NGOH M SIK GONG GUANGDONG WA (I do not speak Chinese)

Jana Quejano, USJ Student        “Ngoh m sik gong Guangdong wa” is the only thing I can say perfectly in Cantonese, which translates to “I do not speak Cantonese”. One day I hope I can say something more than that. Every day in our lives, we communicate with people, whether they are someone we know or not. But it must be difficult to fathom moving to a place where the language is different, to attend a school where students and teachers have different nationalities

December 4, 2023 | BY admin

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Are You Trying to Quit Smoking?

Johnny Altizer, USJ Student        I’ve been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes for 9 years now. On the first day of my English class at USJ, my English teacher thought I was a smoker and had nicotine patches on my arms. They are not nicotine patches. I have an insulin pump on one arm and a continuous glucose monitor on the other. Many people get Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes confused. Although they have many similarities they’re also very different. What is Type

December 4, 2023 | BY admin

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China playing its part by ensuring its steps to address climate challenge are meaningful

China Daily editorial        This year has been the hottest on record. The latest in a sweltering series of record-breaking years in which too many climate-related disasters have been witnessed.UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell was not crying wolf when he lamented in Dubai at COP28 that the world is “taking baby steps” and making progress “far too slowly” to curb the cataclysm-heralding rise in the global temperature. “We are paying with people’s

December 4, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi stresses expediting building Shanghai into modern socialist int’l metropolis

Analysis        SHANGHAI/YANCHENG, Jiangsu – President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to speed up building Shanghai into a modern, socialist and international metropolis by focusing on the construction of international centers of economy, finance, trade, shipping and sci-tech innovation.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour in Shanghai

December 4, 2023 | BY admin

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Understanding China Conference helps world see China in peace, stability, harmony, progress: expert

Interview by Jamil Bhatti        ISLAMABAD – The Understanding China Conference going on in Guangzhou has helped the world recognize how China boosts development, peace, stability, tolerance and harmony at home and abroad, said a Pakistani expert.It also helps the world better understand China’s important initiatives for the welfare of mankind, including the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), said Zafar Uddin Mahmood, president of the Understanding China Forum, a

December 4, 2023 | BY admin

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Nation's manned space delegation interacts with youth in Macau

"Can near-sighted people become astronauts?" "What if astronauts get sick in space?" "Do astronauts feel hot or cold when they are engaged in extravehicular activities?" These were among a number of questions raised by enthusiastic young people in Macau yesterday when they had the chance to meet face in face with the country's astronauts. The astronauts are members of a delegation of China's manned space programme who are on a six-day visit to Hong Kong and

December 3, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau casino receipts rise 435 pct to 16 billion patacas in November

Macau's gross gaming revenue (GGR) generated by its 30 casinos rose by 435.0 percent year-on-year to 16.0 billion patacas (US$1.99 billion) in November, according to figures released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) today.Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case in January 2020, resulting in a drastic fall in local casinos' GGR for three consecutive years. In November last year Macau was still affected by strict COVID-19 prevention and control measures, which were

December 1, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi sends condolences to Biden over Kissinger’s death

BEIJING –  President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to US President Joe Biden yesterday over the death of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.On behalf of the Chinese government and people, and in his own name, Xi extended profound condolences and expressed sincere sympathy to Kissinger’s family.In his message, Xi said Kissinger was a world-renowned strategist and an old friend and good friend of the Chinese people.Half a century ago, with an outstanding strategic

December 1, 2023 | BY admin

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IAM to adjust rules on taking pets across border

The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) Consultative Committee held a regular meeting yesterday during which IAM President José Fonseca Tavares said that the bureau will soon announce adjustments to its regulations on taking pets across the mainland-Macau border.Tavares made the remarks in response to concerns expressed by Wong Sok Kuan, a member of the government-appointed committee, about adjustments to regulations on pets crossing the border between the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation

December 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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New bus route to connect LRT Barra station with Barrier Gate from tomorrow

A new public bus route, No. 61, connecting the Barra Public Transport Interchange with the Barrier Gate border checkpoint will start operating tomorrow, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a statement yesterday.The Light Rail Transit (LRT) Taipa-Barra section will open on Friday next week. The LRT station at Barra is located next to the Barra Public Transport Interchange, which came into operation in December last year.Facilities currently in use at the Barra transport hub include a public

December 1, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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ID bureau extends online overseas assistance

The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday that it has extended its online overseas assistance service to promptly respond to Macau residents who lose their travel documents while overseas.The extension of the online assistance service is done with the support of the Foreign Ministry in Beijing and its Commissioner’s Office in Macau.The statement noted that the service will be implemented at over 200 Chinese embassies or consulates starting today. Macau residents

December 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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12th Mainland, HK, Macau Law Seminar discuses GBA, BRI

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said he hoped that yesterday’s 12th Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau Law Seminar was able to provide strong intellectual support for the development of the nation’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).The one-day seminar was held at the Forum Macao complex near Macau Tower.The seminar, which was co-organised by the Macau Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), China Law

December 1, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Health Bureau logs 293 HIV infectees in past decade

The Health Bureau (SSM) recorded 293 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectees in the past 10 years, with 94 percent of them infected through sexual intercourse, according to an SSM statement yesterday.Infections are more common through homosexual and bisexual contact, with a higher proportion among men, yesterday’s SSM statement noted, adding that other routes, such as blood contact or mother-to-child transmission, were “relatively less” frequent.There is still no cure for AIDS

December 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Judiciary Police warn public of anti-scam SMS sent by fake police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that some members of the public have recently received SMS messages from the “police” asking them to be vigilant about scam calls after receiving what is purported to be a scam call, intending to lead recipients to believe the fake SMS account is from the police.According to the statement, the fake SMS was sent from an account named “macau.police@icloud.com”, which has nothing to do with the Judiciary Police.The statement said that

December 1, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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