Xi chairs leadership meeting on regular epidemic control, supporting Hubei development

BEIJING – Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, yesterday chaired a leadership meeting on regular epidemic prevention and control and supporting the economic and social development in Hubei province.The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee analyzed the COVID-19 situation at home and abroad.Xi said arduous efforts have brought a decisive outcome to the fight of defending Hubei and its capital

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UM sets up institute for advanced studies to promote HSS research

The public University of Macau (UM) has established a new entity called Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) which aims to create a university-level, cross-faculty research platform, as well as to further support the development of Macau society, according to a UM statement yesterday.According to the statement, while continuing to develop disciplines which will provide a competitive edge in science, the university will also give priority to some emerging

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Registration starts for fashion illustration contest: CPTTM

The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) is holding its “11th Macau Fashion Illustration Contest” to encourage local fashion lovers to explore their creativity, the centre said in a statement this week. Registration has started and the submission deadline is June 17. All local residents are welcome to participate, the statement said.The fashion industry has increasingly paid more attention to environmental protection and sustainability in recent years, and in

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Woman suspects her ID used 3 times to buy facemasks: police

A local woman who suspects that her ID card data has been used three times by someone to buy facemasks from pharmacies reported the case to the police last Saturday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference on Tuesday.According to Lai, the victim told the police that she went to a pharmacy in Taipa last Saturday to buy facemasks under the government’s facemask-purchase scheme, but was informed by the staff that she had already bought facemasks from

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Bucolic Óscar Trail ready for hikers: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has opened a newly-built pathway called Óscar Trail in the south-western part of Coloane to provide residents with more opportunities to enjoy nature and recreation, according to a statement earlier this week. According to the statement, Óscar Trail is a 1,150-metre-long pathway in the form of a loop, with both the exit and entrance at the same location close to the IAM-managed Óscar Farm in Estrada de Cheoc Van. The statement points out that the

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Macau 21 days without new COVID-19 case, only 11 still in hospital

Macau has not registered a new COVID-19 case in 21 days, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced at its daily press conference about the novel coronavirus disease situation today. According to Alvis Lo Iek Long, a senior doctor of the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre, one more COVID-19 patient was discharged today, a 44-year-old local man who studies in Ireland. The patient was diagnosed with the highly infectious disease upon arrival in Macau on March

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Focus on steady recovery seen

Economists expect China to emphasize poverty fight, jobs & survival of companies      Commentary by Li Xiang     Chinese policymakers are expected to intensify measures to ensure stable employment, people’s basic livelihoods and survival of companies to facilitate a steady economic recovery after the country’s economy shrank 6.8 percent in the first quarter.Economists said China will likely tone down the importance of doubling the country’s GDP from

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Legislator to head tourism school council

Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has appointed legislator-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo to chair the Council of the Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM). Ho made the appointment in an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) today. The appointment takes effect tomorrow. The order did not make mention of the 9-member council's previous composition. Chan, who heads Hong Kong-listed Future Bright Group Holdings Ltd., has been a member of the Macau Legislative

April 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Fisherfolks, people in old-age homes, jail & hospital to be tested for COVID-19

Addressing yesterday evening’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, announced that the government will carry out COVID-19 tests on residents of retirement homes, local prison inmates and hospital patients as well as all related staff, as part of its measures in preparation for the gradual return to normal life.According to Lo, the government will also arrange

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CEM probes cause of China Plaza power cut

A power outage occurred at about 11 a.m. yesterday in the vicinity of China Plaza and Rua do Campo, causing people to be stuck in lifts and several government bureaus as well as private businesses to temporarily stop working.Firefighters at the scene told reporters that three men were rescued from the lifts in China Plaza, while the police there said that people self-evacuated from the building in an orderly manner.According to the police, about a dozen shops on the ground floor were affected,

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Super-spreaders of political virus may snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

China Daily editorial    For all virtuous people, it is heart-wrenching to see the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus worldwide has surpassed 3.1 million and that more than 210,000 people have died. But for some, those sad statistics only serve as chips for their political gambles.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is one of them. While the virus is wreaking havoc in his country, which accounts for one-third of the world’s infections and one-fourth of the deaths, he

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3 mainlanders nabbed in people-smuggling case: police

Two men and a woman were arrested and a speedboat was seized on Monday in another people-smuggling case, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspects are a 32-year-old mainlander surnamed Liu, the skipper of the boat who told the police that he’s unemployed. The second male suspect is a 38-year-old mainlander who illegally entered the city, while the 46-year-old female suspect from the mainland is an overstayer who intended to leave

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Police vehicles get LED display screens to boost communication during typhoons

In the run-up to the approaching typhoon season the Judiciary Police (PJ) have installed LED display screens in their patrol vehicles to show special messages such as information about storm surge levels and evacuations to high-lying areas, Gaming-related and Economic Crimes Investigation Department Chief Luís Leong Man Chiu said during a special press conference to show the new equipment to the media at the car park in front of the PJ headquarters yesterday.Leong said that the public had not

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Inter-generational solidarity is not a one-way street

Commentary by José Álvares*     In the US, protesters opposing lockdown restrictions have been gathering and shouting slogans such as “Give me liberty, or give me COVID-19” – and with such close-contact behaviour, you might indeed get the virus, but freedom, well, not so much when you find yourself in a cramped hospital.Without a vaccine (or a way to inject oneself with disinfectant without dying), do people really know what herd immunity implies? Basically, and assuming

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