Gongbei Customs seizes 6 endangered tortoises, 66 ‘vampire crabs’

Gongbei Customs said in a statement on Friday that its officers have recently intercepted separately three mainland women at Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint, as customs officers found they were carrying six live tortoises in the plastic carrier bags they were carrying when they entered Zhuhai from Macau through the “nothing to declare” channel.According to the statement, customs officers intercepted two women skipping the baggage inspection when walking past the X-ray machine on September

October 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Loan shark takes nude photos & videos of defaulting female borrower: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a mainlander on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a loan-sharking case who forced a defaulting female borrower to pose in the nude for photos and videos to blackmail her into paying up, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said on Friday at a regular press conference.According to Leng, the suspect is a 43-year-old man from the mainland surnamed Hu. He told the police that he is unemployed. Other suspects were still at large at the time of the press conference, Leng

October 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Vietnamese NRW steals bike: police

A Vietnamese man was arrested last Wednesday for stealing a bike in San Kio district, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday.The spokesperson said that the suspect is surnamed Nguyen, a non-resident worker (NRW), who told police that he is a machine operator in his thirties.According to the spokesperson, police officers received a report from the owner of the bike saying that his bike, which the owner said was worth 3,200 patacas and parked

October 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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China endeavors to promote peace with nature: eco-minister

Interview by Xinhua writers Zhao Kai, Wang Linyuan and Liao Siwei        CALI, Colombia – China has been vigorously promoting society-wide biodiversity conservation to achieve peace with nature, Chinese Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu says.“More people, especially teenagers, are engaging in biodiversity conservation, creating beautiful scenes of harmony between humanity and nature,” Huang has said in a recent interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of

October 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Solar power drives greening of China’s desert landscapes

Analysis        HOHHOT – On the edge of the Ulan Buh Desert in north China, rows of photovoltaic panels shine in the sun. Masses of plants can be seen growing beneath and between them in summer. This new “photovoltaic plus ecological governance” project is transforming the appearance of this arid landscape, adding vivid blues and greens to the yellow desert sand.“The panels take in the sunlight, which helps reduce evaporation from the sand and foster a favorable

October 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Rising BRICS paves way for inclusive global development

Commentary        BEIJING – The 16th BRICS Summit that took place earlier this week in Kazan, Russia, marks a new step in the development of BRICS cooperation mechanism.Initially a shorthand for major emerging markets with considerable economic potential, BRICS has evolved into an influential international cooperation mechanism with an expanded membership. With its vast markets, abundant resources, and innovative collaborations, BRICS remains attractive to many worldwide,

October 28, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau confirms first local dengue case since 2018

Macau has recorded this year’s first locally transmitted case of dengue fever, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.The local case recorded on Wednesday was announced by the bureau in a statement that night.This came after the bureau had recorded 15 imported cases of dengue fever this year as of Wednesday.It is the first time that Macau has confirmed a local case of dengue fever since 2018.According to the statement, the patient is a 56-year-old local man who lives in Cheng Chun Building

October 25, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau’s first reclaimed-water plant project gets off ground

Construction of Macau’s first treatment plant for wastewater reuse, located in Coloane, got off the ground on Wednesday, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) announced in a statement that day.According to Wikipedia, water reclamation, aka wastewater reuse or water recycling, is the process of converting municipal wastewater (sewage) into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes, such as the flushing of toilets, watering plants, road cleaning, car washing, and firefighting. Such water

October 25, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Woman crashes into motorcycle & leaves scene

A local female car driver was arrested after knocking down a parked motorcycle and leaving the scene of the accident last month, and the owner of the motorcycle claimed a repair cost of 4,000 patacas, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers received a report from a motorcycle owner who said that his motorcycle, which had been parked on Estrada Governador Nobre de Carvalho in Taipa, lay on the ground

October 25, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Family & Community Service Centre in MNN opens new chapter: Civil leaders

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai said yesterday that the recent opening of the Family and Community Service Centre in Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate in Zhuhai’s Hengqin has opened a new chapter in Macau’s social services integration into the overall development of the country, according to an IAS statement yesterday.Hon made the remarks during a closed-door plenary session of the government-appointed Women and Children Affairs Committee at the Macau

October 25, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Central govt to issue bonds in Macau for 4th time

The central government will issue sovereign bonds worth five billion yuan in Macau on Wednesday next week, the Ministry of Finance in Beijing and the local government has announced.The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) issued a two-part statement on the matter on Wednesday.Next week’s scheduled issuance will be the fourth issuance of sovereign bonds by the central government in Macau, after the first, second and third ones in July 2019, September 2022 and September last year.The

October 25, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Trilingual book encourages readers to be ‘little explorers’

Interview by Rui Pastorin        The “Little Explorers - A Place of Discoveries” has recently been published, offering youngsters a fun and light way of learning about Macau.The children’s book, the official launch of which is set to take place tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. during an exhibition of illustrated books in Chinese and Portuguese at the Nostalgic House of the Taipa Houses complex, is a joint publication between the International Institute of Macau (IIM) and

October 25, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin opens

With the opening of Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin yesterday, local residents are now able to access nearly 70 public services round the clock through remote service counters, intelligent document cabinets and self-service kiosks.The Macau government’s 24-hour self-service centre in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin officially opened yesterday, and Identification Services Bureau (DSI) Director Chao Wai Ieng said in a speech during yesterday’s

October 25, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police bust 2 drug gangs involving 6 Filipinos, seizing drugs worth 440,000 patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested earlier this week seven men – comprising six Philippine nationals and a Hong Kong Chinese – in two separate drug busts, involving a total of 131.13 grams of crystal methamphetamine (aka ice) and 8.4 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of about 440,000 patacas.During a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon identified the suspects in the first case as three Filipinos, aged between 36 and 54,

October 25, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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