Fu Luen launches parents’ guide to sex education for 3-12-year-olds

The Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen in Cantonese) launched yesterday a parents’ Chinese-language guide to sex education for three-to-12-year-olds in early childhood, primary school and adolescent years, aiming to work with the community to promote the booklet, which is free of charge, to Macau’s parent-child families.The Fu Luen Family Service Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Women’s General Association of Macau’s premises on Rua do Campo

April 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Editorial: Forum Macao and Global Community of Shared Future – an organic relationship

The three-day, 10-nation 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), also simply known as Forum Macao, will start this upcoming Sunday. Initiated by the Central People’s Government in October 2003 and organised by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) in conjunction with a number of Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) whose membership of the organisation now stands at nine, Forum Macao has grown into

April 15, 2024 | BY admin

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Ecological island only solution to tackle construction waste: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário underlined yesterday that building an ecological island is the only solution to tackle Macau’s growing construction waste and the fly ash from the solid waste incinerator in Pac On.The policy secretary also said that experts from the mainland have still not reached a final conclusion as to whether the ecological island can be built in a maritime area about one kilometre off Coloane’s Hac Sa Long Chao Kok coast.Rosário made the

April 15, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Week-long ITTF 2024 starts today

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men’s and Women’s World Cup Macau 2024 kicks off today at the Galaxy Arena in Cotai, with the week-long event seeing 96 top table tennis players, 48 per event category, competing at the Galaxy Entertainment Group-presented event.Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, both ranked as the world number ones in the men’s and women’s tournaments respectively, will be competing at the event, along with other players such as 2020 Men’s and Women’s

April 15, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau’s first trade union law to take effect on March 1 next year

Lawmakers passed Macau’s first trade union law in its second and final reading on Friday, and the government-drafted law will take effect from March 1 next year.The bill’s outline was passed by the legislative assembly in January last year.The law regulates employees’ right to form and join trade unions, the composition and functioning of trade unions, and their rights and obligations.It is the first time that the legislature has passed a trade union law. Twelve previous bills proposed by

April 15, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt aims to open Macau Bridge next quarter: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the government is now aiming for the fourth Macau-Taipa bridge, Macau Bridge, to open in the next quarter.Rosário made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the World Trade Centre Macau (WTCM) in Zape after presenting awards to winners who proposed the name – Macau Bridge, during the government’s naming campaign, chosen by the government last month as the bridge’s official name.The government launched

April 15, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Gaming credit law to take effect in August

The Legislative Assembly passed on Friday the government’s gaming credit law, which will replace Macau’s current law regulating the city’s casino credit operations enacted in 2004. The new law will take effect in August this year.The law stipulates that only gaming concessionaires can be credit-granting entities, while junket operators – officially known as gaming promoters, cannot become a credit-granting entity unless they have been formally authorised by their respective gaming

April 15, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police, customs bust ‘snakehead’ gang – woman in critical condition after drowning

Two “snakeheads” smuggled 10 mainlanders into Macau via Coloane’s Long Chao Kok waterfront on a speedboat in the wee hours of Friday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said on Saturday, adding that the duo, in order to avoid being pursued and arrested by PJ and Macau Customs Service (SA) officers, sped away “dangerously”, ultimately leading the speedboat to overturn and all 12 people on board falling into the coastal waters. A woman who almost drowned during the incident

April 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau customs busts parallel-trading den selling fake Hermès jewellery

The Macau Customs Service (SA) busted on Wednesday a parallel-trading den in the Barrier Gate area selling fake jewellery worth about three million patacas if it was genuine.According to a press conference at the SA headquarters in Barra on Friday, when investigating a suspected copyright infringement case, the Macau Customs Service recently uncovered that a shop in the Barrier Gate area was suspected of operating a parallel-trading business, where parallel traders could purchase pieces of

April 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Dual-licensed vehicle driver 1st to be charged for smuggling 2,017 red-eared sliders into Zhuhai

A Guangdong-Macau dual licensed vehicle driver, smuggling 2,017 Brazilian red-eared sliders into Zhuhai via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint in October 2022, was indicted by the Zhuhai People’s Procuratorate on Friday, becoming the first case of illegal introduction of invasive alien species prosecuted by the procuratorate since the implementation of the relevant amendments to the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), according to Macau Chinese-language

April 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Steering along the river of life

When pondering the trajectory of our lives, we might compare the journey to the flowing of a river. This river of life sometimes seems to have its own predetermined path, carved through the course of time, suggesting a destiny we are meant to fulfil. It is an alluring thought, but is it better to simply float along on the currents of this river, or is it more prudent to navigate its waters with a calculated plan?Indeed, the philosophy of going with the flow is comforting. It implies trust that

April 15, 2024 | BY Wong Hou Cheng

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Canvas of destiny: the artistry of living between chance and choice

Imagine life as an expansive canvas, where each of us holds a palette brimming with the colours of possibilities. Some artists believe in letting the brush strokes come about spontaneously, revelling in the beauty of serendipity. Others meticulously sketch every line, ensuring their masterpiece unfolds exactly as envisioned. This allegory mirrors the philosophical quandary of navigating life: Is it wiser to drift with the currents of existence or to chart a course with deliberate strokes?In the

April 15, 2024 | BY Lam Kam Him

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Yellen’s visit could boost momentum in Sino-US cooperation

Commentary by Edward Lehman*        US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s second visit to China in nine months marks a significant milestone in the ongoing efforts to foster constructive dialogue and cooperation between the two largest economies of the world. Against the background of a fast-changing international situation and the ups and downs in bilateral relations, Yellen prioritized addressing key trade issues that impact the interests of both the United States and

April 15, 2024 | BY admin

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Trilateral statement a firm commitment to troublemaking in the Asia-Pacific region

China Daily Editorial        The “historic” first summit of the leaders of the United States, Japan and the Philippines produced a “Joint Vision Statement” that laid out an expansive framework for the trilateral partnership.But the statement makes headlines owing more to its undisguised geopolitical intentions. As international observers pointed out, it represents a substantial new step in the US-led attempt to contain China.Just as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio

April 15, 2024 | BY admin

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