China sends fresh signals for cooperation amid global challenges

Analysis        TIANJIN – As eyes around the world turn to Tianjin, where the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions commenced yesterday, the country has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening global cooperation and opening-up in the face of multiple headwinds.Having gone through the twists and turns of economic globalization, all countries should cherish openness and cooperation more, said Premier Li Qiang while addressing the opening of the annual meeting, also known

June 28, 2023 | BY admin

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Cooperation must be fundamental zeitgeist to pass the test of these challenging times

China Daily Editorial        The global economy is still beset with difficulties this year. How to boost economic recovery is a major challenge facing the whole world. Having suffered from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world economy has been further roiled by the spillover effects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the loss of confidence in a recovery caused by the banking crisis triggered by the US Federal Reserve’s hiking of interest

June 28, 2023 | BY admin

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US’ moves belie its masquerade of conciliation

China Daily Editorial        US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to visit Beijing in early July, according to a Bloomberg report yesterday.If the trip that Yellen has been planning since April materializes, it can be regarded as a positive outcome of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to Beijing that wrapped up on June 19, during which an agreement was reached between the two sides on re-opening bilateral communication channels. However, it would be

June 28, 2023 | BY admin

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Ho vows to push sci-tech innovation to new heights

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that this is a key year for Macau’s economic development and that the government has continuously been devoting itself to pushing science and technology (sci-tech) innovation to new heights by improving the city’s sci-tech innovation system, optimising the environment for innovation and development, while also recruiting sci-tech innovation talents (aka highly qualified human resources) from all over the world, in line with the government’s

June 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Taiwanese artist presents ‘Will See You Again’

Works by Taiwanese contemporary artist Chen Wei Ting are being exhibited at Lisboeta Macau’s H853 Fun Factory in a solo exhibition titled “Will See You Again”.Presented by the Humarish Club in conjunction with both “Naomi Studio” and “Pat Culture and Art”, the works on display feature Chen’s “significant paintings”, poems and sculptures that he has created in recent years, according to a recent Humarish Club statement.For his works, Chen used lots of childhood memories and

June 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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15-year-old girl dies after ‘falling’ from height: police

A 15-year-old local girl found lying on the ground floor of the Seac Pai Van Community Complex in Coloane was certified dead at 7:06 p.m. by the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre after the treatment to save her was unsuccessful, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in a statement last night.According to the statement, the police were notified of the death by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the public hospital separately yesterday.The statement said the police received

June 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local landmarks light up green for int’l day against drug abuse

Yesterday marked the “International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”, with Grand Lisboa, the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre, The Parisian Macao and Jai Alai Oceanus, following an invitation by the Association for Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau (ARTM) to simultaneously light their buildings up in green* for the event and promote creating a drug-free environment in Macau.The launch ceremony for yesterday’s event, which was broadcast live online, was

June 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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HK man steals friend’s ID to enter Macau: police

A Hong Kong man who was barred from entering Macau has been caught after he had stolen his friend’s Hong Kong ID card and used it to enter Macau through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.The 60-year-old suspect surnamed Yue said that he works as a chef’s assistant. Lam said that Yue was banned for three years from entering Macau as he committed arson here earlier this month, when

June 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police nab mainland NRW for theft-by-finding

A non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland has been arrested for stealing a card holder he found on the street, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Qiu is in his thirties. He told the police that he’s an “assistant to a doctor”.According to Lam, a male resident reported to the police on Wednesday that earlier that day he lost a card holder containing 1,100 patacas in cash and a Macau Pass card near a

June 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Liaison Office in Macau gets new deputy director

The State Council in Beijing has appointed Lyu Yuyin, a former vice-governor of Guangdong province, as a deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the Liaison Office announced in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, Lyu, born in November 1970, holds a doctoral degree in Urban Economics from Nankai University in Tianjin.Before his appointment to his new post that took effect yesterday, Lyu had been

June 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt keeps 6,000-pataca continuing education subsidy

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council (ExCo), has announced that the amount of the new and fifth phase of the government’s continuing education subsidy scheme will remain unchanged at 6,000 patacas.The new phase will start on Saturday and run until the end of June 2026.Cheong made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.Cheong said that the

June 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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47 COVID-19 infections recorded on Sunday

Macau recorded 47 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, an increase of seven from the 40 infections recorded on Saturday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, one new COVID-19 patient was admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Sunday for treatment.Consequently, a total of 196 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and June 25.The local government has underlined

June 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Gaming sector’s average salary still higher than others: union secretary general

Responding to media enquiries about whether the local gaming sector was still attractive to job seekers, Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association (MGESA) Secretary General Kelvin Choi Kam Fu said yesterday that the average salary offered by the city’s gaming operators was still higher than other types of work in the private sector and that job seekers were still keen to seek employment as casino dealers.However, he was quick to add that there were currently not many external employment

June 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Residents can turn their consumption cards into regular Macau Pass card next month

Macau Pass said in a statement yesterday that it will allow residents to convert their consumption card into a general Macau Pass e-stored-value card from July 1.According to the statement, as the 8,000-pataca subsidy, officially known as Living Subsidy, should be used up before Friday, Macau Pass offers this new service for residents to turn their old consumption card – which was used to receive the government’s subsidy – into a regular Macau Pass card, while the amount they add to the

June 27, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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