Police fine 11 mainlanders using wheelchairs on roadway

A video clip of a number of people using electric wheelchairs on a roadway in Praça de Ferreira do Amaral (亞馬喇前地) circulated on social media platforms yesterday, in response to which the Public Security Police (PSP) noted that the 11 wheelchair users, 10 of them holding disability certificates, from the mainland have been fined. The Public Security Police released a statement late last night, saying that the 11 road traffic law violators – four males and seven females in their

October 25, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Grand Coloane Resort to host Halloween Carnival on Sunday

Grand Coloane Resort is set to host its family-friendly the “Island Mysteries Pirate Curse” Halloween carnival, an event organised in conjunction with the EZ Kids education centre, on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.According to a recent statement from the resort, the event, which provides activities for all ages, “promises a day filled with just the right balance of spooky thrills and family fun”, with its participants referred to as “Island Pirates”.Among the activities in the

October 25, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Kiang Wu aims to become ‘pain-free hospital’

Pain has been listed as the 5th vital sign that should not be ignored, so it’s important to ensure that patients experience minimal pain and discomfort at every stage of their medical examination, treatment and recovery, Kiang Wu Hospital Deputy Director Chan Tai Ip said at the hospital yesterday, noting that the private hospital has launched painless intravenous infusion since March this year, with the results having been “satisfactory” in reducing the pain of 80 percent of the

October 25, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Hac Sa closed due to excessive levels of E. coli, Cheoc Van too windy to swim: govt

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) closed Hac Sa (“Black Sand”) Beach yesterday after a test by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) showed excessive E. coli levels in its coastal waters, while Cheoc Van (“Bamboo Bay”) Beach has hoisted the yellow flag due to the windy weather, according to a DSAMA statement yesterday.A DSAMA statement yesterday said that IAM’s recent water quality testing found an excessive amount of E. coli (Escherichia coli) in the coastal waters at Hac Sa Beach,

October 25, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Sands China, 4 community partners assemble over 30,000 hygiene kits

Integrated resort (IR) operator Sands China said in a statement yesterday that 350 staff members and local community volunteers have assembled over 30,000 hygiene kits recently for international social enterprise Clean the World at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo.The statement said that the event marked the initiative’s 11th consecutive year. The kits assembled featured supplies “essential for good health and personal hygiene”, as well as help prevent disease from spreading among

October 25, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Full text of Xi’s speech at ‘BRICS Plus’ leaders’ dialogue

KAZAN, Russia – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered an important speech at the “BRICS Plus” leaders’ dialogue in Kazan, Russia.The following is the full text of the speech:Combining the Great Strength of the Global South To Build Together a Community with a Shared Future for MankindRemarks by H.E. Xi JinpingPresident of the People’s Republic of ChinaAt the “BRICS Plus” leaders’ dialogueKazan, October 24, 2024Your Excellency President Vladimir Putin,Colleagues,I

October 25, 2024 | BY admin

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How Chinese agricultural expertise is improving farming in São Tomé and Príncipe

SAO TOME –  As the rainy season approaches in October, 32-year-old Jamaika Martins was busy in her small patch of field harvesting Chinese bok choy* for the very first time.In the close vicinity, Chinese agricultural experts, who have been helping São Tomé and Príncipe with farming, were quite taken with the rewards of their efforts, becoming the first buyers of Jamaika’s homegrown produce.Unlike the same vegetable grown in China, Jamaika’s crop, in the grip of the local climate,

October 25, 2024 | BY admin

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Address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at 16th BRICS Summit

         Address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at 16th BRICS Summit   KAZAN, Russia, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday delivered an important speech at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia.   The following is the full text of the speech:   Embracing a Broader View and Cutting Through the Fog of Challenges to Advance High-Quality Development of Greater BRICS Cooperation   Statement by H.E. Xi

October 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Zone D reclamation to start shortly: DSOP

The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced earlier this week that it has commenced the preliminary work of measuring the depth of the water at the reclamation site for the government’s Zone D project, sampling and testing of silt and requesting permission from the central government to build a temporary loading jetty and launch dredging work, all of which was expected to be completed by the end of this year so that the Zone D land reclamation project could commence shortly.On its official

October 24, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Elderly man critical with Legionnaires’ disease, this year’s 8th case

Macau recorded this year’s eighth case of Legionnaires’ disease yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the patient is a 69-year-old local man inflicted with chronic diseases who visited Shanxi Province with his family from October 12 to 14. He came down with a fever and dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing) on Saturday.The man’s symptoms worsened on Monday, the statement said, and he immediately sought treatment at the emergency

October 24, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Mainlander lets scammer use bank account for money laundering: police

A man from the mainland has been arrested for allegedly allowing a scammer to use his bank account which was then used for laundering money linked to an online sexual extortion scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a special press conference yesterday.The 32-year-old suspect surnamed Huang is a chef.According to Leng, a local man told the police in June that he had been blackmailed after a nude online chat with a female, who threatened to send nude photos of him to people

October 24, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police nab local septuagenarian for drunk driving

A local man in his seventies has been arrested for drunk driving, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a male surnamed Leong who works as a waiter.According to Wong, while Leong was riding his motorcycle along Avenida do Almirante Lacerda (提督馬路) in the wee hours of yesterday, he was stopped by officers at a roadblock. Leong was found to be reeking of alcohol, and a breathalyser test showed

October 24, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Ip says ‘banking sector is healthy’ despite rising NPLs

Interview by Yuki Lei         The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks to their total loans rose to 5.1 percent in August, a month-on-month increase of 0.47 percentage point, responding to which Macau Association of Banks (ABM) Chairman Ip Sio Kai said:  “The uneven recovery of the local economy, coupled with the high US interest rates, has led to an increase in the operating costs for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the local

October 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau logs 25.9 million visitors in Jan-Sept, up 30 pct

Macau welcomed 25.9 million visitor arrivals in the first three quarters of this year, a year-on-year growth of 30.1 percent, recovering to 85.8 percent of the number in the same period in pre-pandemic 2019, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Same-day visitors (13.83 million) and overnight visitors (12.08 million) grew by 42.8 percent 18.1 percent year on year respectively. On average, overnight visitors stayed 2.3 days, unchanged from a year earlier.

October 24, 2024 | BY admin

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