New law on licensing vets & animal clinics takes effect

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced in a statement that a new law licensing and regulating the city’s veterinarians, veterinary clinics and other animal businesses took effect yesterday.Previously, the bureau held four seminars to help the vet sector better understand the new regulations, with nearly 200 industry representatives attending, according to the statement.The statement underlined that supplementary by-laws (officially known as administrative regulations) of the law

April 2, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Achievements of 27 inmates in USJ Prison Outreach Programme recognised

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) said in a statement on Thursday that a Certificate Award Ceremony for the 2022/2023 academic year was recently held by the Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) at the local penitentiary in Coloane, where the learning achievements of 27 “incarcerated individuals” who completed their courses in 2022/2023 through USJ’s  Prison Outreach Programme were also summarised.The private Catholic university’s outreach programme, according to its website, aims

April 2, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Casino receipts reach post-pandemic record in March

Macau's 30 casino generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 19.503 billion patacas, the highest post-pandemic figure, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) today.Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case on January 22, 2020. According to DICJ statistics, GGR stood at 22.1 billion patacas in January 2020. In February 2020, the first full month affected by the pandemic, GGR fell to a mere 3.1 billion patacas. The pandemic severely affected Macau's tourism,

April 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Ho vows to consolidate economic recovery momentum

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledged yesterday that his government will continue to unite and lead people from all sectors of civil society in consolidating the momentum of the city’s ongoing economic recovery.Ho made the remarks when delivering a speech during a reception at Macau Tower marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (known as Kai Fong in Cantonese).Ho noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of

March 29, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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IAS logs 40 suspected domestic violence cases in 2023

Macau recorded 40 suspected cases of domestic violence last year, comprising 23 cases of physical violence, eight cases of psychological harm, five cases of sexual abuse and four cases of multiple violence/assaults, according to a report released by the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) yesterday.In 2022, the bureau recorded 39 suspected cases of domestic violence. In 2021, 81 such cases were recorded by the bureau.According to the report, the bureau received 2,479 reports of alleged domestic

March 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Around 6,500 apply for 5,415 HOS flats in Zone A

The Housing Bureau (IH) announced yesterday that it has received 6,562 applications in its latest round of submissions for 5,415 subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats on the Zone A land reclamation area.The application period of the 5,415 HOS flats, which started on September 27 last year and was initially to run until December 27 last year, had been extended to March 27 this year, i.e., Wednesday this week.The 5,415 HOS flats, which will be built on five plots of B5, B7, B8, B11 and B12

March 29, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police probe 83 phishing SMS scams involving 1.5 million patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) investigated in the first two months of this year 83 phishing SMS scam cases involving a total loss of over 1.5 million patacas, Anti-fraud Coordination Centre Chief Investigator Cheong Un Hong said yesterday.The Judiciary Police and telecom operator CTM held a special press conference yesterday afternoon at the PJ headquarters in Zape, warning the public against phishing SMS scams impersonating “CTM”.During the press conference, Cheong noted that among the 83

March 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Easter holiday

Due to it being the Easter holiday most of The Macau Post Daily’s editing team will be taking the holiday off on Sunday returning to work on Monday, April 1 of all days, so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on Tuesday. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations are also available on various LinkedIn,

March 29, 2024 | BY admin

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Mainlander with fake jobs works as prostitute & ‘intermediary’ for 2 other sex workers: police

Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon announced yesterday the arrest of a female non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland for fake employment and involvement in prostitution.Wong identified the suspect in her twenties, surnamed Xu, as an “intermediary” for other sex workers.The Public Security Police were tipped off in January, according to Wong, that Xu had fraudulently obtained a local work permit (colloquially known as a blue card) through a fake employment contract so

March 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Estoril swimming pool to open Monday

The Estoril swimming pool, commonly known as San Fa Yuen, will reopen on Monday, with daily opening hours to be divided into three sessions, the Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that the three sessions run from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12 noon to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.The statement added that the pool is to be temporarily closed on the first session every Wednesday for cleaning, but will remain open if that Wednesday is a public holiday, with cleaning

March 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2024MIECF reaffirms commitment to ‘carbon neutrality’ aim

The 2024 Macao International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition (2024MIECF) opened yesterday, with the event ending tomorrow at The Venetian Macao in Cotai.Marking its 16th year, the three-day event comprises 416 exhibitors and 562 booths across five major exhibition areas this year.Addressing yesterday’s opening ceremony, Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man pointed out that with the forum having become an important platform for international

March 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau receives 2,700 fresh chickens every day: IAM

Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) Administrative Committee Vice President O Lam said yesterday that the supply of “fresh chickens” to Macau from the mainland had been stable and smooth for more than a month, with a daily average of 2,700 fresh chickens arriving in Macau.O made the remarks during the government-appointed IAM Administrative Committee’s open-door meeting at the IAM headquarters in the city centre yesterday when replying to committee members’ enquiry about Macau’s

March 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IAM urges birders not to disturb their feathered friends in wetland

The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) urged members of the public in a statement yesterday that bird-watchers in the wetland next to Avenida da Praia in Taipa should avoid wearing brightly coloured clothes and making noises, so as to minimise the disturbance to their feathered friends there.The bureau said that during the dry season, the shallow beach in the wetland increases in size and becomes a good place for various birds to forage, which attracts many shutterbugs and others to go and

March 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Galaxy Macau presents Artisans of Flavour’s 2nd season

Integrated resort (IR) operator Galaxy Macau has recently unveiled the second season of Galaxy Macau Artisans of Flavour culinary campaign, themed around “Authentic Flavours from the Heart”.A Galaxy Macau statement said earlier this week that the initiative is supported by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and supports the government’s “Tourism+” concept.The statement added that the campaign brings the IR’s award-winning restaurants and artisan chefs together, using

March 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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