Police nab mainlander purporting to be police officer

A man from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a police officer and scamming a male mainlander out of HK$60,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Sio Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.The 22-year-old suspect surnamed Tang works as an e-commerce entrepreneur.According to Cheong, Tang approached a man from the mainland on Tuesday in a smoking lounge at a casino in Cotai, offering the man a favourable illegal currency exchange deal. The man showed

February 20, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macao Water reports ‘record high’ 100 million m³ supply in 2024

Macau’s water supply increased by 5.6 percent last year compared to 2023, while pumpage is estimated to grow by around 3 percent this year, Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng told reporters yesterday.Kuan made the remarks during an interview prior to the start of yesterday’s 2025 Media Spring Luncheon and the kick-off ceremony for the 90th Anniversary Celebrations hosted at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre.Kuan further elaborated on the increase during her

February 20, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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10 works by artist Kris Chan on display at 10 Fantasia Gallery

A local artist named Kris Chan (陳鑫) is displaying her works at the 10 Fantasia Gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), aiming to enable exhibitiongoers to understand how complex family dynamics can impact a person’s physical and mental state and personality, along with how certain memories can be unforgettable, according to a statement from the gallery’s website.The statement noted that Chan, a high school senior graduate who is passionate about art and sees painting

February 20, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Macau still faces significant pressure in developing diversified industries & innovative capacity’: Sam

Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai yesterday chaired for the first time a plenary meeting of the Economic Development Council, during which he remarked that Macau’s key economic indicators have remained on an “upward” trend over the past year, but in the face of rapid changes in the international situation, the city was still facing significant pressures in the development of its diversified industries and innovative capacity, urging the councillors to capitalise on the opportunities

February 20, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Ne Zha 2’ to be released in 7 local cinemas, with nearly 50 screenings on Saturday

China’s mega-blockbuster animated film “Ne Zha 2” premiered in Macau yesterday, on the sidelines of which a representative of the film’s co-distributors in Hong Kong and Macau, David Ding Kai, general manager of Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd., told reporters that the film will be released in seven local cinemas from Saturday, with about 50 showings that day.“There’s no specific end-day [set for the film run in local cinemas]; we’ll continue to show it as long as there’s

February 20, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Chinese top diplomat gives West pragmatic, erudite advice

     Foreign Minister Wang Yi, one of the world's most experienced top diplomats, gave last week's Munich Security Conference a healthy dose of pragmatic and erudite advice on how to handle international relations. Incidentally, he also promoted China's brand-new Deep-Seek chatbot, which was released to the amazement of the whole world just about a month ago.DeepSeek is another sign that China is leading the artificial intelligence revolution alongside the United

February 19, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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60 pct of seniors’ rental housing residents are MTel clients

Macau-based MTel Telecommunication Company Limited held yesterday a banquet at L’Arc hotel in Nape to celebrate Spring Festival, on the sidelines of which the company’s chairman and CEO, Michael Choi Tak Meng, briefed the media about the company’s development in the past year, saying that “we’ve had a steady, solid growth in our results”, with over 60 percent of residents in the government’s high-rise rental residential building for senior citizens being MTel clients.The number of

February 19, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Ne Zha 2’ to have its cinema release in Macau on Saturday

The central government’s National Film Administration announced yesterday that “Ne Zha 2” will have its cinema release in Hong Kong and Macau on Saturday, with the local premiere taking place in Macau tonight.The announcement noted that “with the strong coordination of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau and the relevant entities of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) government, the premiere of ‘Ne Zha 2’ will be held in Macau on Wednesday, February

February 19, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab mainlander for theft, bust illegal inn

During a regular press conference yesterday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan announced a theft case, in which a man from the mainland stole cash and a phone from a supermarket locker.According to Cheong, the victim, an employee of a supermarket on Rua de Santo António (花王堂街), reported to the police on Friday that 1,400 patacas in cash and a phone valued at 1,800 patacas had been stolen from his shoulder bag, which he had placed in a locker in the supermarket’s

February 19, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Police bust 2 illegal currency exchange dealers

The Judiciary Police have separately arrested a man and a woman from the mainland for engaging in illegal currency exchange deals, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Sio Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the 44-year-old woman surnamed Li works as a personal shopper.A personal shopper is someone who assists individuals in selecting and purchasing items, such as clothing, accessories, groceries, or gifts, tailored to their preferences, needs, and

February 19, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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New CEPA upgrades to further ease curbs for Macau enterprises entering mainland

A presentation session was held in Macau yesterday about an upgraded version of the Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), which will take effect next month.The Second Agreement Concerning Amendment to the Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) Agreement on Trade in Services, aka Amendment Agreement II, was signed in October last year in Macau by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR)

February 19, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Anti-flood dyke project off Coloane Village to start soon: govt

The government has announced that its flood protection project off Coloane’s western coast, including a 1,200-metre-long dyke in the coastal waters, will get off the ground in the near future, aiming to protect low-lying Coloane Village from flooding.After Super Typhoon Hato hit Macau in August 2017, the government started to plan various flood protection projects for the short, medium and long terms, including one off Coloane’s western coast.The project off Coloane’s western coast, one

February 19, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Local jazz guitarist shares insight into album production

Interview by William Chan        Chan Hon Chong, a seasoned jazz guitarist with nearly two decades of experience in Macau’s music scene, has recently talked to the Post in an exclusive interview about his upcoming album.Chan is recognised for his contributions to jazz as both a performer and a composer, performing regularly in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). He graduated from the Collective School of Music in New York and Beijing Contemporary Music Academy. Chan has graced

February 19, 2025 | BY admin

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IAS receives 483 new applications for govt’s seniors’ rental housing flats

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) has begun vetting a new round of applications for the government’s seniors’ rental housing – and IAS President Wilson Hon Wai told reporters yesterday that the number of applications for the new phase stood at 483 when the application period closed last Friday, involving 600 senior citizens, expecting that the total number of households will reach about 900, an increase of about 300 compared to the previous phase.Located on Rua das Coniferas (松柏街),

February 19, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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