Public bus daily passenger average returns to 98 pct of pre-pandemic level: transport chief

Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San has revealed that as of August 20 (Sunday last week), the daily average number of public bus passengers this year had returned to around 98 percent of the level recorded in 2019, the pre-COVID-19 pandemic year.Lam made the remarks during a press conference on Friday after chairing a regular meeting of the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council at his bureau.Between January 1 and August 20 this year, according to Lam, the city

August 28, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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25-year-old man diagnosed with critical flu: Health Bureau

A 25-year-old local man has been diagnosed with critical influenza, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.The case was announced in an SSM statement on Saturday, according to which the man had previously suffered from myocarditis, i.e., the inflammation of the heart muscle. According to the statement, the man came down with a fever and cough on Tuesday last week. He sought treatment at the emergency department of the private Kiang Wu Hospital on Friday after suffering from heart

August 28, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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61 drug users reported in H1, up over 10 pct year-on-year: IAS

The number of drug users reported in the first half of the year was 61, an increase of more than 10 percent year-on-year, and one of them was under the age of 21, according to the Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) Central Registration System for Drug Abusers of Macau, and the top three types of drugs used were methamphetamine (ice), ketamine, and cocaine.IAS’s Christian New Life Fellowship (In Macau) hosted the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Anti-Drug Activity at the Handover Gifts Museum of Macao on

August 28, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Watch out for ‘luck box scam’: PJ

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement on Thursday that members of the public should beware of the so-called “luck box” scam, adding that fraudsters in neighbouring regions have impersonated online customer service representatives and used courier services to randomly send the “luck box” out with an enclosed QR code that can lead one to be defrauded.The “luck box” contains a QR code along with the message “scan the QR code to obtain red envelopes”, which will transfer its

August 28, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Mum cheated out of 100,000 patacas for daughters’ school enrolment: police

A local man was arrested at a flat in the northern district on Thursday for cheating a mother out of 100,000 patacas by claiming that he had “a way to get her children enrolled in the primary school of her choice”, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference on Friday.The Judiciary Police received a report from the mother in March, pointing out that as she wanted her twin daughters to be admitted to her preferred primary school, she contacted the

August 28, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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IC launches ‘Enjoy Macao’ aggregator app

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) launched a new mobile app called “Enjoy Macao” to aggregate information about local activities, performances, exhibitions, recreative and sports activities, recreational and MICE activities held by the government, local higher education institutions, and the city’s six integrated resorts, according to an IC statement on Friday.The aggregator app has been launched to make it more convenient for residents and visitors to check information about local

August 28, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Mainland woman defrauds online victim out of 120,000 yuan: police

An unemployed mainland woman was arrested for defrauding a female out of nine handbags worth 120,000-yuan (133,000 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press conference on Friday.According to the spokesperson, the female suspect surnamed Dong, 36 years old, told the police that she’s unemployed.In mid-April this year, the overseas Chinese female victim saw the advertisement on the internet purporting to be able to assist in the “transferring of goods and customs

August 28, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Committee discusses measures to strengthen local teens’ mental health

A meeting by an interdepartmental committee named “Walk with Love – Working Group Focusing on Youth Spiritual, Physical and Mental Health” was held last week at the Confucius Conference Hall of the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) to review the government’s “mental well-being” promotion policies and also to discuss further strategies to support non-tertiary education students in the area of mental health, as part of the preparations for the start of new school year,

August 28, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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2 Vietnamese, 2 Indonesians busted for drug trafficking: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted on Thursday four women in their thirties from Vietnam and Indonesia selling drugs in the city centre, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference on Friday, adding that in the operation, PJ officers seized drugs including methamphetamine (aka ice), ecstasy and cocaine, with an estimated street value of 800,000 patacas, as well as suspected drug money of 17,000 patacas, drug-taking paraphernalia and some drug-packaging equipment.According to

August 28, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Veteran journalist loses battle against cancer

Veteran Chinese-language journalist Ng Sio Ngai passed away at the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre on Friday after losing her years-long battle against an extremely rare type of cancer, her colleagues have told The Macau Post Daily. Ng, who started her journalistic career at the Chinese-language Si Man Pou daily as a newsroom assistant in the mid-1980s, was aged 62.  She later worked as a reporter for Tai Chung Pou daily before moving on to Macau’s number-two

August 28, 2023 | BY admin

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Art Macao’s main exhibition boasts 118 works at MAM

“The Statistics of Fortune – Main Exhibition of Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023” is being held at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) in Nape, boasting 118 contemporary pieces by 42 artists.Held on MAM’s first, second and third floors, the artists exhibiting their work are from Cambodia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and the United States, as well as mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and

August 28, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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GDP rises 117.5 pct in Q2, up 71.5 pct in H1

Macau's economy continued to recover in the second quarter of this year, driven by the thriving tourism and gaming sectors, resulting in a 117.5 percent year-on-year growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms, marking the highest quarterly growth since the second quarter of 2021, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced today.According to a DSEC statement, exports of services surged by 211.9 percent year-on-year, underpinned by the growth in exports of gaming services

August 25, 2023 | BY admin

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Caterers, suppliers mull impact of ban on Japanese fresh food imports

Three representatives from two business sectors have shared their views on the local government’s ban on the import of certain Japanese food products, with all saying that Macau’s food and beverage industry and, in particular, local Japanese restaurants were expected to be affected “quite a bit” by the discharge of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, which started yesterday.In accordance with Chief Executive Order No. 134/2023 which was

August 25, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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1st Reading Recommendation Officer Competition promotes reading

The first Reading Recommendation Officer Competition was held at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) yesterday, aimed at promoting a reading culture among the younger generations, with over 70 local competitors aged from 7 to 25 participating.Organised by the Macao Federation of Youth Culture (FYC), FYC President Tang Chon In pointed out that the competition was divided into a children’s group and a youth group, where participants were rated on stage performance, attractiveness of storytelling,

August 25, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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