Discernible progress in bridge-building efforts

China Daily Editorial        That the visiting US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s meeting with Premier Li Qiang, which had been scheduled as a courtesy call of “10 mins”, lasted more than an hour was a clear sign both sides view commercial ties as a way to manage the now wayward bilateral relationship.As overall relations between the world’s two largest economies remain frosty, contact between the two militaries has been suspended, economic and trade ties have

August 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Without a conducive atmosphere for talks, China-ROK-Japan summit is a nonstarter

China Daily Editorial        According to a Yonhap News Agency report on Wednesday, the Republic of Korea, China and Japan have been engaged in discussions to arrange a trilateral summit in Seoul.First held in December 2008, the summits were suspended after the eighth gathering in December 2019 because of the dispute between the ROK and Japan over forced labor compensation and they did not resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Talk of reviving the tripartite summit has

August 31, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt to revitalise Chio Family Mansion near S. Domingos market

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said yesterday that it will restore and revitalise a mansion complex located in an alley near the S. Domingos wet market in the city centre, known as Chio Family Mansion.However, the bureau did not mention when the revitalisation project is scheduled to be completed.IC President Leong Wai Man made the remarks during a press conference after chairing a closed-door regular meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council at the Macau Cultural Centre

August 30, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Collective COVID-19 outbreak hits retirement home: SSM

A retirement home reported a collective COVID-19 outbreak to the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday involving four elderly female residents and a female staff member, aged between 52 and 90, according to an SSM statement yesterday.According to the statement, the retirement home is on Rua Central de Toi San.The statement said that all patients started to show flu symptoms such as fever, cough and runny nose yesterday, adding that none of the patients were hospitalised.The statement pointed out that

August 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Interaction of ‘Saola’ & ‘Haikui’ cyclones to determine weather: SMG

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that the distance between tropical cyclones “Saola” and “Haikui” will shorten in the coming two to three days, causing them to interact with each other, making the paths of both even more difficult to predict.The local observatory predicted that “Saola” would move towards the area south of Taiwan in the next few days, and was expected to come within 800 km of Macau tonight at the earliest.The Hong Kong

August 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MPay will be available in over 40 countries later this year: Macau Pass

Macau Pass S.A. announced in a statement last week that its mobile payment platform MPay is teaming up with Alipay+ (a payment system launched by Alipay) and will expand the coverage of its cross-border payment business to more than 40 countries in the third or fourth quarter of this year.Macau Pass was acquired by Alibaba subsidiary AG-Tech Holdings last year. Alibaba is the owner of Alipay.According to the statement, the countries include Australia, the 27- EU member states, Japan, Malaysia,

August 30, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Lio shares music insights & Macao Orchestra’s new season

Interview by William Chan        Lio Kuok Man, the principal conductor of and music advisor to the Macao Orchestra (OM), recently spoke with The Macau Post Daily in an exclusive online interview about his music insights and the orchestra’s new season. Lio is a Macau-born conductor, active as one of the notable Chinese conductors in the international classical music scene.  Currently serving as the music director, principal conductor of  the Macao Orchestra,

August 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Hotel occupancy rises to 89 pct in July

Macau’s 132 hotels recorded an average occupancy rate of 89.0 percent last month, a year-on-year increase by 50.2 percentage points, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.A DSEC statement pointed out that both 2-star (93.1 percent) and 5-star hotels (92.1 percent) recorded average occupancy rates of 90 percent, representing year-on-year growth of 6.8 percentage points and 71.1 percentage points.Tourism industry sources told The Macau Post Daily earlier this week that

August 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Pair cheats 3 locals out of 13,700 patacas with fake phones: police

Three local residents aged between 30 and 50 were cheated out of 13,700 patacas in total by a mainland couple in their fifties who sold them counterfeit smartphones, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference on Monday.Wong said that the male and female suspects, aged 52 and 53, are surnamed Huang and Chen respectively.According to Wong, the three victims reported to the Public Security Police separately in May that they had separately purchased

August 30, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Gambler cheated out of HK$20,000 with fake ‘gold chain’: police

A 30-year-old man from the mainland was arrested on August 4 near a hotel in Taipa for cheating a gambler out of HK$20,000 with a bogus “gold chain” in a casino, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference on Monday.According to Wong, the Public Security Police received a report from the mainland victim on August 4, according to which he got acquainted with a man surnamed Li in a casino, during which Li told him that he had gambled away all

August 30, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Operator vows to improve LRT Jockey Club station’s platform by year-end

The government-owned Light Rail Transit (LRT) operator has announced that it plans to start an enhancement project by the end of this year to “improve the facilities” on the elevated platform connecting the LRT Jockey Club station with the adjacent transport hub.The LRT operator, Macau Light Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (MLM), made the announcement in a statement on Monday, which, however, did not elaborate on what facilities will be covered by the project.The transport hub located

August 30, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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MGM MACAU plans to launch ‘MIC’ venue

MGM MACAU in Nape will have an area of 60,000 square feet (5,574 square metres) of its first floor turned into a new “MIC” (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions) venue, which is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2024, as part of its ongoing efforts to support the government in promoting non-gaming elements, MGM China Holdings Limited Chairperson and Executive Director Pansy Ho Chiu-king told reporters at MGM COTAI yesterday.“MIC” is part of MICE (Meetings, Incentives,

August 30, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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FSS makes investment profit of about 4.5 billion patacas in H1

     FSS makes investment profit of about 4.5 billion patacas in H1 after losing 7.7 billion patacas last year      The Social Security Fund (FSS) said in a statement yesterday that its investments for the first half of this year recorded a return of about 4.5 billion patacas thanks to the recovery of the global economy and the improved investment environment, after its 2022 annual report released earlier this year showed that it suffered losses in global financial

August 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Beware of phishing SMS messages from fake couriers: PJ

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that many residents have filed complaints with them about receiving SMS messages from impersonators of a courier company saying that their parcels were being withheld due to inadequate information.The statement noted that the messages contain links that would take victims to a new page that requests them to input further information and pay extra fees.The statement said that similar cases have occurred in the past, with the Judiciary

August 30, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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