Over half of catering staff earn below median income: survey

The findings of a recent survey indicate over half of the respondents working in the catering industry are earning below the median income in Macau, with more than 90 percent of the respondents saying that they had not received a raise in the past one to four years, while over 70 percent said that their salaries have remained unchanged since last year.The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (MFTU or FAOM – aka Gung Luen in Cantonese) and the Service Sector Employees’ General Association of

October 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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2 Macau mobile phone subscribers using roaming in Israel: MGTO

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement last night that two mobile phone users from Macau were using roaming services in Israel.The statement said that MGTO had, through their respective telecom operators in Macau, sent them SMS messages providing them with emergency contact information.The statement said that according to information provided by Macau’s telecom operators, no mobile phone users from Macau were using roaming services in Palestine.The statement underlined

October 10, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Macanese Nights’ returns for 2nd year

Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau is presenting its “Macanese Nights” at Café Bela Vista for the second consecutive year, with the dinner event being held from Tuesday to Thursday over three weeks.A press conference was held at the Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau hotel on Thursday to present details of the event, which spans from today through Thursday, October 17 to 19, and October 24 to 26, with Macanese Chef Antonieta Manhão (aka Chef Neta) and the hotel’s Executive Western Chef, Pedro Miguel Santos

October 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau’s 6th X crossing to operate tomorrow

An X crossing (aka pedestrian scramble or diagonal crossing) will come into use tomorrow at the junction of Rua Nova da Areia Preta (黑沙環新街) and Rua do Canal Novo (涌河新街) in Areia Preta district, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a statement yesterday.The new pedestrian scramble at the junction, where the four residential estates of Kin Wa Building (建華大廈), U Wa Building (裕華大廈), Hoi Pan Garden (海濱花園) and Kam Hoi San Garden (金海山花園) are

October 10, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau wins another silver in karate in Hangzhou

At the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Macau won another silver medal in the men’s team karate competition on Sunday, the final day of ASIAD.The silver medal was won by the local men’s karate team comprising Kuok Kin Hang, Fong Man Hou and Cheang Pei Lok who were defeated by their Japanese opponents who had scored 44.5 in the men’s team karate with a score of 41.7, the first silver medal won by Macau in a team competition at the Asian Games.  Kuok, who had earlier won a silver medal in

October 10, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Tickets for 70th Macau Grand Prix now available

Tickets for the 70th Macau Grand Prix, which is slated to be held on November 11-12 and November 16-19, are now available for purchase through various ticket distribution platforms, according to a recent statement from the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee.The statement noted that the motor-racing event will comprise 11 races across two weekends, with highlights including Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix – FIA Formula 3 World Cup, Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup, Macau Guia Race – the final

October 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Artist shares views on govt’s drive to revitalise old quarters with city’s 6 IR operators

Interview by Yuki Lei        Local artist Wilson Lam Chi Ian, managing director of Macau Creations, talked to The Macau Post Daily recently about his views on the government’s revitalisation programme about six old quarters in the peninsula, Taipa and Coloane, namely, the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro area,  Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Shipyards, the pedestrianisation of Rua da Felicidade (“Street of Bliss”), the Barra area, Pier 23 and Pier 25 in the Inner Harbour

October 10, 2023 | BY admin

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2 authors discuss their books at Macau Literary Festival

The city centre’s Livraria Portuguesa (“Portuguese Bookshop”) hosted one of the segments of “The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival” yesterday, featuring an event titled “Greater Bay’s New Generation of Writers I: The Works of Wang Weilian and Zhu Shanbo.”The event, hosted by University of Macau (UM) Prof. Yao Jingming, invited mainland Chinese authors Wang Weilian and Zhu to talk about their respective books.Wang WeilianWang, associate professor at Sun Yat-sen University

October 10, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Thucydides’ Trap not an inevitability as long as both sides handle ties with vision and wisdom

China Daily Editorial        The meeting between President Xi Jinping and US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and five other US lawmakers in Beijing yesterday marks yet another step forward in the two countries’ efforts to normalize bilateral relations.As President Xi said, the common interests of China and the United States dwarf their divergences, and competition and confrontation cannot solve the problems plaguing Sino-US relations. The two countries’ development

October 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Typhoon Koinu spares Macau, Signal No.8 lowered to No.3

    The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau replaced the Typhoon Warning Signal No.8 with the Strong Wind Signal No.3 at 10 a.m. today.    Signal No.8 had been hoisted at 4:30 a.m. yesterday.    According to civil protection data, Typhoon Koinu spared Macau major damage and injuries. A total of 14 typhoon-related incidents and two injuries were reported during the typhoon, such as falling trees and signboards. No information on the two injuries

October 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau observatory hoists Typhoon Signal No.8, doesn't rule out higher warning signal

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the Typhoon Signal No.8 at 4:30 p.m. today. According to the SMG website, at 4 p.m. Typhoon Koinu was located some 90 kilometres southeast of Macau. The weather station said in a statement that "Koinu" was moving slowly, having entered Macau's 100-kilometre range. It warned that gales will affect Macau, predicting increasingly heavy rainfall for today and tomorrow."As Typhoon Koinu may take a more northerly

October 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau observatory says will hoist Typhoon Signal No.8 at 4:30 p.m. (1st update)

    The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has said in a statement that it will hoist the Typhoon Signal No.8 at 4:30 p.m. today.     According to the SMG website, at 1 p.m. Typhoon Koinu was located some 110 kilometres southeast of Macau.     Typhoon Koinu is moving slowly and will come within 100 km of Macau between this afternoon and tonight, the observatory noted, forecasting that gales will affect Macau, the weather station said,

October 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Over 930,000 visit Macau during Mid-Autumn/National Day holiday

     Macau recorded 932,365 visitor arrivals during the Mid-Autumn Festival/National Day "Golden Week" holiday between September 29 and October 6, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced yesterday.   According to an MGTO statement, the daily average number of visitor arrivals during the eight-day period reached nearly 84 percent of the one in the corresponding period in pre-pandemic 2019.    Last Saturday, September 30, the day

October 8, 2023 | BY admin

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'Low to medium' chance of hoisting Signal No.8 tomorrow: Macau observatory (1st update)

    The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement this afternoon that there was a "relatively low to medium possibility" that it will hoist the Gale and Storm Warning Signal No.8 tomorrow afternoon or evening.    The observatory hoisted the Strong Wind Signal No.3 at 2 a.m. today.     No.8 is the third highest of Macau's five-level (1, 3, 8, 9, 10) tropical cyclone warning system. The hoisting of the Storm Warning Signal

October 7, 2023 | BY admin

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