BOC & 2 partners launch property management e-platform

Bank of China (Macau) Limited joined hands yesterday with Artery Intelligent Community Technology Limited and Macao Newland Technology Company Limited to launch an e-platform for property management, in the hope of promoting and supporting the digital transformation of the local property management sector through cross-industry collaboration in the community, finance and technology.According to a press conference at the Bank of China Building on Avenida Doutor Mário Soares, through the

March 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau Intl’ Comedy Festival debuts ‘Shear Madness’ in Cantonese

The 1st Macau International Comedy Festival (MICF) kicked off last week, and one of its shows, the Cantonese version of the interactive comedy “Shear Madness”, debuted at the Black Box Theatre of the Macau Cultural Centre, with the play’s producer Lam Wai Kei talking to the Post about the play’s co-creation with the mainland-based comedy production company Mahua FunAge.Mahua FunAge is a Beijing-based mainland comedy film and stage play production company founded in 2003“Shear

March 21, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Electricity consumption rises 9.3 pct last year

Electricity consumption last year increased by 9.3 percent year on year, mainly due to the economic recovery, increase in visitor arrivals and overall economic improvement, and it is expected that electricity consumption will increase by four to five percent this year, Benjamin Yue Zongbin, principal advisor to the company’s executive committee, said yesterday.Yue made the remarks in a speech during an award ceremony of Power utility CEM’s annual Macau Energy Saving Activity hosted by CEM

March 21, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2024 subsidy scheme for SMEs’ digital transformation to offer 600 places

The government will for the second time launch its financial support programme offering a subsidy to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to digitalise their operations, with the application period to start later this year.This time, the number of places will increase to 600 from the just 200 last year when the programme was first rolled out.Unchanged from last year, each beneficiary will receive a subsidy of up to 18,000 patacas for a service to be provided by one of the programme’s

March 21, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab 2 for sham marriage

A local man and a woman who married in 2011 and divorced in 2016 were taken last week to a police station for questioning for their sham marriage, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said yesterday.According to Lei, the suspect in his sixties, surnamed Wong, told the police he’s jobless, while the suspect in her thirties, surnamed Lu, is a clerk. Lu was originally from the mainland but obtained a Macau ID in 2016.Leong said that the Public Security Police recently received a

March 21, 2024 | BY William Chan

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2 men nabbed for currency exchange fraud

Two men have separately been arrested for currency exchange-related fraud, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the local male suspect, aged 37, surnamed Man, works as a driver. The victim, whose surname was not released, is a mainlander under the age of 30.According to Cheong, the victim encountered a man at a casino last October and engaged in a currency transaction, where the victim gave HK$530,000 to the man

March 21, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Int’l parade to feature ‘most popular’ award & photo contest

As part of a series of outreach activities of the “2024 Macao International Parade”, members of the public can vote for their preferred parade group in the “Most Popular Award” competition, as well as share their shots of the event in a photography contest, according to a Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) statement earlier this week.The parade will be held this Sunday afternoon, setting off from the Ruins of St Paul’s at 3 p.m. and ending in Sai Van Lake Square at 6:30 p.m.The art group

March 21, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Feb visitors reach 92.9 pct of pre-pandemic level

Macau recorded 3.29 million visitor arrivals last month, a year-on-year growth of 106.7 percent, recovering to 92.9 percent of the level in the same month of pre-pandemic 2019, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Month on month, the figure was up by 15.1 percent. Same-day visitors (1.86 million) and overnight visitors (1.42 million) rose by 148.9 percent and 69.1 percent year on year respectively.Visitors’ average length of stay fell by 0.2 day to 1.1 days;

March 21, 2024 | BY admin

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48-year-old woman becomes this year’s 1st case of Legionellosis

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that a 48-year-old local woman has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease (aka Legionellosis), becoming this year’s first reported local case.According to the statement, the patient developed a fever and cough last Sunday, so she sought outpatient treatment at a private medical institution. Her symptoms continued, so she went to the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Hospital for treatment on Monday, the statement

March 21, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Filipino caught picking up drug parcel in city centre: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in conjunction with the Macau Customs Service (SA), busted a criminal gang posting a parcel containing 30.7 grams of cocaine from Southeast Asia to Macau, in which a Filipino, a non-resident worker (NRW), was caught collecting the drug parcel at a pick-up point in the city centre on Tuesday evening, PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said yesterday.According to Cheong, who hosted a special press conference yesterday, the male suspect, 38, is surnamed Refugia. The suspect,

March 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Motorcyclist, 22, killed in grass verge crash in Ilha Verde

A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed after he crashed into a grass verge on Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde early yesterday morning, according to separate statements by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Public Security Police (PSP).The Public Security Police urged members of the public to contact the traffic police if they witnessed the accident or can provide any relevant information.Upon receiving a report from the victim’s friend, firefighters arrived at the scene, yesterday’s CB

March 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Duo beat, blackmail, imprison illegal immigrant

A 16-year-old female and a man, both from the mainland, have been arrested for beating, blackmailing and falsely imprisoning a female illegal immigrant, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The female suspect surnamed Zhou told the police that she’s a school dropout. The 29-year-old male suspect surnamed Zhao told the police he’s the owner of a restaurant. The victim, who entered Macau illegally in January and had overstayed in the

March 21, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Public libraries log 2.5 million users in 2023, up 28.5 pct: govt

Loi Chi Pang, who heads the Public Library Management Department of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), said yesterday that the city’s public libraries recorded a total of 2.54 million users last year, an increase of 28.5 percent from 2022.Loi made the remarks when attending a current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM.Loi also said that in the first two months of this year, the city’s public libraries received

March 21, 2024 | BY admin

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Opposing West-monopolized democracy, int’l experts call for diversity of political opinion

Analysis        BEIJING – Western countries should inwardly reflect on their malfunctioning democracy instead of weaponizing democracy against others, experts said at an international forum on democracy here Wednesday.Fretting about the monopolization of democratic values by the West, especially the United States, participants at the third International “Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values” called for cross-border dialogue and respect for political

March 21, 2024 | BY admin

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