MGM, IMG announce 2 more players for tennis masters invitational

Professional tennis players Emma Raducanu from Britain and Wu Yibing from mainland China are the latest players announced to join the inaugural MGM Macau Tennis Masters invitational, which is slated to take place on December 2-3 at the Macao East Asian Games Dome.The announcement was made during a press conference at MGM MACAU yesterday.Raducanu, according to Wikipedia, won the women’s singles title in the 2021 US Open. Wu, meanwhile, was his country’s first player to win an Association of

July 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Govt to improve notification mechanism for tourists during typhoons: MGTO chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that her bureau will improve its notification mechanism for tourists during typhoons in response to the predicament of a large number of visitor arrivals who were stuck at Macau’s border checkpoints waiting for taxis during Monday’s typhoon.Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a business matching event at MGM Macau, when the media asked her whether she

July 19, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt to build 1.6 billion pataca ‘youth adventure camp’ near Hac Sa Beach

            Kun Iam statue to be erected in Reservoir Natural Park     The government announced yesterday that it will build a large-scale youth adventure camp between Coloane’s Hac Sa Beach and the nearby hillside, featuring various adventure, sports and recreational facilities.The government said yesterday that it is aiming for the project to be fully completed in 2025, adding that the project is preliminarily budgeted at around 1.6 billion

July 19, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Observatory forecasts another typhoon highly likely next week

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that according to the latest forecast, a low-pressure area located in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean has a high probability of becoming a tropical storm in the next few days, which, however, was still quite far from Macau, with its track still being undetermined.The statement added that the atmospheric conditions where the low-pressure area was located were quite favourable for its development, so it was “very

July 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM holds 37th Portuguese-language summer course

The University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Portuguese of its Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held an on-campus opening ceremony for its 37th Portuguese Language Summer Course, resuming face-to-face teaching and garnered 280 students from Macau, the mainland and South Korea, according to a UM statement yesterday.The statement did not say when exactly the opening ceremony was held.The statement noted that the course aims to provide participants with “an in-depth knowledge of

July 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Suicidal mother poisons daughter

A suicidal local mother in her fifties is suspected of poisoning her 14-year-old daughter who was found dead early yesterday morning in a flat on Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas, in the northern district, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement.PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said in the statement that the police were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) of the death at 12:34 a.m. yesterday.The statement quoted a friend of the victim’s mother as saying that he or she had been unable

July 19, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Portuguese jazz musician hosts jazz workshop, before performing on Saturday

      Interview by William Chan         Portuguese jazz musician Zé Eduardo recently spoke with The Macau Post Daily about his jazz workshop and the upcoming concert at the Orient Foundation (FO) and his insights into his musical experience in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) as well as his long term engagement in the local jazz scene since as early as 1996.Last week’s exclusive interview with Eduardo was conducted at the Orient Foundation’s local

July 19, 2023 | BY admin

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Why ‘de-risking’ poses immense risks to world

Commentary        BEIJING – The concept of “de-risking” peddled by the United States is based on the same old logic of “decoupling” as the world’s sole superpower continues its tireless efforts to thwart China’s development.Don’t be fooled.“De-risking” will increase economic frictions and slow global economic recovery. International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas has said that “de-risking” could see countries turn inward

July 19, 2023 | BY admin

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‘Transit diplomacy’ ultimately a dead-end trip

China Daily Editorial         The separatist forces in Taiwan have continually tried to internationalize the Taiwan question by one means or another. “Transit diplomacy” is one of the ruses that the island’s authorities employ to this end.Earlier this year, the leader of the island’s administration, Tsai Ing-wen, made transit stops in the United States, during which she met with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. Now deputy leader of the

July 19, 2023 | BY admin

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German expert warns against ‘de-risking’ or ‘decoupling’ from China

Interview        BERLIN – "It is obviously very much against the interest of Germany to decouple or de-risk from China," said Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and chairperson of the German think tank Schiller Institute, in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua.She noted that the word "de-risking" is just a semantic deception, which goes in the direction of decoupling. "There is no risk coming from China. China is one of the most reliable trade

July 18, 2023 | BY admin

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Typhoon Talim spares Macau during 14 ½-hour No.8 signal

Macau’s observatory lowered this year’s first No. 8 typhoon signal to the No.3 tropical cyclone signal at 8 p.m. yesterday, as Typhoon Talim was moving away from Macau, with the local winds further weakening.Typhoon Talim spared Macau which reported no major damage or serious injuries during the 14 ½ hours that the No.8 signal remained hoisted.Government offices, banks and most restaurants and shops remained closed during the No.8 signal period. As is customary during a typhoon, Macau’s

July 18, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Letterbox set on fire: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said in a statement that the police received a report from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) yesterday that a letterbox on the ground floor of a residential building on Travessa de Dom Quixote had been set on fire on Sunday.According to the statement, a resident reported to the police on Sunday at around 8 p.m. that burning paper had been pushed into his father-in-law’s letterbox in his residential building, which a neighbour soon extinguished by

July 18, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Senior living alone found dead at home: police

A local man in seventies living alone was found dead yesterday morning at his home in a residential building on Rua do Templo Lin-Fong, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement.PJ spokesman Lei Hon Nei said in the statement that the police were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) of the death at 10:20 a.m. yesterday. Lei said that the case has preliminarily been classified as a dead body found.The statement quoted the victim’s sister as saying that she had been unable to contact

July 18, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Govt to relax facemask rules for care homes from tomorrow

Facemask-wearing requirements at care homes for senior citizens, rehabilitation care homes, and drug rehabilitation homes will be relaxed from tomorrow, so that those visiting the facilities will no longer be required to wear a N95, KN95 or FFP2 facemask and instead they will only be required to wear a surgical facemask, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced in a statement yesterday.Considering that Macau’s COVID-19 situation has eased over recent weeks, the Social Welfare Bureau has

July 18, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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