Man sentenced to 9 months in jail in Zhuhai after smuggling red-eared sliders

A driver of a Guangdong-Macau dual licence plated vehicle was sentenced for the offence of illegally introducing invasive alien species after smuggling 1,760 red-eared slider terrapins to the mainland, and given a nine-month prison term as well as fine of 100,000 yuan (113,730 patacas), according to a statement from the Intermediate People’s Court of Zhuhai posted on its official WeChat account yesterday.According to the statement, the driver is a mainland man surnamed Yi.The incident

September 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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AMCM cuts base rate to 5.25 pct

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement yesterday that it has revised its base rate downward by 50 basis points, i.e., 0.50 percentage points, to 5.25 percent.The revision took effect yesterday.The statement pointed that that “under the linked exchange rate system, Macau’s base rate is set at part with Hong Kong’s base rate, which is either 50 basis points above the lower end of the target range of the US Fed funds rate or the average of the five-day moving averages of the

September 20, 2024 | BY admin

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Police nab mainland trio for asking passers-by for ‘cash to eat’ fraud

Three mainlanders were arrested on Monday after falsely claiming that they had gambled all their money away and asked passers-by for money “to eat”, which was witnessed by a Public Security Police (PSP) officer, a PSP spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the three suspects are a woman surnamed Zhou in her forties, and a man in his fifties surnamed Xu who is her husband, and another man in his fifties surnamed Zhou. The trio told the

September 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Sands staff enjoy ‘Amazing Summer 2024’

Integrated Resort (IR) operator Sands China said in a statement earlier this week that around 600 of its staff and their families participated in the 7th edition of its annual July-August activity series “Sands China Amazing Summer 2024”.The statement noted that the participants were able to join a variety of parent-child activities including large-scale parent-child painting, art and science workshops, a fun fair, storytelling, kids book crossing (exchanging books among kids), and

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM donates kids’ books to associations

SJM Resorts said in a statement yesterday that it has donated pre-loved* children’s books collected from among its staff members to the Cradle of Hope Association and Lar de Nossa Senhora** da Penha of Caritas Macau earlier this month.According to the statement, the integrated resort (IR) operator collected the books between May and June, adding that last year’s initiative garnered “enthusiastic support” from staff.This marked the second year that SJM has donated second-hand

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Galaxy Macau garners awards at 2024 IAG Academy IR Awards

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) received four prizes during the recent 2024 IAG Academy IR Awards, making them the most awarded integrated resort (IR) operator in Macau, the company said in a statement.The statement noted that the prize-giving event was held in Manila.The statement said that among the awards received were GEG Vice Chairman Francis Lui Yiu Tung being named “Outstanding CEO”, with the statement adding that this recognises “the industry leader showing the most exceptional

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Melco enables young local athletes to meet Lin Dan

Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a statement yesterday that young local athletes were able to meet badminton legend Lin Dan during the recent 2024 Macau Lin Dan Cup Badminton Open - Local Youth Sharing Session at Studio City’s Seer ArenaThe event took place on Friday during Lin’s visit for the “Melco Style Presents: 2024 Macau Lin Dan Cup Badminton Open”, the statement said, with the integrated resort (IR) operator inviting participants from the Macau Special Olympics (MSO)

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Businesses say turnover down after Rua da Felicidade pedestrianisation

IC mulls reopening part of pedestrian area to cars The Rua da Felicidade pedestrianisation has been in operation for nearly a year, and yesterday lawmaker-cum-current affairs commentator Ron Lam U Tou quoted business operators in the area as saying that the vehicle traffic restriction has greatly affected the flow of people there, which has, in turn, hindered their business, hoping that the government could put an end to the street’s pedestrianisation and restore vehicular traffic in the

September 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM students win global deepfake detection contest

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that its team from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) won the championship of the Global Multimedia Deepfake Detection Challenge held during the 2024 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in Shanghai, taking home a 100,000-yuan prize.The recent contest, hosted on the data science competition platform Kaggle, had a special focus on practical AI face-swapping exercises, aiming to help develop solutions to counter deepfake attacks in

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police log 27 in-flight thefts in 8 months

Macau has seen an increase in the number of in-flight thefts, with the Judiciary Police (PJ) having received 27 in-flight theft cases between January and August, resulting in a total 1.2 million patacas in losses, according to a PJ statement yesterday.The Judiciary Police, together with Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) and Air Macau, launched on Tuesday an awareness-raising campaign on “Preventing In-flight Theft”, with the aim of raising crime prevention awareness among

September 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Electoral Affairs Commission accepts Sam Hou Fai’s CE candidacy

The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) announced on Wednesday that it has accepted Sam Hou Fai as the sole candidate for next month’s chief executive election.The commission announced its decision in a notice released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) on Wednesday.The notice also lists the 386 members of the 400-strong Chief Executive Election Committee who have formally endorsed (“nominated”) Sam as a chief executive candidate. Sam was the only

September 20, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab mainlander collecting ‘guess who I am’ scam proceeds

A mainlander was arrested for assisting a gang to collect fraudulently obtained money through a “guess who I am” phone scam in Macau, in which the suspect pretending to be a “lawyer” attempted to collect a total of 220,000 patacas from a local female senior citizen on Sunday in Areia Preta district, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers identified the “lawyer” as a mainlander surnamed Huang in his twenties, who told

September 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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EV industries of China, EU at crossroads as Beijing stresses open cooperation

Analysis by Xinhua writers Zhu Shaobin, Xie Xiyao        BEIJING – The trade dispute involving electric vehicle (EV) exports from China to the European Union (EU) continues to draw widespread attention, with just over a month to go before the EU reaches a decision regarding the definitive duties it plans to impose on Chinese EVs.Over the past few days, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao has been in Europe for discussions on the EU’s anti-subsidy probe into Chinese EVs.

September 20, 2024 | BY admin

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Electoral Affairs Commission confirms Sam Hou Fai as sole CE candidate

     The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission has announced today that it has accepted Sam Hou Fai as the sole candidate for next month's chief executive election.      The commission announced its decision in a notice released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).      The notice also lists the 386 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee who have formally endorsed ("nominated") Sam as chief

September 18, 2024 | BY Staff Reporter

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