Free flu jab campaign to start on Monday

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it will give priority to local residents at high risk of influenza (aka flu) to receive free flu shots for the 2023-2024 northern hemisphere flu season period.The vaccination drive is slated to start on Monday.According to the statement, the vaccination campaign is free of charge for children aged at least six months and under the age of 18, pregnant women, those suffering from chronic illnesses, obese persons, i.e., those with a body

September 22, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Sports Bureau to host Obstacle Racing Challenge in Hac Sa next month

The Sports Bureau (ID) announced yesterday during a press conference at its headquarters that the third edition of its “Obstacle Racing Challenge” will take place on October 15, and is now taking registrations.Obstacle course racing is a sport in which competitors must overcome various physical challenges in the form of obstacles.The Macau Obstacle Racing Challenge was held for the first time in 2020, and has since then become a regular annual event, except in 2022 when it was cancelled due

September 22, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Police warn residents of random messages from ‘acquaintances’

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public in a statement yesterday to be wary of text messages sent by scammers randomly posing as an old friend via mobile phone messages or WhatsApp.According to the statement, the content of the fraudulent message will first appear to be from an acquaintance of the victim, then claim to have “sent the message to the wrong number”, but continue chatting with the victim if the victim replies.After gaining the trust of the victim, the statement pointed out,

September 22, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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DSEDJ continues anti-fraud campaign for students

Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Students Comprehensive Development Division Chief Lei Im Kei told reporters yesterday that the bureau would continue to cooperate with the Public Security Police (PSP) in carrying out various forms of anti-fraud education programmes to enhance young students’ awareness of preventing and deterring crimes in schools and surrounding communities.Lei made the remarks at a press conference after the government-appointed Youth Affairs Committee’s

September 22, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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US’ attacks on Chinese tech development a double-edged sword that harms itself

China Daily Editorial        In his remarks at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden once again stressed that the United States seeks to responsibly manage the competition with China so “it does not tip into conflict” and claimed that it pursues “de-risking, not decoupling with China”.Yet the same day, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told a US House of Representatives hearing that she was “upset” by news

September 22, 2023 | BY admin

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‘New productive forces’ a winning formula for nation’s future

Commentary        BEIJING – As global observers eagerly await China’s next move in fueling its future development, one phrase, in particular, seems to be on everybody’s lips – “new productive forces.” But what does it mean?First put forward by President Xi Jinping during his inspection tour earlier this month to northeast China, the country’s old industrial base, it refers to a new form of productive forces derived from continuous sci-tech breakthroughs and

September 22, 2023 | BY admin

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Beijing issues 5-billion-yuan bonds in Macau, 5-year maturity 1st time

The Ministry of Finance issued sovereign bonds worth five billion yuan in Macau yesterday, according to a statement by the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM).The statement pointed out that yesterday’s issuance was the third time that the central government has issued sovereign bonds in Macau, after the first and second ones in July 2019 and September last year.According to the statement, the renminbi-denominated sovereign bonds issued in Macau yesterday comprised two-year-maturity bonds worth

September 21, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Police bust ‘guess who I am’ case, nab HK man collecting fraud money 

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted a “guess who I am” phone fraud case on Tuesday, in which a 28-year-old Hong Kong man was caught red-handed when his female victim was handing 90,000 patacas to him outside a restaurant on Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (popularly known as “Three Lamps”), PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a special press conference yesterday.Under questioning, the suspect surnamed Cheung, who entered Macau via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint on Tuesday,

September 21, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police bust 881,000-pataca online investment scam

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou announced an online investment scam case yesterday, in which the victim reported a loss of 881,000 patacas in a virtual currency investment platform.The victim, who requested the authorities not to disclose his or her identity and gender, told the police that he or she got to know a male netizen on a mobile investment platform in late June, adding that due to his “unique” views on investment and his “great concern” for the victim in their

September 21, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Worker nabbed for theft-by-finding: police

A male non-resident worker (NRW) in his forties was arrested at the Barrier Gate checkpoint last Thursday for spending over 495 patacas of the 500 patacas stored on a lost MACAU Pass, which he found in Taipa in July, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai noted that the suspect, who told the police that he works as a waiter, is surnamed Guo. It was not stated where the NRW is from.The Public Security Police received a report

September 21, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Visitors rise 872 pct to 3.2 million in August

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals soared by 872.2 percent year-on-year and 16.7 percent month-on-month to 3.22 million in August, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. The daily average of visitor arrivals reached 103,925 in August. Same-day visitors (1.65 million) and overnight visitors (1.56 million) leapt by 975.6 percent and 782.6 percent year-on-year respectively. However, visitors’ average length of stay dipped by 1.6 days year-on-year to 1.2

September 21, 2023 | BY admin

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MDA to mark World Sign Language Day & Week of the Deaf with promotion drive

The Macau Deaf Association (MDA) yesterday held a press conference at its Service Centre for the Deaf in Fai Chi Kei to introduce a promotional campaign comprising a community event scheduled for this Saturday and a series of fundraising activities next month, as a means to mark the International Sign Language Day and the International Week of the Deaf.According to a statement by the MDA, the campaign will be carried out with the objective of enhancing society’s understanding of the deaf and

September 21, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Ho vows to join hands with Guangdong to use ‘high-quality’ development resources

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has suggested that Guangdong and Macau jointly collect and make good use of “high-quality” development resources from both sides with the aim of further promoting cooperation between them, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) on Tuesday.Ho made the remarks during the 2023 Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Joint Conference, which was held on Tuesday at the Services Platform Complex for Commercial and Trade Cooperation between China

September 21, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Exhibition shows CPC war relics from victory against Japanese aggression, fascism

The Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Macau Oral History Association are co-hosting a photo exhibition of Communist Party of China (CPC) war relics at the temporary gallery of the Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) at its headquarters on Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.The exhibition commemorates the 78th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, showcasing over

September 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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