LRT breaks down twice in 2 months, demands clarification from supplier

The Taipa Line of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) has experienced repeated failures since its commissioning in 2019, with two breakdowns in recent months, and the LRT operator said yesterday that it has convened an emergency meeting with its train and systems supplier, requiring the company to identify and clarify the causes of the malfunctions so as to avoid a recurrence of similar incidents.Free rides on the LRT were offered for three consecutive days between September 29 and October 1 in

October 16, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local man, mainland masseuse nabbed for sham marriage

A local man and a mainland woman who married last year were taken last week to a police station for questioning about their alleged sham marriage, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said yesterday.The 31-year-old male suspect surnamed Leong told the police that he’s jobless, while the 29-year-old female suspect surnamed Zhang is a masseuse.According to Cheong, Zhang was arrested earlier this month for working illegally as a masseuse at a Cotai entertainment venue. During

October 16, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman loses 15,200 yuan in concert ticket scam

A non-local woman was defrauded out of 15,240 yuan (17, 091 patacas) in a concert ticket selling scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the victim told the police that she had met a man online in July who was selling concert tickets. She purchased tickets from him and attended a local concert in August.Later, she attempted to buy three tickets for a concert to be held in Macau for 15,240 yuan. After transferring

October 16, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Mainland filmmakers inspire local students in iQIYI project

“Light up Grow up Project” (“光影助力成长计划”) hosted events in Macau last week where local students had the opportunity to meet and interact with the main creators of film and television works from the mainland, discussing the miniseries To the Wonder (我的阿勒泰) and the documentary film Tough Out (棒！少年), both produced by iQIYI*, a Beijing-based video streaming service company.“Light up Grow up Project” is a public welfare brand initiative jointly launched by

October 16, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Macao Union Hospital to launch app for walk-in patients

The Macao Union Hospital in Cotai, which officially opened last month, has announced that it expects to launch its mobile app at the end of this month for patients seeking treatment without referral from the Health Bureau (SSM), featuring various functions such as registering for walk-in treatment, making appointments for treatment, and checking their medical records.The hospital has also said that it will gradually roll out more types of walk-in outpatient services for those without referral

October 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Style · Encounter Moment’ Fashion Parade to take place on Friday

The “Style · Encounter Moment Fashion Parade of the Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making” is slated to take place at 12 noon on Friday at the Macao Fashion Festival 2024, during which over 60 sets of clothing will be presented by models, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week.The free-admission event will be hosted at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo Hall C.The statement noted that the pieces to be showcased at the parade, which has been

October 16, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau Bridge alleviates traffic on Friendship Bridge: DSAT

Macau Bridge, located to the east of Friendship Bridge, was officially opened to traffic on October 1, National Day, and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has said that in response to the opening of the bridge, the hourly traffic volume of the city’s second Macau-Taipa bridge on weekdays has been reduced by an average of about 10 percent in the evening peak hours in both directions compared to that of last month, alleviating the pressure on the traffic in the busy Rotunda da Amizade.Connecting Pac

October 16, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Boy infected with Vibrio vulnificus when playing on Hac Sa Beach

A 7-year-old local child was diagnosed with Vibrio vulnificus yesterday after being injured on the toe of his right foot by a fish fin when playing at Hac Sa Beach on Sunday, according to a statement by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday.According to the statement, the boy later came down with fever and pain in his swollen right foot after being stabbed by a fish fin while playing on the beach in Coloane on Sunday. His family took him to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on

October 16, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau logs this year’s 11th imported dengue case, 6 cases since last week

Macau recorded this year’s 11th imported case of dengue fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday evening.According to the statement, the patient is a 52-year-old local woman who lives in the mainland. She came down with a headache, fever, muscle pain, and joint pain last Wednesday when she was in Foshan City, some 100 km north of Macau, where she sought treatment after which her symptoms improved.However, the statement said, the woman developed a rash on her

October 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Septuagenarian pretends to be disabled to smuggle 65 phones in e-wheelchair: Gongbei customs

A mainland man in his seventies attempted to smuggle 65 smartphones from Macau to the mainland last Thursday by pretending to be a disabled person and hiding the phones inside his electric wheelchair’s battery that had been modified, Zhuhai’s Gongbei customs said in a statement on Monday.According to the statement, the man was on his way through the “nothing to declare channel” in his electric wheelchair at around 8:40 a.m. last Thursday when he was travelling from Macau to Zhuhai via

October 16, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Top court confirms Sam’s election as chief executive

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday confirmed the results of Sunday’s chief executive election when Sam Hou Fai was elected with nearly all the votes cast as the sixth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), according to a statement by the court yesterday.The statement noted that the election results will be published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday next week.Sam, the sole candidate for Sunday’s election garnered 394 of the 398 votes cast by the

October 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Shows set for ‘National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week that four performances are set to take place between October 22 and 31 as part of the National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao 2024.The statement said that the performances are the Liyuan Opera new production “The Scholar and the Widow” presented by the Fujian Liyuan Opera Heritage Centre (formerly Fujian Liyuan Opera Experimental Troupe), the only professional performance group of the opera, and the “Golden

October 16, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘We Care, We Share’ mental health programme, speech contest kicks off

The “We Care, We Share” Mental Health Youth Ambassador Programme and Macau Secondary Mental Health Speech Contest kicked off on Monday, with 20 schools and over 70 students joining this year’s edition, a statement from the Rotary District 3450 said on that day.The opening ceremony was held at the Wynn Macau Ballroom, during which Macau Speaker Association President So Io Kuong said in his speech, as summarised by the statement, that last year’s programme had enabled many secondary

October 16, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Dominic Sio stresses importance of linkage between rule of law & business environment

CE-elect Sam’s legal background ‘is his greatest strength’    Interview by Yuki Lei        Running as the sole candidate for the sixth-term chief executive election, Sam Hou Fai was elected with 394 of 398 votes in Sunday’s poll, making him the first Macau Chief Executive-elect with a legal background – and Macao-Japan Chamber of Commerce President Dominic Sio Chi Wai pointed out yesterday the linkage between the rule of law and the business

October 15, 2024 | BY admin

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