3 victims conned out of 5 million patacas in fake police scams

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference on Monday that three victims were separately cheated out of a total of over five million patacas between them in fake police scams.The victims comprise a female from the mainland and a local male, both aged under thirty; and an elderly local female resident, who was scammed out of 4 million patacas. The mainland victim studying at a local university was cheated out of 557,000 yuan (624,000 patacas),

February 21, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Macau halts imports of poultry meat from H5N1 bird flu-hit areas in Canada & Poland: IAM

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that it has ordered the suspension of imports of poultry meat and poultry meat products from certain areas in Canada and Poland due to the recent outbreaks of the highly pathogenic Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 there.The bureau just announced suspending approval of importing those from H5N1 affected areas in the United States on Monday.According to the statement, the H5N1 bird flu has been reported in Drummond Regional

February 21, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Beware of Apple impersonators: PJ

Scammers are again impersonating Apple, randomly sending out SMS messages containing phishing links to many residents, according to a statement from the Judiciary Police (PJ) released yesterday.The statement noted that the messages claim that the recipients’ accounts have been “locked due to security issues”, instructing them to log onto their Apple accounts through an embedded link for verification. This will then redirect them to a webpage resembling the official Apple login page.If one

February 21, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SSM records 2 serious COVID-19 & 1 flu cases

The Health Bureau (SSM) confirmed last night two serious COVID-19 cases and one serious flu case recently, involving a 70-year-old local woman, a 58-year-old local man, and a 51-year-old local man, all suffering from various chronic diseases.According to the statement, the 70-year-old local woman came down with a fever and dyspnoea (shortness of breath) on Sunday, she later underwent a COVID-19 nucleic acid test and tested positive. Her chest X-ray showed that she was suffering from double

February 21, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Committee backs incentive scheme promoting historic buildings’ revitalisation

The Cultural Heritage Committee held this year’s first plenary meeting yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM), during which all its members backed the Macau Cultural Development Fund’s (FDC) decision last year to launch an incentive programme for preserving historic buildings, according to committee member and spokesperson Wu Chou Kit.Wu, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man and FDC Administrative Committee Acting President Hoi Kam Un co-hosted a press conference after

February 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Health Bureau ‘strongly condemns’ violent attacker

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it “strongly condemns” violent attacks on the government’s tobacco control enforcement officers.According to the statement, during a joint inspection by SSM and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) officials in Camões Garden for tobacco control enforcement, a local resident who was smoking illegally there refused to show his ID card to the enforcement officers and pushed them, resulting in injuries to an IAM official when he fell down

February 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Galaxy hosts local female artists’ works at ‘GENESIS’

Galaxy, in collaboration with the Macau Artist Society and supported by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), launched on February 2 “GENESIS: Contemporary Installation Art Journey” at GalaxyArt, the integrated resort’s art space located within the Galaxy Promenade.Running until May 6, the exhibition showcases the works of three local female artists: Ng Man Wai, Sou Leng Fong, and Cheong Hoi I*.During the opening ceremony, exhibition curator Lam Tsz Kwan noted that the exhibition derived its

February 21, 2024 | BY William Chan

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West needs to learn from China’s win-win approach: ex-UN official

Interview by Xinhua writer Yin Xiaosheng        SARAJEVO –  “The West has a lot to learn from the Chinese win-win approach to global cooperation,” Erik Solheim, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, told Xinhua in a recent interview.Commending China’s role in promoting peace and development in the world, Solheim said, “Countries from the Global South can take the lead as peacemakers as China did between Iran and Saudi Arabia.”“The idea that

February 21, 2024 | BY admin

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Manila risks paying high price for brinkmanship fueled by Washington

China Daily Editorial        As a small country, the Philippines has obviously had its head turned by the attention it has received from the United States, which is intent on usurping the Southeast Asian country’s maritime disputes with China as a means to advance its “Indo-Pacific” strategy to contain China.The Philippines’ collusion with the US is not only raising tensions in the waters but it is also greatly heightening the risk of it careening into a head-on

February 21, 2024 | BY admin

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Locals commuting b/w Macau & Hengqin can take food & pets

Macau residents who study, work, run a business, or live in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin will be allowed to take cooked meat, cooked egg products, fresh vegetables and fruit, fresh flowers, and pets (cats and dogs) to either side of the border while commuting between Macau and Hengqin, starting on March 1 when Hengqin’s new “first-tier, second-tier” customs arrangements start.Macau residents in any of the four groups will be required to submit their online

February 20, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Cartography shows Macau’s transformation over 500 years

One can explore Macau’s geographical and socio-economic transformation in an exhibition at Casa Garden entitled “Mapamorphosis: 500 Years of Macau Cartography”.Cartography refers to the science or practice of drawing maps.The free-admission exhibition, which kicked-off before the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, showcases maps from a wide range of sources, along with a video projection by the exhibition’s Curator and Multimedia Director Pedro Luz, altogether showcasing the entrepôt’s

February 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tour group busted smuggling skin-care products to mainland

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that its officers have busted a parallel trading case in which a tour guide is suspected of having requested tour group members to smuggle a total of 320 high-grade skin care items to the mainland.According to the statement, the tour group entered the mainland through the Zhuhai checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge on February 6, and when the luggage inspection was conducted, customs officers found that the X-ray images of the

February 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MUR to host lantern festival in Hengqin

The Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) is slated to host the “Celebrating Lantern Festival at MNN [Macau New Neighbourhood]” event in Hengqin this Saturday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.The statement noted that the Lantern Festival, also known as the Chinese Valentine’s Day, falls on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, coinciding with the first full moon following the Chinese New Year (CNY). Traditionally, the festival also marks the end of the CNY festivities.MNN Square,

February 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Man damages parked car ‘inconveniencing’ him: police

A local man has been arrested for damaging a private car parked in the carpark of a residential building, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference on Wednesday. The suspect surnamed Mak is in his fifties. He told the police that he’s jobless.According to Wong, a resident had parked his car in the carpark in Taipa on November 30 and returned to the car the next day, when he noticed damage on the left side of the vehicle and the left

February 20, 2024 | BY William Chan

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