MGTO prepares to welcome Golden Week visitors

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that it has been preparing to welcome visitors for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, which starts on Friday through October 6, welcoming back the National Day Golden Week holiday since COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted.The statement noted that MGTO has sought assistance from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Beijing to release Macau’s travel information for the holiday to mainland visitors and

September 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Health Bureau reports rising number of flu cases

Macau’s Health Bureau (SSM) has reported this week a rising number of flu cases recently, many from schools and nursing homes.The bureau said in a statement it received 22 cases of group infections on Monday, involving over 250 students and the elderly. One patient has been hospitalised.Last week, the bureau reported about 80 cases of group infections, involving around 800 patients.The bureau said measures have been carried out to step up disinfection, ventilation and quarantine at these

September 27, 2023 | BY admin

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English essay contest calls on students to explore ‘Nature and Me’

Interview by Rui Pastorin        Now entering its third edition, the Macao-Wide English Essay Competition (MEEC) is open for registration until October 27, calling on students to explore and write about the topic “Nature and Me”, which is again based on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched in 2015.Nature and MeMEEC Organising Committee Chair and Macau Speech Professional Association (MSPA) Executive Vice President Sandy Leong (梁嘉怡)

September 27, 2023 | BY admin

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New customs headquarters at Pac On completed

Construction of the new headquarters of the Macau Customs Service in the Zone E1 land reclamation area has been completed, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has announced on its website.Zone E1 lies off Pac On in Taipa, between the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge and the Taipa Ferry Terminal.The Macau Customs Service is currently headquartered at Barra at the south-western tip of the Macau peninsula. The Customs Service is yet to announce when it will move its headquarters to the newly-completed

September 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Taipa land auction for 2 plots receives just 1 bid for 1 plot

No bid has been received for the government’s land auction of a plot in central Taipa known as BT8, while only one bid has been submitted for the adjacent plot known as BT9a, as the two auctions’ bidding deadlines ended at 12 p.m. yesterday, the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) announced in a statement yesterday.Both plots are earmarked for residential projects.The government launched the two land auctions early last month.The adjacent plots are located between the Nam San Garden

September 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Global community only way to pass tests of times

China Daily Editorial        Human society as a whole faces immense and unprecedented crises. So it is imperative that not only are solutions found but a guiding beacon is established for collective sustainable development, which is crucial for our survival as a species.The vision of a global community of shared future put forward by China is both an answer to this call of the times and a blueprint for the future.As a white paper released by China’s State Council

September 27, 2023 | BY admin

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Cooperation remains mainstream of China-EU ties

Commentary by Xinhua writers Wang Xuefei, Xie Binbin        BEIJING – For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese and European Union (EU) officials convened for a high-level economic and trade dialogue in Beijing on Monday, reaching a host of “win-win results” through “candid and pragmatic” talks.It shed light on how the world’s second-largest economy and the European trading bloc are working to mend rifts and enhance cooperation amid a

September 27, 2023 | BY admin

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Lifting of punitive tariffs would consolidate progress that has been made in repairing ties

China Daily Editorial        The Donald Trump administration’s Section 301 tariffs against China, launched in July 2018, undoubtedly initiated the straining of Sino-US relations.So it is understandable that with the Joe Biden administration trying to repair relations, China has urged it to lift the punitive tariffs, which have proved harmful to both sides, at an early date.Although the Biden administration started a review of the impact of these tariffs last year, the move

September 27, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt surveys Hotel Estoril’s mural before moving it to new library’s atrium

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) says that it is surveying the current condition of the iconic mural on the derelict Hotel Estoril’s façade with the aim of coming up with a “rigorous” plan to relocate it to the atrium of the new central library to be constructed there in a way that ensures that it will remain intact during its relocation.An IC statement on Sunday night underlined that the mosaic mural, which was erected over 60 years ago, is in a “relatively poor” condition as its

September 26, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Over 2,700 CPUs worth 3 million yuan stolen from warehouse: owner tells police

A local man reported to the police on Saturday that 2,745 Central Processing Unit (CPU) chips worth 3.07 million yuan (3.38 million patacas) had been stolen on Friday from his warehouse in an industrial building on Rua Cinco do Bairro da Areia Preta, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the victim’s friend from Hong Kong had brought the chips to Macau and temporarily stored them in the warehouse on Thursday. The two

September 26, 2023 | BY William Chan

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‘Quick change’ con artist scams 3 shops out of 2,000 patacas

A “quick change” confidence trickster was caught on Thursday for stealing over 2,000 patacas from three shops on separate occasions, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said at a press conference yesterday.The 53-year-old mainland suspect surnamed Chen told the police he’s jobless.According to Cheong, the Public Security Police received reports from a restaurant and a beverage kiosk last week that their cashiers had been defrauded when they were giving a man, who was

September 26, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police nab mainland woman for theft-by-finding

A woman from the mainland has been arrested for stealing a purse she found inside a shop in Rua Vá Tai near the Barrier Gate checkpoint, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 57-year-old suspect surnamed Huang told the police she’s jobless. According to Cheong, a woman reported to the police on September 18 that earlier that day she had left a purse inside a shop while shopping. After searching the shop in vain five

September 26, 2023 | BY William Chan

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DSAT chief expects over 90 pct of public buses to be NEVs by 2025

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kevin Lam Hin San said earlier this month that in line with the government’s “Macau Land Transport Planning (2021-2030)”, according to which “the city’s vision and strategy of future transport policy is to create a safer, greener, efficient, convenient and accessible land transportation system”, he foresees that Macau’s fleet of public buses using new energy vehicles (NEVs) will exceed 90 percent of the total number by 2025, with the annual growth

September 26, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Meet the man & group aiming to promote local comics

Interview by Rui Pastorin        If you are a comic lover, you might be familiar with characters and stories associated with big American publishers like Marvel Comics and DC Comics, perhaps even Japanese manga* and Hong Kong comics (aka manhua). But have you ever stopped to wonder if Macau has its own comics?That is a question that local actor and penciller** Howard Chan (陳兆銘, who is also the president of the Association of Promoting Macau Comics and Animation

September 26, 2023 | BY admin

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