394 COVID-19 infections in 7 days: govt

Macau recorded a total of 394 COVID-19 infections from August 4 to 10, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced on its COVID-19 website on Friday.A total of eight new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities in the seven days.No COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in the seven days.This came after the city recorded a total of 330 COVID-19 infections in the previous seven days between July 28 and August 3.The Macau government currently only announces the number of COVID-19 infections once

August 16, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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MTel announces growth in cloud services

MTel Telecommunications, one of the city’s providers of digital communication services has enjoyed a steady growth in its cloud services, with an increasing number of servers and a consistent customer base of approximately 8,000 to 9,000 internet users, MTel Chairman and CEO Michael Choi Tak Meng told reporters yesterday.Choi briefed the media on the company’s progress and its plans for the future on the sidelines of yesterday’s MTel press conference at The Plaza Restaurant in

August 16, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local band FunkRoller to perform on Friday

Interview by William Chan        Local band FunkRoller’s drummer Carmen Ip Wai Man has told The Macau Post Daily that they will perform at Bookand in the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood on Friday.FunkRoller, comprising several local musicians of instrumentalists and singers, met each other as jazz musicians initially and later formed a band earlier this year, initiated by Ip and singer Carol, to explore different musical genres and experiment with smaller band

August 16, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau records 139,000 visitors on Saturday, highest daily post-pandemic number: MGTO

Macau recorded around 139,000 visitor arrivals on Saturday, the highest daily post-COVID-19 pandemic number, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in an email yesterday in reply to a query by The Macau Post Daily.Before Saturday (August 12) when about 139,000 visitor arrivals were recorded, Macau’s highest daily post-pandemic number of visitor arrivals stood at around 133,000, recorded on April 30 this year, according to previously released official data.April 30 was the second day

August 16, 2023 | BY admin

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1st batch of local physicians starts practising in Hengqin

The first batch of four medical practitioners from Macau have completed their professional registration and received their respective practice certificates in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin on Friday, so that they can now work at the zone’s medical institutions.The regulations concerning work permits for medical practitioners from Macau in the zone aim to further facilitate their cross-border work, expand employment opportunities for Macau residents and promote the

August 16, 2023 | BY admin

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Those worshiping devil in Yasukuni Shrine might follow it in deed

China Daily Editorial Flash        It’s hard to imagine any lie bigger than the words of Koichi Hagiuda, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) policy chief, who, upon visiting the Yasukuni Shrine yesterday, said he renewed his vow to “work for lasting peace”.Among the dead worshiped in the Yasukuni Shrine are 14 Class A Japanese war criminals of the World War II. By worshiping them, Hagiuda was actually supporting the war and its launchers instead of peace and

August 16, 2023 | BY admin

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Curbs cause confusion and concern for US firms

China Daily Editorial        Getting tough, and then more tough, on China is the new political correctness in the United States. As a consequence, those advocating caution in handling the troubled relationship have become marginalized, and ever more marginalized, in Washington’s policy circles.The China hawks on Capitol Hill are lambasting President Joe Biden for being too soft in the executive order on outbound investment controls he issued on Thursday that seeks

August 16, 2023 | BY admin

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‘Treasure Island Resort World Shopping Centre Macau’ set to open in Q4: JLL

Interview by Yuki Lei        The “Treasure Island Resort World Shopping Centre Macau” on Praça de Ferreira do Amaral is expected to have its soft opening in the fourth quarter of this year, i.e., between October and December, with 50 to 60 percent of its retail brands and attractions, such as a seven-screen “modern theatre” by the Bona Film Group and famous French department store Galeries Lafayette, as well as high-end fitness centre UFC Gym, set to open in the

August 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Unconventional sounds, visuals mesmerise at contemporary music gig

Review by William Chan        The Macao Alternative Music Festival 2023 presented the contemporary music show “Between the Space” on Sunday at the 20Hz Art Lab in Fai Chi Kei district.The opening act of the performance transported the audience to the heart of a small, dim room where four loudspeakers were strategically placed to face us. Once settled, these loudspeakers began to emit various frequencies and volumes of percussive sounds. High frequencies evoked the

August 15, 2023 | BY admin

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5-metre-tall tree falls onto road

A 5-metre-tall tree collapsed and crashed onto Estrada de Cacilhas, according to a Fire Service Bureau (CB) statement yesterday afternoon.According to the statement, no injuries were reported, but the fallen tree obstructed one of the road’s traffic lanes.Estrada de Cacilhas is part of the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) Guia Circuit.Upon receiving the emergency call, traffic police officers swiftly arrived at the scene to control the situation and ensure order on the road, the statement said, adding

August 15, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Legendary Grande Hotel set to re-open soon: JLL

After an about eight-year renovation project, the refurbished Grande Hotel Macau on Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (commonly known as San Ma Lou in Cantonese) was unveiled yesterday, according to JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) Macau and Zhuhai General Manager Oliver Tong Wai Lok, who told The Macau Post Daily he believed that the boutique hotel will open very soon.The renovation of the landmark started in April 2017.Tong made the remarks at the Finance and IT (FIT) Centre of Macau in Nam Van.According to

August 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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3 local artists exhibit works at Sands Gallery

Three local artists are showcasing their works at Sands Gallery for the “Behind the Forms: Aesthetics of Contemporary Art – Trio Exhibition by Lei Ieng Wai, Leong Chi Mou and Lai Sio Kit” until October 15.The permanent art space has had seven art exhibitions that featured mainland Chinese and international artists since opening in 2022. The current exhibition, themed “Forms”, is hosted as an exhibition in support of Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023.A recent Sands China

August 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Vietnamese worker’s finger cut off at work: firemen

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) announced that a workplace accident happened in Block 3 of Nam Fong Industrial Building on Avenida do Dr Francisco Vieira Machado yesterday, in which a 22-year-old female non-resident Vietnamese worker’s left index finger was cut off to the first joint when cleaning a cake-making machine.According to two separate CB statements, the victim remained conscious when she was rushed to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for emergency treatment.The statements noted that the

August 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab HK man linked to ‘guess who I am’ phone scam gang

A Hong Kong man has been arrested in an ongoing investigation into a telephone fraud scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the scam tactic as “guess who I am”, which usually involves swindlers pretending to be a relative or a friend of the victim.The suspect is a 23-year-old construction worker surnamed Wang.According to Leng, the police received a report in May from a local female victim in her seventies. She told

August 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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