PJ training programmes raise students’ awareness of social responsibility & patriotism: Sit

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng announced yesterday that a total of 241 participants graduated from their two training programmes titled “Community Safety Youth Leader Programme” and “Youth Crime Fighter”, each of which lasted a year, with the aim of strengthening local students’ awareness of their social responsibility and the rule of law, while also cultivating their sense of belonging to the nation.The Community Safety Youth Leader Programme is for college students,

July 17, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau grapples with extreme heat, typhoon warning

Macau faces intense heat as temperatures have soared past 33 degrees over the past couple of days, driving residents and tourists alike to seek shade, cold drinks, and shelter from the Sun, as forecasters warned of an approaching tropical disturbance that could develop into Typhoon “Xideng” and impact the region early next week.Temperatures soared above 33 degrees Celsius, according to the statement from the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday. Under the influence of a

July 17, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Grand Stand Café at Macau Grand Prix Museum opens

A brand-new café named “Grand Stand Café” opened yesterday. The café is situated in the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) Museum in Zape.As the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) Museum is run by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes attended yesterday afternoon’s opening ceremony alongside lawmakers Ip Sio Kai and Angela Leong On Kei, as well as other representatives.Judging by its design, Grand Stand Café aims to immerse visitors in Macau’s motorsport

July 17, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Picture Book ‘Seed, What’s Wrong?’ spotlights local IP bumboreo

Interview by William Chan        Local artist Aurelio Lewis, the mind behind the IP brand bumboreo, has released his first children’s book, Seed, What’s Wrong?, with editor Cynthia Chan Lok Si. The pair spoke to the Post last week at Chan’s office in Zape about their creative journey.The book is published by The Macanese Publishing Ltd. and the Macau Animation, Comic and Toy Artistic and Cultural Exchanges Promote Association, with support from the Cultural Development

July 17, 2025 | BY admin

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Chinese economy forges ahead with resilient growth

Commentary        BEIJING – Despite growing global uncertainties, the Chinese economy continues to chart a course of resilient, high-quality development, posting a robust 5.2 percent year-on-year expansion in the second quarter of 2025.The world’s second-largest economy achieved 5.3 percent growth in the first half of the year, firmly positioning itself to meet its annual GDP target of around 5 percent. This steady performance underscores the effectiveness of China’s

July 17, 2025 | BY admin

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Portugal seeks to expand supply chain partnerships with China: industry leader

Interview        LISBON – The Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILC) is looking to deepen supply chain partnerships with China through the country’s first participation in the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), its secretary general, Bernardo Mendia, has said.Speaking in a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency, Mendia, who also heads the Portuguese delegation to this year’s five-day CISCE which opened in Beijing yesterday, said that

July 17, 2025 | BY admin

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We got it! Macau SAR celebrates 20th anniversary of its successful UNESCO World Heritage bid

We got it! On July 16, 2005, The Macau Post Daily published a special Saturday edition celebrating Macau’s successful UNESCO World Heritage bid, announced the previous day.On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) marked the 20th anniversary of its prestigious UNESCO listing.The Macau Post Daily—renowned for its daily coverage of cultural and artistic events—takes great pride in being the only newspaper in Macau to have published a special

July 16, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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12 direct election candidates DQ’d for not upholding Basic Law or disloyalty to MSAR

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) yesterday decided to disqualify all 12 candidates from two electoral lists for the upcoming direct legislative election based on the conclusion by the Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) Committee for Safeguarding National Security that all of them had not upheld the MSAR Basic Law or had been disloyal to the MSAR, comprising the Power of Synergy list headed by incumbent lawmaker Ron Lam U Tou and the Macau Creating

July 16, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau marks 20th anniversary of UNESCO World Heritage listing

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) hosted a ceremony yesterday entitled “20th Anniversary of the Successful Inscription of the ‘Historic Centre of Macau’ on the UNESCO World Heritage List” at the Dom Pedro V Theatre in Largo de Santo Agostinho.The theatre, built in 1860, is one of Macau’s historic edifices protected by UNESCO. It is one of the oldest Western-style theatres in the Far East. The Historic Centre of Macau was officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List,

July 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Fire alerts drop 10.77 pct to 406 in H1: CB

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) announced yesterday that the number of fire alerts in the first half of this year dropped by 10.77 percent to 406 from the same period of last year.The bureau held its quarterly press conference yesterday at its headquarters next to Sai Van Lake, near Macau Tower, where Lei Long Kit, chief of the bureau’s Research and Planning Department, announced its statistics on fire alerts, ambulance call-outs, and other rescue incidents for the first half of this

July 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police nab local woman for fraud, purporting to be police officer

A local woman was arrested yesterday for defrauding another local woman out of a total of 560,000 yuan (620,000 patacas) by pretending to be a police officer, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 30-year-old female surnamed Neng who claimed to be jobless.According to Lei, the police received a report on July 10 from a local woman who said that she had been deceived out of 560,000 yuan by Neng, who posed as a

July 16, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police arrest local man for drunk driving

The Public Security Police (PSP) apprehended a local man on Saturday for drunk driving, with his blood alcohol concentration standing at 1.83 grams per litre, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a hairstylist surnamed Leong in his fifties.According to Wong, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report of a traffic accident in Rua Cidade do Porto (波爾圖街) in Taipa early Saturday morning. A car accidentally

July 16, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police bust mainland woman for stealing 5,000 patacas from local shopper

A woman from the mainland was arrested on Sunday for stealing 5,000 patacas from a local woman, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a female surnamed Meng, who is in her forties and claimed to be jobless.According to Wong, a local woman reported on Sunday that her handbag had been unzipped while in a shop in Areia Preta （黑沙環）district, and 5,000 patacas in cash had vanished. She suspected

July 16, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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USJ’s Prison Outreach Programme recognises learning achievements

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) said in a statement yesterday that the learning achievements of 24 incarcerated individuals who completed their courses in the 2024/2025 academic year through the Catholic private tertiary education institution’s Prison Outreach Programme were recognised during a recent ceremony.The programme, according to the USJ website, offers “incarcerated individuals the opportunity to further their education and improve employment opportunities post-release”,

July 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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