Jaywalker dies in crash near Barrier Gate checkpoint

A 58-year-old woman died after she was hit by a lorry in Istmo de Ferreira do Amaral, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Saturday, adding that the victim, a local resident, was suspected of having failed to obey a traffic light signal when crossing the road.The accident happened at about 5:51 p.m. on Saturday, when the vehicle travelling along Istmo de Ferreira do Amaral towards Estrada do Arco hit the victim who was crossing the road disobeying the traffic signal near Choi

December 18, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Peruvian mother, son smuggle 1,945g of cocaine worth 5.38 million patacas: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested last Monday a mother and son from Peru for smuggling a total of 1,945.85 grammes of cocaine worth about 5.38 million patacas, PJ spokesman Lou Kam Fai said during a special press conference on Friday.According to Lou, before the duo flew to Macau from Peru via Spain, Hong Kong and Manila, the son had swallowed 51 condoms of cocaine among the total of 54, while the mother had swallowed three of the total and hidden one “goose egg-like object” containing the

December 18, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Christmas Market opens in Tap Seac

The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) 17-day Christmas Market in Praça do Tap Seac kicked off on Saturday and will be on until New Year’s Day.The Christmas Market is themed “Christmas Dream Workshop”, according to a statement from the bureau on Saturday, and features booths selling gifts and food and beverages. The market’s free-of-charge Christmas merry-go-round, Christmas spinning tea cups ride and labyrinth are operating from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily.The statement noted that

December 18, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Hydrogen-sulphide poisoning victim dies

The female non-resident worker who suffered hydrogen-sulphide poisoning last Monday in the toilet of a restaurant where she worked died in hospital on Friday after treatment to save her life had failed, the authorities have announced.Details of the poisoning case were previously announced by the Health Bureau (SSM) in a statement on Tuesday last week, according to which the victim, a 26-year-old woman, was rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre after she was found

December 18, 2023 | BY admin

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Male, 37, confirmed as Macau’s 2nd Mpox case: SSM

Macau confirmed on Friday its second case of Monkeypox involving a 37-year-old local male patient with a genital rash, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on that day.According to the statement, the patient sought treatment at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre’s emergency department on Wednesday after developing a genital rash last Monday. Friday’s statement noted that the patient, who was diagnosed with Mpox earlier that day, was in a stable condition. Mpox was

December 18, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Father of non-invasive prenatal testing’ to give talk at UM

Renowned scholar of molecular biology and “father of non-invasive prenatal testing” Dennis Lo Yuk-ming is slated to give an English-language talk entitled “Pushing Forward the Frontiers of Prenatal and Cancer Liquid Biopsies” at the University of Macau’s (UM) Doctor honoris causa Lecture tomorrow, the public university said in a statement on Thursday.The statement noted that Prof. Lo will talk about “how to unveil the body’s secrets with plasma and discuss the latest

December 18, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Perseverance: the key to success

 “Rome was not built in a day”. Many have heard this famous saying regarding perseverance but cannot live the example of this phrase in their daily lives. Why is that? Why is it so difficult for us to strive to obtain perseverance? Most individuals are distracted by their leisure lifestyles and cannot comprehend the idea of perseverance. This in turn has led to a negative impact on society. By focusing more on their respective lifestyles of pleasure, effects such as laziness and

December 18, 2023 | BY Jaden Jude Justinian Ravindran, USJ Student

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Today’s AI technology

I am very surprised that the world I live in moves very fast. Every minute, every hour, and every day, I always find something new. When I look back to what my life was like in the past and compare it to the present, I see many changes, especially in technology. Our technology advances day by day. These changes and advances are made by human beings. And with our knowledge and intelligence, we try to create something new.Nowadays, we are living in an easy era. An era where everything becomes

December 18, 2023 | BY Rolindo Tilman Moniz

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Lawmakers pass CE election amendment bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill amending the Chief Executive Election Law, according to which the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) will be tasked with assessing whether chief executive election candidates uphold the MSAR Basic Law and bear allegiance to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the MSAR.The amendment bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in

December 15, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Cold front to attack Macau, mercury to drop to 11°C on Sunday: SMG

The local observatory reminded the public on its website yesterday that the mercury was expected to dip to around 11 degrees Celsius on Sunday, urging them to keep a close eye on the temperature drop and to stay warm.A cold front is forecast to reach the coast of Guangdong province in the wee hours of tomorrow when a strong winter monsoon is also expected to affect Macau and, therefore, according to the weather station, Macau’s mercury would drop “significantly”, with winds from the north

December 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Urban planner urges IR operators to give full play to revitalisation areas’ cultural tourism value

Interview by Yuki Lei        When revitalising Macau’s old quarters, the government and the city’s six integrated resort (IR) operators should always ensure that their way of giving full play to the historical value and cultural connotation of each of their designated areas is in line with the ongoing programme’s “authenticity”, urban planner Manuel Iok Pui Ferreira (胡玉沛), managing director of Macau Explorer Cultural Travel, said last week.With the aim of

December 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Inês Chan brings poems to life in 3rd solo exhibition

Interview by Rui Pastorin        Have you ever wanted to see a glimpse of old Macau? Providing this is one of local artist Inês Chan I Lei aims in her third solo exhibition “Over the Mountain Streams”, which is on until next Wednesday at the 10 Fantasia Gallery in Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro.Chan’s exhibition showcases art that she created for the book “Macao in Ancient Poetry” by Chon Chit Tang, which compiles 52 old poems about Macau and their meanings.

December 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Veteran performers from nation’s top Peking opera troupe speak about their local shows

The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) will stage two shows at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium today and tomorrow, as part of the “Happy Chinese New Year - National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao” event organised by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Beijing and the local Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, featuring two Chinese operatic tales performed by the troupe.The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), which coordinates the event, held a

December 15, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Lawmakers pass bill protecting state secrets

The Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a local government-drafted bill defining state secrets and regulating their protection in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).The new law will take effect on June 1 next year.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in January this year. The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held a raft of meetings to review the bill.Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon attended

December 15, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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