Leong vows to lift PPRD cooperation to ‘new level’

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac has vowed that Macau will strengthen cooperation with its Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) “brother” provinces and regions so that they can benefit together from the opportunities being generated by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Leong also said that the PPRD cooperation model would “accelerate systematic innovation” and promote

September 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Malaysia & Philippines start 30th int’l firework contest

Two fireworks teams from Malaysia and the Philippines raised the curtain on the 30th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest themed as “Double Celebrations for Macau” on Saturday night with their performances. Thousands of spectators watched the rival displays.Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes joined other guests to officiate at the opening ceremony of the pyrotechnic contest at the Outdoor Plaza of Macau Tower. The Fireworks Carnival and

September 9, 2019 | BY admin

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Residential property price index rises 0.3 pct

Macau’s overall residential property price index for May-July rose 0.3 percent over the previous survey period (April-June) to 269.3, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.The indices for the peninsula (271.4) and Taipa and Coloane (260.4) rose 0.1 percent and 1.3 percent respectively.The index for existing residential units (289.7) went up by 0.1 percent, with the index for Taipa and Coloane (309.4) rose 0.1 percent, whereas that for the peninsula (285.1) was similar to the

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Police nab cop for disclosing confidential info to colleague

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a PJ officer on Thursday for disclosing – without the permission of his superiors – confidential information about numerous cases to another PJ officer who was arrested in June for leaking internal information to a loan-sharking gang, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference on Friday.Leng identified the suspect as a 36-year-old officer surnamed Chan who joined the Judiciary Police in 2008.Loan-sharking caseThe Judiciary Police

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Less than 30 pct of local pupils interested in GBA plan: survey

Less than 30 percent of local pupils say that they are interested in the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), but over 40 percent say they are interested in studying, working or starting a business in one of the GBA cities other than Macau, a survey released by the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) showed yesterday.The GBA comprises nine cities in Guangdong province as well as the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative

September 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau vows to strengthen cooperation with PPRD members

NANNING – Macau will continue to strengthen cooperation with members of the Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region to jointly push forward economic development, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday.Leong made the remarks in a meeting with Lu Xinshe, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee, at the 2019 Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation and Development Forum that opened yesterday in Nanning, capital of

September 6, 2019 | BY admin

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Former military outpost Matsu welcomes tourists with open arms

With an area about the same as Macau, Taiwan’s outlaying Matsu Islands that returned to civilian rule in 1992 after being a military outpost for about three decades has become a tourist hotspot among Taiwan people in recent years – and is ready for more.The Matsu Islands are a 29.6-square-kilometre archipelago located in the north-west of Taiwan, and just 9 kilometres off the coast of the mainland.The archipelago had been closed to outsiders when it was under military administration and 90

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Mainlander nabbed for telling girl under 14 to send him her nude photos & videos: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 33-year-old male mainlander, a non-resident worker, on Wednesday for telling a local schoolgirl under the age of 14 to send him nude photos and video clips of herself via a mobile messaging application, PJ spokesperson Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Last month, the victim met a man – the suspect – on a mobile messaging application and kept chatting online. After several days, the suspect, surnamed Lu, sent the victim

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FM chief vows to further promote ‘Macaology’

Macau Foundation (FM) President Wu Zhiliang said yesterday that the foundation has always “highly valued” research about Macau by the academia, adding that Macau’s “unique historical and cultural values” can only be “highlighted” by studying Macau and exploring Macau’s development pattern.Wu made the remarks in his opening speech at the 6th International Conference on Macaology at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.Wu also stressed that by studying Macau, the city could attract

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Govt urges teachers not to promote their own political views in classrooms

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Director Lou Pak Sang yesterday urged local teachers not to promote their own political views in classrooms, saying that teachers should always teach their pupils how to look at and analyse current affairs from multiple perspectives and through an “impartial, objective and rational” approach.Lou made the remarks during a media briefing and a Q&A session about his bureau’s latest activities and measures for educational and youth affairs. The

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16th imported dengue case confirmed this year: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it has confirmed this year’s 16th imported case of dengue fever.According to the statement, the patient, a 72-year-old local woman, lives in Areia Preta district. She visited the city of Zhongshan some 40 kilometres north of Macau on August 21.The woman, a retiree, came down with a fever and dizziness last Wednesday. As the symptoms persisted, she went to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for treatment on Tuesday.PLEASE READ THE FULL

September 6, 2019 | BY admin

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State Council designates Ho Iat Seng as next CE

According to a statement by the State Council in Beijing, Premier Li Keqiang chaired the 3rd Plenary Session of the State Council yesterday, designating Ho Iat Seng as the fifth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), adding that Ho will be sworn into office on December 20.The session reviewed a report from the Macau government on Ho’s election as the fifth-term chief executive of the MSAR, and also heard a report on the process of Ho’s election from Zhang

September 5, 2019 | BY admin

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15th imported dengue case confirmed this year: govt

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it has confirmed this year’s 15th imported case of dengue fever.According to the statement, the patient, a 25-year-old male mainlander, worked in the city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia from early July until August 25, when he returned to the city of Xiamen in Fujian province.He came down with a fever, muscle pain and a headache last Friday. However, he visited Macau on Sunday, and when he was about to return to Xiamen via the local

September 5, 2019 | BY admin

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Taiwan’s ‘placemaking’ initiative could be good for Macau

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official Carol Duh Chia-fen, who heads the council’s Department of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, said on Tuesday that “placemaking” could be good for Macau to enhance its cultural industry that gets the community involved.Duh made the comments during a lunch meeting in Taipei with the Macau media who were invited by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau for a five-day familiarisation trip to Matsu and Taipei that wrapped up yesterday.Duh

September 5, 2019 | BY admin

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