Lawmakers pass outline of bill proposing easing home-purchase stamp duty

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill that proposes the easing of its cooling measures for the home market, informally known as “spicy” measures.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.After yesterday’s passage of its outline, the bill will be passed to one of the legislature’s standing committees for an article-by-article

December 6, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Lawmakers pass outline of insurance intermediary business bill

Legislators passed the outline of a new government-initiated bill regulating the insurance intermediary business in the Legislative Assembly’s hemicycle yesterday, which will replace decree-law that was enacted in 1989.Traditionally, insurance intermediaries have been categorised as either insurance agents or insurance brokers, according to the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers based in Washington, DC.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said that the bill aims to enhance

December 6, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local band Náv hosts sound meditation workshop

Interview by William Chan        Local musicians Dave Wan and Manuel Variz talked to The Macau Post Daily this past Sunday about their hypnotic handpan band Náv which hosted a sound meditation workshop at the Old Iec Long Firecracker Factory site later that day. The workshop was an extension of the public artwork called Macao Pointcloud Garden, situated at the erstwhile firecracker factory. Created by French-American artist Clement Valla and curated by local artist Lam

December 6, 2023 | BY admin

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Opportunity for China and EU to bolster ties to withstand the broadsides triggered by US

China Daily Editorial        The 24th China-EU Summit scheduled to be held in Beijing on Thursday will be the first such in-person meeting of leaders between the two sides in four years. It has additional significance as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the two sides establishing an all-round strategic partnership. The event therefore carries special weight for both sides.Foreign Minister Wang Yi described it as an occasion for the leaders to “chart the course and

December 6, 2023 | BY admin

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Europe, China should boost trade relations: ESM managing director

Interview        GENEVA – The managing director of the eurozone bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), told Xinhua in an interview on Monday he was positive about the outlook for China’s economy in 2024 and that an increase in trade between China and Europe will have a positive impact on global growth.“We are at a time when it’s important to try to do everything to strengthen bilateral relations between China and the European Union, and in particular,

December 6, 2023 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass outline of legislative election amendment bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) unanimously passed the outline of a government-initiated bill yesterday amending the Legislative Assembly Election Law, which proposes that the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) will be tasked with assessing whether legislative election candidates uphold the MSAR Basic Law and bear allegiance to the MSAR.The MSAR Legislative Assembly election, which takes place every four years, comprises direct and

December 5, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Netherland’s Tallon Griekspoor wins men’s MGM Macau Tennis Masters

       Russia’s Daria Kasatkina wins women’s        Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor beat Croatia’s Borna Coric in Sunday’s inaugural exhibition event “2023 MGM Macau Tennis Masters”, which took place at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, according to a statement by the organisers.The statement noted that Griekspoor, who is ranked at No.23 in the ATP rankings, won the match with a dominant 6-3, 6-4 win over Coric, ranked at No.37 in the ATP

December 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Gusto de Amor’ wins TDM’s TV Drama Screenplay & Production Contest

Local drama “Gusto de Amor” (“Taste of Love”) won the “best screenplay” award at the 1st TV Drama Screenplay and Production Contest held by public broadcaster TDM, Hong Kong film director Teddy Chan Tak-sum, who chairs the competition’s jury, announced in a video at a press conference yesterday at the TDM Forum II Studio.The “Gusto de Amor” production crew will receive a total of 790,000 patacas in prize money for production costs.The winning drama was chosen from three pieces

December 5, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Sands China staff, Rotary Club members assemble over 27,000 hygiene kits

Over 27,000 hygiene kits were assembled by around 200 Sands China staff and Rotary Club of Macau members at The Venetian Macao on Friday for the international social enterprise Clean the World, with each kit then distributed to families in need in the Philippines by global charity Children International.Speaking with reporters after the event kicked-off, Clean the World Asia’s Managing Director Gyneth Tan said each hygiene kit contains a bar of soap, which are repurposed from those left

December 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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30 photos on display in ‘Halftone 23’ exhibition at Rui Cunha gallery

A collective exhibition is being held at the Rui Cunha Foundation gallery titled “Halftone 23” by the non-profit cultural association Halftone — Macau Photographic Association*, showcasing 30 photographs taken by some of its members, displaying a variety of photographic styles and genres until Saturday. Unveiled yesterday, Portuguese photojournalist Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro, who is one of the association’s founders, a member of its board of directors and the exhibition’s principal

December 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Nation’s astronauts kindle youth dream of space exploration in HK & Macau

HONG KONG/MACAU – A delegation of China’s manned space program has concluded a six-day visit to Hong Kong and Macau, during which the astronauts inspired local young people to pursue a dream of space exploration in the interactions.The delegation visited the two special administrative regions (SARs) at the invitation of the SAR governments, 11 years after the last such visit.During their stay from last Tuesday to Sunday, the delegation visited a number of primary and secondary schools and

December 5, 2023 | BY admin

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Legislators pass outline of bill on property & commercial registration, e-govt

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has passed the outline of a government-initiated bill that will allow residents to process their property and commercial registrations through their “Macao One Account” mobile app.Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said during yesterday’s plenary session that despite the current downturn in the real-estate market, in the first 11 months of this year a total of 6,008 mortgage registrations were cancelled, which is a large

December 5, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local govt hosts one-day educational campaign marking Constitution Day

The Macau Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) yesterday hosted an educational campaign for local students marking the nation’s Constitution Day, December 4, according to a DSEDJ statement last night.The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing passed a decision during a meeting in November 2014 designating December 4 as the nation’s Constitution Day.Yesterday’s event, which was held at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape, was organised by the

December 5, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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2 foreign drug mules smuggle cocaine worth 8.35 million patacas to Macau: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) last week busted two more drug-smuggling cases using Macau as a transit point, in which PJ officers separately arrested two men from Uganda in East Africa and Suriname in northern South America at the local airport who had each swallowed 100 pellets of cocaine with an estimated street value totalling about 8.35 million patacas before flying to Macau, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference yesterday. The total cocaine seized from the two

December 5, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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