Ho’s 2024 Policy Address stresses economic recovery & diversification

Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng stressed further economic recovery and diversification in his two-hour 2024 Policy Address delivered in the hemicycle of the local legislature yesterday afternoon.Macau has enjoyed rapid economic recovery this year after the COVID-19 pandemic, achieved a stable and harmonious overall social situation, and steadily progressed on various other fronts, Ho said. However, he acknowledged that Macau has also been affected in the outgoing year by unbalanced recovery

November 15, 2023 | BY admin

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2 local elderly women lose 5.3 million patacas in fake police scams: police

Two local elderly women have separately fallen victim to “fake police” scams, resulting in losses of HK$4.28 million and one million patacas respectively, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said at a regular press conference on Monday.According to Chong, the two victims received calls from someone claiming to be a staff member from “China Telecom” or a mainland police officer in October. The callers alleged that a large number of fraudulent messages had been sent from the

November 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police nab mainlander over ‘practice banknote’ scam

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference on Monday that a man from the mainland has been arrested for his involvement in a “practice banknote” deception case, scamming the victim out of 190,000 yuan (209,000 patacas) in online bank transfers.The suspect is a 37-year-old surnamed Huang. He told the police that he’s jobless.According to Chong, last Thursday Huang arranged a deal with a mainland male visitor in the lobby of a Cotai hotel. The

November 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local woman buying fish infected with Vibrio vulnificus

A local woman was infected with Vibrio vulnificus when buying fish, according to the Health Bureau’s statement yesterday.According to the statement, a female resident with a history of hypertension, was accidentally injured by a fish fin on the little finger of her right hand while buying fish in the Patana Municipal Market (colloquially known as “Water Market”) on Saturday, the statement said.The woman developed swelling and pain on her little finger and fever, after which she sought

November 15, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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BNU becomes 1st local bank to offer QR-based cash withdrawal service

Macau-based Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) announced in a statement on Monday the launch of a QR code-based cash withdrawal service in partnership with UnionPay International, making it the first bank in Macau to offer a cardless cash withdrawal service.According to the statement, the new service allows all BNU customers to withdraw money from the bank’s ATMs that support UnionPay in Macau, Hong Kong and mainland China, by simply scanning a QR code with their mobile phone without inserting

November 15, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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‘2023 MGS Entertainment Show’ draws over 3,000 visitors on 1st day

The “2023 MGS Entertainment Show”, organised by the Macau Gaming Equipment Manufacturers Association (MGEMA), kicked off at the Galaxy International Convention Centre in Cotai yesterday, the first day of which attracted over 3,000 professional visitors and tourists from all over the world, according to an MGEMA statement.The show, covering a total exhibition area of over 3,700 square metres, comprises about 35 exhibitors. The annual event ends today.MGEMA President Jay Chun (陳捷) said in

November 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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4-day community performances enliven historic sites with pop music

A community tour organised by the Hong Kong-based Asia-Pacific Live Performance Industry Association (APLPIA) began on Monday and continues until tomorrow, bringing music performances from local singers to three historic landmarks across the city, in line with the association’s upcoming Asia Performance Entertainment Expo, which is slated to kick off on Friday at the Cotai Expo Halls of The Venetian Macao.Day one of the tour took place at the Ruins of St. Paul’s on Monday afternoon, where

November 15, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Tobacco use continues to drop: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that Macau’s tobacco use has been continuing to decline, adding that from 2011 to 2022, according to a survey held last year, cigarette use had dropped from 16.6 percent to 10.6 percent of the population, a 36.1 percent decrease during the decade.The statement pointed out that Macau has reached the target ahead of schedule, in line with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) initiative calling for all countries and regions in the world to

November 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt to shape Macau as ‘City of Sport’ & ‘City of Performing Arts’: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that the government plans to shape Macau as “City of Sport” and “City of Performing Arts”, as part of its strategy to promote Macau as “an exchange and cooperation base of multiple cultures’ co-existence with the Chinese culture as the mainstream” (commonly known as “One Base”).Ho made the remarks during a plenary session in the Legislative’s Assembly to deliver his 2024 Policy Address yesterday afternoon, stressing efforts to seek

November 15, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Tsang Tseng Tseng unveils the essence of Chinese landscape painting

Interview by William Chan        Local artist Tsang Tseng Tseng (曾貞貞) talked to The Macau Post Daily about her exhibition “San-pa chi” (三巴集) at 10 Fantasia gallery. The exhibition showcases a total of 11 small-sized paintings by Tsang.The interview was held at the exhibition.Tsang, also known by her pseudonym Three Zan (三真), is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at the China Academy of Art, focusing on the renowned Qing Dynasty painter Wu Li

November 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Flörsch & Verschoor talk about why they enjoy racing in Macau

    During their visit to the Macau Grand Prix Museum yesterday with racers and riders competing in the 70th MGP, drivers Sophia Flörsch and Richard Verschoor, who will both be competing in the Formula 3 contest this weekend, spoke with reporters about racing in Macau and what keeps them coming back.Flörsch, from Germany, told reporters that this will be her third-year racing on Macau’s legendary circuit and that she and her team will try their best in this year’s races. On what

November 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Drivers & riders get tour of MGP Museum

Yesterday afternoon a group of riders taking part in the 55th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix and some of the drivers from the F3 Macau Grand Prix, Macau Touring Car Cup, Macau Guia Race and Macau GT Cup were given a tour of Macau Grand Prix Museum where some tried out the various simulators, saw a film about the history of the Macau Grand Prix and visited the souvenir shop.The Macau Post Daily caught up with the only female rider in the Motorcycle Grand Prix, Nadieh Schoots and “The King of

November 15, 2023 | BY Lesley Wells

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SJM Theodore PREMA Racing team’s F3 racers look forward to 70th MGP

SJM Theodore PREMA Racing team’s Formula 3 (F3) racers Paul Aron, Dino Beganovic and Gabriele Minì will make their Macau debut at this weekend’s 70th Macau Grand Prix (MGP), with the young racers talking about their expectations and their preparations for racing on the Guia Circuit during a press conference yesterday at Grand Lisboa Macau.This time, the MGP consists of two weekends. The second one will be held from tomorrow through Sunday, including practice and qualifying races on the two

November 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China-US San Francisco get-together is to be treated with cautious optimism

Commentary by Yi Xin*        The other shoe has dropped. After talking for some time about “paving the way for San Francisco,” China and the United States have decided that the two heads of state are ready for a meeting. The much-anticipated bilateral meeting is something to look forward to, as much as something to be viewed with a cool head.From Bali to San Francisco, the journey has been tortuous.This year did not start very well for China-US relations. The balloon

November 15, 2023 | BY admin

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