Govt to offer subsidy to eateries to buy smart kitchen equipment

The government will launch a pilot programme next week offering a subsidy to small- and medium-sized restaurants and other eateries to purchase and install smart kitchen equipment, i.e., automated and robotic cooking machines.The programme aims to encourage the city’s small- and medium-sized restaurants to upgrade their operations by automating their dish preparing and cooking process so that they can reduce costs and improve operation efficiency, thanks to which their competitiveness can be

January 14, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Chip curbs show that for Washington it’s a case of devil take the hindmost

China Daily Editorial        To further strangle the development of China’s high-tech industry, especially in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, the Joe Biden administration has announced plans to impose a range of additional restrictions on China so as to cut the country off from the world’s most advanced technologies, no matter the collateral damage done.The move, which represents “the strongest controls ever enacted by the US” to dent China’s ability to

January 14, 2025 | BY admin

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UM new campus in Hengqin to open in 2028

University of Macau (UM) Rector Song Yonghua said yesterday he expected the UM’s new campus in the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin to come into operation in 2028, with a capacity for about 10,000 students, adding that together with its current campus, there would be a total of 25,000 students in UM.The construction of the UM’s second campus in Hengqin got off the ground last month. Geographically, both campuses are located in Hengqin, but the first one is under

January 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt’s ‘Distinctive Shops’ programme extended to Zape and Nape

The government’s “Distinctive Shops” programme, which was launched in 2020, has been extended to Zape and Nape where a total of 26 restaurants and other outlets have been added to the list, raising the total number of business outlets with such accreditation in Macau to 293.With the programme’s extension to Zape and Nape, there now are Distinctive Shops in all districts in Macau, the government says.A ceremony marking the programme’s launch in Zape and Nape was held in Comendador Ho

January 13, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Over 100 participants join CPR/AED training session

Over 100 participants took part in yesterday’s CPR/AED training session at the Pou Tai Senior Citizen Support Services Complex in Taipa, according to a statement by the Rotary International District 3450.CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), while AED stands for automated external defibrillator.The session was organised by the district in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Oriental Pearl Macau and St. John Ambulance Hong Kong. It comprised participants from local

January 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IAM, Gongbei Customs ink deal, allowing mainland to re-export foreign fruit to Macau

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced that it has signed a deal with Gongbei Customs in Zhuhai enabling the mainland to supply Macau with fruit that it has imported from foreign countries.The bureau made the announcement in a statement on Friday, when the new deal took effect.Xinhua noted in a report on Friday that before the new deal’s implementation, the mainland could only supply domestically grown fruit to Macau. Fruit importers in Macau could only primarily rely on Hong

January 13, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Woman gets ‘blue card’ but works as illegal currency exchange dealer

While following up on a HK$9.7 million fraud case detected last year, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have uncovered recently that the mainland victim had stayed in Macau as a “non-resident worker” and obtained a driving licence to facilitate her husband’s engagement in an illegal currency exchange business here.PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong announced details of the case at a special press conference on Friday.On November 8 last year, the Judiciary Police received a report from a mainland woman

January 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Old Taipa may be pedestrianised again during CNY holiday

The government plans to pedestrianise the “Old Taipa” area again during the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, which begins on January 29, with the view of enhancing public safety and improving the travel experience for residents and visitors alike, according to a statement on Friday.The statement did not say how long the pedestrianisation was slated to last.As the Chinese New Year approaches, the government anticipates a large flow of people and vehicles in the “Old Taipa” area. On

January 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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IAM to hold sessions on cat & dog adoptions

Sessions in Cantonese on promoting cat and dog adoptions are slated to be held once a month at the Mong Ha Eco-Centre until June, with the first to be held on January 26, according to a Friday statement from the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), which co-organises the events with the Everyone Stray Dogs Macau Volunteer Group.The Macau Municipal Kennel’s adoption services, etiquette for animal interaction, veterinary care and relevant laws and regulations are among the subjects to be introduced

January 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police announce ‘KK Park’ abductions of 5 locals

In response to five local residents having been enticed abroad to participate in telecommunications network fraud between September and December last year, the Judiciary Police (PJ) strongly urged the public yesterday to stay more vigilant against “overseas job” scams and take the initiative to warn their friends and relatives who have mentioned to them that they will be going to work overseas.Places were abductees are held to engage in scams are colloquially known as “KK Park”, many of

January 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients detected in 2 topical ointments: pharma bureau

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) warned the public in a statement on Friday about two topical ointments that have been found to contain the unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients Mometasone furoate and Miconazole, a steroid medication typically used to treat inflammation and fungal infections,According to the statement, the bureau has recently been warned by the Hong Kong Department of Health that two topical ointments, “Eczevandia Cream” and “Eczevandia Baby

January 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Young artist presents works in solo exhibition debut

At the 10 Fantasia gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), the works of young local artist Ng Nga Iam are being displayed for “Mark in My Painting”, her first solo exhibition in Macau.The exhibition sees Ng, who was born in 2001 and graduated with a degree in Art Education from the Macao Polytechnic University’s (MPU) Visual Arts Course of the Faculty of Arts and Design, present 12 works of different mediums at the gallery’s room A02.The works comprise early sketches

January 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Applications open for gigs at open-air venue slated for March & May

The open-air performance venue in Cotai will continue to operate on a trial basis this year, where, according to the initial schedule, one concert is slated to be held in March and the other in May, with capacity limited to 20,000 spectators in March, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Deland Leong Wai Man announced on Friday.The government’s Coordination Group for Large-Scale Performances held on Friday a press conference at the Macau Cultural Centre to wrap up its assessment of the

January 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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DSEDJ mulls launch courseware on mental health teaching

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) has drafted a plan to launch courseware on mental health teaching to raise the community’s awareness of physical and mental health.The working group on “Walking with Love” jointly set up by the Education and Youth Development Bureau, the Health Bureau (SSM) and the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), together with the Macau Chinese Educators Association, the Macau Catholic Schools Association and the Caritas Lifehope Hotline, held its first

January 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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