Ponte 16 hosts ‘When Tat Chi Met Chi Tat Duo Exhibition’

The current “When Tat Chi Met Chi Tat Duo Exhibition” is being held on the 2nd floor of the Ponte 16 resort, showcasing the works of Hong Kong fashion designer William Tang Tat-chi and Macau Fashion Designer Vincent Cheang Chi Tat who have both gained “new insights into the meaning of life” after three years of the COVID 19 pandemic, according to a recent statement.Aside from being fashion designers, both Tang and Cheang are also media professionals and artists, the statement noted.In

June 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Xi, Castro chart course for China-Honduras ties at historic meeting

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday held talks with visiting President of the Republic of Honduras Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento in Beijing, pledging to work with Honduras to steer the bilateral relationship toward greater development from a strategic and long-term perspective and to turn their vision of cooperation into tangible results for the greater benefit of the two peoples.“I believe that under joint efforts from the two sides, the China-Honduras relationship will experience

June 13, 2023 | BY admin

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Honduras will reap long-term benefits after establishing diplomatic relations with Beijing

China Daily Editorial        President Xi Jinping told visiting Honduran President Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento during their meeting in Beijing yesterday that China will be a good friend and partner of Honduras and firmly support its economic and social development.Honduras opened its embassy in Beijing on Sunday, less than three months after the Central American nation severed its diplomatic ties with Taipei. This heralds strengthened cooperation to serve the fundamental

June 13, 2023 | BY admin

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Cuba ‘spy base’ scare out of Cold War fiction

China Daily Editorial        The Cold War was at its height during US President Joe Biden’s formative years. That perhaps explains why he is so eager to turn back the clock to the days of his childhood, and recreate a “threat from the reds” that must have thrilled him as a kid.Having rightly denied a Wall Street Journal report about China having an “eavesdropping station” in Cuba as “inaccurate”, his administration has wrongly claimed China has a “spy base”

June 13, 2023 | BY admin

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Some countries are narrow-minded to see China as a threat: Ramos-Horta

SINGAPORE - Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta says that some countries see China's development as a threat to the region and the world, adding that such a "tunnel vision" is narrow-minded and unconvincing.Ramos-Horta made the remarks at the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore on June 4, pointing out that China's influence is spreading across the globe and its interests, wealth, people's well-being and security are intertwined

June 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Portuguese community 'essential' part of Macau: Ho

     Caption:      Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng (left) addresses a National Day reception hosted by Portugal’s Consulate-General at the Portuguese School on Saturday, as Consul-General Alexandre Leitão looks on. Ho said that Macau’s Portuguese community plays an important role as it is an “essential” part of the local community. Visiting Portuguese State Secretary André Moz Caldas and Foreign Ministry Commissioner Liu Xianfa also attended the

June 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Happy Philippine National Day!

      The Macau Post Daily wishes all our readers a happy Independence Day of the Republic of the Philippines, our many Pinoy readers in particular.      On June 12,1898, the Philippines declared its independence from Spain. Following the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902 and the country's decades-long rule by the US, independence was finally restored on July 4, 1946.  

June 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Survey shows residents’ overall mental health is ‘good’

The findings of a survey, conducted by the Macau Economic and Livelihood Alliance, show that overall the mental health of local residents is “good”, with 4 to 5 percent, however, “likely” to suffer from “major depression and major anxiety”.The alliance includes directly-elected lawmaker Carmen Lo Choi In of the Macau-Guangdong Union, a local ICBC executive.The survey entitled “Report on Macau Residents’ Mental Health”, which was released by five representatives of the group,

June 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau confirms serious COVID-19 case: 51-year-old unjabbed man

Macau recorded a serious COVID-19 case on Saturday, a 51-year-old unvaccinated man suffering from underlying diseases, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.The man has been put on a ventilator, the statement said.Yesterday’s statement also announced that 86 COVID-19 infections were recorded on Saturday, when one new COVID-19 patient was admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for treatment.According to previous

June 12, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Orbis Raffle Charity Sale’ aims to raise funds for sight-saving work

The Orbis Raffle Charity Sale, one of Orbis Macau’s annual key campaigns aimed at its paediatric programmes, is on until June 30, with The Macau Post Daily having interviewed the non-profit non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Director of Development and Executive Committee President Isabel da Silva on Thursday to learn more about it.A cause for the childrenThe Orbis Raffle Charity Sale and one of Orbis’ monthly donation programmes (MDP), “Orbis Kid Sight Friend”, are dedicated

June 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Audit Commission slams Sports Fund for ‘arbitrary’ granting of subsidies

In a report released on Friday, the Commission of Audit (CA) criticises the government’s Sports Fund (FD) for its “arbitrary” decisions on granting subsidies to the city’s various sporting associations for organising or participating in sporting competitions or events between 2018 and 2021.The subsidies granted during the four-year period that were assessed by the Commission of Audit amounted to around 137 million patacas, according to the report.The fund’s administrative operations

June 12, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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About 6,000 people register for organ donation in Macau: Lo

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said that about 6,000 people have volunteered to be organ donors in Macau, adding that apart from kidney transplants, Macau is also almost ready to perform liver transplants.Based on Macau’s population of 673,600 at the end of the first quarter of this year, this means that just about 0.89 percent of them have signed up as organ donors.Dr Lo made the remarks during a conference held by the China Organ Transplant Development Foundation (COTDF) to

June 12, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Book review: The Meme Machine

I’m a big fan of memes. And I share more meme-junk on Facebook than my personal life. But this book, The Meme Machine, by British author Susan Blackmore*, doesn’t just talk about these fast-food memes.Let us look at the simple process of how I share these memes: I see some short and punchy memes that make people laugh on social media and can’t help but share them on my own page, and then write a short caption, thinking my friends who see my Facebook feed would think I have a sense of

June 12, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Would you pay to have an android clone of yourself?

Exploring Ray Bradbury’s Marionettes IncIf you had an opportunity to create a lifelike robotic clone of yourself that would allow you to escape someone or something that makes you unhappy, would you take it?This is an idea that American author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury* incorporated in his 1949 short story, Marionettes Inc., a personal favourite that I highly recommend.The story starts with a conversation between two men of about thirty-five, Braling and Smith, who were walking home after

June 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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