Govt proposes tougher oath-taking rules

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council, has announced that the government has finished drafting a bill proposing that members of the Chief Executive Election Committee will also be required to take an oath when taking office.Cheong made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday. The bill will be submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) in due course

January 15, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Editorial: Lai’s win won’t sap nation’s wish for reunification

Taiwan’s pro-independence politician William Lai Ching-te’s election victory on Saturday will not lessen China’s determination to achieve national reunification through peaceful means in the nearest possible future. Lai, who has described himself as a “pragmatic worker for Taiwan independence,” won 40.05 percent of the 13.94 million valid votes cast, or 28.57 percent of the island’s 19.54 million registered voters, 71.86 percent of whom cast their ballots. The rival candidates

January 15, 2024 | BY admin

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Louis Vuitton pop-up opens in Shoppes at Four Seasons

Louis Vuitton has unveiled a pop-up store in Shoppes at Four Seasons in Cotai for its Spring-Summer 2024 Men’s collection, according to a statement recently distributed by Sands China on behalf of the luxury fashion house and company.The statement noted that the pop-up is open until February 23 and celebrates Louis Vuitton Men’s Creative Director Pharrell Williams’ first Spring-Summer 2024 collection.Pharrell Williams is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper and singer.

January 15, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM’s culinary delicacies showcase Macau’s local culture & creativity

Integrated resort operator SJM Resorts celebrates the upcoming Year of the Dragon with an array of culinary delicacies from Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) and Grand Lisboa, showcasing Macau’s local culture and creativity.The Year of the Dragon begins on February 10.A raft of Chinese New Year (CNY) gift sets includes, according to a recent statement by SJM, a selection of healthy rice puddings and turnip cakes that are made without preservatives or additives by the team of culinary artistes at the

January 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Celebrate CNY at Galaxy’s properties

Galaxy Macau, StarWorld Hotel and Broadway Macau in Cotai are set to host a raft of festive activities and offers for the Chinese New Year (CNY), according to a statement from the integrated resort (IR) operator on Thursday.The “New Year Getaway Spectacular Offer” starts from 638 patacas per night, and enables guests to immerse themselves in five-star indulgence at Andaz Macau or Broadway Hotel, the statement said, with official site members able to enjoy instant savings.Meanwhile, the

January 15, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Champions announced for Macau Int’l Regatta

The four-day 2024 MGM Macau International Regatta, the city’s first large-scale sporting event of the year, came to an end yesterday, with the overall champions for its three categories being announced during a prize-giving dinner at MGM MACAU.Emerging first overall in the Macao Cup International Regatta was the Canados Sailing Team from Germany, while in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Cup Regatta category, Muwu BBQ team from the mainland was named first overall. 

January 15, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local director’s ‘work-in-progress’ wins Asia-Europe Festival of Young Cinema

The debut edition of the week-long Asia-Europe Festival of Young Cinema in Lisboeta Macau’s Emperor Cinemas in Cotai ended on Thursday, having screened a total of 17 “works-in-progress” [partly completed films] created by young film directors, six of whom had been selected to receive awards, including local director Harriet Wong Teng Teng. The event was jointly hosted by five media and entertainment organisations from Macau and mainland China, and co-organised by the China Film

January 15, 2024 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Man sexually harasses friend’s daughter by grabbing waist: police

A man from the mainland was arrested last Sunday for sexually harassing his friend’s daughter by grabbing her around the waist the 17-year-old victim’s guestroom in a hotel in Cotai, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday.The spokesperson said that the Public Security Police received a report from the victim’s father that his daughter was sexually harassed by his friend, adding that the suspect, who is in his forties and surnamed Zhou,

January 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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DSEDT mulls adding 56 ‘distinctive shops’ to list this year

The Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) plans to increase the number of “distinctive shops” by 56 this year, taking the overall total to 268, and the newly added “distinctive shops” need to qualify as “integrity shops”, a DSEDT statement said yesterday.A new round of the government’s “Distinctive Shops” scheme recruitment started this month, and the existing “distinctive shops” are required to obtain the Certified Shop accreditation granted by the bureau

January 15, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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UM Hengqin research institute aims to promote GBA industry-academia collaboration

Tony Wong in Hengqin        Yesterday’s Open Day of the public University of Macau (UM) included a fact-finding visit organised for media workers and other guests to its Zhuhai UM Science and Technology Research Institute (ZUMRI) on the neighbouring mainland city’s Hengqin island, an institute that aims to promote Macau’s industry-academia-research collaboration driven by the ongoing development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).During the

January 15, 2024 | BY admin

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New bus route b/w Seac Pai Van & Ka Ho starts today

A new public bus route between Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public-housing community and the Ka Ho area where a number of social service facilities are situated will start operating this morning, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has announced.Today’s launch of the new route, which was announced in a DSAT statement on Friday, came after last week’s release of a written interpellation by lawmaker Ella Lei Cheng I calling for the operation of an express public bus route serving the Ka Ho

January 15, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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UM plans to build second campus

Plans to build a new University of Macau (UM) campus, which will be half the size of the current one, in Hengqin are under discussion, UM Rector President Prof. Song Yonghua (aka Yonghua Song) told reporters at the kick-off ceremony of the tertiary education institution’s on-campus Open Day yesterday.The current campus, which has been leased by the Macau Special Administrative Region from the mainland, measures about 1 square kilometre. The new campus will be located in the Guangdong-Macau

January 15, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Health Bureau (SSM) urges public to safeguard against flu, COVID-19 infections

The Health Bureau (SSM) is urging residents to step up precautions as the bureau anticipates an increase in flu and COVID-19 infections, according to a statement on Friday.Data from the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre and private Kiang Wu Hospital show that the number of patients with influenza-like illnesses continues to rise, with the positive rate of the influenza virus rising to 33 percent last week, having exceeded the baseline level for nearly two weeks, indicating that

January 15, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2 loan sharks rob ‘middleman’ of HK$127,000: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested two loan sharks from the mainland on Tuesday outside a casino on Avenida da Prosperidade in Taipa for attacking and robbing HK$127,000 in cash from a man, whose fellow townsman had borrowed chips worth HK$320,000 from the duo, a PSP spokesperson said at a regular press conference on Friday.According to the spokesperson, each of the two jobless suspects, both surnamed Dai aged in their thirties and forties respectively, hold an Exit-Entry Permit for

January 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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