Jail project’s 3rd phase completed

The new prison project’s third phase has been completed, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced on its website yesterday.The government has said that it expects the city’s new prison in Ka Ho in Coloane, the construction of which got off the ground over a decade ago, to come into use next year.Macau’s current prison complex is located near Coloane Village. The new jail will be located on a hill in the hamlet of Ka Ho.The new prison project’s third phase was carried out by Shanghai

July 28, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Zone A-Nape flyover to be 1,650-metre long: govt

The government’s planned flyover connecting the Zone A land reclamation area and Nape will be 1,650 metres long, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced on its website yesterday.According to the website, the vehicular overpass known as AB Link, will run from near the Kun Iam Statue on the Nape waterfront to the roundabout outside the Macau Science Centre (MSC), from where it will cross the sea running under the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge and finally arrive in Zone A.In addition, the

July 28, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Brazilian official hopes Macau platform role can boost China-Brazil cooperation

Secretary for Technological Development and Innovation Guilherme Coutinho Calheiros of Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation said during his working visit to Macau this week he hoped that through the Forum Macao mechanism and Macau’s role as a platform for economic and trade relations between China and the world’s Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), Brazil and China could further strengthen cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, technological innovation, and

July 28, 2023 | BY admin

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4-day Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair opens

The 2023 Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair (GMBPF) kicked off yesterday morning at the Galaxy International Convention Centre (GICC) in Cotai and will last through Sunday.Now entering its 15th edition, the fair, themed “New Venue, Market-tested Products, Unprecedented Opportunities”, is held for four days this year and marks the first time that it is taking place at the brand-new GICC. It features 430 booths, while its areas include the Semi-finished Food Industry Area, the Belt

July 28, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Relatively low’ probability of hoisting No.3 signal: SMG

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that as Super Typhoon “Doksuri” would remain a certain distance away from Macau with its strong wind zone being “unlikely” to have a direct impact on the city, there’s a “relatively low” probability of hoisting the No.3 tropical cyclone signal early this morning.The No.1 standby signal, hoisted at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, remained in effect last night, the weather station said in the statement.According to

July 28, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO to send typhoon messages to tourists

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday if the government issues typhoon signals No. 3 and No. 8, the bureau will immediately send information to residents travelling outside Macau and tourists in Macau via SMS about typhoon updates and remind them to pay attention to land, sea, and air transport arrangements to enhance tourists’ travel experience in Macau.The statement said that the bureau will continue to optimise the content of the messages by highlighting

July 28, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Health Bureau marks World Hepatitis Day

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that today is World Hepatitis Day and it wants to provide the local population with “correct information” about hepatitis B and hepatitis C with a series of ongoing activities.In response to the aim of eliminating hepatitis set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the statement said, Macau has carried out a raft of prevention and control activities on chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C, including hepatitis C testing for the general

July 28, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lessons worth remembering 70 years on

China Daily Editorial        On July 27, 1953, military commanders from the Chinese People’s Volunteers force, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Army and the United States (on behalf of the “United Nations Command”) signed the Korean Armistice Agreement, putting an end to “all acts of armed force” on the Korean Peninsula.Seventy years on, representatives of China, the DPRK and Russia gathered in Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice.

July 28, 2023 | BY admin

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Washington’s behavior of defaming China ‘problematic’

Commentary        BEIJING – Upon arrival at Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wasted no time throwing mud at China.This time, he called Beijing’s engagement in the region “problematic behavior” and Chinese investment “predatory” that would hurt the local economy.Behind the China-bashing cliché, Blinken, the first US state secretary to visit Tonga, was actually asking the island nation to take sides and making the

July 28, 2023 | BY admin

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JLL urges govt to adjust demand-side management measures

In response to the increasing downward pressure on Macau’s housing market, JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) Macau and Zhuhai General Manager Oliver Tong Wai Lok urged the government yesterday to “adapt to times” by adjusting its demand-side management measures targeting the property market, such as by “appropriately” relaxing both its special stamp duty (SSD) and buyer’s stamp duty (BSD) on residential properties.Tong said considering that Macau’s current housing environment was very

July 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab mainlander exchanging fake money

A man from the mainland has been arrested for defrauding a male currency exchange dealer out of HK$200,000 with counterfeit money, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 22-year-old suspect is surnamed Wei. He told the police he’s jobless.According to Chong, Wei and a mainlander struck a currency exchange deal in a hotel guestroom in Zape after they had chatted on a messaging app on Sunday. The victim then transferred 187,000 yuan

July 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local woman dies burning charcoal: police

According to a statement from the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday, a 29-year-old local woman was found dead in her flat near Rua do Rebanho in a suspected case of charcoal burning.The statement noted that the woman had no signs of breathing or heartbeat when she was brought to the hospital. The statement concluded that the victim had committed suicide in her bedroom using a charcoal stove, and a suicide note was found at the scene.No suspicious injuries were found on the body, and the exact

July 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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No.1 standby signal goes up as Doksuri approaches Macau: SMG

The local observatory hoisted the No.1 standby signal at 10 p.m. yesterday after Super Typhoon “Doksuri” over the Luzon Strait came within 800 km of Macau.At 10 p.m. yesterday, Doksuri was located about 770 km east-southeast of the city.The super typhoon, according to the weather station, was forecast to move across the northeastern part of the South China Sea, “generally” moving towards the area between Fujian province and the eastern coast of Guangdong province.The probability of

July 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man steals HK$15,000 from woman while she showers in hotel room

A mainland man has been arrested for allegedly stealing HK$15,000 in cash from a woman while she was taking a shower, after she had invited him to herhotel guestroom, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said at a regular press conference yesterday.The 36-year-old suspect surnamed Li told the police that he’s jobless.According to Cheong, the female victim in her thirties met Li when she was gambling on Friday in a casino in the city centre and they went to gamble together

July 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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