Respondents worry about retail price rises after 44 pct of Inner Harbour’s cargo moves to Ka Ho Port

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ (commonly known as Gung Luen in Cantonese) Vice-President Leong Sun Iok said yesterday that about 65 percent of a survey’s respondents worry that the government’s plan to transfer part of the Inner Harbour’s cargo throughput to Ka Ho Port in Coloane will increase the transport costs and thus affect the retail prices.Leong made the remarks during a press conference yesterday introducing the findings of a survey on the future of Macau’s cargo

September 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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42nd Galaxy int’l marathon route to include Cotai

The 42nd Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon is slated to take place on December 3 and will include Cotai in this year’s race route.Event details were announced during a press conference at the Banyan Tree hotel at the Galaxy Macau integrated resort in Cotai, where Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said in a speech that the event’s organising committee “has added new elements to the route design and the marathon, half marathon and mini marathon route this year that

September 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Int’l Advertising Association (IAA) holds ‘Talk at Sunset’ seminar

The International Advertising Association’s (IAA) local branch held its “Talk at Sunset” seminar yesterday as part of a series at the Artyzen Grand Lapa hotel in Nape, with its first seminar themed as “Creativity in B2B Branding Trends”.B2B is the abbreviation for Business-to-Business, which refers to business that is conducted between companies, rather than between a company and individual clients.IAA Chairman & Chief Brand Officer of Stein IAS Tom Stein, who has been a B2B

September 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt to host ‘Destination 2030’ 10th GTEF next week

The Office of the Secretary for Economy and Finance said in a statement yesterday that the 10th Global Tourism Economy Forum • Macao 2023 (10th GTEF) is slated to take place from September 20-23, the longest since its inception, at the Galaxy International Convention Centre (GICC) in Cotai.Marking its return in over two years, the statement noted that the four-day event, themed “Destination 2030: Unlocking the Power of Tourism for Business and Development”, invites “elites and

September 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Mr Doodle conducts his 1st live creation in Macau

British contemporary artist Mr Doodle marked his first live creation performance in Macau at the City of Dreams (COD) in Cotai on Tuesday, during which he doodled on a blank white 2.5-metre by one-metre sculpture of the COD logo in front of audience members including local government officials and members of Melco’s senior management.Mr Doodle’s real name is Sam Cox and, according to a website called Ocula, is known for his “busy, light-hearted doodles that spread across walls, rooms, and

September 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Re-globalization is in our common interest’: WTO chief economist

Interview        GENEVA – “Re-globalization is in our common interest,” Ralph Ossa, chief economist of the World Trade Organization (WTO), told Xinhua in an interview on Tuesday.According to Ossa, re-globalization means increased international cooperation and broader integration and is key to addressing the pressing challenges of our time and to building a secure, inclusive and sustainable future.On Tuesday, the WTO published the 2023 edition of the World Trade Report.

September 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Message of peace for cross-Strait relations

Commentary        BEIJING – Blood is thicker than water. This proverb has often been cited to characterize the relationship between people across the Taiwan Strait.With the recent announcement of a new policy move designating the entire province of Fujian as a demonstration zone for cross-Strait integrated development, there is ample reason to believe that a powerful message of peace has been conveyed.Fujian is the mainland province situated closest to Taiwan. The decision

September 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Integrated development answer to Taiwan question

China Daily Editorial        Integrating the development of Taiwan with that of the Chinese mainland will not only help promote the island’s economic development, it will also help people on the island to know that the mainland authorities are sincere in their endeavors to realize the peaceful reunification of the island with the motherland.A circular jointly released by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council on Tuesday explicitly stated

September 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt joins hands with MGM to revitalise Barra area

The government and integrated resort (IR) operator MGM announced yesterday at a joint press conference at the Macau Cultural Centre their plan for a revitalisation project of 13 buildings surrounding Doca D. Carlos I in the Barra neighbourhood, covering an area of about 35,000 square metres.“Barra” is Portuguese for “harbour entrance”. Barra is commonly known as Ma Kok in Cantonese – due to the nearby Ma Kok (A-Ma) Temple. “Doca” is the Portuguese word for “dock”. D. Carlos I

September 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAM urges public not to consume Japanese plum wine that may contain shards of glass

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public in a statement yesterday not to drink a Japanese-made plum wine product which may contain shards of glass. No products of the problematic batch have been found to be on sale in Macau.The statement did not identify the exact area in Japan where the products were manufactured.According to the statement, the bureau was informed by Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency that a 300 ml plum wine product, batch number NS24C# (#represents any letter I to

September 13, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau to host 1st GBA devt business conference

The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement yesterday that the first “Business Conference on Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area [GBA] Development” will be held from tomorrow through Friday at The Venetian Macao, with around 1,000 attendees from domestic and international political and business sectors invited to join the event.The statement noted that the two-day event, which will be held in the integrated resort’s (IR) Grand Ballroom on its third

September 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Leung Hio Ming to perform Chopin’s études

Interview by William Chan        In an exclusive interview with The Macau Post Daily, Leung Hio Ming, an associate professor at Macao Polytechnic University (MPU), expressed his enthusiasm for his upcoming performance of Chopin’s études at the Small Auditorium of Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on September 22.The interview took place last week in Leung’s office on the MPU campus in Zape.After completing his doctorate in musical arts at the University of Kansas and working

September 13, 2023 | BY admin

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Ho encourages local athletes to ‘do their best’ in Hangzhou

Members of the Macau delegation to the 19th Asian Games, which will open in Zhejiang’s provincial capital of Hangzhou on Saturday next week, bid farewell to Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng at Government Headquarters yesterday afternoon, according to a statement from the Sports Bureau (ID).The games will be held from September 23 to October 8. Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.According to yesterday’s ID statement, the

September 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Filipino landscape gardener catches scrub typhus: SSM

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that a Filipino landscape gardener has been diagnosed with Tsutsugamushi Disease (aka scrub typhus), becoming Macau’s eighth suspected case of the disease this year.According to the statement, the 35-year-old male non-resident worker (NRW) noticed pain in his left testicle on August 29 and came down with a fever on September 2. The statement noted that he sought treatment at the emergency department of the public Conde de São Januário

September 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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