Group organises ‘Chinese Dream, Homeland Ties’ contest

The Macau News Media Development Association launched a contest named “Chinese Dream, Homeland Ties” at Hotel Beverly Plaza yesterday.A statement provided by the association said that they hoped to receive photographs or literary work promoting the close ties between the mainland and Macau.Huang Yiqun, who heads the association, said in his opening speech that “to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 20th anniversary of Macau’s

June 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Dragon Boat Festival visitors rise 58 pct

A total of 397,101 tourists visited Macau during the Dragon Boat Festival between last Friday and Sunday, up 58.8 percent from the same holiday period last year, the government announced yesterday.The daily average of visitor arrivals reached 132,367 during the holiday.The festival was a three-day holiday on the mainland. It was a public holiday on Friday in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

June 11, 2019 | BY admin

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3rd potential CE candidate vows to lead citizens

Hoi Weng Chong, a well-known protester widely known in Cantonese as “the Man in Red”) and director of the now defunct Gong Ming Newspaper (“Gong Ming” means “bright” in Cantonese), announced yesterday that he plans to run in the chief executive election slated to take place in August.Hoi handed in a letter about his reasons for participating in the chief executive election and his political platform to a representative of the Electoral Affairs Commission for Chief Executive Election

June 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Players unhappy with Macau pulling out of World Cup qualifier in Sri Lanka

The Macau Football Association (MFA) reaffirmed during a special press conference yesterday that it has decided not to send its team to play Sri Lanka tomorrow in the second leg of a 2022 World Cup qualifying first-round clash.The association said it could not fully ensure the safety of the 24-member team during their stay in the country which was hit by a string of deadly Easter terrorist attacks.Shortly after the association first announced the cancellation on Saturday night, 48 local

June 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Group promotes quality family time

The “International Family Day” falls on May 15, and to prolong the annual activity, seven different social groups joined hands to promote “quality family time” by organising a mini-carnival at Garden City in Taipa yesterday, according to a statement provided by the organisers.The statement pointed out that the seven social organisations, which included the Sheng Kung Hui Taipa Youth and Family Integrated Service Centre, and the Child Protection Centre of Against Child Abuse, have

June 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt wants at least 40 pct of energy supply from mainland to be ‘clean’

Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) Director Hoi Chi Leong said yesterday that the government has requested that at least 40 percent of the energy supplied to Macau from the mainland be clean energy.Hoi made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of yesterday’s Energy Saving Week launch ceremony in Praça do Lago Sai Van.The annual event organised by the office aims to raise residents’ energy-saving awareness by holding various activities throughout the week.Energy

June 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Chinese records in Portugal archives tell story of Macau

BEIJING – Around 100 documents about the official correspondence between the Qing Dynasty officials governing Macau and the Office of the Procurator of the Loyal Senate of Macau, or the then Portuguese authorities in Macau, are going on display in Beijing today.They are part of more than 3,600 documents, which are known as “Official Records of Macau during the Qing Dynasty (1693-1886)” and were inscribed in the Memory of the World Register in 2017, according to a co-sponsor of the

June 10, 2019 | BY admin

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2nd potential CE candidate wants to represent grassroots

Leung Kuok Chao, who heads an investment consultancy, has announced that he plans to run in the chief executive election slated to take place in August.Leung told reporters about his plan to run for the city’s top job on the sidelines of a blessing ceremony at Pao Kong Temple – near St Paul’s Ruins – on Friday morning. He was accompanied by a number of community associations’ representatives at the ceremony.Leung, 45, said that his purpose to run for chief executive was to reflect

June 10, 2019 | BY admin

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CTM plans to launch 5G in H1 of 2020, inks deal with TDM

Vandy Poon Fuk Hei, CEO of local telecom operator CTM, said yesterday that the company would bring 5G technology into commercial use in the first half of 2020, at the same pace as neighbouring regions.CTM and government-owned broadcaster TDM held a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the CTM headquarters in Taipa, formalising their collaboration on a new media platform riding on the 5G network. It was attended by about 40 CTM and TDM representatives.Poon announced the 5G

June 7, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Happy Heads’ spreading joy in city

Two giant brightly coloured inflated ‘heads’ near the city centre are turning heads, with some passers-by expressing bewilderment and others excitement about the ‘heads’, which aim to spread joy around the city.The ‘heads’ are part of an outdoor installation titled “Happy Heads” created by a Brussels-based French and Chinese duo Benoît + Bo, who set their artwork up on Wednesday in Praça de Jorge Alvares in Nam Van. Their installation is one of the many projects that are part

June 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Yamazato presents authentic nigiri set lunch

Hotel Okura Macau’s Yamazato restaurant offers a range of authentic Japanese cuisine and among their renowned dishes are the chef’s daily Kaiseki grilled menu and sushi.The restaurant also has an extensive set menu crafted by expert chefs, and as summer is here, the chefs have created a nigiri set lunch featuring an appetiser with lotus elements, representing summer as July is the flower’s blooming season.The lunch is followed by a sumptuous set of nigiri sushi. Nigiri literally means

June 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass cybersecurity bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on cybersecurity, according to which mandatory real-name registration for the provision of telecom services will be implemented – i.e. customers will be required to provide their real identification data to telecom service operators, including for the purchase of a pre-paid SIM card.The bill will become law 180 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak attended

June 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass minimum wage bill for cleaners & doormen, 32 patacas per hour

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill which will raise the statutory minimum wage for cleaners and doormen employed by the property management sector to 32 patacas per hour from the current 30 patacas, an increase of 6.6 percent.The new minimum wage will be implemented from September 1.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in March. The legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee held three meetings to review the bill.PLEASE

June 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Legislators pass bill on transferring 3 pct of budget surplus to FSS

A plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill according to which three percent of the surplus of the government’s annual central budget will be transferred to the Social Security Fund (FSS), provided that the statutorily required amount of the government’s “basic” reserves is sufficient, with the aim of ensuring the sustainability of the social security system over the next few decades.Secretary for Economy and Finance

June 7, 2019 | BY admin

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