Health Bureau calls for flu jabs

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday that it recorded last month five influenza patients who required ventilatory support, three of whom were unvaccinated, and in the light of this the bureau urged the public, once more, to take proper personal precautions during the influenza peak season and to get vaccinated as soon as possible.Macau’s flu season has reached its peak since December last year, and Areia Preta Health Centre Chief Chou Mei Fong said in a media interview yesterday she

February 5, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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87.8 pct of assistance recipients use electronic means for proof of life

The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) said in a statement yesterday that as of Sunday, of the 162,000 assistance recipients who have completed their proof of life this year, 142,000, or 87.8 percent of them, completed the process electronically.Specifically, 98,000 used the “Macao One Account”, accounting for 69.1 percent of the electronic submissions, representing an increase of 9,000 compared to 89,000 who used the “Macao One Account” during the same period last

February 5, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Police nab gambler stealing chips worth HK$126,000

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a female gambler from the mainland on Saturday for stealing casino chips worth HK$126,000 from a gaming table at a casino in Cotai, PJ spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the 43-year-old suspect, surnamed Peng, gambled on a table with chips worth HK$126,000. After losing, she grabbed the chips from the gaming table and put them in her bag. The dealer discovered that Peng had taken the chips off the table and

February 5, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Over 160 gold & silver artworks on display at Tap Seac Gallery

A free-admission exhibition titled “Shining Art – Gold and Silver Handicraft Exhibition of Hebei and Guizhou Provinces” is being held at Tap Seac Gallery in Praça do Tap Seac until February 23.A statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) displayed at the gallery notes that the exhibition is part of the “Quintessence of Traditional Handicraft Art” series, organised by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Beijing, and it is an important part of the “Spring Festival

February 5, 2025 | BY Adrian Vallesteros

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Businesses mostly happy with CNY holiday sales

Vox pop by Rui Pastorin        Yesterday marked the last day of the mainland’s Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, with some businesses in the city centre, including two previously interviewed prior to the start of the eight-day holiday period, telling the Post that most of their sales expectations were met and even exceeded.Exceeding expectationsCatherine, the general manager of the Old House Gallery near the Ruins of St. Paul’s, was happy about their performance over the

February 5, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau’s CNY visitors exceed 1 million in 6 days

Macau recorded over one million visitor arrivals in the first six days of the mainland’s eight-day Chinese New Year (CNY) “Golden Week” holiday this year, according to data released by the Public Security Police (PSP). This year, the mainland’s Spring Festival “Golden Week” holiday began last Tuesday, on the eve of the Chinese New Year of the Snake.Yesterday was the last day of the mainland’s CNY “Golden Week” holiday this year. Last year, the mainland’s eight-day

February 5, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Housing Bureau HQ redevelopment completed

The project to redevelop the headquarters of the Housing Bureau (IH), located near the Fai Chi Kei waterfront, has been completed, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has announced on its website.The Public Works Bureau is the public entity tasked with organising and overseeing public construction projects.The redevelopment project demolished the original 10-floor building in 2019 and constructed a new one with 23 floors on the same site.After the demolition, the redevelopment of the Housing

February 5, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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New horizons for good neighborly relations

China Daily Editorial        Amid the ever-evolving global landscape, China’s neighborhood diplomacy stands as a cornerstone of its foreign policy, embodying its commitment to fostering peace, stability and mutual cooperation in the region. As a responsible player, China recognizes the paramount importance of cultivating strong ties with its neighbors, and nurturing a climate of trust, understanding and shared prosperity.At the heart of China’s neighborhood diplomacy

February 5, 2025 | BY admin

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US’ protectionism, isolationism and unilateralism will not bring it benefit

China Daily Editorial        China remains consistent in both its openness to promote healthy development of Sino-US relations, and its resoluteness to safeguard its core interests.The series of trade-related moves targeting the United States that Beijing made public yesterday are countermeasures against the 10 percent additional tariffs the US levied on all imports from China on the same day on the pretext that Beijing is not doing enough to help address the US’ fentanyl

February 5, 2025 | BY admin

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Year of Snake Parade features 17 floats, Culture Cities of East Asia 2025

The “Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Snake”, organised by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), set off from Sai Van Lake Square on Friday night, the third day of the Chinese New Year (CNY), followed by the first Chinese New Year Fireworks Displays.Central People’s Government and Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) officials, including Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the MSAR Huang Liuquan

February 4, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Embracing AI as a tool for progress

Feature by Ginnie Liang        Have you heard of DeepSeek? It’s an artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to follow human instructions, analyse vast amounts of data, generate reports, and even write code.Developed by a Hangzhou-based company, DeepSeek is an open-source large language model (LLM) that has quickly gained traction. Its first free chatbot app, released last month, surpassed ChatGPT as the most-downloaded free app in the iOS App Store in both China and the

February 4, 2025 | BY admin

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Gaming inspection bureau gets new deputy

The government has appointed a department chief of the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) as a deputy director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) effective from Monday next week.The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has two deputy directors in its organisational structure.Since Adriano Marques Ho, who had headed the bureau since June 2020, became the director-general of the Macau Customs Service, one of the principal officials of Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai’s

February 4, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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O Lam pledges to improve elderly & child care services

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam marked the Chinese New Year by visiting several elderly care facilities yesterday, bringing festive greetings and reaffirming the government’s commitment to improve elderly and child care services, according to a statement from her office yesterday.Accompanied by other officials, O’s visits aimed to express the government’s care and support for Macau’s senior citizens while assessing the quality of services provided at elderly care

February 4, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Avenida do Nordeste skywalk project to start tomorrow: govt

The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a joint statement yesterday that the government’s project to build a skywalk along Avenida do Nordeste (東北大馬路) in the peninsula’s Areia Preta district will start tomorrow.Yesterday’s announcement came after the two bureaus announced last week that the project will get off the ground after the ongoing Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday. *Today is the last day of the mainland’s eight-day Spring Festival

February 4, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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