Local man cheated out of 2,000 yuan in concert ticket scam: police

A local middle-aged man has lost 2,000 yuan (2,199 patacas) in a concert ticket scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the victim saw a post on Douyin (a Chinese version of TikTok) about selling tickets for a concert on January 26 in the mainland. He was keen to attend the concert and contacted the seller on January 13, to buy two tickets.The suspect told the victim that the “tickets” would cost 8,600 yuan in total

February 12, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Local man cuts motorbike’s seat: police

A local man has been arrested for cutting open the seat of a motorbike, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 61-year-old suspect surnamed Lei told the police he is a construction worker. In December, the motorcycle owner reported that the seat of his bike had been damaged by someone, estimating the repair cost at 800 patacas. Police identified the suspect as Lei with the aid of CCTV footage. They summoned Lei to a police

February 12, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Elderly woman loses 1.09 million patacas in ‘fake police’ scam: police

A local elderly woman has lost 1.09 million patacas in a “fake police” scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, a bank staff member discovered abnormal activity in a bank account of an elderly woman and reported the case to the police on Monday. The victim had received a call in December 2024, in which a man claimed to be a “mainland police officer”.The “police officer” alleged that the victim’s personal

February 12, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Croatian jazz singer to perform with GBA musicians

Croatian jazz singer Ines Trickovic will be performing with local Macau musicians at the Sifang Art Space on Avenida do Almirante Lacerda on March 14, she told the Post in an online interview last week.Trickovic, who lived in Macau for several years before the COVID-19 pandemic and performed in Macau many times, will this time be joined by saxophonist Lam Chak Seng, guitarist Chan Hon Chong, drummer Fanfan Cheung, and Zhuhai-based double bassist Liu Ao. The performance will feature

February 12, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Tariffs may be ‘a beautiful word’ but they are also heavy stones US is dropping on its feet

China Daily Editorial        In a move that risks a multi-front trade war, US President Donald Trump raised US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Monday to a flat 25 percent. The tariff rate, to go into effect on March 12, will target millions of tons of steel and aluminum imports from countries such as Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the Republic of Korea and China.“It’s 25 percent without exceptions or exemptions,” President Trump said as he signed the executive orders

February 12, 2025 | BY admin

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Win-win nature of Sino-UK ties evident

China Daily Editorial        That Sino-UK relations have warmed up since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer took office in early July last year, particularly after the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Starmer on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, at the height of the then US administration’s efforts to drive a wedge between US allies and China, demonstrates a tacit understanding between them that they should resist efforts to

February 12, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau logs only 3,057 residential property deals in 2024, developer calls for more favourable conditions

The Financial Services Bureau (DSF) has  announced that only 3,057 residential real-estate transactions were recorded last year – and Ung Choi Kun, who heads the Association of Property Agents and Realty Developers of Macau, told reporters yesterday that “the industry is now in an unfavourable environment”, with the number of transactions dropping from their peak nine years ago to just 20 percent last year, adding he hoped that the government would create more favourable conditions

February 11, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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New association vows to focus on women’s health

The Association for the Concern of Women’s Health in Macau held yesterday its inauguration ceremony, with the aim of promoting women’s health education, health care knowledge and enhance the community’s awareness of women’s health needs.Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the ceremony at Metropole Hotel Macau in Nam Van, Flora Cheong Sou Peng, the association’s founding chairperson, quoted research as pointing out that women have three more organs with more risks for them to

February 11, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau to resume accepting US-bound parcels today

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) announced last night that it would resume parcel services to the US from today, adding, however, that “adjustments to the US postal service policies cannot be ruled out at any time”.The Hongkong Post announced earlier yesterday that it would resume acceptance of mail for shipments to the US from today, in the view of the fact that the US authorities have confirmed that they would not impose a tariff on mail containing goods sent from Hong

February 11, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Green Day performs in Macau

Review by Rui Pastorin        American rock band Green Day* marked their first stop in Asia for their ongoing The Saviors Tour with a concert at Galaxy Arena in Cotai on Sunday.The night saw high energy from guitarist and lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, as well as from their session musicians, with the audience sharing their enthusiasm in a show that had many standing up, jumping up and down, and even singing

February 11, 2025 | BY admin

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Taipa’s Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen to partially close to traffic for pipework

The section of Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen (孫逸仙博士大馬路) between Rotunda Ouvidor Arriaga (亞利雅架圓形地) and Rotunda Dr. Sun Yat Sen (孫逸仙博士圓形地) in Taipa will be partially closed to traffic for about a month on Thursday as part of a piping project, to coincide with the inauguration of a new residential building, according to a press conference yesterday.The Transport Bureau (DSAT), project contractor and Public Security Police (PSP) held the joint press

February 11, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Indonesian waitress steals 12 bottles of perfume

A female Indonesian non-resident worker (NRW) has been arrested for stealing a dozen boxes of perfume containing small bottles from a local shop, Public Security Police (PSP) Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.The 25-year-old suspect surnamed Merissa works as a waitress.According to Lam, the police received a report from an employee of a shop on the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, that a woman had stolen two bottles of perfume worth 1,520 patacas in total.The police

February 11, 2025 | BY William Chan

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UM hosts tours to enhance public knowledge of campus

In order to increase public awareness of what life might be like at the University of Macau (UM), the public university has been holding campus tours called “A Day at UM”, which, according to a UM statement on Friday, have become quite popular because they attract participants from all over the world.According to the statement, “international students agree that the campus tours have helped them quickly familiarise themselves with the campus environment”. The statement noted that the

February 11, 2025 | BY Adrian Vallesteros

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Kou vows to enhance governance level through legislature’s supervisory powers

Legislative Assembly (AL) President Kou Hoi In reaffirmed yesterday that the legislature is committed to enhancing the government’s administrative level and effectiveness by exercising its supervisory powers.Kou made the remarks in a speech during a Spring Festival luncheon hosted by the legislature for local journalists and correspondents working for media enterprises in the mainland, Hong Kong and Portugal. Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Inês Chan Lou also attended the

February 11, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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