Most of IC’s facilities reopen

Most of the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) cultural facilities such as heritage sites and public libraries reopened yesterday after the necessary inspection and cleaning works were carried out upon the passage of Super Typhoon “Saola”, according to a weekend statement by the bureau.The statement noted that the Macao Contemporary Art Centre – Navy Yard No.1 will reopen today after the preparation for an exhibition is completed, while the “Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop

September 4, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tokyo should heed concerns of world

China Daily Editorial        According to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which has been discharging the nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant since Aug 24, tritium was detected in the sea near the plant on Thursday.Since the density was far below its own preset safety standard, it says there is no need for it to stop releasing the toxic wastewater into the ocean.Meanwhile, a Japanese civic group that opposes the

September 4, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau lowers typhoon signal to No. 3

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) replaced the No.8 tropical cyclone signal with the No.3 signal at 3 p.m. today as Typhoon "Saola" was moving away from the city.During the super typhoon, the observatory had successively issued the No.9 and No.19 signals, Macau highest signals in its five-level (No.1, No.3, No.8, No.9, No.10) tropical cyclone warning system.No.3 means that that under the influence of a tropical cyclone, winds with a sustained speed of 41 to 62 km/h

September 2, 2023 | BY ddddcc

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Macau hoists No 10 signal as Saola threatens the city, all casinos closed

Macau has hoisted at 1 a.m. today the No. 10 typhoon signal, the highest of its five-level (No.1, No.3, No.8, No.9, No.10) tropical cyclone warning system. Hong Kong had issued the No. 10 signal at 8:15 p.m. yesterday. According to a statement by the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Super Typhoon "Saola" was located about 30 km southeast of Macau "and is gradually approaching Macau." The No.10 signal replaced the No.9 signal, which had been hoisted

September 2, 2023 | BY admin

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Casino takings rise 686 pct to 17.4 billion patacas in August

Macau's 30 casinos generated gross gaming revenue(GGR) of 17.2 billion patacas last month, a year-on-year growth of 686.4 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ has announced today.August's GGR is the highest of any month since the government gradually eased COVID-19 travel curbs in January. Some 90 percent of Macau's visitor arrivals are from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.Month-on-month, GGR in August was up by 3.3 percent.Last month's GGR amounted to 70.9 percent of

September 2, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau issues No.9 typhoon signal, Red storm surge warning

　　Macau's Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has hoisted the No.9 typhoon signal  at 11 p.m. as Super Typhoon "Saola" is hurtling towards Macau. The No.9 signal replaced the No.8 signal that had been hoisted at 2 p.m. today. The weather bureau said in a statement late tonight that the No.9 signal "may be replaced by the No.10 signal between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. tomorrow. According to an SMG statement, Saola was located about 50 km east-southeast of Macau at 11 p.m.

September 2, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau issues No.8 typhoon signal, Orange storm surge warning

Macau's Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has hoisted the No.8 typhoon signal and issued the Orange storm surge warning at 2 p.m. today as Super Typhoon "Saola" is hurtling towards Macau. According to an SMG statement, Saola was located about 190 km east of Macau at 3 p.m. "and is gradually approaching Macau." The No.8 signal means that "winds with sustained speed of 63 to 1 17 km/h are expected or blowing, and gusts may exceed 180 km/h in

September 1, 2023 | BY ddddcc

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‘High’ probability of No. 8 signal this afternoon as Saola hurtles towards Macau: SMG

Predicting that Super Typhoon “Saola” will be located within 300 kilometres of Macau this morning, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement late last night that there is a “high” probability of hoisting the No.8 signal between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. today.The observatory also said that the probability of the hoisting of the No.9 signal in the wee hours of tomorrow and the No.10 signal early tomorrow morning was “medium to relatively high” and “medium”

September 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Chio Family Mansion’s revitalisation focuses on its historic value: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced on Tuesday that the Chio Family Mansion, the then still privately owned part of which it purchased in mid-2021 for 8 million patacas so that it is now entirely owned by the government, will undergo restoration and revitalisation after completing various preparation work.The complex, located on Travessa da Porta, an alley next to Rua dos Mercadores, comprises two parts, No. 24 that the bureau bought in 2021, and No. 26 that was already owned by the

September 1, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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French chamber’s 14th charity dinner to support project tackling food waste

The France Macau Chamber of Commerce’s (FMCC) 14th Annual Charity Gala Dinner, themed “Paris Extravaganza”, is slated to be held on September 15 at MGM MACAU, with FMCC this year supporting the Society of Food & Environmental Health’s* flagship project “Leave No Food Behind”.Details of this year’s gala dinner, which also marks FMCC’s 15th anniversary, were presented during a press conference at MGM MACAU yesterday, with the supported project centring on upcycling food

September 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Ho vows to study measures further supporting Hengqin In-depth Cooperation Zone

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledged yesterday that the Macau government will continue to study the possible implementation of new measures aiming to further support the ongoing development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.Ho made the remarks during a regular meeting of the zone’s administrative committee yesterday.Yesterday’s meeting, which was held on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island,

September 1, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab people-smuggling gang’s kingpin in connection with 4 cases

A 56-year-old mainland man who headed a gang was arrested on Wednesday for his connection with the four people-smuggling cases that the Judiciary Police (PJ) had busted between March and August this year, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.In the four cases, according to Ho, PJ officers arrested 11 members of the gang and intercepted eight illegal immigrants who had separately paid the gang between 30,000 yuan (33,381 patacas) and 70,000 yuan for

September 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Guangdong issues offshore provincial govt bonds in Macau for 3rd time

‘Green’ bonds for 1st timeGuangdong issued offshore provincial government bonds worth two billion yuan in Macau yesterday, according to a statement by the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM).The statement pointed out that yesterday’s issuance was the third time that the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government has issued offshore bonds in Macau, after the first and second ones in October 2021 and October 2022.According to the statement, the offshore renminbi-denominated provincial

September 1, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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IFTM to offer TOEFL iBT Test ‘at least once a month’

Macau’s third test centre for the TOEFL iBT Test was unveiled yesterday at the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies’ (IFTM) School of Continuing Education, “offering about 40 seats for each test administration, which is set to be held at least once a month”, Smart Education Group President Kevin Chan Kai Wing said.The group is the official representative of the TOEFL ITP, TOEFL Junior and TOEFL Primary tests in South China including Hong Kong and Macau.Chan made the remarks after an

September 1, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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