Portuguese PM values Belt & Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is helpful to strengthen the economic relationship between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said at the opening of the fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and PSCs.Costa, who came to Macau after top-level talks in Beijing and a fact-finding trip to Shanghai, said China attached great importance to partnerships with all parts of the world. The Belt and

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China’s 18 new measures

The central government yesterday put forward 18 new measures to boost relations with Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) in the next three years. The measures were announced during the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries. The following document detailing the 18 measures was released by the conference organisers yesterday.  I. Co-operation in Production Capacity1. Promote closer industry

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Li calls for more China-EU educational co-operation

BEIJING – Premier Li Keqiang yesterday called for further co-operation in education between China and the European Union (EU) to help the economic and social development of both sides.“China and the EU have a long tradition and solid foundation in educational co-operation, which enjoys promising prospects,” Li said in a written congratulatory letter to the opening session of the China-EU Education Ministers Conference in Beijing yesterday.Co-operation in education has helped boost

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Debt risk controllable, growth goal in reach: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said in Macau yesterday that mainland China’s debt risks are generally controllable and that he’s confident it can achieve its economic goals this year with growth in a reasonable range.The economy has exceeded expectation and is looking more positive in the third quarter, though it still faces downward pressure, Li said in remarks on the sidelines of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking

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Central govt launches 19 measures to support Macau: Li

Upon arriving in Macau yesterday morning, Premier Li Keqiang (right) is about to shake hands with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (centre) as Chui’s predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah (left) and other officials look on at the local airport. – Xinhua On the first day of a three-day working visit to Macau, Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday that the central government has recently launched 19 measures to support Macau’s development, to allow the city to maintain long-term prosperity and

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China to engage in infrastructure development in Mozambique: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday that China is willing to participate in Mozambique’s infrastructure development and the operation of roads, ports and natural gas pipelines.“China hopes to link the Belt and Road Initiative with Mozambique’s development strategy,” Li said when meeting with his Mozambican counterpart Carlos Agostinho do Rosario in Macau yesterday.Li called on both countries to take advantage of their profound friendship, mutual political trust and economic

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Li eyes more co-operation with Guinea Bissau

Premier Li Keqiang met Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Baciro Dja in Macau yesterday, saying China is willing to enhance practical co-operation with the west African country.China and Guinea Bissau have always respected each other and treated each other on an equal footing, Li told Dja, who is in Macau for the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries this morning.“China respects the choice

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China, Cape Verde to carry out third-party cooperation in marine economy

Premier Li Keqiang and his Cape Verdean counterpart Ulisses Correia e Silva agreed yesterday to press ahead with third-party co-operation in various fields, in particular marine economy.China is ready to advance co-operation with Cape Verde in the fields of marine economy, communications, tourism, education and safe city, while working together to co-operate with third parties, Li said at a meeting at the Macau Dome with Correia e Silva.Both leaders are in Macau to attend the opening ceremony

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Commerce Minister Gao stresses forum’s prospects

Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said yesterday that the Forum for Trade and Economic Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries had achieved “remarkable” results and that co-operation would be taken to a new level as the forum heads into its 14th year.Gao made the remarks in a speech at the welcome dinner last night at the Macau Dome for the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, which

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Foreign Minister Wang visits Sao Lazaro

Foreign Minister Wang Yi was spotted in Sao Lazaro district yesterday with Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng who showed him some of the exhibitions in the area.Wang is in the city as part of a delegation, headed by Premier Li Keqiang, to attend the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, which will be held today. With a small entourage, Wang and Ung visited cultural art spaces

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Macau firm to buy media stake in Portugal

A firm headed by local businessman Kevin Ho King Lun will invest 17.5 million euros (156 million patacas) in Lisbon-based Global Media Group, turning it in to the Portuguese company’s main shareholder, Portuguese media reported yesterday.According to the reports, Ho’s KNJ Investment Ltd will control 30 percent of Global Media Group. A provisional deal will be signed by the two sides tomorrow on the sidelines of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade

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Senior & disability subsidies to be paid this week

The government will pay out its subsidies for disabled people and senior citizens tomorrow and on Thursday respectively.The subsidies are paid once a year.Eligible candidates of the regular disability subsidy will receive 8,000 patacas, while those qualifying for the special disability subsidy will receive 16,000 patacas. There are around 9,800 residents eligible for the disability subsidy, involving 110 million patacas in total.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Govt rejects ‘irresponsible’ US remarks

The Macau government has “categorically” rejected the “irresponsible remarks” and “unfounded accusations” about Macau in the latest report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC).The report was released by the CECC in Washington late last week. The government also said in its response on Friday that “no foreign country has the right to interfere in [Macau’s] internal affairs”, pointing out that Macau is an integral part of China. PLEASE READ THE

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Union slams govt over range of issues

People Power Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat and several fellow members of his union handed a petition to the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Zape yesterday afternoon, addressed to Premier Li Keqiang who arrived in Macau in the morning.A representative of the liaison office received the petition at the office’s entrance.The activists gave copies of their petition to the media.People Power Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat shows a page of his union’s petition addressed to Premier

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