Pun expects more local racers at MGP

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun told the media yesterday at the ID headquarters in Zape he was confident that local racers would “actively” participate in this year’s Macau Grand Prix (MGP) slated to take place in November, reaffirming that the bureau was glad to continue to support local racers to compete in the annual motor-racing event.According to Pun, who made the remarks after a press conference about the traffic arrangements during the upcoming repaving of the Guia

August 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Repaving of Guia Circuit to start tomorrow

The 17-day-long repaving of the Guia Circuit prior to November’s 70th Macau Grand Prix (MGP) will be carried out from tomorrow, Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun announced yesterday, promising that most of the works will be completed this month, with a small number of repairs slated to start on September 16.Considering that most local schools will start their new academic year at the beginning of next month, Pun underlined that the repaving in September will only take place on

August 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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PJ warn public about scammers impersonating Apple Inc.

The Judiciary Police (PJ) warned members of the public in a statement yesterday about phishing SMS messages containing unidentified links from scammers impersonating Apple Inc.The fake messages claim that the recipient’s Apple account has been logged onto at a different location, asking recipients to click on the embedded links to proceed with two-way verification, according to the statement.The statement noted that recipients are then led to a fake website resembling the company’s official

August 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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TV viewers can watch TDM in Pearl River Delta soon: TDM

TV viewers across the Pearl River Delta will soon be able to watch TDM at home, Macau’s government-owned broadcaster TDM said in a statement yesterday after it was granted TV landing rights by the National Radio and Television Administration yesterday.TDM yesterday signed a cooperation agreement with Guangdong Broadcasting and Television Network Co. Ltd. to allow the broadcast of TDM across the Pearl River Delta, which means that TDM will be officially broadcast on Guangdong Pearl River Delta

August 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Wong rules out setting-up auxiliary police force

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak reaffirmed yesterday that for the time being the government will not consider the possibility of setting-up an auxiliary police force.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL).Some local community leaders and lawmakers have urged the local government to study the feasibility of setting up an auxiliary police force in Macau with the aim of helping tackle the city’s

August 11, 2023 | BY admin

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Wynn presents da Vinci’s science & art works in multi-sensory exhibition

Wynn Palace is currently hosting a multisensory exhibition titled “The Contour of Light: A Re-encounter with Leonardo da Vinci”*, showcasing da Vinci’s art and science works at the integrated resort’s Art Centre.The exhibition is hosted in support of the “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023” and runs through October 15. Its artistic production and curation are by Art Media Studio, which is based in Italy.According to a recent Wynn Resorts statement, the exhibition uses

August 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Investment weaponization will create barriers and aggravate self-enclosure

China Daily Editorial        Given the absence of the media noise, as well as the messaging remarks that usually accompany a typical executive order by the president of the United States, Wednesday’s order may indeed have had a “low-key” rollout.That much of what it says had been anticipated is partly attributable to the lack of fanfare. Also, it has been substantially narrowed and toned down, according to reports, which is likely another contributing factor. Still,

August 11, 2023 | BY admin

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Biden’s new ban on China ‘aimed in wrong direction,’ says US professor

Interview        NEW YORK – US President Joe Biden’s new executive order to limit US investments in advanced technology industries in China is “aimed in the wrong direction,” a US professor said on Wednesday.The order restricting certain types of foreign investment and capital flows into China represents just “another punitive step in an effort to contain China,” Denis Simon, a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told Xinhua in an

August 11, 2023 | BY admin

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Washington cannot afford a tech divorce from China

Commentary        BEIJING – US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to double down on his administration’s persistent drive to hobble China’s high-tech advance by barring American investment in the Asian country despite the White House’s repeated “no-decoupling” pledge.The decision comes when Beijing and Washington are trying to steer their troubled ties back on track. The protectionist move could risk backsliding on the hard-won progress

August 11, 2023 | BY admin

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China a provider of global public goods, not a free-rider

Commentary by Guo Jiulin and Zhao Momo        In May 2022, American scholar Joseph S. Nye Jr. published an article in International Affairs entitled How not to deal with a rising China: a US perspective, in which he cites the “Kindleberger trap” to explain the current Sino-American situation. Charles Kindleberger, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, argues that the disaster of the 1930s was caused by the US replacing Britain as the world’s

August 11, 2023 | BY admin

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70 pct residents want more annual leave, longer maternity leave: survey

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) released its survey about local employment and labour legislation during a press conference yesterday, the result of which shows that among the 1,608 respondents, over 70 percent saw the need to extend their statutory annual paid leave, with over 45 percent of them saying they hoped their annual leave would be increased by ‘three to four” days from the current six days, while over 20 percent said they hoped that their annual leave would be

August 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local artist Nono Leong creates ‘Dopamine Garden’ at NOVA Mall

Interview by William Chan        Local artist and designer Nono Leong Chi Hang has spoken with The Macau Post Daily about his recent project “Dopamine Garden” with NOVA Mall, including art installations, photo spots and workshops at the mall.The exclusive interview was held recently in a conference room of NOVA Mall.A graduate of Macao Polytechnic University (MPU), Leong worked as a graphic designer at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in his early years. His works have

August 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Boxing returns to local gym after 3-year hiatus

Local gym Macao Boxing House will be holding “Hou Kong Converge – Greater Bay Area Professional Boxing Classic and Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Youth Boxing Exchange Competition” on Saturday.The event consisting of 10 professional and amateur fights will be held after a 3-year hiatus, due to the virtual shutdown of the city because of the COVID-19 pandemic starting in early 2019 and other factors.The 10 bouts consist of four pugilists from Macau, six from Hong Kong, five from

August 10, 2023 | BY Lesley Wells

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Govt to auction off 2 plots of land in Taipa next month

The Land and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) announced yesterday in a statement that it will hold separate auctions for two parcels of land in Taipa, namely “BT8” and “BT9a”, earmarked for residential projects, with a reserve price of 1.136 billion patacas and 777 million patacas, respectively, through sealed-envelope bidding.The two plots, which were originally set aside for a temporary tyre park, will be auctioned off at 12 noon on September 26, according to the statement. The two

August 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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