Mainlander steals phone left in cab: police

A man from the mainland has been arrested for stealing a smartphone left in a taxi, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Chi Weng said at a regular press conference yesterday.Wong said that the suspect surnamed Shan is in his thirties. According to Wong, the victim forgot her phone, worth 8,200 patacas, when she got out of a taxi last November. After failing to retrieve the phone herself and suspecting that it had been stolen, she reported the case to the police. Police

February 20, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman robs currency dealer in casino toilets

A woman from the mainland has been arrested for robbing a female illegal currency exchange dealer in a casino’s toilets, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The 35-year-old suspect surnamed Zhou told the police that she’s a sales assistant. The victim is a mainlander.According to Chong, on Friday the victim engaged in a currency exchange deal worth HK$2,000 with Zhou in the washroom of a casino in CotaiLater, Zhou arranged another

February 20, 2024 | BY William Chan

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DSAL co-launches 2 internship schemes involving big health, high-tech

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday joined hands with Shenzhen-based Kingdee International Software Group Limited and China Medical System Holdings Limited to co-launch their respective internship programmes, providing local residents with 15 and 20 trainee positions in seven and six fields respectively, according to a joint press conference at the DSAL headquarters in Areia Preta district.Delivering a speech during the press conference, DSAL Employment Department Chief Lei Lai Keng said

February 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau halts imports of poultry meat from H5N1 bird flu hit areas in US: IAM

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that it has ordered the suspension of importing poultry meat and poultry meat products from certain areas in the United States due to the recent outbreaks of the highly pathogenic Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 there.According to the statement, the H5N1 bird flu has been reported in the US in Miami-Dade County of Florida, Delta County of Colorado and Lenoir County of North Carolina.Therefore, the bureau will not approve

February 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Spring Festival spending highlights momentum of China’s economy

Analysis        BEIJING – China’s eight-day Spring Festival holiday for the Year of the Dragon witnessed a booming consumer market, highlighting the vitality and momentum of the Chinese economy.Data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism shows that 474 million domestic tourism trips were made during the Spring Festival holiday, marking a 34.3 percent increase from the same period last year and an increase of 19 percent compared to the pre-pandemic level in 2019.

February 20, 2024 | BY admin

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China kicks off Year of the Loong with robust Spring Festival holiday statistics

Analysis        BEIJING – China embraced the Year of the Loong* with vibrant travel and entertainment activities during the recent Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, holiday.This year’s Spring Festival holiday lasted from February 10 to February 17, one day more than the previous years. The eight-day holiday saw more people go on trips, more holiday goods purchases, and more quality family time spent in doing leisure activities.The following are some of the highlights

February 20, 2024 | BY admin

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Germany’s insistence on autonomy ensures its relations with China continue to flourish

China Daily Editorial        Sino-German relations are built on mutual trust and respect, pragmatic cooperation, and win-win results. The ties have always been considered a good example of international relations that transcend different social and political systems, bringing tangible benefits to the peoples. Over the past more than half a century, the relationship has forged ahead despite the fast-changing international landscape, with the two countries now enjoying a

February 20, 2024 | BY admin

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DPP to blame for worsening cross-Strait ties

China Daily Editorial        The Fujian coast guard authority has strengthened its maritime law enforcement capabilities and is conducting regular patrols in the waters near Fujian’s Xiamen and Kinmen islands.This is a natural move after two Chinese mainland fishermen drowned as a result of their vessel being chased from the area by the Taiwan authorities. It is meant to maintain order in these areas and safeguard fishermen’s lives and property.If the tragedy had not

February 20, 2024 | BY admin

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CNY daily visitor arrival average reaches 98.8 pct of pre-pandemic level

1.35 million visitor arrivals during 8-day CNY Golden Week Macau recorded a daily average of 169,725 visitor arrivals during this year’s mainland eight-day Spring Festival “Golden Week” holiday, returning to 98.8 percent of the level recorded during the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday in pre-pandemic 2019, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday.Macau’s three-year COVID-19 pandemic curbs began in January 2020.The statement also said that this year’s CNY

February 19, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Editorial: Sustainable tourism success needs continuous reflection

All in all, the eight-day Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, i.e., the mainland’s Spring Festival’s “Golden Week”, was a resounding success for Macau’s tourism industry, the special administrative region’s number-one money spinner.However, in terms of public transport and both vehicular and pedestrian traffic it was, once again, a challenge – to put it mildly.This time I stayed in Macau during the whole CNY, which gave me the invaluable chance to observe and experience the holiday

February 19, 2024 | BY admin

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February 19, 2024 | BY admin

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MPU students win prizes in National Translation Contest

Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) students Ma Yunqing and Wu Yanchao won Second Prize and a Merit Award respectively in the recent Second Foreign Language Award National English Translation Competition for College Students, the tertiary education institution said in a statement on Friday.Ma and Wu are taking their bachelor’s degree programme in English-Chinese Translation and Interpretation at MPU’s Faculty of Languages and Translation, the statement noted. They were guided by Prof. Li

February 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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UM holds Macao Humanities Forum

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement on Thursday that its Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Macao Humanities Forum, which had School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris Chair Prof. Hilary Chappell as the speaker.The event was the third lecture of the Macao Humanities Forum for the 2023/2024 academic year, the statement noted, and was attended by on-site and online participants.Prof. Chappell was welcomed by FAH Assistant Dean Joaquim

February 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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The internet: the importance of control

In the mid-2000s, I was coming home from school and right as I took my key out to open our door, a CTM* employee was making his way out of our flat. I had no idea who that man was, nor had any clue what CTM even meant. But something new was in our household.As I entered, I took one look at our computer desk and there was a small white object. It had small slits that looked like eyes that glowed green and blinked every now and then. A tail made up of a few wires was connected to our central

February 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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