Govt aims to open LRT East Line in 2H of 2029

The government has reaffirmed that it is aiming to open the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) East Line in the second half of 2029 after its scheduled construction completion in the first quarter of 2028.The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) made the remarks in a statement on Saturday, which came after the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs earlier last week quoted a government report on the ongoing implementation of its latest public infrastructure investment budget as indicating

May 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab lorry driver for insulting & attacking policeman

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local lorry driver in his sixties for attacking a police officer on Sunday, a PSP statement said that night. According to the statement, a traffic police officer was carrying out traffic law enforcement around Rua do Padre António Roliz (羅神父街) at around 5:10 p.m. on Sunday, when he discovered a lorry illegally parked outside Si Toi Industrial Building on Rua do Passadiço (通衢街) – a short street next to Rua do Padre António

May 27, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police fine jaywalker hit by bus

A TCM bus travelling along Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (commonly known as San Ma Lou); hit a female jaywalker last week, causing her to suffer head injuries – and police fined her for crossing the thoroughfare in a manner that violated traffic regulations.According to separate statements from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP) on Saturday, the victim-cum-offender is a 35-year-old female from the mainland. The accident occurred at around 11:30 a.m. on

May 27, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police nab local, 3 Vietnamese workers for fake employment

A local woman and three female non-resident workers (NRWs) from Vietnam were arrested separately last week for their involvement in fake employment, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the local woman as Lam, a casino PR staff member in her thirties, while the Vietnamese workers were identified as Nguyen in her fifties; Le, a domestic helper in her forties; and Dinh, a masseuse in her thirties. Nguyen worked for

May 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Local student in Japan loses 800,000 patacas in ‘fake police’ scam

A local man studying in Japan has fallen victim to a “fake police” scam, losing 800,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report last Tuesday from a local bank. A middle-aged local woman was assisting her son with his bank passbook records when she discovered multiple transfers from his account to various Hong Kong accounts. Suspecting her son had been scammed, the bank

May 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Observatory forecasts ‘Dragon-Boat Rain’ for this week

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast in a statement yesterday persistent rainfall – traditionally known as “Dragon-Boat Rain” – to affect Macau for a few days from tomorrow.The bureau predicted that a southwest monsoon will intensify by mid-week, as moist and warm air will interact with a trough and cold air, intense convective activity is expected, bringing persistent rainfall to southern China.This phenomenon is commonly known as “Dragon-Boat-Rain”.*According

May 27, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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SJM Dragon Boat races kick off, CB marks triple wins

The 2025 SJM Macao International Dragon Boat Races kicked off on Saturday and saw races continue throughout the weekend, with the Fire Services Bureau (CB) this year being “triple champions”.Among Saturday’s small dragon boat races (200m) were the Open and Women’s categories of the Macao Small Dragon Boat Race, according to a Sports Bureau (ID) statement that day.The statement said that the grand final of the Open category was won by the Fire Services Bureau team with a time of 48.856

May 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Architectural photo contest urges participants to take on ‘INSIDE OUT’ theme

Local non-profit institution CURB – Centre for Architecture and Urbanism is again hosting its Macau Architectural Photography Competition, marking its fourth edition and taking on the theme “INSIDE OUT”.Accepting submissions until June 30, the competition features Open and Student categories, according to a statement on Sunday by the organisers, shifting the perspective inwards in this year’s contest and aiming to showcase Macau’s architecture “in a fresh and revealing

May 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau greyhounds go from racetrack to heaven – Part 2

On July 20, 2018 the (Yat Yuen) Canidrome greyhound race track closed down for good after 63 years of operation leaving 533 greyhounds to be adopted into loving homes around the world, locally and in Hong Kong.Sadly, in the years since many have died of old age, cancers, kidney problems or did not make it after operations to be desexed or teeth extractions because of the awful state their teeth were in. One Fancy Fay even died at the airport upon arrival in the US.Over the years the Post has

May 27, 2025 | BY Lesley Wells

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5 Macau residents enrolled at Harvard University: local govt

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) said yesterday that five students from Macau are currently enrolled at Harvard University, which is facing the possible implementation of a decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke the institution’s eligibility to enrol international students. One of the five students from Macau has just graduated, the bureau clarified, adding that so far it had not received any requests for assistance from the other four.The

May 27, 2025 | BY admin

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HK, Macau investors encouraged to set up film production firms on Chinese mainland

BEIJING – The central authorities have introduced new rules that allow service providers from the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions to establish film production companies on the mainland, as part of efforts to deepen industry cooperation and boost filmmaking.The regulation, issued by the China Film Administration, allows qualified investors to set up and operate production firms under the Chinese mainland’s existing foreign investment and business registration frameworks.

May 27, 2025 | BY admin

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China’s continued opening up creates more opportunities for Hungary

Interview by Chen Hao and Geza Molnar        BUDAPEST – China’s continued opening-up has opened the door to not only new export opportunities for Hungary, but also to joint innovation and technology partnerships that benefit both Chinese and global markets, says a senior official of the Hungarian Export Promotion Agency (HEPA).HEPA organized the Hungarian National Pavilion at the 4th China-CEEC Expo and International Consumer Goods Fair, which concluded in Ningbo City,

May 27, 2025 | BY admin

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China’s cultural renaissance a path to national prosperity and global influence

China Daily Editorial        Alongside economic, political, social, and eco-environmental progress, culture stands as a foundational pillar of China’s coordinated development plan.The nation’s cultural confidence, combined with faith in its development path, theory and system, underscores a deep-rooted commitment to foster a robust cultural-ethical framework in tandem with material advancement.The strategic significance that China accords to its cultural development

May 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau’s capitalist system, continental law system to remain intact long term: Sam

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has underlined that Macau’s capitalist system and way of life, its status as an international free port and separate customs territory, and its continental law system will remain unchanged in the long term, while the “One Country” component of the implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle in Macau must always be upheld.Sam made the remarks while delivering a speech at a reception hosted by the local government at the MGM Macau casino-hotel

May 26, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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