No.3 signal may be hoisted tonight: SMG

The local observatory hoisted the No.1 standby storm warning signal at noon yesterday, which will remain in force until the No.3 tropical cyclone signal might be hoisted tonight or tomorrow morning, as Tropical Storm “Yagi” has entered the South China Sea and is forecast to further strengthen and gradually move towards the South China coast between today and tomorrow.The Yellow Rainstorm Warning Signal was also hoisted at 11:35 p.m. last night, while the Thunderstorm Warning Signal was

September 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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NBA stars meet Macau Special Olympics’ young athletes

Macau Special Olympics’ (MSO) young athletes were yesterday able to meet NBA stars who visited the Ngai Chun Service Complex at Seac Pai Van in Coloane as part of the Sands Cares community outreach programmes.The one-day, Sands China-organised event featured Phoenix Suns President, General Manager and former NBA player James Jones; Suns legends Rex Chapman and Cedric Ceballos; and Jusuf Nurkić, who is from Bosnia and is the team’s Starting Centre. They learnt more about MSO’s services

September 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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20 MPU students become ‘Fraud Prevention Ambassadors’

Twenty students from the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) were chosen as the first batch of “Fraud Prevention Ambassadors” yesterday in the “On-campus Anti-scam ‘Vaccination’ Programme” launched by the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the local education sector, according to a PJ statement yesterday.The programme’s ceremony was held on the MPU campus yesterday, jointly officiated by MPU Vice-Rector Lei Ngan Lin, and PJ Deputy Director Sou Sio Keong. The event was witnessed by guests,

September 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Car crashes into mini-coach, 9 hurt

A car and a mini-coach collided in Coloane yesterday, resulting in five men and four women being admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre with multiple injuries.The accident happened in Rua das Acácias Rubras, according to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB), at about 5 p.m. yesterday, when a local male driver was suspected of failing to give way crashed into a mini-coach. The CB statement noted that both local male drivers passed a breathalyser, adding that the

September 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Overall flu vaccination rate rises 19 pct: SSM

About 175,000 residents have received their seasonal influenza jabs between September last year and August 18 this year, an increase of 19.1 percent over the same period of last year, among which, the vaccination rate of children under the age of three has reached 56.9 percent, while the vaccination rate among kindergarten, primary school and secondary school students stood at 81.3 percent, 78.7 percent and 67.3 percent respectively, with the rate among senior citizens living in residential

September 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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4 casino loan sharks arrested for usury

Four men from the mainland who provided a gambler with a loan of HK$1 million have been apprehended, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lou, while on patrol in a Cotai casino’s VIP room on Monday, Judiciary Police officers noted what appeared to be loan-sharking activity involving four men who were surrounding a man, and frequently taking casino chips from him.Under questioning, the police discovered that the male victim

September 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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37th ‘Books and the City’ magazine out now

The 37th issue of the free trilingual “Books and the City” magazine is now available, with the latest edition themed on the “Power of Pleasure Reading in the Community”, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.The magazine is published by the Public Library of the Cultural Affairs Bureau.According to the statement, 3,000 copies of the free magazine are available at public libraries, higher education institutions, various bookshops and cultural and art facilities,

September 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police nab 3 local men for drunk-driving

Three local men have been arrested separately for drunk-driving, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lam identified the suspect in the first case as a 32-year-old man surnamed Lei who works as a salesmanAccording to Lam, on Friday at around 4 a.m. a police officer discovered a car that had stopped in Avenida do Hipódromo, blocking traffic, with Lei sleeping in the driver’s seat reeking of alcohol.A breathalyser test showed Lei’s

September 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Editorial: Xiong’an – future in the making before our eyes

 At the invitation of the local Commissioner’s Office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, representatives of Macau’s Portuguese- and English-language – media including The Macau Post Daily – visited last week two places in the Chinese mainland that represent both the nation’s ancient history and promising future – Xi’an and Xiong’an. The delegation also included several journalists from the local Chinese-language media, such as Macao Daily News and Cable TV. Both

September 3, 2024 | BY admin

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Xiong’an – future in the making before our eyes

All photos taken by Maria Cheang Ut Meng during the local media delegation’s visit to Xiong’an New Area on Friday. 

September 3, 2024 | BY admin

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89,000 students enrolled in non-tertiary education: DSEDJ chief

The 2024/2025 school year began yesterday, and Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Director Kong Chi Meng said that the overall non-tertiary education student enrolment was at its peak this year, with about 89,000 students –  or about 13 percent of the population – enrolled in 76 non-tertiary education institutions.Speaking to public Chinese-language media broadcaster TDM and newspaper Macao Daily News yesterday morning on the sidelines of his inspection visit to Keang Peng

September 3, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Female overstayer steals HK$150,000 from male friend’s hotel safe

A woman from the mainland, who has overstayed in Macau for three years and eight months, has been arrested for stealing HK$150,000 from a male friend’s hotel guestroom safe, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong told reporters at a regular press conference yesterday.The 61-year-old suspect, surnamed Gu, told the police that she’s jobless. The elderly victim had met Gu a year ago while gambling in a casino and had since been inviting her again and again to gamble with him and stay

September 3, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police nab local, 2 mainlanders for theft-by-finding

A local man and two women from the mainland have separately been apprehended for two theft-by-finding cases, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the local suspect surnamed Chan, who is in his sixties, told the police that he’s jobless.According to Lam, a local man reported to the police on August 26 that he had lost his wallet in Estrada de Dona Maria II, containing 7,100 patacas. Subsequently, police officers

September 3, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Mainlander robs illegal currency dealer with scissors

A man from the mainland has been arrested for robbing a female illegal currency exchange dealer in a hotel guestroom of HK$400,000 by threatening her with a pair of scissors, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said at a special press conference yesterday.The 52-year-old suspect surnamed Chen told the police that he’s jobless. The victim, also from the mainland, had conducted transactions amounting to HK$500,000 with Chen before.On Sunday the victim once again struck a currency

September 3, 2024 | BY William Chan

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