Macau – a city of ubiquitous public services

Once a week, Ms. Kou has been with her seven-year-old son in a language training class at a family service center in Taipa since the boy was diagnosed with severe autism in 2015.From mouth muscle training at the very beginning to vocabulary and sentences, as well as emotional training, her son has slowly been making progress, bit by bit.“He has finally begun to ask me questions, sometimes where his dad is, sometimes where I put his toys,” she said. “I feel all my efforts paid off at that

December 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau-HK airport bus service starts

A bus service between the Macau checkpoint of the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) and Hong Kong’s international airport came into service yesterday, with 38 round trips per day from Mondays to Fridays, and 44 round trips per day from Saturdays to Sundays and on public holidays.The new shuttle bus service runs 24 hours every day.Previously those choosing to use public transport to the Hong Kong airport from Macau via the delta bridge could only use the bus service between the Macau

December 17, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau platform boosts PSCs trade, BRI cooperation

“Macau has achieved many fruitful results in building the China-Portuguese speaking countries (PSCs) trade cooperation platform, such as a PCS food exhibition center, financial services, and people-to-people exchanges,” Xu Yingzhen, secretary general of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum Macau, told Xinhua in a recent interview.Forum Macau, or the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and PSCs (Macau), was initiated by China in 2003, and now its members include Angola,

December 17, 2019 | BY admin

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LRT boasts 68,800 passengers in 1st 3 days

The Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT), which started service last week, had 68,800 passengers in the first three days of its operation, the government-owned operator has announced.According to a statement on Friday by the operator, officially named “Macao Light Rapid Transit Corporation, Limited” in English, there were 15,600 passengers, 26,400 passengers and 26,800 passengers using Macau’s first-ever railway on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively.It means that the

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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HK police battling rioters fire tear gas

HONG KONG – A two-week spell without tear gas ended yesterday as police repeatedly used the crowd-control weapon late last night in Mong Kok against rioters, Hong Kong media reported.A large force of riot police had been on standby in the district for much of the night, with long lines of police vans parked in the area.Late last night, rioters dug up bricks and scattered them on the road at the junction of Soy Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street South, where tear gas was first used.Police deploy

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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2 motorcyclists injured in crash with car on Small Taipa Hill

A car and two motorcycles collided in Estrada de Sete Tanques on Small Taipa Hill yesterday morning, leaving the two motorcyclists injured, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement.The crash happened at around 9 a.m. on a section of the road outside The Peak luxury residential estate. One of the two motorcyclists sustained abrasions on his legs, while the other one suffered bruises on his right arm and right leg and around his mouth. Both, who are in their thirties, were taken to

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau’s lunar, planetary lab aims to boost nation’s deep space exploration

Macau’s first space exploration satellite was named Macau Science 1, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng announced yesterday at the opening ceremony of an aerospace exhibition.During the opening ceremony on the MUST campus in Taipa, National Space Administration (CNSA) Vice Administrator Wu Yanhua announced that the CNSA will set up the Macau Space Exploration and Science Center to assist deep space exploration cooperation between China and the international

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland water powers Macau’s development

GUANGZHOU – For those who still remember what it was like to suffer from water shortages, like 80-year-old Macau resident Lee Zan Dok, fresh and clean water is seen as the lifeline of everything.With a land area of only 32.8 square km, Macau is widely covered by low hills, without any lakes and rivers, making it impossible to build a big reservoir in this tiny area.“For centuries, local residents’ water demand was met largely through groundwater extraction,” said Lee, who worked for

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland-Macau cultural, tourism exchanges continue to deepen: vice minister

BEIJING – The mainland and Macau have seen constant progress in exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture and tourism since Macau’s return to the motherland in December 1999, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Zhang Xu said in an interview with Xinhua.The mainland and Macau have enjoyed comprehensive and deep cooperation in areas including hosting major events, promoting and branding their culture and tourism, and boosting mutual development, said Zhang.Cultural exchanges have

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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‘One Country, Two Systems’ gives Macau unique advantages in external relations: Shen Beili

The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) has taken great advantage of the “One Country, Two Systems” and made impressive achievements in its external relations by expanding its international influence in the past 20 years, Commissioner of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in MSAR Shen Beili told Xinhua in an exclusive interview recently.Centering around Macau’s economic diversification efforts, the commissioner’s office has actively implemented foreign policies designed to benefit

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau-HK ferry sailings reduced to every 30 minutes

Ferry sailings between Hong Kong and Macau will be reduced to just once every 30 minutes from today until Saturday, the Turbojet ferry operator said yesterday.Owned by Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited, the operator said on its website that the arrangement was based on “instruction by Macau authorities” because of security checks during the period.President Xi Jinping is scheduled to be in Macau between Wednesday and Friday.People walk past Turbojet ticket counters in Sheung Wan

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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20 years of Macau’s growth as told by the Chen family

BEIJING – Since its return to the motherland in December 1999, Macau has charted a long journey of growth that has drawn the gaze of observers from around the world.The two decades have seen Macau evolve from a small town with a sluggish economy and a lack of social security to a world-renowned metropolis with political stability, social harmony, economic prosperity and cultural diversity.Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per capita grew by almost eight times and five times from

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Debt-ridden staff steals 108 Moutai worth 1.3 million patacas from boss: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man last week for stealing 108 bottles of luxury Kweichow Moutai liquor worth 1.3 million patacas between July and August which a female co-owner of a travel agency had stored on the company premises where he worked and sold them for just 230,000 patacas, less than one-fifth of their retail price, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference last week.The bottles of Moutai were sepaately packed in boxes. The suspect removed the

December 16, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui praises public servants for their contributions

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that he “fully recognises public servants’ achievements and contributions” during the past 10 years, and he urged all public servants to “fully support” the future administration headed by fifth-term Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, according to a statement by the Chief Executive Office (GCE).Chui made the remarks during a closed-door meeting attended by senior public servants at directorate and vice-directorate level and principal

December 13, 2019 | BY admin

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