APEC set for leading role in globalized economy

China Daily Editorial       The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Week in San Francisco from November 11-17 has caught worldwide attention. Not only are the APEC members some of the fastest growing and most dynamic economies in the world, but also the Asia-Pacific region is at the center of the global economy, driving both growth and innovation.A regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific

November 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Health Bureau vows to reach WHO’s anti-diabetes goals by 2030

The Health Bureau (SSM) vowed yesterday to reach the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) anti-diabetes campaign goals by 2030.The bureau announced its commitment to its continuing fight against the disease in a statement issued on the eve of World Diabetes Day (WDD).The statement cited data from the bureau’s 2016 health survey of residents, according to which the prevalence of diabetes among adults in Macau then stood at 7.1 percent, while the disease awareness rate was 68 percent, the

November 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IAM warns public against local-made canelé containing glass shards

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public on Sunday night to stop eating a locally produced and sold canelé dessert as it was found to contain glass fragments.A resident informed the bureau about the problematic dessert on Sunday.A canelé, according to Wikipedia, is a small French pastry flavoured with rum and vanilla with a soft custard centre and a dark, thick caramelised crust.The statement pointed out the problematic product is a Yuzu-flavoured canelé, which was manufactured

November 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Underage F4 winner breaches Macau’s alcoholic beverages control law: ID

The Sports Bureau (ID) issued a statement yesterday to apologise for its “negligence” in the arrangements for Sunday’s prize-giving ceremony of the 70th Macau Grand Prix’s Formula 4 race, in which an underage winning racer drank champagne after the traditional spraying.Britain’s 16-year-old racer Arvid Lindblad drank the champagne on the podium in front of scores of photographers and camera operators, as well as live broadcasts, on Sunday afternoon.Macau’s Prevention and Control on

November 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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NRW repeatedly assaults ex-girlfriend: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 37-year-old Southeast Asian male for repeatedly sexually assaulting, coercing and punching his ex-girlfriend in a flat in the city centre since August 22, PJ spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a special press conference yesterday.Chong noted that the suspect, a non-resident domestic worker (NRW), is surnamed Sunga. He added that Sunga broke up with his girlfriend in June this year, and later moved out of the flat where both had lived for two

November 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab HK man, mainlander for theft-by-finding

In two separate cases, a Hong Kong visitor and a non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland, both males, have been arrested for respectively stealing a smartphone and a shoulder bag containing 13,000 patacas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the suspect surnamed Ng is in his thirties. He told the police he works in the finance sector in Hong Kong. According to Lei, the Public Security Police received a

November 14, 2023 | BY William Chan

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‘XIV Autumn Salon’ exhibition showcases 92 artworks

An exhibition titled “XIV Autumn Salon” at the Lisbon-based Orient Foundation’s local Casa Garden premises is showcasing 92 selected art works by 45 artists who are working, studying and living in Macau.On until November 26 and marking its 14th anniversary, a statement from Art For All Society Macau (AFA) noted that the exhibition showcases around a third of the works focusing on figurative expressions in traditional mediums including watercolours and ceramics, another third on abstract

November 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Friends cheat gamblers out of 265,000 yuan over practice banknotes scam: police

A pair of friends from the mainland was arrested separately at a casino-hotel resort on Saturday for cheating two male gamblers out of a total of 265,440 yuan (292,346 patacas) in a “HK dollar practice notes” scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a special press conference yesterday.In the two operations, Chong said, PJ officers seized a total of 400 practice banknotes from the two suspects.According to Chong, the female and male suspects, aged 39 and 47, are

November 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Drunken Filipino hits compatriot

A non-resident worker (NRW) from the Philippines has been arrested for injuring a compatriot when he was drunk, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Liwayan is in his thirties. He works as a janitor.In the early morning of October 1, PSP officers received a report from a Filipino non-resident worker in his fifties that the previous night he had a brief verbal argument with an unknown individual on Estrada

November 14, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Waiting time for specialist consultations reduced to 3.6 weeks: Lo

Macau Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said yesterday that the average waiting time for initial consultation in the government’s specialist clinics in the first three quarters of this year was 3.6 weeks, down about 35 percent from the same period in 2019.Dr Lo made the remarks yesterday when reviewing the bureau’s work this year in a phone-in programme hosted by public broadcaster TDM’s Chinese-language radio station, Ou Mun Tin Toi.Dr Lo said that through the establishment

November 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Designs for 8 new schools in Zone A underway: govt

The government is carrying out the designs for the construction of the Zone A land reclamation area’s education facilities earmarked for the new campuses of eight schools, which currently have their classrooms on the lower floors of high-rise buildings or “do not have a good campus”, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) said in a statement yesterday.Four nearby plots in Zone A will be earmarked for education facilities. The government is planning to construct a “school

November 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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IFTM’s 3rd ‘Idea-cation’ contest attracts 79 participants

The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) awarded the winners of its “Idea-cation” 2023 contest in a prize-giving ceremony on Sunday, with this year’s contest having attracted 79 contestants who were divided into six High School Category teams and 16 University (Open) Category teams, according to a statement from the higher education institution on the same day.Now in its third edition, the contest focused on two themes: innovating Macau’s “1+4” diversification strategy; and

November 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Govt launches subsidy for repairs of privately-owned historic buildings

The government’s Cultural Development Fund has rolled out a programme providing subsidies for owners of private buildings that are officially listed as a cultural heritage site with the aim of encouraging them to carry out regular maintenance and repairs on the buildings.In addition to properties that have already been officially classified as cultural heritage sites, the subsidy programme also covers private buildings that the government is proposing to list as officially-protected cultural

November 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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China plays leading role in advancing human development

Analysis        BEIJING – China has been and will continue to be a key player in advancing human development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), scholars pointed out during a forum yesterday.Over the past 40 years, China has contributed close to three-quarters of the global reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty, without which the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 1 would not have been successfully reached, said Peng Gang, vice

November 14, 2023 | BY admin

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