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Schools should think of ways to attract students: Ho
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that the government has invested a huge amount of money in education, and it was difficult to increase public spending on the sector in order to maintain a sufficient number of classes and teachers in Macau, because of which schools should reassess the required qualifications of their teachers to attract more students.Ho made the remarks during yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle.According to Ho, the government currently
April 17, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang
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Roger Garcia discusses film camp, industry
Interview by William Chan The 4-day International Film Camp, organised by the Hong Kong-based Asian Film Awards Academy and sponsored by Sands China, concluded on Saturday at The Londoner Macao integrated resort in Cotai.The camp and the academy’s advisor and mentor Roger Garcia spoke to the press before the closing ceremony at a conference at the sprawling resort.Garcia is a film festival executive, producer and writer. He has been executive director of the Hong
April 17, 2024 | BY admin
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Economy sustains recovery momentum, makes notable progress in Q1
Analysis BEIJING – The Chinese economy has seen strengthened recovery momentum in the first quarter of 2024, with significant strides in cultivating new quality productive forces laying a solid foundation for the bid to achieve the full-year growth target of around 5 percent.China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.3 percent year on year to 29.63 trillion yuan in the first three months of 2024, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed
April 17, 2024 | BY admin
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Zheng stresses ‘One Country’ regarding safeguarding national security
In a speech at yesterday’s opening ceremony of an exhibition on national security education, Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Director Zheng Xincong said that when it comes to safeguarding national security, all sectors of society in “One Country” should take responsibility for safeguarding national security, and that there is no distinction in approach towards national security between the “Two Systems”.Zheng, also
April 16, 2024 | BY William Chan
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UM researchers revise 2024 GDP forecast, now predicting growth of 16.8 pct
The University of Macau (UM) has announced that it has revised its forecast for Macau’s 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth, and it now estimates that the city’s economy will grow 16.8 percent in real terms this year.The public university announced the revised forecast in a statement on Friday. The university’s annual forecast on Macau’s economy is carried out by a research team consisting of economists from its Department of Economics. The GDP forecast project is administered by
April 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong
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HK drunken driver nabbed after row: police
A Hong Kong man has been arrested for drunk driving and driving in the wrong direction, PSP spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Wong is in his thirties.According to the Lai, Wong had a dispute with a man at Rotunda das Palmeiras in Coloane over a parking issue, during which the man noticed Wong smelt strongly of alcohol and promptly reported the incident to the police. Upon arrival, the police conducted a breathalyser test on the
April 16, 2024 | BY William Chan
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UM hosts 5th Language & Culture Day
The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that its Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) has recently held the Fifth UM Language and Culture Day, the faculty’s “signature event” that was attended by over 200 UM students and faculty members.Themed “Cherish Mother Tongues, Embrace All Cultures”, the event “aims to promote the preservation of mother tongues, and foster students’ critical thinking by showcasing different cultures”, according to the statement.The
April 16, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin
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PLA garrison opens barracks to public on May 1-2
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Office of the Macau Garrison announced yesterday that its barracks in Taipa will open to the public on May 1-2, with the national flag raising ceremony taking place at 10 a.m. on both days.This is the 18th time that both barracks have been opened to the public since 2005, promoting communication between the garrison and local residents.The announcement, which was issued in the form of a written statement, noted that the 1,200 free tickets for each of
April 16, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang
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All first-phase applicants to enjoy 20-pct discount on rent for Plot P housing for seniors
The government announced yesterday that the first-phase application round for renting a flat in its high-rise rental residential building for senior citizens on Plot P in Areia Preta district will cover around 1,500 flats so that all eligible applicants in this round will be offered a 20-percent discount on their rent during their first three-year lease.The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) made the announcement in a statement yesterday.The building, the construction of which was completed in January
April 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong
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USJ commemorates Eduardo Nery’s work in exhibition
Interview by Rui Pastorin While in the Macau International Airport’s departure area, you may have noticed a long and colourful tile mural. The 210 metre-long and 2.10-metre-high mural was created by Portuguese painter Eduardo Nery (1938-2013) and unveiled in 1995. Now, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) is paying tribute to the artist’s work and the process of its creation in an exhibition entitled “Unveiling the Artistic Journey of Eduardo Nery at Macau
April 16, 2024 | BY admin
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Public buses to accept payment from non-local Alipay & UnionPay
Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a statement yesterday that starting from next Thursday, Alipay from the mainland, Alipay Hong Kong and UnionPay Cloud Shimmer, which binds non-local UnionPay-issued UnionPay cards, can use “Ride Code” to pay public bus fares in Macau so as to make it more convenient for tourists to travel around Macau.The fare for each journey using such a payment method is 6 patacas, and no fare concessions and discounts are provided for non-local payments, according to
April 16, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang
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Man steals cash from trousers in hotel room: police
The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a mainlander on Sunday for stealing money from a pair of trousers in a hotel guestroom, PSP spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai identified the suspect as a male surnamed Chen. He told the police that he’s joblessAccording to Lai, the Public Security Police received a report on Sunday from a man saying that HK$1,760 had vanished from his trouser pocket. The victim had been staying in a hotel room on Rua da
April 16, 2024 | BY William Chan
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Café owner loses 12,400 patacas in mattress scam
A café owner has been defrauded out of 12,400 patacas in a scam involving 30 mattresses that he had purportedly ordered, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the male victim received a phone call from a man claiming to be an employee of a school on Thursday. The man claimed that the school wanted to order coffee beans worth 3,000 patacas, and that he would pay the victim soon. The following day, the man contacted the victim by
April 16, 2024 | BY William Chan
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Positive data inspire confidence in economy
Analysis by Zhang Zhouxiang Although the report released by Fitch Ratings on Wednesday, which downgraded China’s sovereign credit rating outlook from “stable” to “negative” made a buzz largely because it supports the claims of those trying to present the scenario of China’s imminent “collapse”, the report is only a very small part of the whole sector.For example, Goldman Sachs published a research report the same day revising upward its forecast for
April 16, 2024 | BY admin
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