HZMB cross-border cargo transfer station to open next week

The Macau government yesterday held a meeting to brief representatives of the local logistics sector about the newly completed cross-border cargo transfer station at the Macau checkpoint area of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), which will come into use next Tuesday.The new facility at the HZMB Macau checkpoint area will enable land cargo transport from Hong Kong to Macau via the HZMB.Currently, Hong Kong-Macau cargo transport can only come by sea.The construction of the cross-border

August 3, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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LRT daily passenger average rises to 7,500 last month

The daily average number of Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers increased to 7,500 last month from the average of 5,650 per day in June, the government-owned LRT operator, Macau Light Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (MLM), announced on its website on Tuesday.This was the highest average daily number of passengers in a month since the LRT passenger numbers started to recover early this year with the post-COVID-19 recovery of Macau’s tourism sector.Currently, the LRT only operates on the

August 3, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Link b/w UM campus & Hengqin checkpoint completed

The construction of a link between the University of Macau (UM) campus on Hengqin Island and the Macau-side checkpoint zone of the Hengqin joint border checkpoint has been completed, Macau Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has announced.Construction of the link between the UM campus and the Hengqin checkpoint got off the ground in December 2021. A DSOP statement on Monday announced that the project was completed earlier that day.The new link will be used for both vehicles and pedestrians.The

August 3, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab driver, rider for drunk driving

Two local men have been separately arrested for drunk driving, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect in the first case as a 23-year-old local university student surnamed Nip.According to Wong, the police received a report on Friday at 8 a.m.  that two motorcycles had collided near Rotunda da Amizade in which one of the riders was injured. Police officers who arrived at the scene found the other

August 3, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Man loses 32,000 patacas in online ‘sextortion’ scam: police

A local man lost 32,000 patacas in an online sexual extortion scam on Monday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the 30-year-old victim was contacted by an unknown woman on an instant messaging app. After a brief chat, the woman claimed she had sent some “sexy” photos via a hyperlink. The victim then clicked on the link and, under the woman’s instructions, downloaded an application to access the photos.The victim told

August 3, 2023 | BY Leong Ian Kio

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Duo nabbed for HK$250,000 sham marriage: police

A man from the mainland and a local woman have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a sham marriage, where the man pledged that he would pay a total of HK$250,000 for the bogus marriage deal, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference yesterday.The 55-year-old male suspect is surnamed Wang, while the 61-year-old female suspect is surnamed Wong. Both claimed to be jobless.According to the spokesman, when investigating a case involving the

August 3, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Civic leaders urge govt to improve e-ID certificate apps

Central District Community Service Consultative Council members urged the government yesterday to further develop and promote its e-ID certificate and to improve the Immigration Department’s identification check system.They made the remarks during a regular closed-door meeting at the Patane Municipal Market Complex yesterday.Council members Leong Wai Kei and Ao Ieong Kuong Kao proposed solutions to problems caused by the imperfection of e-ID certificate apps to residents and especially senior

August 3, 2023 | BY Lisa Li Chi Mang

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SJM launches ‘Virtually Versailles’ immersive exhibition

In support of “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023”, SJM Resorts has recently launched the Virtually Versailles immersive exhibition at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai, which runs through October 15.The interactive exhibition’s debut in Macau, according to a recent statement from the integrated resort operator, follows the ones held in Singapore in 2018, Shanghai in 2021 and Hong Kong earlier this year.The statement noted that the exhibition is designed as an

August 3, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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South Pacific needs supports, not high walls

China Daily Editorial        A new provision in the maritime law enforcement agreement between Papua New Guinea (PNG and the United States will allow US Coast Guard officers to board and search a vessel in the PNG’s exclusive economic zone on the PNG’s behalf, without the requirement for a PNG law officer to be present as a “ship rider”.This is the second such agreement the US has struck with a Pacific island country. It agreed a similar provision with the Federated

August 3, 2023 | BY admin

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The BRICS alternatives to the US dollar

      Commentary by Renato Baumann        Whenever there is a serious economic situation – such as the mismatch between the price of gold and the reality of the US economy in the late 1960s, the two oil crises of the 1970s, the various financial problems throughout the 1990s, the creation of the euro in the early 2000s and the 2008 global financial crisis – many expect the US dollar to lose its importance.Those expectations have proved to be

August 3, 2023 | BY admin

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‘Global boiling era’ comes as cooperation lacking

China Daily Editorial        Wildfires in Greece. Heat waves across the US Southwest. The highest temperature ever recorded in China – 52.2 C in Turpan in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. All these in July marked the planet’s hottest month on record.Scientists at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service came to the conclusion last week, even before the month ended, based on calculation, that the

August 3, 2023 | BY admin

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PLA garrison vows to ‘unswervingly’ uphold Macau’s economic & social development

Attending a reception to celebrate the 96th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday, PLA Macau Garrison Commander Yu Changjiang said in a speech that bearing in mind President Xi Jinping’s entrustment, the PLA garrison in Macau will always, “in the same breath, shared fate and heart-to-heart with Macau compatriots”, “unswervingly” uphold the local government in governing according to the law and in promoting the city’s economic and social development.Yu also

August 2, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO promotes Macau to Indonesian & Malaysian markets

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that it has recently invited a delegation of 19 Indonesian travel trade members for a fact-finding visit, and participated in the Malaysia International Travel Mart (MITM Travel Fair) in Kuala Lumpur last week.According to the statement, the delegation of Indonesian travel trade representatives visited Macau for five days last week, during which they experienced the city’s “tourism+” attractions, while their

August 2, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police nab mainland couple, 2 locals for sham marriages

A couple originally from the mainland and two locals have been arrested for their involvement in two sham marriages, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference on Monday.The couple are a 48-year-old man surnamed Zhang and a 47-year-old woman surnamed Wang. Both obtained a permanent Macau ID card in 2010 and work as casino dealers. The two local suspects are a 50-year-old woman surnamed Ng and a 72-year-old man surnamed Ian. Ng works in a casino while

August 2, 2023 | BY William Chan

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