Local man nabbed for sexually harassing primary schoolgirl on bus: police

A local man was arrested on Friday for sexually harassing a primary schoolgirl, by putting his hand under the shorts of the under-12-year-old who was on a bus en route to school alone and touching her inner thighs and lower body on three occasions, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said when he announced the arrest of the 51-year-old suspect during a special press conference on Saturday.After having been notified by a school in the city centre via their cooperation mechanism about

September 23, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Public buses to accept mainland & HK WeChat Pay from tomorrow

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced on Saturday that starting from tomorrow, the city’s two public bus operators will accept the payment of fares via the “Bus Payment QR Code” generated via mainland and Hong Kong WeChat Pay platforms, according to a DSAT statement.Users of WeChat Pay (both mainland China and Hong Kong versions) will be able to take the city’s public buses with each trip costing 6 patacas, but without tariff benefits and no free rides if changing buses within less than

September 23, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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‘Jet rat’ steals HK$39,000 in cash

A mainlander was arrested on Friday for stealing HK$39,000 from a male passenger on a Beijing-Macau flight, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a press conference on Friday.Thieves who steal property while travelling on a plane are colloquially known in Cantonese as “jet rats” (“feigei louhsyu”).The 55-year-old mainland suspect surnamed Li told the police that he owns a B&B (bed and breakfast) hotel, Lou said.According to Lou, the mainland victim reported to the

September 23, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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‘Old Taipa’ to be pedestrianised again, this time for National Day ‘Golden Week’

Certain parts of “Old Taipa” will be closed to vehicular traffic once again during the National Day “Golden Week”, to become a temporary pedestrian precinct, the second time after the Chinese New Year (CNY) early this year, Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) Director Tai Kin Ip announced on Friday, adding he expected the number of visitors to the precinct to reach 200,000.According to Tai, addressing Friday’s joint press conference at Luso International Bank

September 23, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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29th MIF, 2024MFE to kick off next month

The 29th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (29th MIF) and the Macao Franchise Expo 2024 (2024MFE) will be held concurrently at Cotai Expo at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, with the four-day events set to kick-off on October 16, the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement on Friday.According to the MIF website, the first day will be open to trade visitors while the second day onwards will also be open to members of the general public.Themed “Economic

September 23, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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UM, GDIIST unveil joint lab on cognition, brain-inspired intelligence

A plaque unveiling ceremony has recently been held by the University of Macau (UM) and the Guangdong Institute of Intelligence Science and Technology (GDIIST) for the “Joint Laboratory (Research Centre) of Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence of University of Macau and Guangdong Institute of Intelligence Science and Technology”, according to a UM statement on Friday.The statement noted that the joint lab will focus on the cognitive and brain-inspired intelligence technologies field, as

September 23, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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A story about life: a review and recommendation

“The universe is large, he thought. It contains multitudes. It also contains me, and in this moment I am wonderful. I have the right to be wonderful.”– Stephen King, “The Life of Chuck” Imagine that the world is ending. Civil society has begun to collapse, extreme weather disasters are affecting every state, region and country, while food shortages are rampant. There are frequent power shortages, until one day, there just isn’t any while the internet goes dark. And at the

September 23, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CPPCC on new journey to help realize national rejuvenation

Commentary        The 75th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a good opportunity for the country’s political advisory body to draw on its historical experience to strengthen its political advisory role and its participation in State affairs so it can make bigger contributions to the country’s development and national rejuvenation.The Communist Party of China-led multiparty consultative system and the people’s congress

September 23, 2024 | BY admin

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Quad summit highlights divide-and-rule strategy has not gained expected traction

China Daily Editorial        US President Joe Biden hosted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan in Wilmington, Delaware, for the fourth Quad Leaders’ Summit on Saturday.The Biden administration went to great lengths to explain how the Quad has delivered on the priorities of its “Indo-Pacific” partners – ranging from addressing pandemics and disease and investing in critical and

September 23, 2024 | BY admin

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China and Africa jointly advance modernization

      Considering that China and Africa account for about one-third of the global population, without their "modernization, there will be no global modernization", President Xi Jinping said in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing this month. Nobody in their right mind would disagree with President Xi, who also stressed that "the friendship between China and Africa transcends time and

September 21, 2024 | BY Harald Brüning | China Daily

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Xi stresses giving full play to CPPCC's political advantage

  BEIJING - President Xi Jinping yesterday called for further giving full play to the salient political advantage of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in developing whole-process people's democracy.   Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a meeting celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the CPPCC held in Beijing.   It has

September 21, 2024 | BY admin

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Sam Hou Fai officially accepted as chief executive candidate

The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election has officialy confirmed ex-judge Sam Hou Fai as the sole candidate for the chief executive election on October 13.  The commission has made the announcement in a notice released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) this morning. The government-appointed commission had previously completed an eligibility review of the only application received for becoming a candidate for the post of chief executive, the

September 20, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau Bridge to remain closed during first typhoon after its opening: govt

The government said yesterday that the new sea-crossing namely Macau Bridge will remain closed the first time the Typhoon No.8 signal is hoisted after its opening because government engineers will need to gather respective technical data during the tropical cyclone with the aim of assessing its wind protection barriers’ ability and effectiveness to reduce the wind speed on the bridge.After the technical data assessments, the government will come up with specific criteria for determining

September 20, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Luís Gomes becomes sports chief

Luís Gomes (張子軒), who had been a vice-president of the Sports Bureau (ID) since November last year, has been appointed as the bureau’s president, effective from today.Gomes’s one-year appointment was made through an executive order by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U, who oversees the bureau, published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday. Ao Ieong signed the executive order on Friday last week.The executive order underlines Gomes’s “professional

September 20, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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