MGTO launches new version of website

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) launched a brand-new version of its website yesterday which features five optimised characteristics to enable businesses, residents and the media to conveniently obtain information, according to an MGTO statement.The statement noted that the new website (www.dst.gov.mo) also retains the Macao Tourism Industry Net’s (industry.macaotourism.gov.mo) original functions such as licensing services, tourism crisis management, business tourism and e-service,

September 8, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Privacy office fines 3 food delivery platforms over compliance issues

2 of the platforms given formal warningsThe Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) said in a statement yesterday that the city’s three main food delivery platforms have been fined 20,000 patacas, 30,000 patacas and 60,000 patacas, respectively, due to the existence of procedural compliance problems, with two of them having received formal warnings from the office.In response to complaints that the office had received, it carried out preliminary work on coordinating and supervising the

September 8, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Zhuhai customs seizes 5 endangered terrapins at Qingmao checkpoint

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that its officers have intercepted a traveller attempting to smuggle five endangered terrapins into Macau via the Qingmao border checkpoint.The statement said that after the case was detected last month, the five terrapins were transferred to the Zhuhai agriculture authorities on Wednesday.The statement said that when a man was walking through the “nothing to declare” channel, he drew customs officers’ attention as he appeared to be

September 8, 2023 | BY admin

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‘Our Lady’ statues back on Rotunda de Seac Pai Van after repairs: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that it has finished renovating the Nossa Senhora (“Our Lady”) group of statues situated on the Rotunda de Seac Pai Van in Coloane that had been damaged by typhoons over the years.According to the statement, officials of the bureau along with Macau’s Catholic diocese went to the roundabout to inspect the restoration work, and were satisfied with the outcome, i.e., the reinstallation of the restored statues in their original

September 8, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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No. of gamblers seeking help rises 60 pct in H1: IAS

The Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) received 69 requests for help from gamblers in the first half of this year, an increase of nearly 60 percent compared with the same period last year, among which 19 cases were from non-residents, an increase of about 10 percent compared with that before the pandemic, i.e., in the first half of 2019.IAS Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation Department Chief Richard Cheang Io Tat made the remarks during a launching ceremony of the “Responsible Gaming Promotion

September 8, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt expects top court project to be completed in Jan 2026

The government said yesterday that it expects to complete its ongoing project of converting the Old Courthouse and the adjacent former Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in the city centre into the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) in January 2026.The project, which started in October last year, is being carried out in two phases, namely pile foundation and basement work in the first phase and superstructure work in the second phase.The project will keep the whole structure of the Old Courthouse

September 8, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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IAM records over 400,000 users in its 10 community activity centres so far this year

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has recorded over 400,000 users in its 10 community activity centres so far this year, and it expects that the number will gradually return to over 700,000 a year, IAM officials announced during yesterday’s regular meeting of the Northern District Community Service Consultative Council.The officials also introduced the bureau’s plans for the activity centres in the future during the closed-door meeting, and also briefed the council members about the

September 8, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Boao Forum for Asia to hold its 3rd ISTIF conference Sept 19-21 in Zhuhai

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) held a promotion event yesterday at the Macao Science Centre’s Exhibition Centre for its third conference of the International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ISTIF), which is scheduled to take place from September 19 to 21 in Zhuhai, under the theme of “Innovation for a Green and Sustainable Future”.BFA is a non-governmental international organisation jointly initiated by 29 member states (28 Asian countries and Australia). Headquartered in Boao,

September 8, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Bodhi Spa offers ‘gratifying wellness experiences’

Conrad Macao said in a statement this week that its award-winning Bodhi Spa has introduced two gratifying wellness experiences: Lapidem Rituals and Crystal Sound Therapy Meditation Classes.The spa is the only one in Macau that offers Lapidem Rituals, with the treatments combining intensive pampering with critically-acclaimed products from Japan, according to the statement, while Crystal Sound Therapy Meditation, aka singing bowl therapy, “brings inner stillness and a deep sense of

September 8, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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GEG receives visits from 420 tertiary education teachers & students

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said in a statement recently that since the beginning of this year, its properties have received visits from more than 420 teachers and students from Peking University, Jiangmen Wuyi University, University of Macau (UM), Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), City University of Macau, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), Hong Kong Baptist University and other tertiary education institutions from around the world.In addition, according to the

September 8, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Oktoberfest Macau at MGM to start Oct 12

The 13th Oktoberfest Macau at MGM is slated to take place from October 12-23 at MGM COTAI, with admission tickets and table reservations available from Monday, the integrated resort (IR) operator has announced in a statement.The statement noted that Oktoberfest Macau at MGM was first introduced in 2009. This year’s 12-day event, which will be held as an outdoor party on MGM COTAI’s Roof Terrace, again has the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the Consulate General of the Federal

September 8, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Cooperation, not confrontation, the road forward for ASEAN’s unity & prosperity

China Daily Editorial        ASEAN’s inability to address some of the pressing issues it faces, in addition to US President Joe Biden’s absence from the 43rd ASEAN Summit with dialogue partners, which some have taken as an outright “snub”, has prompted many to question the regional grouping’s relevance.As if to refute the claim that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is becoming a “toothless talking shop”, Indonesia, the host of the ASEAN Summit, which

September 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Taiwan separatists pursuing illusory goal

China Daily Editorial        The so-called “four appeals” the Taiwan authorities recently made for the island’s participation in the United Nations are nothing but their latest ploy to get UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 overturned.The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on October 25, 1971, by an overwhelming majority, which not only restored the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China in the UN but also recognized the representatives

September 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Wong warns public not to trust phone calls & messages from purported ‘authorities’

In view of the fact that the number of telecom and online fraud cases grew “significantly” in the first six months of this year, in which the number of phone scams and online scams increased by 125 and 53 cases from 34 and 296 recorded in the same period of last year to 159 and 349 respectively, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak “solemnly” yesterday urged residents, tourists and non-local students in Macau never to trust phone calls or text messages from purported “authorities”

September 7, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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