscape is marked by a trend featuring the fragmentation of regional and international organizations. However, there is also a concurrent inclination towards interconnections and integration. A prime example

April 19, 2024 | BY admin

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4 schoolboys bully, insult elderly woman: police

Four local primary schoolboys who bullied and verbally abused an elderly woman were taken to a police station for questioning earlier this week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the schoolboys study in the same school in Santo António district. Ho did not reveal their exact age, merely saying that the quartet are under 16.According to Ho, there has recently been an online post circulating on social media about “a gang

April 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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New schedules enable passengers to get on buses easier during peak hours: TCM & Transmac executives

Top executives of the city’s two public bus operators underlined yesterday that the two companies’ respective recent adjustments to bus trip frequency and schedules aim to make it easier for passengers to be able to get on buses during peak hours.TCM Managing Director Leung Mei Leng and Transmac Deputy General Manager Kent Li Qijian made the remarks when attending a current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster

April 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab HK man, mainlander for theft-by-finding

In two separate cases, a man from the mainland and a Hong Kong man respectively, have been arrested for stealing a phone and handbag, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspects are a 30-year-old man surnamed Wang and a Hong Kong man surnamed Lee in his fifties. Lai did not reveal the suspects’ occupations.In the first case, the police received a report from a resident on March 26 saying that he had left a phone worth 8,000

April 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman, 23, becomes this year’s 4th Legionnaires’ disease patient

Macau recorded this year’s fourth case of Legionnaires’ disease yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, the patient is a 23-year-old local woman. She came down with a fever and cough on Thursday last week, after which she sought treatment at a private clinic two days later.As her symptoms persisted, the statement said, the patient sought treatment at the University Hospital of the private Macau University of Science and Technology

April 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Pharma bureau warns of slimming pill containing sibutramine

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement yesterday that the Hong Kong Health Department announced on Tuesday that a slimming pill called Honey Q Level Up has been found to contain sibutramine, benzyl sibutramine and fluoxetine, because of which the bureau is warning residents not to buy it.During routine market surveillance, the statement said, the illegal substances were identified in samples bought from an online sales platform.The statement said

April 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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e-Channel services to be available for Portuguese, Singapore passports

The Public Security Police Force (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that Portuguese and Singaporean passport holders are able to use the conventional two-gate e-Channels at Macau’s various border checkpoints upon registration, effective from tomorrow.The statement noted that the categories for eligible groups were extended to “make more effective use of the e-Channels and to enhance the clearance experience of foreign visitors”.Portuguese and Singapore nationals aged at least 11 can use

April 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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USJ inaugurates ‘USJ-Kong Hon Academy for Cellular Nutrition and Health’

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held the “USJ-Kong Hon Academy for Cellular Nutrition and Health and The First Cellular Health Research Symposium” on its Ilha Verde campus yesterday, with the event marking the inauguration of the academy.According to a statement from the university, the academy was established by USJ together with the Macau Kong-Hon Biomedical Technology Development Group. The statement said that during his welcome remarks yesterday, Bishop of Macau and USJ Chancellor

April 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local man allows scammer to use bank account for money laundering: police

A local man has been arrested for allegedly allowing a scammer to use one of his bank accounts which was then used for laundering money linked to at least four online investment scams, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference yesterday.The 35-year-old suspect surnamed Iu works in a car repair shop. The local victims comprise two men and two women.According to Ho, one of the female victims joined an online social media “investment” group last November for

April 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Sports Bureau staff to conduct drug tests at Paris Olympics: Pun

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said yesterday that professionally qualified staff in his bureau have been invited to carry out drug tests at the Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11 in France.Pun made the remarks on the sidelines of a press conference to mark the 100-day countdown to the Paris Olympics at Galaxy Macau. Hosted by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) together with the Sports Bureau and integrated resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG),

April 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Centaline says lifting of cooling measures set to restore property buyers’ confidence

The local government proposed last week to axe all cooling measures for the property market, and representatives of the Centaline Macau and Hengqin Property Agency said yesterday they believed that the bill will help increase liquidity in the local real-estate market and restore residents and investors’ confidence in entering the market, expecting the average monthly transaction volume in this year’s second quarter to return to the 1,000 level.Secretary for Administration and Justice André

April 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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