MPU, Kao Yip set up Macau’s 1st IELTS demonstration base

The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) has joined hands with Kao Yip Middle School to set up Macau’s first Base for Training Cooperation Model on IELTS (International English Language Testing System) International English Test, aiming to cultivate English talents in “an all-round way”, to further promote the development of students’ English learning and examination ability, and to enhance the high-quality development of English proficiency in Macau.According to an MPU statement

October 25, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man dies after ‘falling from height’: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai announced in a statement that a case has been preliminarily classified as a dead body found, in which an elderly local man died after “falling from a height” yesterday.According to the statement, the Judiciary Police were notified of the death by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) at 8:25 a.m. yesterday, saying that a dead man was found lying in a car park on Rua de Ma Kau Seak.The statement noted that the deceased, who was chronically ill and had a

October 25, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local fined for driving semi-trailer truck into Sai Van Bridge’s motorcycle lane: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that a local male driver in his sixties has been fined for driving a semi-trailer truck into the motorcycle lane on Sai Van Bridge towards Taipa.According to the statement, the suspect told the police that he mistakenly entered the motorcycle lane when driving across the bridge “in a moment of distraction”.The police urged all drivers and riders to “consciously” abide by the city’s road traffic laws and relevant

October 25, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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CTT Christmas card available from Nov 1

Members of the public can send warm greetings and wishes to family and friends thanks to the Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau’s (CTT) newly designed Christmas card, slated to be launched next Wednesday, according to a CTT statement yesterday.Priced at 15 patacas, the card, the statement noted, will be available at the General Post Office (GPO) in Largo do Senado and all other post offices. It can be sent to any destination across the world without affixing stamps, the statement

October 25, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Pharma bureau urges residents not to drink slimming coffee containing sibutramine

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement yesterday that the Hong Kong Health Department has announced recently that slimming coffee under the product name “KetoDiet Coffee” and “S·Factor Mocha Latte” contain sibutramine, because of which the bureau is urging residents not to buy either beverage.The statement said that according to official records, the bureau has not permitted the product to be imported into and sold in Macau. The statement

October 25, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt to raise fees of 7 public carparks

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San has announced that the government will raise parking fees of seven busy public carparks with the aim of encouraging drivers to use less busy ones nearby.The increased parking fees will take effect next month in one of the seven, while the raised fees will start in December in the other six.Lam made the remarks during a press conference on Friday after chairing a regular meeting of the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council at his

October 25, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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LRT East Line project gets off ground: govt

Construction slated to cost 9.28 billion patacasConstruction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) East Line has now “fully” commenced, which was marked by a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday.The 7.7-kilometre-long LRT East Line will connect the Barrier Gate checkpoint at the peninsula’s northern tip and the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On via the Zone A and Zone E1 land reclamation areas. The East Line will cross the sea between Zone A and Zone E1 through an undersea tunnel.The Public Works

October 25, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Local ‘Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023’ underway

Huawei (Macau Branch), the Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology of Macau, and the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) are jointly holding the “Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Macao SAR”, between this month and December, according to a statement handed out during yesterday’s press conference about the contest at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape.ICT refers to Information and Communications Technology.While enhancing locals’ ICT knowledge

October 25, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Ho leads delegation to Fujian to boost cooperation

           Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng started yesterday a working visit to Fujian province, aiming to boost bilateral cooperation and explore business opportunities, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement.During the four-day visit, Ho will hold meetings with the leaders of the provincial committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the provincial government, the statement pointed out.In the provincial capital Fuzhou, Ho and

October 25, 2023 | BY admin

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5th !Outloud International Street Art Festival kicks off at Ponte 16

The fifth annual !Outloud International Street Art Festival (響朵) kicked off at Ponte 16 on Saturday.Organised by the Macao Old District Promotion Association and Outloud Team, the festival aims to celebrate street art while promoting cultural exchanges and Macau’s heritage.The organisers said during Saturday’s opening ceremony that the Cantonese slang “heong do” (響朵), meaning “to reveal one’s identity to make an impression”, inspired the event. They noted that it

October 25, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Immediate cease-fire needed to end suffering

China Daily Editorial        After talking with his counterparts from both Israel and Palestine on the telephone, Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made China’s position on the Israel-Palestine conflict clear: China stands for peace.To Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, Wang said the current Israel-Palestine conflict affects the whole world, and the warring sides should choose peace over war. Wang’s diplomatic discourse is what the world needs to restore peace in the region.

October 25, 2023 | BY admin

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Landmark law ensures legal safeguards for patriotic education

Commentary        BEIJING – The Patriotic Education Law was passed yesterday at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legislature, providing a legal guarantee for carrying out patriotic education.The legislation was carried out amid public expectations to promote patriotic education, which is facing challenges including the influences of some social thoughts, such as historical nihilism, in recent years. Some

October 25, 2023 | BY admin

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No. of overseas trade visitors to 3 concurrent fairs rises ‘significantly’: IPIM chief

The four-day 1st  China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Economic and Trade Expo (Macao) (C-PLPEX), 28th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) and Macao Franchise Expo 2023 (MFE) ended yesterday, and Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Vincent U U Sang told reporters in the morning that the number of overseas trade visitors to the three simultaneously held fairs had increased “significantly”, with more young local people interested in becoming an

October 23, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Chung Yeung Festival holiday

Due to it being the Chung Yeung Festival (Festival of Ancestors) or Double Ninth holiday (重陽節) today, most of The Macau Post Daily’s editing team will be taking the day off and return to work tomorrow so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on Wednesday. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations

October 23, 2023 | BY admin

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