Plaque ceremony for UNESCO awarded Power Supply & Waste Collection design

A plaque unveiling ceremony of an M30 Integrated Infrastructure for Power Supply and Waste Collection that won the UNESCO Award for New Design in Heritage Context 2022 was held on Thursday at the Heritage Houses of Pátio da Eterna Felicidade.The infrastructure was designed by Macau based architects and urban planners Rui Leão and Carlotta Bruni,and the award was established in 2000, which aims to select the best practices in conservation and design areas.The infrastructure is located in a

December 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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China's leadership holds symposium for soliciting advice on economic work

      BEIJING - The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has held a symposium with non-CPC personages to solicit opinions and suggestions on this year's economic situation and economic work for the next year.Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the symposium on Wednesday and delivered an important speech.Xi noted that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and a

December 9, 2023 | BY admin

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CPC leadership holds meeting on 2024 economic work, anti-graft work, Party discipline

   BEIJING - The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee yesterday held a meeting to analyze and study the economic work of 2024, arrange Party conduct and anti-corruption work, and review regulations on the CPC's disciplinary action.The meeting was chaired by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.Noting that the Chinese economy has achieved a recovery this year and the country's high-quality development has made solid progress,

December 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Li co-chairs 24th China-EU Summit with EU leaders

      Premier Li Qiang, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen jointly chaired the 24th China-EU Summit in Beijing on Thursday.  Li said both sides should stay committed to dialogue rather than confrontation, cooperation rather than decoupling, and peace rather than conflict, to navigate the direction of China-EU relations. He said China stands ready to work with the EU to uphold the correct

December 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Unpacking strategic importance, global impact of China-EU relations as stressed by Xi

      Analysis       BEIJING - President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who were in China for the 24th China-EU Summit. Xi underscored that China-EU relations not only hold strategic significance but also have a worldwide impact, carrying implications for global peace, stability, and prosperity, amid the increasingly turbulent international

December 8, 2023 | BY admin

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EU should step out of its 'systemic competition' thinking towards China

      Commentary by Wang Ruiping and Li Hang The boundaries of the relationship between the EU and China should be clearly defined in their dialogue, and the EU should discard its "systemic competition" thinking towards China. The so-called "triptych" ("partner-competitor-systemic rival") of the EU towards China is the result of its long-term reflection. In particular, under the combined effect of multiple factors such as US-China competition,

December 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau Peninsula-Taipa Island LRT link via Sai Van Bridge starts

      Caption: Scores of locals and tourists, including public transport enthusiasts, queued this early morning at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Barra station to take the first train of the system’s first Macau Peninsula-Taipa Island connection, which departed on time at 6:30 a.m. Today’s operational start of the new section via the Macau-Taipa Sai Van Bridge’s lower enclosed deck has raised the government-owned railway system’s total length from 9.3 kilometres to 12.5

December 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi urges enhanced China-EU political mutual trust, dialogue, cooperation

    Analysis by Wang Bin and Zheng Keyi    BEIJING - President Xi Jinping yesterday called on China and the European Union (EU) to be partners for mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen two-way political trust, build strategic consensus, cement the bonds of shared interest, steer clear of various kinds of interference, and step up dialogue and cooperation for the good of their people. Amid the increasingly turbulent international situation, the China-EU

December 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Portuguese president dissolves govt, sets stage for snap elections

LISBON - Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa yesterday signed a decree to dismiss the government following Prime Minister Antonio Costa's resignation last month over a possible judicial investigation against him. The dissolution allows the government to carry out only essential administrative tasks until a new government assumes office. The president postponed the formal dismissal until the approval of the 2024 state budget by parliament to ensure stability during the

December 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Local govt ‘disagrees’ with Moody’s credit outlook downgrade

The local government said in a statement yesterday that it disagreed with Moody’s Investor Service’s decision to change Macau’s credit outlook to “negative” from “stable”.The government expressed its disagreement through a statement issued by the Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) and released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) late last night. New York-based Moody’s Investors Service, generally referred to as Moody’s, is the credit rating business of

December 7, 2023 | BY admin

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Feast of Immaculate Conception holiday

Due to it being the Feast of Immaculate Conception holiday (聖母無原罪瞻禮) tomorrow most of The Macau Post Daily’s editing team will be taking the holiday off today and will return to work on Sunday so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on Monday. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations are

December 7, 2023 | BY admin

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Police nab rider, driver for drunk driving

Two local men have been separately arrested for drunk driving, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leong identified the suspect in the first case as a man surnamed Cheong, who is in his fifties and works as a casino dealer.According to Leong, the police received a report on Saturday at 1 p.m. that a motorcycle had collided with a car in Areia Preta district. Police officers who arrived at the scene found Cheong, the rider,

December 7, 2023 | BY William Chan

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MGM hosts ‘From Lines to Pixel’ Symposium

Integrated resort operator MGM hosted an art symposium themed ‘From Lines to Pixel’ yesterday at MGM COTAI, along with the unveiling of local artist and long-time MGM collaborator Eric Fok’s (霍凱盛) first digital art piece “Giraffe meets Qilin” at the property’s Spectacle.Addressing yesterdays around 100 attendees, MGM China Holdings Limited Chairman and Executive Director Pansy Ho Chiu-king said: “As Macau is on its juncture towards further diversification, MGM leverages our

December 7, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Lotus Flower in Full Bloom’ reopens after renovation

The “Lotus Flower in Full Bloom” sculpture in Golden Lotus Square in Zape reopened to the public yesterday after its renovation was completed ahead of schedule, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement.The six-metre-high sculpture, which was inaugurated on December 20, 1999 when the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was established, had been surrounded by scaffolding since November 19 when the renovation started.The renovation was initially slated to last 25 days,

December 7, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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