Toast by President Xi Jinping at welcoming banquet of 3rd Belt and Road Forum for Int'l Cooperation

      BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan yesterday hosted a banquet in Beijing to welcome guests who are in China to attend the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The following is the full text of the toast by President Xi at the banquet. Toast by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China At the Welcoming Banquet Of the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation Beijing, October 17, 2023

October 18, 2023 | BY admin

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Lawmakers unanimously pass outline of bill amending CE election law

The Legislative Assembly (AL) unanimously passed yesterday the outline of a government-initiated bill amending the Chief Executive (CE) Election Law, which proposes that the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) will be tasked with assessing whether chief executive election candidates uphold the MSAR Basic Law and bear allegiance to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the MSAR.In addition, the amendment bill also proposes to

October 17, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau, renowned Beijing hospital ink pact on healthcare complex in Cotai

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng (second from left, back) and other senior representatives witness the signing of a cooperation agreement on the management of the Islands Healthcare Complex – Macao Medical Centre of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, in Beijing yesterday. The accord was signed by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U (left, front) and Peking Union Medical Hospital President Zhang Shuyan. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau

October 17, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau to host its first Asia Performance Entertainment Expo next month

Asia-Pacific Live Performance Industry Association (APLPIA) Co-Chairwoman Florence Chan (陳淑芬) announced yesterday that Macau will host the Asia Performance Entertainment Expo for the first time.Chen made the announcement during a press conference at the Forum Macao Complex in Nam Van, which will take place on November 17-19 at the Venetian’s Cotai Expo.Chan said the expo aims to drive the growth of the live performance industry in the Asia-Pacific region, bring together international

October 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Temperature to drop & rainfall to increase from today to Thursday: SMG

According to a Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) statement yesterday, there will be strong winds and frequent showers from today to Thursday, under the impact of a gradually strengthening northeast monsoon and low pressure area.The statement noted that a broad trough of low pressure currently located in the central part of the South China Sea will gradually move towards Hainan province and the Beibu Gulf in the next two to three days, but its intensity was not expected to be

October 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Online exhibition celebrates Henrique de Senna Fernandes’ birth centenary

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) launched an online exhibition titled “Life under a Pen – Online Exhibition of the Centenary Birth Anniversary of Henrique de Senna Fernandes” on Friday, celebrating the 100th year of the Macanese writer’s birth and featuring over 132 exhibits, according to a statement from the bureau last week.Senna Fernandes was born on October 15, 1923 and passed away on October 4, 2010, according to Wikipedia. He wrote in Portuguese.The online exhibition, divided into

October 17, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local-mainland trio nabbed for fake employment: police

Two male non-resident workers (NRWs) from the mainland and a local woman have been arrested for their involvement in fake employment, Public Security Police (PSP) Lei Chan Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The two men, surnamed Su and Zheng, were registered under the company owned by the local suspect, surnamed Wong. Wong is a casino dealer in her forties, Su is in his forties, and Zheng is in his thirties.According to Lei, officers from the Public Security Police (PSP) recently

October 17, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Sci-tech week to promote innovative development

The annual Science and Technology Week held by the government-run Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) will be on from Thursday through Sunday at the Venetian’s Cotai Expo, according to a statement by the government-run fund yesterday. The statement said that the four-day event will be held in conjunction with the 28th Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (28th MIF).The exhibition area of the event is 3,200 square metres; it will display more than 200 booths from 131

October 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Signboard falling from building hits passerby: CB

A signboard attached to Ngan Fai Building on Rua do Campo fell and hit a 42-year-old local woman who was passing by yesterday evening, according to a Fire Services Bureau (CB) statement.The woman suffered fractures to her neck and right ankle and was rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for emergency treatment, the statement said.The incident happened at about 9 p.m. yesterday, the statement said, adding that the size of the signboard that fell on the woman was about 2

October 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local septuagenarian holds 2 ID cards, scams govt for years

A local man in his seventies has been arrested for applying for two different identity cards in the 1990s and defrauding the local government by receiving double benefits since 2008, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 73-year-old suspect surnamed Lam told the police he’s retired.According to Cheong, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) in July discovered that two ID cards had the same Chinese name and fingerprints, but

October 17, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Up to 6,680 patacas monthly rent for Plot P housing for seniors

The government yesterday announced that renting a flat in its high-rise residential building for senior citizens, which is being built in an area of Plot P in Areia Preta district, will cost between 5,410 and 6,680 patacas per month.Property management fees will be included in the rental fee.In general, permanent local residents aged 65 or over who are able to take care of themselves will be eligible to apply for a flat there.The government announced the rental fees in an executive order by

October 17, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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2023 Chinese Tennis Association Tour professional finals to be held in Macau

The 2023 Chinese Tennis Association (CTA) Tour Professional Finals and the National Tennis Championships will be held in Macau from December 4 to 10, organizers said yesterday.Top tennis players from the Chinese mainland will gather in Macau to compete in the tennis event in December, vying for honors in the four categories of men’s and women’s singles and doubles.Co-organized by the Tennis Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, the Sports Youth Program

October 17, 2023 | BY admin

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Young artists exhibit art at H853 Fun Factory

An exhibition titled “Youth Dream – Exhibition of Chinese Young Artists” is currently on display at the Lisboeta Macau H853 Art Space in Cotai and features the works of young artists from Macau and the mainland.Curated by Prof. Xiao Yong from the Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA in Beijing, who was also the chief designer of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games’ medals, the exhibition presents paintings that interpret “young people’s understanding of life, culture and art”, according

October 17, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Belt & Road cooperation to hasten demise of ‘neocolonialism’

Commentary        BEIJING – As the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) turns 10 years old, it is clear that the global project of the century has blazed a new development path of shared peace and prosperity.However, out of jealousy, apprehension or strategic considerations, some Western critics employ derogatory terms, such as “neocolonialism,” to describe the BRI in an attempt to undermine China’s productive collaborations with partner countries.The fact is, instead of

October 17, 2023 | BY admin

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