Delta mega-bridge among ‘New 8 Scenic Spots’

Penha Hill, Two Lakes and One Tower, Largo do Senado (Senate Square), Long Chao Kok, Coloane Fishing Village, Travessa da Paixão, Rua da Felicidade, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge got the most votes in an online ballot for “Macau New Eight Scenic Spots”, a campaign organised by the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association (CCEA).The association said on its public voting website that the new eight scenic spots would mark the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland and

April 1, 2019 | BY admin

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Eco-fair focuses on building ecological civilisation

Acting Chief Executive Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that Macau as one of the core cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), apart from promoting the adequate diversification of its economy, ecological civilisation construction was the “only way” to achieve sustainable development.Chan made the remarks while delivering her welcoming speech during yesterday’s opening ceremony of the three-day 12th Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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American football coach Macau’s latest measles patient

An American football assistant coach is Macau’s latest patient to have been infected with measles, pushing the total number of measles cases to 26 so far this year, a Health Bureau (SSM) statement yesterday said yesterday.According to the statement, the Ecuador-born 28-year-old male coach is a Macau resident who had visited a room on the first floor of the private Kiang Wu Hospital on March 6 where he had contact with one of the previous measles patients.The statement said that the coach felt

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Backstreets Back: 90s boyband coming to town for October gig

It’s time to relive more than 20 years of smash hits such as “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) because the legendary Backstreet Boys will be playing their biggest arena tour in 18 years in Macau this October.The Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour Live in Macau will take place on October 19 at Venetian’s Cotai Arena. The band played at Venetian four years ago with their Asian tour “In a World Like This”.The tour will see the band singing their latest songs from their current album

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Artfest pays tribute to classics

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Macau Arts Festival (FAM) and being at a “transitional point”, the annual event organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is themed “A tribute to the classics”, and its 22 programmes celebrate the classics and even aim to create a new classic.The festival, taking place from May 3 to June 2, will also have nearly 100 outreach and community activities.The programmes are divided into six categories: International Highlights, Local Artists,

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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CESL Asia vows to expand on mainland & in PSCs

CESL Asia aims to leverage its Macau platform advantages while embracing the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Outline Development Plan, looking for chances to better explore multilateral investment opportunities in the Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), Macau and the Chinese mainland, CESL Asia President and CEO António Trindade told The Macau Post Daily in an interview at the Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF 2019) at the Venetian in Cotai yesterday.The

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes bill on trade in rough diamonds

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill which – if approved by lawmakers – would enable Macau to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which then would allow Macau to import rough diamonds.Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the government’s top advisory body, made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.The bill will be submitted in due course to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for debate and

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Macau to issue SAR 20th anniversary notes

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced yesterday that Macau’s two note-issuing banks will issue up to 10 million units of commemorative 20-pataca banknotes in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has completed its discussion of a draft by-law on the issuance of 20-pataca banknotes in

March 29, 2019 | BY admin

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Graft busters reveal raft of criminal cases by civil servants

The Commission Against Corruption’s (CCAC) 2018 Annual Report published yesterday revealed a string of criminal cases allegedly committed by civil servants, including two cases involving senior officials who allegedly abused their power for personal gain.According to the report, the anti-graft body concluded the two cases in December last year – one allegedly committed by a senior official of the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) and the other by a senior official of the Representative

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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2 pupils nabbed for robbery, 2 still at large: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two secondary school pupils for robbing a casino worker on Tuesday morning, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Choi, one of the pupils, surnamed Lei, is 17 years old. The other one, surnamed Cheok, is 19 years old. There are two other male suspects who are still at large. Their surnames were not released. The female victim who is in her twenties works in casino in Taipa.Lei and Cheok told

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Dealer hides stolen chips in underwear: police

A casino dealer was arrested on Tuesday for stealing casino chips from the betting table when he was working, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the 44-year-old suspect surnamed Hong is a local resident. He told the police that he has worked as a dealer for over four years in a casino in Nape.The theft happened at around 7 p.m. on Monday. Hong stole two HK$10,000 chips when he was working at the “big-and-small”

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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WeChat is locals’ most popular social media: survey

Some 83 percent of local people are the users of WeChat and its use rate among local mobile internet users exceeds 85 percent among different age groups, so that the social media platform has become the most popular app for mobile Internet users in Macau, according to the latest findings of the 19th annual survey on internet use by locals which was released by the Macau Association for Internet Research (MAIR) yesterday.The association held a press conference at the Macao Daily News Building

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Permanent Secretariat vows to implement its work via 5 elements

Xu Yingzhen, secretary-general of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), said yesterday that this year, the focus of the secretariat’s work would be based on five elements, namely promoting trade and investment, promoting cooperation on production capacity, carrying out training of human resources, and supporting the development of Macau as a platform for China and Portuguese-speaking countries for

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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Locals’ jobless rate dips to 2.3 pct

Macau residents’ unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 2.3 percent in the December 2018-February 2019 survey period over the previous period (November 2018-January 2019), the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, Macau’s general unemployment rate, which comprises local and non-resident workers, remained unchanged at 1.7 percent during the two survey periods.Macau’s total labour force stood at 394,800 during the December-February period,

March 28, 2019 | BY admin

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