Portuguese president to visit Macau next week: official

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will visit Macau between Tuesday and Wednesday next week (from April 30 to May 1), the local government has announced.According to a statement by the Government Spokesperson’s Office on Saturday, Rebelo de Sousa will visit Macau during a state visit to the nation at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. Macau is one of the Portuguese president’s stops during the state visit between this coming Sunday and Thursday next week.The statement pointed

April 23, 2019 | BY admin

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3 Macau people vanish when fishing boat sinks

The local government says that it is paying close attention to a case in which a fishing vessel with three Macau residents and five mainlanders on board went missing in the sea around the Wanshan Archipelago last Thursday, which is situated south of the mouth of the Pearl River estuary and Hong Kong.Wanshan Archipelago refers to a group of some 100 islands and islets in the area, most of which are administered by Zhuhai. The archipelago also includes Macau’s Taipa and Coloane islands as well

April 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Car driver injured in 3-vehicle crash

Two cars and a radio taxi collided in Taipa yesterday afternoon, leaving a car driver with slight injuries, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.According to the bureau, the crash happened outside the Nova City residential estate in Avenida de Kwong Tung (Guangdong Avenue) in Taipa. The driver of one of the two cars – a 33-year-old local man – slightly injured his left thigh and was taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for treatment, the bureau said.According to the

April 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Package-free store promotes ‘less plastic’

A package-free shop called “Mai Lon Store” opened two days ago near São Lázaro district, selling legumes, rice, pastas and dried fruit served from glass storage jars or hoppers.Consumers are encouraged to bring their own bottles when shopping there. The aim is to convince shoppers to use less plastic packaging, the shop owner told The Macau Post Daily yesterday.The shop owner, Austin Sou Chon Kit, is keen to contribute to environmental protection. Sou said he got the idea of going

April 23, 2019 | BY admin

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Ho Iat Seng decides to run for CE

Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng announced yesterday that he has decided to run in the chief executive election later this year as he wants to promote Macau’s economic diversification and its participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) by making use of his experience in legislative tasks in both the nation’s top legislature and the local legislature.Ho made the announcement during a press briefing in a meeting room of the

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to set up ‘sovereign wealth fund’ in 2H: Chui

The government will set up a development and investment fund in the second half of the year, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told lawmakers yesterday.Chui made the announcement in a question-and-answer session in the hemicycle of the Legislative Assembly (AL).Chui said the fund – which would be similar to other state-owned investment funds known as sovereign wealth funds – said the future fund would allow the government to increase the value of its financial reserves and its

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Pinocchio to discover with audience what it means to be a human

Pinocchio, who is mostly known as the marionette boy whose nose grows when he tells lies, will take the audience on a magical adventure as he discovers what it means to be a human in this weekend’s stage performance.The contemporary dance and physical theatre production “Pinocchio” by UK-based Jasmin Vardimon Company will have two shows this weekend at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM).During a meet-the-press at CCM yesterday, Vardimon said that her version offers another interpretation of

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Sands beats forecasts as Macau delivers growth

LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas Sands, the world’s largest casino company, has beaten first-quarter earnings predictions after growth in its biggest market, Macau, countered tougher conditions elsewhere.Sands’ revenue in Macau in the first three months of the year grew 8.1 percent year-on-year to US$2.33 billion, the company in the US on Wednesday. The world’s largest gambling market, Macau casinos accounted for more than 60 percent of Sands’ revenue and nearly as much of its profit last

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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NDRC publishes development plan for Hengqin

According to the National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) official website yesterday, the commission has published a 22-page plan in Chinese for the development of Hengqin International Leisure Tourism Island.The commission is the central government’s top planning agency.According to Hengqin District’s official website, Hengqin covers a land area of 106.46-square kilometres. Much of the island has been reclaimed from the sea since the 1990s. Hengqin consisted of two islands in

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Bus lane to open in Av do Coronel Mesquita: govt

Part of Avenida do Coronel Mesquita will have a bus lane which will increase the efficiency of bus operations by 30 percent in that area, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday.A meeting by the Traffic Consultative Council was held yesterday by the bureau on its premises to discuss the city’s bus-only lanes, the recent public transport situation and the tourist coach controversy. It was attended by about two dozen members of the council.Lam made the remarks while

April 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Soong visits Macau to explore Taiwan’s chance of joining GBA

Taiwan’s veteran politician James Soong Chu-yu yesterday said he hoped Macau and Taiwan could both grab the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) development opportunity and jointly promote the nation’s rejuvenation, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).According to the statement, Soong made the remarks during a meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday at Government Headquarters.After arriving in Macau on Tuesday evening

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Police probe case of teacher beating pupil

The police are investigating a case in which a teaching staff member allegedly beat a pupil in a school several times last month, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the parents of the pupil reported the case to the police on March 6, after which the police also transferred the case to the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) for follow-up action. The spokesman did not name the school and neither did he reveal

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmaker urges govt to move Ilha Verde dangerous goods warehouse

Lawmaker Alan Ho Ion Sang and Ilha Verde residents urged the government to move a temporary warehouse for dangerous goods out of the neighourhood, during a meeting yesterday.The Collective Wisdom Policy Centre held a meeting with Ilha Verde district residents at Macao Daily News Building about Macau’s dangerous goods warehouses. It was attended by nearly 40 residents and media representatives.Ho, a full-time directly-elected lawmaker, noted that a number of dangerous goods warehouses are

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes adding new drugs to anti-drug law

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill which proposes to add 21 substances to Macau’s anti-drug law, based on recent decisions passed by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs that include additional 24 substances subject to international control.The current anti-drug law was enacted in 2009. The law is officially known as the Law on the Prohibition of the Illicit Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

April 18, 2019 | BY admin

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