6 UM students win awards at translation contest

The public University of Macau (UM) said in a statement earlier this week that six students from its Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) have garnered prizes in the recent 3rd Chinese-Portuguese Translation Contest for Higher Education Institutions in China.The contest finals were simultaneously held at UM and the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). The statement said that it was divided into “Undergraduate Group” and “Postgraduate Group”,

January 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police nab mainland trio for theft, bust illegal inn in Zape

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested three mainland men on Tuesday for stealing a wallet from a tourist, and on the same day busted an illegal inn in Zape, where the trio were nabbed, PSP spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspects in their fifties are a man surnamed Deng who told the police that he’s a businessman, a man surnamed Tang who claimed to be jobless, and a farmer surnamed Liu.Tang and Liu were arrested for their alleged involvement

January 9, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Eco bureau denies rumours that ‘all waste collected for recycling is incinerated’

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) was invited to attend a closed-door meeting of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council yesterday to brief the government-appointed council members on its waste reduction and recycling measures – and Choi Seng Hong, deputy convener of the council, quoted DSPA officials as denying rumours in the community that all the waste collected by the bureau for recycling was being incinerated right away, insisting that “the bureau handles

January 8, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Big Taipa Hill Tunnel to cost up to 1.55 billion patacas: govt

The government’s Big Taipa Hill Tunnel project will cost up to 1.55 billion patacas in total, according to calculations based on its announcements released yesterday and previously.The tunnel project will be carried out in two phases, based on separate tenders. The first phase will consist of the construction of a 600-metre-long tunnel under Big Taipa Hill and two flyovers with a total length of 400 metres, leading to Avenida Wai Long (偉龍馬路) and Avenida do Aeroporto (機場大馬路)

January 8, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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2 more critical flu cases: 38-year-old woman & 57-year-old man

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night that two more critical cases of influenza were reported yesterday, a 38-year-old woman and a 57-year-old local man, with the latter suffering from chronic diseases.According to last night’s statement, the 38-year-old local woman came down with a fever and cough last Sunday and sought treatment at a private medical institution where she was diagnosed with Influenza B virus.On Monday, she was admitted to the public Conde de São

January 8, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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3 tenants of Plot P seniors’ rental housing want to move due to stench: govt

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai said yesterday that three tenants living in the government’s high-rise rental residential building for senior citizens on Plot P in Areia Preta district have requested that their lease be cancelled due to the stench affecting the area near the building, or for “other personal reasons”.Hon made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL).Hon’s remarks came after the

January 8, 2025 | BY admin

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MUST PhD students win 1st prize in maths contest in modelling

PhD students Lyu Peilun, Zhu Mingwen, and Li Jiayang from the Macau University of Science and Technology’s (MUST) School of Computer Science and Engineering of the Faculty of Innovation Engineering have recently won first prize in the “Huawei Cup” China Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling (MCM)”, the private university said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that the winning PhD students were guided in their studies by MUST Prof. Cai Zhanchuan.Modelling in

January 8, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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No mediation process needed if family dispute involves domestic violence: Vong

Lawmaker-cum-lawyer Vong Hin Fai, who heads the Legislative Assembly’s 3rd Standing Committee, said yesterday that if a family dispute has been confirmed to involve domestic violence, mediators could halt the process and draft a report to allow victims to pursue immediate legal action.The committee held a closed-door meeting yesterday to review the bill – the outline of which was passed during a plenary session in November –after which Vong said during a media briefing that his committee

January 8, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police nab 2 men for theft-by-finding

A man from the mainland and a local male have separately been apprehended for theft-by-finding, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the mainland suspect, surnamed Lin, a non-resident worker (NRW) in his thirties, works as a chef.According to Kong, a tourist reported to the police in November that she had left her phone worth 8,000 yuan in a taxi. Subsequently, with the help of CCTV footage in the taxi, police

January 8, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Restaurateur falls for fake order scam from ‘school’

The female owner of a restaurant was defrauded out of HK$40,000 by a duo consisting of a “teacher” and a “food supplier”, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the owner received a call last week from someone claiming to be a “teacher” of a local school, who requested 400 delivery meals totalling 14,300 patacas. The “teacher” later called back to say they wanted to order 136 servings of a traditional

January 8, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Civic leaders mull enhancing Cotai’s open-air performance venue

Chaired by newly appointed Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President Chao Wai Ieng, the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council held its first plenary meeting for 2025 yesterday, during which a number of its members raised their concerns about improving the supporting facilities of the newly-established open-air performance venue in Cotai with a view to promoting the development of Macau’s aim of becoming a “City of Performing Arts”.Yesterday’s meeting at the Seac Pai

January 8, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGM int’l regatta to kick off today

The five-day 2025 MGM Macao International Regatta kicks off this morning, with the event featuring 270 top sailors from 22 countries and regions competing.This year’s competitions comprise the “World Match Racing Tour – Macao Match Cup”, which starts today and is the opening event of the 2025 season; the Lotus Cup Regatta (IRC category) and the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area [GBA] Cup Regatta” (IRC category). Both the Lotus and GBA cups will kick off tomorrow.According

January 8, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tsang Tseng Tseng presents ‘Chinese Ink Rhythms of Saint Paul’s Church’

Local artist Tsang Tseng Tseng (曾貞貞) is showcasing her art exhibition titled “Chinese Ink Rhythms of Saint Paul’s Church” (三巴墨韻國畫展) at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC). The opening ceremony took place yesterday evening.Co-organised by the FRC, the Macau Youth Art Association (澳門青年美術協會), and the Macau Artists Society (澳門美術協會), the exhibition features approximately 40 Chinese ink paintings of various sizes, ranging from large-scale pieces to

January 8, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Washington’s ‘national security’ farce undermines global trade and its own interests

Commentary        BEIJING – Washington, once an architect of the global economic order, now seems intent on dismantling it, one “national security” excuse at a time.For US politicians, foreign investment and economic competition have been conveniently labeled as “threats” to national security. That is how the White House recently justified its blocking of Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring US Steel.While the US protectionist tactics against Chinese companies

January 8, 2025 | BY admin

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