Over 20 movies to be shown during China & PSCs film-fest

Over 20 films in Chinese and Portuguese will be screened during the “China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries [PSCs] Film Festival”, which is slated to take place from November 10 to 24, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.The film festival, themed “Dresses Galore in Films”, is part of the 5th Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries, and is co-organised in conjunction with integrated resort (IR)

October 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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hush! Beach Concerts start today

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that the “hush! Beach Concerts x Urban Yo~ga Wellfest 2023”, organised in conjunction with MGM, will be held from today until November 5, with the free admission event featuring both music performances and other activities.The statement noted that the event will feature over 50 performance groups from Macau and abroad in a music marathon of various genres for two consecutive weekends starting tomorrow.Local bands will take to

October 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Food Carnival brings Southeast Asian tastes to Three Lamps area

The 23rd edition of the Southeast Asia Food Carnival kicked off yesterday evening at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (colloquially known as “Three Lamps” roundabout) and is on until Sunday, offering visitors a range of Southeast Asian cuisines and cultural performances. The four-day event is organised by the Association of Returned Overseas Chinese Macau, in conjunction with the San Kio Residents’ Mutual Help Association, Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Association and Tai O District

October 27, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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3 elderly women cheated out of 260,000 patacas in ‘guess who I am’ scams: police

Three elderly local women were separately cheated last week out of a total of 260,000 patacas by a purported “son” in a “guess who I am” scam, and the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Hong Kong man who had collected the victims’ money in Macau, PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.Lou added that the 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Kam, was caught red-handed on Wednesday afternoon when collecting 100,000 patacas from another elderly woman in the

October 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt ‘firmly opposed‘ to US decision concerning human trafficking in Macau

The Office of Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak issued a statement yesterday in which it expressed the government’s strong dissatisfaction with and strong opposition to a recent decision by the US government concerning the prevention and control of human trafficking in Macau.According to the statement, the decision was “obviously” based on the “false” claims contained in the “2023 Trafficking in Persons Report” released by the US State Department earlier this year.The statement

October 27, 2023 | BY admin

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New ‘block’ WhatsApp fraud surfaces online: PJ

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that a new type of fraud on WhatsApp that has been circulating online claims that after receiving a message from an unknown contact and selecting the “block” function as recommended, the victim’s account will be hacked.PJ’s Anti-Fraud Coordination Centre has not yet received any reports from members of the public, the statement noted.The statement said that the function is a WhatsApp “security tool” where a reminder is

October 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Govt to launch new stage of talent introduction programme: Ao Ieong

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said yesterday that the government will announce and launch its talent introduction programme for culture, sport and other industries next month, in order to further attract more qualified human resources to Macau.Ao Ieong made the remarks during an oral interpellation plenary session yesterday in the legislature’s hemicycle, pointing out that the government is running its High-end Talents Programme for highly qualified human resources

October 27, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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European Union’s ‘Global Gateway’ anything but

China Daily Editorial        While the European Union may not openly admit it, the Global Gateway strategy that it launched in December 2021, and which it has accelerated this year, is a move to “counterbalance” China’s global influence, at the behest of the United States.Or more exactly, to “counterbalance” China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road Initiative was launched in 2013 to boost connectivity, and Chinese enterprises are working around the

October 27, 2023 | BY admin

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Trip can help cement common ground on which to repair China-US relations

China Daily Editorial        Despite being a reciprocal visit to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China in June, Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s ongoing trip to Washington is more than just diplomatic routine.Wang has on his shoulders the task of stabilizing the volatile bilateral relations. Beijing wants the visit to help put the fraught ties “back on track”. Something it has been constantly trying to do, despite the US side repeatedly seeming like-minded,

October 27, 2023 | BY admin

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Important notice by China's Foreign Ministry Commission about mainland visas for foreigners in Macau

October 26, 2023 | BY admin

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F3 to make comeback at next month’s MGP

Macau’s first post-COVID-19 pandemic FIA Formula 3 World Cup, one of its signature races, has been confirmed for next month’s 70th Macau Grand Prix (MGP), Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said yesterday, who noted during a press conference that both the FIA Formula 3 and FIA GT World Cups will also be held in Macau in the next two years, “thanks to the support and trust from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)”.Due to the pandemic, the F3 World Cup race in

October 26, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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19 out of 21 enterprises mull raising wages by at least 3.2 pct next year: survey

The findings of a survey show that 19 out of 21 surveyed enterprises plan to raise wages ranging from 3.2 to 3.7 percent for employees of all ranks, while the remaining two said that they were freezing their employees’ salaries, according to a press conference held at University of Macau (UM) yesterday about the survey.The survey, entitled “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangdong Cities) Pay and Benefit Survey”, was conducted by the Hong Kong Baptist University Centre for

October 26, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Beware of phishing SMS messages from ‘MPay’: PJ

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that residents have filed complaints about receiving SMS messages posing as local mobile payment platform MPay, claiming that their reward points would expire soon but could be redeemed for gifts, so as to trick victims into logging onto a fake website to obtain their personal information and credit card details.The statement said the victims are tricked into entering their MPay account number, login password, one-time verification code

October 26, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt launches tender for up to 500 new taxis, only firms can bid

The government launched yesterday a public tender for the granting of 10 eight-year company licences each of which will be allowed to operate up to 50 common taxis, with the aim of meeting the city’s rising demand for taxi services. The granting of the 10 company licences will enable up to 500 new taxis to serve the city.Common taxis – as opposed to special radio taxis – are colloquially known as “black taxis” (“hak dik” in Cantonese).The Transport Bureau announced the public

October 26, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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