1st Taipa-Guishan Island ferry trip has 120 passengers

The first sailing of Macau-Zhuhai’s Guishan Island ferry link, operated by the local-based Yuet Tung Shipping Company Limited, departed from the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday, with 120 passengers.A kick-off ceremony for the ferry link was held at 9 a.m. on the same day.Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said in a speech during the ceremony that the opening of the island ferry route aims to benefit the joint development of Zhuhai and Macau,

July 17, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Anti-smoking unit upgraded to anti-smoking & alcohol unit

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council, has announced that the Tobacco Prevention and Control Office under the Health Bureau (SSM), which is currently a division-level unit, will be upgraded to a department-level unit when it will be renamed Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention and Control Office.The upgrade will take effect on November 5 this year when the newly-enacted Law on the Prevention

July 17, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt proposes to merge financial intelligence portfolio with police

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council, has announced that the government has finished drafting a bill that proposes to merge the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) with the Unitary Police Service (SPU).Cheong made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.The bill will be submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) in due course for debate, review and

July 17, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Local coach driver crashes into bollards & wall: police

A local tourist coach driver crashed into two bollards on Rua de Barra yesterday, and crashed into a building near the Casa do Mandarim museum shortly after the first incident, Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that the male suspect surnamed Kong, who is in his fifties, had passed a breathalyser while he was being questioning.No one was injured in the accident, as the coach was not carrying passengers at the time of the incident, the statement said,

July 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Cinematheque•Passion hosts film-fest featuring local students

A film festival entitled “‘On The Road’ Macao Youth Film Festival” screened local films produced by locals at Cinematheque•Passion from June 29 until yesterday, according to a statement handed out during the closing ceremony on Friday.The event was hosted by Cinematheque•Passion and supported by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).The statement said that the festival also had a film screening section that featured five films made by local directors, as well as a micro-film screening

July 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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It takes more than climate envoy to change climate of China-US ties

Commentary by Xinhua writer Shi Xiaomeng        BEIJING – Amid unusual summer heat, John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate, landed in Beijing yesterday.The visit comes at a critical moment. The globe is heating up. Beijing’s alert for high temperatures is no exception, as the whole world saw its hottest days on record last week. Reversing climate change hardly brooks any delay.China and the United States, as the world’s top two economies, bear the common

July 17, 2023 | BY admin

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Brazil saves world from deeper food crisis and hunger

Commentary by Marcos Fava Neves*        In April and May of last year, the world faced one of the worst situations in global food supply. The food price index of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that measures the price of most important food commodities reached the highest level ever. Every time this event happens, food inflation hits mostly the poor populations, forcing changes in diets toward cheaper alternatives and moving part

July 17, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau hoists No.3 typhoon signal

Macau's observatory has issued this afternoon the No.3 typhoon signal. The signal, which was issued at 5:30 p.m., replaced the No.1 standby signal which had been hoisted on Friday night. According to a statement by the Macau Meteorological and Geophyiscal Bureau (SMG), Tropical Cyclone Talim was located at about 380 km south-southeast of Macau at 5 p.m.  and moving toward the western coast of Guangdong province."As the winds over the bridges are expected to be strong

July 16, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau hoists Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 1

Macau's observatory has hoisted the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.1 tonight. According to a statement by the Macau Meterological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), the standby signal was issued at 10:30 p.m. today. At 10 p.m., the tropical cyclone was located 770 km southeast of Macau. Signal No.1 is the lowest of Macau's tropical cyclone warning signals. It is hoisted when a typhoon comes within 800 kilometres from Macau. Its higher warning typhoon signals are No. 3, No. 8, No.9 and

July 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Curriculum framework to dovetail ‘1+4’ development strategy: DSEDJ

The Education and Youth Development Bureau’s (DSEDJ) Curriculum Development and Assessment Department Chief Cheang Sek Kit said yesterday that in order to tie in with social development in line with the government’s “1+4” development strategy, fine-tuning of the government’s Formal Education Curriculum Framework is being carried out in areas such as Computer Programming education and Artificial Intelligence (AI) education.The “1+4” strategy aims for appropriate economic

July 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM sets up new centre targeting advanced materials

Interview by Yuki Lei        The Macau Centre for Research and Development in Advanced Materials, established by the University of Macau (UM) with funding from the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), kicked off last month, focusing on three research directions, namely new energy materials, environmental protection materials, and healthcare materials.The Macau Post Daily conducted an interview on Tuesday with Tang Zikang, director of the newly-established centre,

July 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau set to ink deal with HK on land cargo transport

The Macau government will sign an agreement with its Hong Kong counterpart on new “cross-border land transport arrangements” between the two special administrative regions, the Macau Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a statement on Wednesday.According to the DSAT statement, the deal will enable cargo transport between the two cities via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB).Currently, i.e., before the new agreement takes effect, Hong Kong-Macau cargo can only be moved by sea.The DSAT

July 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Pharma bureau recalls anti-epilepsy drug by Patheon France

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement last night that it was recalling an anti-epilepsy drug – Sabril Tab 500mg 100’s – manufactured by Patheon France as one of the batches with lot number 2991A was found to contain a trace amount of the impurity tiapride due to residues in the collinear production equipment.The statement noted that the amount of tiapride content was found to be lower than the acceptable daily exposure.As a precautionary

July 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Eco-expo 2023MIECF to be held mid-August at Venetian

The 2023 Macao International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition (2023MIECF) will be held on August 17-20, the organiser said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that the four-day event will be held at The Venetian Macao in Cotai and is themed “Promoting green innovation, contributing to ecological progress”, with the exhibitions and fora focusing on topics such as carbon neutrality and the development of Macau’s four new key industries.The government’s four new

July 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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