2 NRWs fall for online investment scam: police

A male and a female non-resident worker (NRW) have separately fallen for online investment fraud involving a total loss of over 420,000 yuan (471,000 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a regular press conference on Monday.According to Ho, the female victim in her thirties reported to the police on June 13 that she met a man on the social media platform Douyin on May 11, after which they became virtual friends. The victim was persuaded by her virtual friend on May 23

June 21, 2023 | BY William Chan

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DSEDT launches ‘Arraial na [Rua dos] Ervanários’ featuring ‘affectionate cats’

Themed “Gata da [Rua dos] Ervanários”, the new phase of the Economic and Technological Development Bureau’s (DSEDT) annual “Arraial na [Rua dos] Ervanários” (關前薈) featuring “the attraction of affectionate cats scattered around the neighbourhood” with a number of large-scale installations for photography spots, kicked off yesterday.“Arraial” is an open-air fun fair or neighbourhood festival in Portuguese-speaking countries. “Ervanários” and “Gata” are the

June 21, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt accepts applications for film-funding schemes from today

The Cultural Development Fund’s two new schemes to support the launch of film and TV productions with Macau elements starts to accept applications today, with subsidies of up to 2 million patacas, and the deadline will be on December 29, according to a statement by the fund on Monday.According to the statement, the quotas for the subsidy are unlimited until the budgets of the relevant funding schemes are used up, at which point the application period would close ahead of time and the Cultural

June 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2 UM teams win prizes at national design contest

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that two teams from its Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) garnered second and third prizes during the Fifth National Structure Design Contest on Information Technology for College Students, being the only teams from Hong Kong and Macau to have won prizes in the contest.A total of 2,266 teams from 328 higher education institutions across the mainland entered the competition, according to the statement.The statement noted that

June 21, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Lawmakers pass bill allowing e-ID certificate to be used at border checkpoints

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill allowing an e-ID certificate to be officially accepted when crossing Macau’s border checkpoints from June 30.The bill proposed to amend Macau’s current law regulating the government’s issuing of ID cards, which was enacted in 2002, some articles of which allowing residents to display an e-ID certificate when using certain public services will take effect in advance on June 30, while the remaining articles will only

June 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Big Mouse Drama Group aims to raise awareness of stray animals through show

Interview by William Chan        Mabina Choi Leng Chi, captain of the Big Mouse Kids Drama Group, told The Macau Post Daily in an exclusive interview that the art organisation will present its new show called “The Praises of Cat Warrior’’ on Saturday and Sunday.The interview was held last week at a practice room of the Big Mouse Kids Drama Group in Nape.Established in 2012, the Big Mouse Kids Drama Group aims to bring drama into the lives of children and youths,

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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3 R words for Washington to bear in mind on ties with China

Commentary        BEIJING – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded his two-day China visit on Monday. But it will take far more than one visit to get China-US relations back on track.Here are three R words that Washington should remember: rationality, responsibility, and results.First of all, Washington should return to rationality in how it views China’s development.The root cause for the downward spiral of China-US relations is Washington’s misperceptions

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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US needs to honor commitments with actions to improve ties with China

Commentary        BEIJING – Sincerity, rationality and actions are needed on the part of the United States to improve the China-US relationship, which is at the lowest point since its establishment.During US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to China, the two countries worked to avert the downward spiral of their relationship and bring it back on the track of stable development.When meeting with Blinken, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the world needs a

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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US policy toward China unpopular with increasing calls for reflection from West

Analysis        BEIJING –  Regarding China as a strategic competitor in recent years, the United States has taken a raft of measures to contain China.As the harm of such measures becomes increasingly prominent, there has been mounting criticism against the United States’ hegemonic actions both within the country and from its allies.US BUSINESSES DESIRE COOPERATIONDuring his China visit in late May, Tesla’s founder Elon Musk said the United States and China share

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Li Qiang calls for more cooperation between China, Germany

BERLIN – China is ready to work with Germany to elevate China-Germany relations to a new level, so as to better serve the development of the two countries and inject more positive energy and stability into the world, Premier Li Qiang said during talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin yesterday.Li noted that when Scholz visited China in November last year, President Xi Jinping had in-depth exchanges with him, charting the direction for the future development of China-Germany

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Germany rejects all forms of decoupling – ‘de-risking’ isn’t ‘de-sinicization’: Scholz

BERLIN – Germany rejects all forms of decoupling and “de-risking” is not “de-sinicization,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in Berlin yesterday.The German side welcomes China’s development and prosperity, which is conducive to world peace and stability, he said during a meeting with visiting Premier Li Qiang.He also pledged that Germany is committed to developing stable relations with China, and is willing to further strengthen bilateral exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Chinese market innovation-leading, very attractive, says Siemens CEO

Interview        BEIJING – China is the world’s largest industrial market, and Siemens* highly values the opportunities offered by the development of the Chinese market, said Roland Busch, president and CEO of Siemens AG, in a recent interview with Xinhua in Beijing.Noting that the Chinese market is “very attractive” to Siemens, Busch told Xinhua that Siemens will continue to expand its manufacturing capacities in China, strive to provide better products and services

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Li Qiang calls for upholding economic globalization, China-Germany win-win cooperation

BERLIN – Premier Li Qiang in Berlin on Monday called on the German business community to uphold economic globalization and China-Germany win-win cooperation.Enterprises should be re-put in the driving seat in terms of risk prevention, and risk prevention and cooperation are not opposites, Li said while attending a seminar with representatives of the German business community.He also cautioned against simply equating interdependence with insecurity.Representatives of German companies including

June 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi tells Blinken ‘world needs generally stable China-US relationship’

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People yesterday.Noting that the world is developing and the times are changing, Xi said the world needs a generally stable China-US relationship, and whether the two countries can find the right way to get along bears on the future and destiny of humanity.Xi pointed out that the vast expanse of the Earth is big enough to accommodate the respective development and common prosperity of China

June 20, 2023 | BY admin

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