New Mong Ha Post Office opens

The newly relocated Mong Ha Post Office opened yesterday, when it was inaugurated by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário.Previously, the Mong Ha Post Office was located on the first floor of the Mong Sin social housing estate on Avenida de Venceslau de Morais.The new Mong Ha Post Office that opened yesterday is located on the ground floor of the adjacent Mong Tak social housing estate.The office hours of the new Mong Ha Post Office remain unchanged, namely between 9

June 20, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Rosário upbeat on future Inner Harbour South Rainwater Pumping Station’s effect

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário reaffirmed yesterday that he is confident that a future rainwater pumping station in the southern area of the Inner Harbour district, the construction of which is being carried out along with the installation of box culverts and new rainwater drains and sewer pipes, will be able to alleviate the long-standing flooding woes affecting the low-lying district.Rosário made the remarks while speaking to reporters after unveiling the

June 20, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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2 buses collide in Cotai, injuring 5 passengers

Two Transmac buses collided on Rotunda Flor de Lótus in Cotai yesterday afternoon, causing five injuries, including a 6-year-old girl from the mainland, according to separate statements by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP).The five victims – four females and a male – are aged between six and 69, of whom three were admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for outpatient treatment, the statements said, adding that two local women each

June 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Family of 6 diagnosed with CO1 poisoning after cooking: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that a family of six were diagnosed with carbon monoxide (CO1) poisoning yesterday after using the gas stove in their kitchen in a residential unit on Rua do Padre António Roliz.According to the statement, six local Macau residents – two men and four women aged between 19 and 74, were at home in a flat in Va Ip Building at around 6 p.m., while dinner was being prepared. At 9 p.m. one of the family members left the flat and immediately

June 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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5 NRWs nabbed for fake employment: police

Five non-resident workers (NRWs) from the mainland have been arrested for their involvement in fake employment, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.Lam said that the suspects are surnamed Wang, Fan, Wu, Wei, and Yang. They are aged between 26 and 39 and were employed in a restaurant on Rua de Bruxelas in Zape. All of them are women except Fan. They were employed at different times between April and November of last year.According to Lam,

June 20, 2023 | BY William Chan

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70-year-old unjabbed woman dies of COVID-19, after no fatalities for 6 days

A 70-year-old unvaccinated woman suffering from underlying diseases died of the novel coronavirus disease on Sunday, which came after no COVID-19 fatalities had been recorded in Macau for six consecutive days.The fatality recorded on Sunday, which raised Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll to 124, was announced in a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre yesterday.Yesterday’s statement also announced that Macau recorded 67 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, 14 up

June 20, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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DSAL internship programme opens for 2018-2023 local graduates

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday once again launched its annual “Creating Better Job Perspectives” internship programme for local residents who graduated from a tertiary education institution between 2018 and this year, offering 1,338 positions in 15 areas by 65 participating enterprises covering nine major sectors – finance, retail, construction, science and technology, healthcare, aviation, public utilities and social services, among others, according to a press conference at

June 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Visitors rise 268 pct to 2.2 million in May

Macau’s visitor arrivals rose by 268.5 percent year on year to 2.21 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The daily average of visitor arrivals in May stood at 71,413. Month on month, visitor arrivals dropped by 2.6 percent. Same-day visitors (1.12 million) and overnight visitors (1.08 million) leapt by 213.4 percent and 350.2 percent year on year respectively. Overnight visitors stayed for an average of 2.2 days, up by 0.1 day

June 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Lawmakers to accept citizens’ views on civil registration bill till July 19: Vong

Lawmaker-cum-lawyer Vong Hin Fai, who heads the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, said yesterday that his committee will launch a public consultation on the civil registration amendment bill.Vong briefed the media after a closed-door meeting of his committee which is reviewing a government-initiated bill to amend the current law regulating civil registrations, the outline of which was passed during a plenary session earlier this month.The bill proposes that the Civil Affairs Registry can

June 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Artyzen, Mozambique group promote country’s gastronomy

Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau and the Mozambique Friends Association (AAM) are hosting "A Journey of Cultural Mozambique Delights", a gastronomic experience that celebrates Mozambican cuisine and coincides with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.A press conference about the gastronomic programme was held yesterday at the Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau hotel, which also featured a live cooking

June 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Rainbow in Disguise’ encourages people to ponder on waste

Interview by Rui Pastorin        An exhibition titled “Rainbow In Disguise” by Tchusca Songo is being held at the Creative Macau gallery on the ground floor of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM), with the Angolan artist telling The Macau Post Daily during last week’s opening ceremony about her creative process and what she hopes to achieve through her works and exhibitions.Born in Cabinda in 1978, Songo noted that she came from a “very poor family” and started making

June 20, 2023 | BY admin

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2 women cheated out of over 80,000 patacas in credit card fraud

Two local women have separately fallen for credit card fraud involving a total loss of over 80,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, one of the victims told the police on Friday that she received a message in early June “reminding” her that her credit card reward points were expiring. The message also showed a link leading to a website to redeem gifts, leading her to enter her credit card information and

June 20, 2023 | BY William Chan

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AMCM urges public to be wary of a fake insurance company

The Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) said in a statement yesterday that members of the public should be wary of a financial institution named “Searle Insurance Company Limited.“Upon investigation, the statement said, the information on the website of the institution (https://searle.ltd/) was found to be inaccurate and misleading.The statement underlined that the company has never been authorised to carry out insurance business in Macau under the local Insurance Business Framework Law.The

June 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Premier Li willing to work with Germany for global stability

BERLIN – Premier Li Qiang met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the presidential palace in the German capital yesterday.Li conveyed warm greetings from President Xi Jinping to President Steinmeier.As last year marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Germany diplomatic relations, Li pointed out, Xi and Steinmeier exchanged congratulations and held a telephone conversation, providing strategic guidance for the healthy  and steady development of bilateral

June 20, 2023 | BY admin

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