Local students encouraged to know more about motherland

Every Monday morning, Hou Kong Middle School holds a national flag-raising ceremony attended by all the teachers and the students.The ceremony dates back to October 1, 1949, when the school’s principal Du Nam raised the five-star red flag on the campus. The flag-raising ceremony has been held until today, which has become the common memory of all the teachers and students of Hou Kong Middle School.Nowadays, the majority of primary and middle schools in Macau hold national flag-raising

December 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Lorry driver robs pregnant woman: police

A 37-year-old man, who works as a lorry driver, robbed a 34-year-old pregnant woman of 500 patacas in cash in Fai Chi Kei district on Monday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.Both the suspect, surnamed Fan, and the victim are locals.At around 5 a.m. on Monday, the victim, who is nine-months pregnant, was walking from her home towards a staff shuttle bus stop near Avenida Marginal do Lam Mau, when a man – Fan – suddenly threatened

December 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Fringe festival to bring ‘alternative urban cultural experience’

From flash mobs to a murder mystery tour, speed-dating to paper theatre, this year’s Macau City Fringe Festival taking place next month will be “an alternative urban cultural experience” for the public, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian said yesterday.Mok made the remarks during a press conference held at the Xian Xinghai Memorial Museum about the festival, which is packed with 17 programmes and 13 outreach activities over just 10 days starting from January 10.The

December 12, 2019 | BY admin

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Reception held in NZ to celebrate 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to motherland

WELLINGTON – The Chinese embassy in New Zealand held a reception yesterday at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland.Delivering an opening speech at the reception which was attended by over 200 people, Ambassador Wu Xi noted that this year marks the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland. In the past two decades, “One Country, Two Systems” and “Macau people governing Macau” have been

December 12, 2019 | BY admin

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LRT opens with much excitement, just one minor glitch

Residents, many of them senior citizens, were keen to try out their free-of-charge LRT rides on the Taipa section of the long-delayed Light Rail Transit (LRT) when it finally start operating yesterday afternoon – there was a lot of excitement in the air and just a minor glitch.Passengers can take free LRT rides until December 31.Macau’s first-ever railway was inaugurated yesterday morning at the LRT depot – which is located opposite Wynn Palace, before the first ride departed from the

December 11, 2019 | BY admin

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MSAR anniversary & zodiac notes collection ends on Dec 19

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced in a statement yesterday that the banknotes for the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, and the four zodiac banknotes (Years of the Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig) issued this year will end next Thursday.The city’s quasi-central bank said it would like to remind those registrants who have not yet collected their subscribed notes to pick them up from their selected bank branches during the remaining period.The statement pointed

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Baidu chief to give talk at UM on autonomous driving: UM

Zhang Yaqin, president of Beijing-based internet giant Baidu, will be giving a lecture on “Advances in Autonomous Driving” on Monday at the University of Macau (UM) campus on Hengqin Island, according to a UM statement yesterdayAt the event, Zhang will talk about the opportunities and challenges brought about by autonomous driving from “technological, industrial and policy perspectives”, the statement said.The lecture, which is a part of the University Lecture Series, will be conducted

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Jobless man pilfers 2 handbags: police

The police nabbed a local man on Monday for misappropriating two handbags at the Barrier Gate Plaza earlier this week, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the suspect, a 46-year-old man surnamed Mok, told the police that he is unemployed. The two victims, a male and a female, are local residents, Cheong said. The victims reported the lost property to the police on Sunday and Monday respectively.The male

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Non-resident worker takes upskirt photos, videos: police

A non-resident worker was arrested on Sunday for taking upskirt photos and videos of a female in the Ilha Verde district, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong said the 41 year-old suspect surnamed Zeng told the police that he works as a dishwasher for a restaurant in Ilha Verde. The personal information of the female victim was not released by the spokesman, who did not reveal where the suspect comes from.At about 12:35

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Tam to head Macau office in Lisbon: report

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng, whose term will end next Thursday, will head the Macau Economic and Trade Office (DECM) in Lisbon from next month, Rádio Macau reported yesterday.Tam is one of the government’s policy secretaries who are leaving the government next week. Three of the five secretaries have not been reappointed.Only Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário were recently reappointed by

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Macau tourism focused on quality, not quantity: Senna Fernandes

Macau welcomed over 33 million visitors in the first 10 months of this year and the tourism industry estimates that the total number of visitors will reach 40 million this yearBefore its return to the motherland, Macau recorded about 7 million visitors in 1999. Last year, the number of visitor arrivals stood at 35.8 million visitors.Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told Xinhua recently that Macau’s booming tourism industry has benefited from the

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Macau casinos face 1st revenue drop in 5 years

Two decades after Macau returned to Chinese rule, a shift that catalyzed its emergence as the world’s biggest gambling hub, casinos are facing serious obstacles to their future growth.Macau casinos are poised for the first decline in annual gaming revenue since 2016, and next year may not be much better as mainland China’s economy slows and rising Asian hot spots such as Vietnam lure high rollers. Macau, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its reversion from Portuguese to Chinese

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Macau’s first-ever railway to start today

The Taipa section of the long-delayed Light Rail Transit (LRT), which also covers Cotai, will finally start service this afternoon, and passengers can take rides free of charge until December 31, the government-owned operator has announced.According to a statement on Friday by the operator, officially named “Macao Light Rapid Transit Corporation, Limited” in English, Macau’s first-ever railway will be inaugurated this morning, and the first ride will depart from the Taipa Ferry Terminal

December 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Han meets Macau’s new principal officials

BEIJING – Vice Premier Han Zheng on Friday met with the principal officials of the incoming Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government led by Chief Executive-designate Ho Iat Seng.The team was in Beijing for raining before taking office in Macau on December 20.Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said Macau has made remarkable achievements in various undertakings since its return to the

December 10, 2019 | BY admin

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