2023 jobless rate dips to 2.7 pct

Macau's general unemployment rate, which comprises resident employees and non-resident workers (NRWs), dipped 1.0 percentage points year on year to 2.7 percent last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced today.Local residents' jobless rate dropped1.4 percentage points to 3.4 percent last year, "following the gradual resumption of social and economic activities", the bureau said in a statement.The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected Macau's economy, the vitally

January 26, 2024 | BY admin

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Cultural Affairs Bureau axes ‘drag queen’ gig but says remains ‘very supportive of diversity’

One of the numerous events of the 22nd Macao City Fringe Festival – entitled “Made by Beauty” – has been cancelled, but Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man insisted yesterday that the bureau remained “very supportive of performance diversity”, hoping that the local performance industry would continue to flourish.Leong said: “After watching the rehearsal of the relevant performance [“Made by Beauty”], we found that its content did not match the proposal which

January 26, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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1,114 illegal construction cases detected last year: DSSCU

The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) said yesterday in a statement that it dealt last year with 1,114 cases of illegal construction, in which 129 of the illegal structures were demolished by the property owners of their own volition, while eight involved fines imposed on the owners.In the statement, the DSSCU noted that the number of owners willing to demolish their illegally built structures was higher than that recorded in 2022, reflecting residents’ rising awareness of them

January 26, 2024 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Govt launches revamped restaurant licensing system

All can be done online, shorter processing timeThe government’s revamped one-stop system on licensing restaurants and eateries got off the ground yesterday, enabling businesses to complete all the required formalities online and obtain a licence in a significantly shorter time.In general, the operations of restaurants and other kinds of eateries are licensed by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), except those in hotels which are licensed by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO).While

January 26, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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2 mainlanders nabbed for buying chips with fake US$100 notes: police

Two mainlanders were arrested on Monday for possessing 98 counterfeit US$100 banknotes and trying to exchange them for chips in two casinos in Zape, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.The spokesperson said the two suspects are a 33-year-old mainland man surnamed Yang, who told the police that he is a businessman, and a 41-year-old mainland woman surnamed Wu, who told the police that she is jobless and the male suspect’s friend.The

January 26, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Tanzanian duo caught in ice bust: police

Two male tourists from Tanzania were arrested on Tuesday for selling methamphetamine (aka ice) in the city centre, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference yesterday, noting that in the operation the police seized a total of 11.62 grams of ice, with an estimated street value of 40,000 patacas.According to Lei, the two jobless suspects, who are in their thirties, are surnamed Nyimbile and Ndambwe. The duo had been selling drugs in Macau for about two

January 26, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Customs busts 2 parallel-trading dens in industrial building

Macau Customs Service (SA) officers raided two parallel-trading dens in Tai Peng Industrial Building near the Barrier Gate checkpoint yesterday, where four local suspects and a Hong Kong person in charge of the “business” were arrested, according to an SA statement yesterday.According to the statement, a 61-year-old local female suspect was seen to be acting suspiciously while heading towards the Barrier Gate checkpoint yesterday, where she was found by customs officers to be carrying two

January 26, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGM holds study tour for 160 teachers, students

MGM had recently arranged a study tour of its art collections and special exhibitions on intangible heritage for 160 teachers and students from Hong Kong’s St. Paul’s School (Lam Tim), according to a Wednesday statement from the integrated resort (IR) operator.The statement noted that the study tour, entitled “Study Tour on Intangible Cultural Heritage”, was organised by IN INDUSTRY LTD, an organisation fully supported by the Academy of Chinese Studies of the Our Hong Kong Foundation,

January 26, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Melco SME roadshow makes 9 million patacas for SMEs & NGOs

Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a statement earlier this week that its Heart of House (employee area) SME Roadshow series for 2023, which concluded last month, helped 270 local SMEs and NGOs generate over 9 million patacas in additional revenue.The monthly roadshows were launched in 2016, providing rent-free retail spaces to local SMEs and NGOs in staff areas across Altira Macau, City of Dreams (COD), and Studio City.The statement noted that over 170 roadshow sessions were hosted by

January 26, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Londoner Arena hosts Street Dance of China Season 6 Finale

The Season 6 Finale of popular dance competition “Street Dance of China” was hosted at The Londoner Arena in Cotai last Saturday, integrated resort operator The Londoner Macao said in a statement on Wednesday.The statement noted that the event marked the second time that Sands China Ltd. has hosted the finale of the variety show, adding that the contest’s fifth season finale was hosted at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena in 2022.The statement added that the event was live-streamed

January 26, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Blossom Palaces duck specialist opens at Galaxy Macau

Peking duck specialist Blossom Palaces has recently opened its first Macau restaurant at Galaxy Macau, marking its eighth branch outside of Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen, according to a recent statement from the integrated resort operator.The statement noted that the restaurant is famed for its signature fruitwood-roasted Peking duck and has set “the highest standard in the industry”, of which it sells 250,000 annually in the mainland.The statement said that the restaurant exclusively

January 26, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Xizang’s remarkable development debunks groundless Western accusations

Commentary        LHASA – A series of recently released data regarding southwest China’s Xizang* Autonomous Region highlights the all-round progress of the plateau region, once again debunking some Western smears and lies.The region’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 9.5 percent year on year to nearly 240 billion yuan in 2023, according to the regional statistics bureau.The growth rates of the region’s major economic indicators, including per capita disposable

January 26, 2024 | BY admin

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Decoding 45 years of US-China relations: insights from a seasoned US former diplomat

Feature by Xinhua writer Yang Shilong        NEW YORK –The last four and a half decades of China-US diplomatic ties have shown that collaborative efforts between the two largest economies are essential for the well-being of both nations and the global community. This sentiment is echoed by seasoned former US diplomat John Charles Thomson, who served in Beijing from 1978 to 1981.WATERSHED MOMENT"It was just a big shock to everyone," said Thomson when he first

January 25, 2024 | BY admin

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MCSD debt securities reach nearly 95 billion patacas

Macao Central Securities Depository and Clearing Limited (MCSD) celebrated the 2nd anniversary of its establishment yesterday, and Benjamin Chan Sau San, president of the Administration Committee of the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM), said that the various types of debt securities deposited at MCSD currently amount to nearly 95 billion patacas, adding that AMCM, in conjunction with MCSD, is currently working on optimising the Macau Central Securities Depository System, in line with

January 25, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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