Algerian overstayer caught for stealing HK$166,000 in cash & chips

An Algerian man overstaying his visa in Macau has been apprehended for stealing HK$166,000 in cash and casino chips, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a regular press conference yesterday.The 65-year-old suspect surnamed Badache told the police that he’s jobless. He entered Macau on January 9 and his visa expired on January 16.According to Chong, a man from the mainland reported to the police that when he was gambling in a casino in Cotai on Saturday, his holdall,

June 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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NRW pilfers phone left on bench

A non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland has been arrested for picking up a smartphone a man left on a bench, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said in a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the male suspect as a 54-year-old chef surnamed Yang.According to Wong, the victim sat on the bench in Nam Van last Tuesday afternoon. Ten minutes after leaving, he realised that he had left his smartphone, worth 6,000 patacas, behind. He returned to the bench but his

June 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Hairdryer causes fire in Taipa hotel room

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement that a hotel room in Taipa caught fire yesterday as a guest had left a hairdryer on the bed that was still switched on.The guest is a 32-year-old Hong Kong woman who told the police that she’s jobless.No one was injured in the incident.The statement said that under questioning, the woman told the police that she forgot to turn off the hairdryer after using it around 9:45 p.m. yesterday. The hairdryer soon caught fire which spread to the bedside

June 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police nab cabbie, real estate agent for assisting overstayers

Two local men have been arrested for aiding and abetting three overstayers from the mainland, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the two suspects as a 40-year-old male taxi driver surnamed Chan and a 45-year-old male real estate agent surnamed Lam. The overstayers are a family from the mainland comprising the father surnamed Luo, his wife surnamed Jia and their infant daughter who is seven months old. They

June 15, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Falling tree crushes Tin Hau Temple roof 

An about 10-metre-tall tree fell and crushed a building in the Tin Hau Temple complex on Rua dos Pescadores at about 10 a.m. yesterday, according to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB).No injuries were reported.Regarding the accident, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a separate statement that the broken part of the “old and valuable” banyan tree was a branch with a diameter of about 45 centimetres and a length of about five metres. IAM believes that the recent heavy rains

June 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO hosts reps & chefs from 23 ‘Cities of Gastronomy’

Representatives and chefs from 23 UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy worldwide, including Macau, have again been invited by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) to the city for familiarisation, exchanges and culinary demonstrations for members of the public, according to an MGTO statement on Tuesday.Macau was designated a Creative City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in October 2017.According to the statement, the representatives and chefs will join the “City of Gastronomy Showcase” at the

June 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Macao Week in Shandong•Qingdao’ garners 200k visits

The five-day “Macao Week in Shandong•Qingdao”, the first Macao Week event of this year, garnered over 200,000 on-site visitors and more than 130 million live views online, according to a statement from the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) on Tuesday.Qingdao (“Green Island”) lies around 1,680 kilometres northeast of Macau and has a population of about nine million.The event also had over 38.747 million page views and post shares for related hashtags.The statement noted that

June 15, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SSM’s outreach medical service logs 12,000 elderly patients in 2022

The Health Bureau’s (SSM) medical outreach teams provided services to over 12,000 elderly patients in their residential care homes last year, a year-on-year increase of 12 percent, as well as a 40 percent growth in specialist and general medical services, the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre’s Geriatrics Department Chief Physician Pun Weng Hong said yesterday, adding that the scope of specialist medical services and general medical services has been expanded to 11 and 15

June 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local art group teaches students to express themselves through art

Interview by William Chan        Local art organisation Big Mouse Kids Drama Group Captain Mabina Choi Leng Chi told The Macau Post Daily in an exclusive interview that this is the second year that the group has organised the project “I can…” with the high school students from Escola Dom Luís Versiglia.Choi noted that the “Small Island of Expression” (小島宜情) exhibition, showcasing the students’ work from phase two of the project, is currently taking place

June 15, 2023 | BY admin

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17 foreign teams to compete in Int’l Dragon Boat races: ID chief 

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun told reporters yesterday that over 200 dragon boat teams have signed up to compete in the 2023 SJM Macao International Dragon Boat Races, of which 17 are foreign teams from Australia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, with some teams “even participating at their own expense”.The upcoming dragon boat races, co-hosted by the Sports Bureau in conjunction with SJM Resorts and China-Macau Dragon Boat Association, are slated to take place at the

June 15, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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2nd edition of Portuguese-language magazine on Chinese culture launched

The second edition of a magazine in Portuguese focusing on Chinese culture was launched at the Rui Cunha Foundation on Avenida da Praia Grande yesterday.Via do Meio (“Middle Way”) is a quarterly magazine published by Livros do Meio, a publishing house in Macau that is dedicated to introducing works about China in the Portuguese language.The magazine features translations or reviews of Chinese classic literature, poems, and paintings by scholars in Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) such

June 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau’s last few pedicab riders face uncertain future

Commentary by Ginnie Liang        With fewer than 50 pedicabs still in operation in Macau, the sector is clearly declining compared to its peak of more than 700 tricycles decades ago.The Macau Post Daily experienced a traditional pedicab ride yesterday and conducted an online interview with a representative of the erstwhile association of pedicab riders to discuss the troubled sector’s uncertain future.According to a travel blog, Macau’s current type of pedicab was

June 15, 2023 | BY admin

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China accelerating development of large language models

Analysis        BEIJING – At the recently held 2023 Zhongguancun Forum, a generalist large language model (LLM), using visual cues to perform arbitrary segmentation tasks received wide attention.The language model, developed by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI), exemplifies China’s commitment to seizing the opportunities brought about by LLM development.Zhao Zhiyun, head of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC), said

June 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Biden administration needs to take real actions not just window dressing to mend ties

China Daily Editorial        Apparently, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the pressing need to “responsibly manage” the Sino-US relationship to “avoid miscalculation and conflict” in their talk by telephone yesterday.Interestingly, unlike previous readouts that have at least mentioned what the other side said or offered a terse description of talks as being “candid”, “open” or “constructive”,

June 15, 2023 | BY admin

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