Sands China donates 1 million patacas to 5 NGOs

Sands China said in a statement on Wednesday that it has donated 1 million patacas to local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Young Men’s Christian Association of Macau (YMCA), Sheng Kung Hui (SKH Anglican Church) Macau Social Service Coordination Office, Macao Gaming Industry Employees Home, Youth Volunteers Association of Macao, and the Bosco Youth Service Network, in support of their 2024 responsible gaming work.The statement noted that Sands China’s Senior Vice President of Casino

March 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Melco back to school programme participants join study tour

Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a statement earlier this week that six of its staff enrolled in its Back-to-School programme who achieved outstanding academic scores took part in the “Mountain & City Experience” Anhui History and Culture Study Tour sponsored by Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEDJ) and supported by Seong Fan School of the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM).The Back-to-School programme, the statement said, offers staff who left school prematurely “an

March 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Asia’s economy promising despite world uncertainties

Commentary        HAIKOU – The ongoing annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia has sent a strong signal that Asia’s economy remains promising despite challenges and uncertainties worldwide.Themed “Asia and the World: Common Challenges, Shared Responsibilities,” the conference responds to the current global landscape, which is marked by various challenges, including sluggish economic growth, complex international relations, and geopolitical conflicts.According to

March 29, 2024 | BY admin

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Case against Inflation Reduction Act aims to uphold global trade system

China Daily Editorial        China has initiated dispute settlement proceedings against the United States at the World Trade Organization, contesting “discriminatory subsidies” under the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that resulted in the exclusion of goods from China and other members of the WTO.The wide-ranging law provides billions of US dollars in tax credits to help US consumers buy electric vehicles and US companies produce renewable energy, as US President Joe

March 29, 2024 | BY admin

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Xi meets US business, strategic and academic community representatives

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping met with representatives of the US business, strategic and academic communities at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. Xi welcomed members of the US business, strategic and academic communities to China in blooming spring. He noted that the China-US relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. Whether China and the United States have a cooperative or confrontational relationship bears on the well-being of

March 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Premier Li calls for enhanced cooperation with Bavaria

     BEIJING – Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday met with Markus Söder, minister-president of Bavaria, calling for strengthened economic and trade cooperation with the southern German state. Noting that local cooperation is a source of vitality and an important foundation of China-Germany relations, Li said China attaches importance to Bavaria's unique role in bilateral relations and is willing to deepen opening-up and cooperation with the region. Li expressed the hope that

March 28, 2024 | BY admin

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IAS to launch tracking app for elderly living alone in Q4

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) will launch a mobile app to track the activities of senior citizens living alone in the fourth quarter of this year, IAS Social Solidarity Department Chief Choi Sio Un said yesterday.Addressing a current affairs phone-in programme, Ou Mun Gwong Cheuhng, hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi – the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM, Choi encouraged members of the public to take care of seniors living alone.The bureau will take all necessary steps to

March 28, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt to support schools in environmental education: DSEDJ chief

Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Director Kong Chi Meng said yesterday that his bureau will lead and support schools in launching environmental education activities by standardising the city’s compulsory school curriculum and publishing teaching materials.The Macau Science Centre (MSC) was recently awarded the “Green and Low Carbon” Science Education Base Plaque by the Chinese Society for Urban Studies (CSUS). The award ceremony was held on Tuesday at the MSC Exhibition

March 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IAS staff take up paid part-time jobs: CCAC

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement yesterday that two civil servants of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) ran a business and took up part-time jobs without informing their superiors, in breach of the Legal Regime of Declaration of Assets and Interests.The duo have worked for the bureau for over a decade, the statement said, adding that the CCAC’s graft busters discovered that both had, without asking the bureau for permission to take up part-time work, run wedding

March 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macao Chinese Orchestra ‘plants musical seeds’ at Kao Yip Middle School

The Macao Chinese Orchestra (OCHM) presented its “Planting Musical Seeds” campus concert to primary school students of Kao Yip Middle School in Nape yesterday, with the event aiming to promote traditional Chinese music.A statement from the orchestra noted that in 2023, the “Planting Musical Seeds” series was presented to 16 primary schools and kindergartens, reaching over 5,000 students. Yesterday’s concert saw several hundred primary students in attendance.The orchestra played a

March 28, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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PJ warn of fraudsters luring victims to mainland

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said in a special press conference yesterday that a new scam tactic luring victims to the mainland to evade local police detection has emerged to defraud victims.Chief investigator of the PJ’s anti-fraud coordination centre Cheong Un Hong said during the press conference that a mainland student studying at a local university had been deceived by scammers posing as police officers. The scammers instructed her to “hide” in a Zhuhai hotel as part of

March 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Female civil servant nabbed for drunk driving

A female civil servant has been arrested for drunk driving, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Chan, is a 35-year-old woman. While Cheong said that the suspect is a civil servant, she stressed that the suspect is not a member of the local security forces.In the wee hours of Sunday, during a routine roadblock on Estrada do Canal dos Patos, PSP officers stopped Chan’s car and found that she was reeking of

March 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Drunken man sexually harasses woman on footbridge: police

A 35-year-old local man has been arrested for sexually harassing a woman “after drinking a large quantity of alcoholic beverages”, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong noted that the suspect, a construction worker, is surnamed Lo, while the victim, a university student from the mainland, is in her twenties.According to the victim’s report, when crossing a footbridge with her husband at Qingmao border checkpoint, a

March 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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4th edition of ‘Todos Fest!’ slated for April

The 4th edition of the inclusive arts festival “Todos Fest!” will take place from April 12-21, local art organisation Comuna de Pedra (“Stone Commune”) said in a statement this week. The Portuguese word “todos” means “all”, “every” or “everyone”.The statement noted that the festival will feature performances, film screenings, rehabilitative workshops, a multimedia experience and an inclusive market at the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory in Taipa throughout the event

March 28, 2024 | BY William Chan

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