50,000 residents set to renew their ID cards over next 6 months: ID bureau chief

Identification Services Bureau (DSI) Director Chao Wai Ieng said yesterday he expected about 50,000 local residents to renew their ID cards over the next six months.The bureau will start issuing a new generation of smart Macau ID cards tomorrow, based on the previous renewal procedures. Chao said that residents can renew their ID cards as early as six months before the expiry date, according to the past practice, underlining that there is no need for residents to rush to renew their ID

December 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MAM shows German photographer Candida Höfer’s work

A total of 60 photographs taken by renowned contemporary German photographer Candida Höfer are being showcased in an exhibition on the first and second floors of the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) in Nape.Entitled “Candida Höfer: Epic Gaze”, the exhibition, her first in Macau , was inaugurated earlier this month and comprises work spanning over the last 20 years, according to a statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).Höfer, 79, is among one of the most conceptual photographers of the

December 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Highly-anticipated meeting sets tone for China’s economic work in 2024

Analysis        BEIJING –  Following a key meeting setting the country’s economic policy priorities for 2024, China is poised for steady economic growth and high-quality development.The annual Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday, reviewing China’s economic work in 2023, analyzing the country’s current economic situation and arranging economic work for next year.Despite external pressure and internal difficulties, China’s

December 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi calls state visit to Vietnam successful culmination of China’s diplomatic efforts in 2023

HANOI – Shortly after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) came to a successful conclusion in late October, 2022, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong became the first foreign leader to visit China.This time, the state visit to Vietnam as the successful culmination of China’s diplomatic efforts this year is of great importance, President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said yesterday as

December 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Some less than happy at elevated neighbors’ ties

China Daily Editorial        Several weeks ago, Hanoi designated both the United States and Japan as “comprehensive strategic partners”. This is Vietnam’s highest official designation for a diplomatic relationship and one that Hanoi has used for its relations for China starting 15 years ago. Media in the US heralded the announcement as though the US is now standing on the same starting line with China in a race to draw the Southeast Asian country to the side of one

December 14, 2023 | BY admin

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National Security supplementary teaching materials to be ready next year: DSEDJ official

The Education and Youth Development Bureau’s (DSEDJ) Research and Educational Planning Department Chief Wong Kin Mou reaffirmed yesterday that the compilation of supplementary teaching materials on Macau’s revised National Security Law has been launched, adding that the materials would be gradually put into use at all levels of education from the next school year, comprising pre-school facilities, primary and secondary schools, and tertiary education.The next school year starts in September

December 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau’s first open-air public carpark opens, near Jockey Club

Macau’s first open-air public carpark, which is located on Taipa’s Estrada Governador Albano de Oliveira near its junction with Avenida de Kwong Tung, opened on Monday.The new carpark has 41 car parking spaces and 17 for heavy vehicles.Previously, public carparks in the city were all located indoors.Running along the Macau Jockey Club (MJC), Estrada Governador Albano de Oliveira is a two-way road connecting an area near the Ocean Gardens estate and the Macau Stadium complex. The road’s

December 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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MGTO again hosts Islamic Culture in Tourism Workshop

Following a workshop that received an enthusiastic response in March, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) again held its Islamic Culture in Tourism Workshop to support the professional growth of tourism employees, according to an MGTO statement yesterday.The statement noted that the workshop, which was held yesterday, had an increased quota as it received many sign-ups.The workshop again had the Islamic Association of Macau’s Imam Ding Shaojie as the key speaker, and was attended by

December 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Home Return Permit application appointment available via Macao One Account

Macau residents can now make an online appointment on the local government’s Macao One Account app to apply for the issuance or renewal of their Home Return Permit (回鄉證) the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday.The new measure started yesterday.A Home Return Permit is a card for Macau residents who are Chinese nationals to travel to the mainland.China Travel Service (CTS) Macau receives and handles applications for the issuance and renewal of Macau

December 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Hydrogen-sulphide poisoning victim in critical condition: SSM

The Health Bureau (SSM) has been notified by the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre of a hydrogen-sulphide poisoning incident, the victim of which is a 26-year-old female non-resident worker (NRW) of a restaurant on Rua Norte do Canal das Hortas.An SSM statement said yesterday that the victim, who had been to the restaurant’s toilet for about 15 minutes, was found unconscious on the floor by her colleagues at 5:50 p.m. on Monday. The victim was then rushed to the public hospital,

December 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Non-local man hangs himself in hotel room

The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) yesterday that a non-local man committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel room on Avenida 24 de Junho, the Judiciary Police said in a statement.According to the statement, the man checked into the hotel room on Monday. Later that evening, hotel staff knocked on the door of the room but received no response. They returned to the room later that night and again received no response, so they used tools to open it.

December 13, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Man masturbates next to female passenger: police

A non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland has been arrested for masturbating while sitting next to a female passenger on a bus, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said during a regular press conference on Monday.The 39-year-old suspect surnamed Li is a renovation worker. The victim in her twenties is a university student from the mainland.According to Leong, on December 5 at 10 p.m. when the victim was sitting on a bus heading to Hengqin Port, she noticed Li, sitting next

December 13, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Coloane Karting Track to hold 3-day racing-fest from Friday

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun announced yesterday that the “2023 Galaxy Entertainment Group Asia & Greater Bay Area Racing Festival”, organised in conjunction with the Automobile General Association of Macao-China, will take place from Friday through Sunday, at the Coloane Karting Track.Having been suspended for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the motor-racing event, title-sponsored by integrated resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), will feature seven

December 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macao Orchestra to perform with Makoto Ozone in Galaxy

Interview by William Chan        Macao Orchestra (OM) Principal Conductor Lio Kuok Man told The Macau Post Daily in an online interview last week that he will be conducting the “Makoto Ozone with Macao Orchestra” concert on December 23.According to a statement from integrated resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), the upcoming show at the Galaxy International Convention Centre will mark the first music performance in the auditorium. The statement highlighted

December 13, 2023 | BY admin

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