Woman found floating near Friendship Bridge after suicide 3 days ago: police

A woman committed suicide by jumping into the coastal waters off Macau Fisherman’s Wharf in Nape on Monday and was found floating in the coastal waters near Ponte da Amizade (“Friendship Bridge”) yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said in a statement.The statement noted that the Judiciary Police were notified of the corpse by the Macau Customs Service (SA) at 8:39 a.m. yesterday.The statement said that the victim had been wandering alone in the vicinity of Macau

August 24, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Duo nabbed for theft-by-finding, woman caught for possession of stolen property: police

In three separate cases, two mainland men and a mainland woman were arrested for respectively stealing a necklace worth 500,000 yuan (555,000 patacas), a HK$100,000 casino chip and HKS60,000 in cash that they found, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman said at a regular press conference yesterday.In the first two cases, a female suspect in her twenties surnamed Fan and a male suspect surnamed Xiang, who is in his fifties, claiming to be unemployed and a businessman respectively, were

August 24, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Ying May Supermarket: breathing life into Cantonese music with comedy

Interview by William Chan        Local pop musician GINNIE has told The Macau Post Daily in an interview last week about her band Ying May Supermarket and their recent achievements and prospects.Formed in 2021, Ying May Supermarket has a distinctive feature of amusing themes and humorous lyrics, creating a musical style akin to situational comedy. The term Ying May has a double meaning in Cantonese: it can mean “beautiful” and “handsome”, or “American” and

August 24, 2023 | BY admin

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Guangdong to issue offshore provincial govt bonds in Macau for 3rd time

Guangdong will issue offshore provincial government bonds in Macau later this month, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) on Tuesday.The statement pointed out that the upcoming issuance will be the third issuance of offshore bonds by the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government in Macau, after the first and second ones in October 2021 and October 2022 respectively.The statement said that by the end of this month, the Guangdong government will issue two

August 24, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Mr Doodle’s ‘Love Wall’ opens for co-creation: Melco

Melco Resorts & Entertainment held an opening ceremony yesterday for Mr Doodle’s “Love Wall”, an installation at the “Mr Doodle First Exhibition in Macao”, at the City of Dreams (COD) resort in Cotai that enables members of the public to write romantic messages to their loved ones, as well as get a chance to receive gifts, until Sunday.The Doodle Love Wall, which communicates Mr Doodle’s heartfelt wishes for romantic connections, is open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6

August 24, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macao Orchestra 2023-24 season to feature Yekwon Sunwoo

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that the opening concert of the “Macao Orchestra (OM) 2023-24 Concert Season”, which is slated to take place on September 2, will feature acclaimed South Korean pianist Yekwon Sunwoo under the baton of OM Director Lio Kuokman, who will lead the new concert season as the Music Director and Principal Conductor.The event, titled “Lio Kuokman and Macao Orchestra”, is set to take place at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand

August 24, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Around 70 pct of schools to start on Sept 1

Around 70 percent of the city’s schools will start their new 2023/24 academic year on Friday September 1, while the others will start later, i.e., from September 4, according to a joint statement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT), the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) last night.According to the statement, officials from the three public entities and representatives from the city’s two public bus operators held a meeting “a few days ago”

August 24, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Local nonagenarian steals cash from woman’s car

A local man in his nineties has been arrested for stealing 11,000 patacas from a vehicle, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect is surnamed Chan.According to Lei, the female victim reported to the police that 11,000 patacas went missing from her car, which was parked on Avenida do General Castelo Branco last Thursday. She had left the car unlocked for approximately 10 minutes while she went to buy food nearby.After checking

August 24, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Drama group president scams govt out of 269,500 patacas

A president of a local non-profit drama organisation has been arrested for cheating the Cultural Development Fund out of 269,500 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said in a regular press conference yesterday.The female suspect surnamed Tang is in her fifties.As per the request of the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), the Judiciary Police conducted an investigation into Tang’s organisation in February about the 269,500 patacas Tang had received in subsidies from the

August 24, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Man walks away after car accident

A local man was arrested for fleeing the scene of a car accident in which he was involved, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect in his forties is surnamed Siu. He told the police he’s a businessman.According to Lei, Siu’s vehicle crashed into another car and damaged its side mirror in Rua do Regedor last Sunday. After reporting the incident to the police, Siu left the scene and went to eat in a nearby restaurant.Police

August 24, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Mainland duo cheat casino out of HK$5.6 million with fake chips: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two mainland men in their thirties on Monday for their alleged connections with a criminal gang using fake gaming chips to cheat a casino in Cotai out of at least HK$5.675 million, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The gambling fraud, according to Lei, was not discovered until about 8 p.m. on Monday by an on-duty dealer, who told PJ officers arriving at the scene upon receiving the report that when he or she collected

August 24, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Remarks by President Xi Jinping at the 15th BRICS Summit

Full textJOHANNESBURG – President Xi Jinping addressed the 15th BRICS Summit yesterday.Following is the full text of Xi’s remarks:Seeking Development Through Solidarity and Cooperation and Shouldering Our Responsibility for PeaceRemarks by H.E. Xi JinpingPresident of the People’s Republic of ChinaAt the 15th BRICS SummitJohannesburg, August 23, 2023Your Excellency President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,Your Excellency President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,Your Excellency President Vladimir

August 24, 2023 | BY admin

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Japan obligated to pause its water plan

China Daily Editorial        Despite the opposition from its neighbors and from Japanese society, and the concerns expressed around the world, Japan is about to begin releasing the nuclear-contaminated water from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.Discharging the water containing radioactive isotopes into the ocean could harm marine life and the overall ecosystem and marine environment.Yet disregarding this, Tokyo Electric Power Company, owner

August 24, 2023 | BY admin

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Sincerity key to improve China-US relations

China Daily Editorial        The visit to China by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, starting Sunday, is being welcomed as another step toward improving relations between the two countries which have been strained in recent years due to the confrontational approach of the previous and current US administrations.The four-day trip, which comes after previous visits by senior US officials to the country over the past two months, is being viewed as an opportunity to discuss,

August 24, 2023 | BY admin

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