Zhuhai-Macau ‘door-to-door’ hospital transfer service starts

The Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced on Monday evening that the Zhuhai and Macau governments held a joint ceremony earlier that day to launch a new “door-to-door” transfer service between designated hospitals in both places, marking a significant advancement in medical cooperation between Zhuhai and Macau.According to the statement, the Zhuhai-Macau ambulance service will connect the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre in Macau with several hospitals in Zhuhai, including

March 19, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAM warns public about bottled water containing excessive mercury

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public yesterday to cease consumption of a bottled natural mineral water found to contain excessive levels of mercury, underlining that the retailers involved have been ordered to stop selling the problematic product.According an IAM statement, the natural mineral water, branded as “溫泉水99”, has a capacity of 2.0 litres and is sourced from Japan. The problematic product belongs to batch number 26.10.07+SF, which has been found to contain

March 19, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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IC sets up Macao Pavilion at FILMART

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has set up a “Macao Pavilion” at the ongoing Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) 2025 in the neighbouring region.Held until tomorrow at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the setting-up of the pavilion is aimed at promoting Macau’s film and television services, hoping to encourage more projects to be shot here and create more opportunities for the local industry’s development, according to a recent statement by the

March 19, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Arizona governor’s visit fuels fear, anger concerning industrial hollowing-out of Taiwan

Analysis        TAIPEI/BEIJING – The visit by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs to China’s Taiwan region this week has reignited concerns about the outflow of investments and supply chain resources from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to the United States.Local media reported that Hobbs, who arrived on the island on Sunday, visited TSMC headquarters in Hsinchu and attended a dinner with the chip company’s key Taiwan suppliers.Discussion of the visit surged on

March 19, 2025 | BY admin

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A telling example of the failing anti-China smear campaign

Commentary        BEIJING – For years, smearing China has become routine for some Western media outlets. Truth, the holy grail of journalism, can be distorted or discarded when facts don’t align with their predetermined narratives.A recent example is a so-called “investigation” aired on France 2 TV channel. Disguised as food vloggers, two reporters traveled to Shandong Province and tricked a factory staff member into letting them in under the pretext that they

March 19, 2025 | BY admin

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15 ‘mousers’ yet to be caught at Jockey Club: ANIMA

The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) and ANIMA Macau jointly held a cat adoption campaign on Sunday at the MJC site in Taipa, resulting in the adoption of 22 “mousers” at the former racetrack – and ANIMA said in a statement yesterday that 15 “working cats” were still at the site to be caught, hoping to complete the process by next Tuesday.ANIMA issued a statement yesterday summarising Sunday’s adoption drive, expressing the animal protection group’s sincere gratitude to everyone who

March 18, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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14 items worth 40,000 patacas stolen from gold jewellery shop: police

A local man was arrested on Friday for stealing seven items of gold jewellery from a local shop and committing fraud, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 30-year-old suspect surnamed Kam works as a salesperson.According to Chao, the owner of a local gold jewellery shop reported to the police on Thursday that 14 items of gold jewellery had been stolen, resulting in a loss of approximately 40,000 patacas. The police discovered that

March 18, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab 3 mainlanders for loansharking, falsely imprisoning gambler

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted a casino loansharking case on Friday, arresting a man and two women from the mainland, PJ spokesman Chao Teng Hin said at a regular press conference yesterday.The 44-year-old male suspect surnamed Zhuang, the 35-year-old female suspect surnamed Tang, and the 30-year-old female suspect surnamed Duan, told the police that they are jobless.According to Chao, the police received a call from a man on Friday who reported that his friend, a middle-aged man from the

March 18, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab mainlander for stealing cash

A man from the mainland was arrested on Thursday for stealing 200 yuan and 300 patacas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Yang is in his fifties. He told the police that he is jobless.According to Lei, on February 27 a male non-resident worker (NRW) sought help from police officers on patrol in Praça das Portas do Cerco in front of the Barrier Gate checkpoint. He reported that the zip of his black backpack

March 18, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Govt presents awards to 10 hotels eager to ensure water quality

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) yesterday presented awards to 10 hotels that have “promised” to participate in the bureau’s “Safe Water Use in Buildings” programme.The programme, which was launched in 2018, covers buildings with internal tap-water supply systems, such as high-rise residential, industrial and office buildings as well as hotels. Due to the need to ensure sufficient water pressure to units on the upper floors, high-rises require the installation and use of internal

March 18, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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‘My China Journey In 30 Objects’

A talk entitled “My China Journey In 30 Objects” took place yesterday at the University of Saint Joseph’s (USJ) Ilha Verde Campus, with the event being part of the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China.The around one-hour long packed event featured Jaime Adriano FlorCruz*, ambassador of the Philippines to China, who, according to yesterday’s introduction, has lived in China for over 50 years and was

March 18, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police probe columbarium niche cemetery fire

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced yesterday that the plaques of “over 10” columbarium niches for holding urns in a public cemetery were blackened by smoke yesterday afternoon, in response to which it has reported the incident to the police.In a follow-up statement last night, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said that they have launched an investigation into the case in which 17 columbarium niches had been blackened by smoke in “varying degrees”.The case occurred in Nossa Senhora da

March 18, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Rotary Blood Donation Day to take place on Saturday

The Rotary Blood Donation Day is slated to take place this Saturday at the NOVA Mall in Taipa, with the event continuing the aim of ensuring that there is enough supply of blood reserves in Macau.The event, initiated by the Rotary Club of Macau’s past president Alfredo Ritchie in 2001, marks its 25th year and is organised by Macau’s eight rotary clubs in conjunction with the Macao Blood Transfusion Service of the Health Bureau (SSM), according to a statement yesterday by the Rotary District

March 18, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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FM Commissioner Liu briefs media, diplomats, chamber reps on ‘two sessions’

Foreign Ministry Commissioner Liu Xianfa briefed Macau’s English- and Portuguese-language media, diplomats accredited in Macau, foreign delegates to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Forum Macao), local academics, and representatives of chambers of commerce based in Macau about the nation’s “two sessions” that were held in Beijing earlier this month. The term ”two sessions” denotes the concurrently held annual sessions

March 18, 2025 | BY admin

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