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No ‘mobile stations’ for flu jabs: SSM

The government has ruled out the possibility of setting up “mobile stations” for influenza vaccinations due to health and safety issues, according to a regular meeting of the Northern District Community Service Consultative Council yesterday where officials from the Health Bureau (SSM) briefed its members about the government’s ongoing work tackling influenza.Chan Ian Ian, a deputy convenor of the government-appointed council, made the remarks while briefing reporters after yesterday’s

February 14, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Local businesses talk about factors affecting sales

Vox pop by Kristina Vallesteros, Rui Pastorin, A business can be affected by various external factors that may cause them to either thrive or struggle such as consumers’ preferences to spend money outside of Macau or the general economic situation. The Post has interviewed several local businesses around Avenida Horta e Costa (高士德大馬路) and Avenida Sidónio Pais (士多鳥拜斯大馬路) to learn more about their stories and the situations they might be

February 14, 2025 | BY admin

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Mainland quartet scam local senior with TCM: police

Four people from the mainland have been apprehended for defrauding a local 70-year-old woman on the street by peddling purportedly valuable traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Public Security Police (PSP) Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lam, the group, comprising three women and one man aged between 50 and 65, targeted the victim on Rua de Nam Keng (南京街) in Taipa on Tuesday. Initially, one of the female suspects engaged the victim in a conversation

February 14, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Police bust mainland illegal currency exchange dealer

A woman from the mainland has been arrested for engaging in an illegal currency exchange deal, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.The 44-year-old suspect surnamed Chen told the police that she is jobless.According to Leng, the police saw Chen and a mainland male gambler engaged in an illicit currency exchange transaction at a Cotai casino on Wednesday. Just as the duo were finalising the exchange, with the gambler transferring 19,300

February 14, 2025 | BY William Chan

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IC to hold community cultural events this weekend

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will launch its “Culture in the Community” initiative tomorrow and Sunday, bringing 16 pop-up events to 14 neighbourhoods across Macau, according to an IC statement yesterday.Centred around the themes of “More Reading” and “More Music,” the programme aims to enrich residents’ daily life with cultural experiences, with the “More Reading” series of activities which will transform community spaces into storytelling hubs, featuring interactive

February 14, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Customs busts 4 claw machine shops for offering fake stuffed toys worth 110,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service officers on Wednesday busted four claw machine shops suspected of offering gamers stuffed toys infringing on various brands’ intellectual property rights (IP), involving 303 bogus items worth 110,000 patacas in total, according to the prices set by the retailers, a customs spokesperson said during a press conference in Pac On, Taipa yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the four shops are located in Fai Chi Kei district and in the Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga

February 14, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Avenida do Nordeste skywalk to be completed in June 2027: govt

The government said yesterday that its skywalk project along Avenida do Nordeste (東北大馬路) in the peninsula’s Areia Preta district, which got off the ground last week, is scheduled to be fully completed in June 2027.The government also reaffirmed yesterday that various special measures will be implemented aiming to alleviate the adverse impact of the project’s duration on the traffic in the area.The Northern District Community Service Consultative Council held a regular meeting

February 14, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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‘No significant growth in local birth rate in coming years’: scholar

Interview by Yuki Lei Macau’s birth rate continues to fall, with the number of births expected to drop to 3,500 this year – and Macau Comprehensive Social Studies Association Chairman Nelson Kot Man Kam told the Post yesterday, that he expected there would be no significant increase in the local birth rate in the coming years, which would have a “negative” impact on the city’s economic and social development, urging the government to introduce a policy to

February 14, 2025 | BY admin

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The Huaiyang Garden joins Sands China’s Forbes 5-Star portfolio

Integrated resort (IR) operator Sands China said in a statement on Wednesday that the two-Michelin-starred The Huaiyang Garden has been added to its Forbes Five-Star portfolio, being included in the 2025 Forbes Travel Guide (FTG), while the company also retained five-star ratings across its luxury properties.The statement said that the company’s total number of five-star awards across all categories is now eight, adding that The Londoner Macao’s Londoner Court and The Londoner Hotel, The