2nd phase of subsidy scheme for SMEs’ digital transformation to open for applications next Monday

The first phase of the government’s financial support programme offering subsidies to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to digitalise their operations is still going on, but the application period for the programme’s second phase will start next Monday, offering 300 quotas, Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) official Lam Tou told reporters yesterday.Lam made the remarks on the sidelines of the Seminar on Green Seafood and Green Tableware Sourcing, held

November 6, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Transport platform revamp outside Hengqin checkpoint completed

The government’s overhaul of the public transport platform outside the pedestrian immigration building in the Macau-side checkpoint zone of the Hengqin joint checkpoint has been completed, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced in a statement yesterday.The statement said that after the completion of the ongoing final survey inspection and formal acceptance, the revamped public transport platform can start operating later this month.A revamped part of the platform opened in September last

November 6, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Tropical Storm Yinxing approaches, mercury to drop to 19°C by weekend

Tropical Storm Yinxing is gradually moving towards the Luzon Strait and may enter the South China Sea later this week, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast on its website yesterday, adding that the mercury is predicted to drop to around 19 degrees Celsius by the end of the week.The observatory forecast that “Yinxing” will strengthen over the next few days as it approaches the Luzon Strait, but its forward speed is expected to decrease, with the possibility that the storm

November 6, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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‘Making of Macau’s Fusion Cuisine’ now available in Chinese

A Chinese edition of writer and researcher Annabel Jackson’s 2020 book “The Making of Macau’s Fusion Cuisine: From Family Table to World Stage” has recently been published.The Chinese edition, according to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), was translated by Stephanie Li (黎莊琳), Swallow Xu (徐彩燕) and Fraser Lee (李輝盛), adding that its publication in Chinese aims to enable more readers to become aware of Macanese cuisine and its influence, history and spread

November 6, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Firearms must be handed to police in runup to MSAR 25th Anniversary: CE order

In the runup to the 25th Anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, the local government announced yesterday special arms control measures in the city next month, ordering all those who own firearms for self-defence purposes to surrender them by December 2, while private security companies are required to hand in their firearms to the police on December 17.It is the first time that the local government has announced such a measure for an anniversary of the resumption of the exercise of

November 6, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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CityU to get new campus in Seac Pai Van: govt

The government will grant a land concession of an undeveloped plot near Coloane’s sprawling Seac Pai Van public housing neighbourhood to the private City University of Macau (CityU) for the construction of a new campus after which it will relocate from its current campus, which is situated on a part of the public University of Macau’s (UM) former campus in Taipa, according to announcements by the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) yesterday.According to the announcements, the City

November 6, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Time to decouple from decoupling policy

China Daily Editorial        US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson recently echoed former president Donald Trump’s call to repeal the CHIPS Act if he wins the presidential election, only to retract his statement a day later. This flip-flop underscores the political volatility surrounding China-US relations and the strategic decisions that will shape the future of both nations. As the election result is coming, it is crucial for the next administration to

November 6, 2024 | BY admin

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Chinese philosophy scholar calls for goodwill in era of conflict

    BEIJING – A Chinese philosophy professor has stressed the importance of goodwill in an era marked by conflict.   Describing goodwill as a quintessence of Confucianism, Wang Bo, vice president and provost of Peking University, said that the key to practicing goodwill lies in putting oneself in another's shoes.   Speaking at this year's Beijing Forum, an international event focused on innovation and human advancement, Wang supported his point with

November 5, 2024 | BY admin

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Chinese philosophy scholar calls for goodwill in era of conflict

    BEIJING – A Chinese philosophy professor has stressed the importance of goodwill in an era marked by conflict.   Describing goodwill as a quintessence of Confucianism, Wang Bo, vice president and provost of Peking University, said that the key to practicing goodwill lies in putting oneself in another's shoes.   Speaking at this year's Beijing Forum, an international event focused on innovation and human advancement, Wang supported his point with

November 5, 2024 | BY admin

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UM researchers lower 2024 GDP growth forecast to 12.1 pct

The University of Macau (UM) has lowered its forecast for Macau’s 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 12.1 percent.The public university announced its revised forecast in a statement on Friday. The university’s annual forecast for Macau’s economy is carried out by a research team consisting of scholars from its Department of Economics. The GDP forecast project is administered by the university’s Centre for Macau Studies (CMS).The research team initially predicted in December

November 5, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Airport passengers rise 57 pct in Jan-Oct

The local airport recorded 6.34 million passengers in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 56.92 percent, airport operator CAM has announced in a statement.According to the statement on Friday, the local airport recorded 49,000 aircraft movements between January and October, a year-on-year increase of 49.37 percent.According to the statement, the number of passengers and aircraft movements recorded during the first 10 months of this year returned to 80 and 78 percent of

November 5, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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2024 honours list contains 32 individuals & entities

The local government released yesterday its list of decorations, medals and certificates of merit awarded for the outgoing year. The list comprises 32 recipients – individuals and entities. The awards recognise achievements, outstanding contributions and distinguished services, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS). The award ceremony will be held on November 27. The statement pointed out that the list “follows the recommendations by the Medals

November 5, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau sees noticeable change in tourists’ preferences: travel industry rep

Interview by Yuki Lei        Macau received between January and September over 1.67 million foreign visitor arrivals, reaching 70.7 percent of the number in the same period in pre-pandemic 2019, according to official statistics, and Macau Leisure Tourism Services Innovation Association Chairman Paul Wong Fai said yesterday that in the post-pandemic era, with the continuous expansion of the scope of the mainland’s 144-hour visa-free transit policy for foreign nationals,

November 5, 2024 | BY admin

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Locally acquired dengue fever cases rise to 3

Macau has added one more locally acquired case of dengue fever, a 59-year-old woman living in Rua do Tarrafeiro (沙欄仔街), increasing the total of such cases so far this year to three, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The patient developed on Sunday symptoms such as headache, muscle joint pain and general weakness, and she was diagnosed with dengue fever yesterday by Kiang Wu Hospital. The statement noted that it was believed that the infection is related to the 24th

November 5, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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