Govt proposes civil aviation liberalisation

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council (ExCo), has announced that the government has finished drafting a bill that proposes to liberalise Macau’s civil aviation sector.The bill will be submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) in due course for debate, review and vote.Cheong made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday.The Macau government decided

June 12, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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UM presents Teaching Excellence Award to Prof. Yang

The University of Macau (UM) awarded the Teaching Excellence Award to its Faculty of Business Administration’s (FBA) Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management Assistant Professor Fiona Yang Xi, for the 2022/2023 academic year during the university’s Congregation on Saturday, according to a UM statement from the same day.The award recognises one faculty member with an outstanding teaching performance, with the selection committee choosing from nominees, who are faculty-level

June 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IAM to close dog parks on Taipa Waterfront for maintenance

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that the dog parks in the Leisure Area on the Taipa Waterfront will be temporarily closed from today through June 23 for maintenance.According to the statement, the closure is for the bureau to conduct maintenance on the paving stone slabs and lawns in the dog parks to improve the issue of stagnant water at the entrances.The statement noted that members of the public can use the dog park in Estrada Almirante Marques

June 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police nab 2 women & man for ‘cashless’ sham marriage

Two women and a man were arrested separately at a local border checkpoint on June 2 and on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a sham marriage, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Erica Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference on Friday, noting that the local female suspect insisted that the fake marriage did not involve any financial benefits.The bogus marriage involves a sister and her younger sister’s boyfriend who is from the mainland.Cheong said that the female

June 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man dies after ‘falling’ from LRT station: police

A man who “fell” from a Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on Avenida da Nave Desportiva in Taipa was certified dead yesterday after emergency treatment in the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre had failed, according to a statement by Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai.The statement identified the victim as a “Chinese”.The Judiciary Police were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) at 7:07 p.m. yesterday about the dead-body-found case.According to the statement,

June 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local duo smuggle drugs from HK, sell them in Macau: police

Two local men were arrested separately on Friday for smuggling drugs from Hong Kong to Macau and drug trafficking, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference on Saturday.In addition, the police arrested a local duo separately on the same day for taking drugs.According to Lou, 22,000 patacas in cash and a total of 9.59 grammes of methamphetamine (aka ice) were seized in the operation, with an estimated street value of about 31,350 patacas.Lou said that

June 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘World Factory’ upgraded with high-tech, new energy & originality: Dongguan

Analysis        GUANGZHOU – An unparalleled manufacturing enterprise and foreign trade volume bestowed the title “World Factory” to Dongguan city in Guangdong province.As the 24th mainland Chinese city whose GDP has surpassed 1 trillion yuan (US$140.6 billion), Dongguan has been forging ahead with high-tech, new energy, and originality, other than a stereotype as a massive contract factory for mobile phones and garments only.ADVANCED SCI-TECH RESEARCHIn the “World

June 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Happy Portuguese National Day!

          THE MACAU POST DAILY WISHES ALL ITS READERS, THOSE FROM PORTUGAL AND THE PORTUGUESE DIASPORA IN PARTICULAR, A HAPPY PORTUGUESE NATIONAL DAY.     Desejos dum feliz Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas!

June 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Crime rises 17.2 pct to 3,006 cases in Q1: Wong

Macau’s police forces recorded 3,006 crimes in the first quarter of this year, a 17.2 percent, or 441 cases, year-on-year growth, but a drop of 10.6 percent, or 358 cases, in comparison with the same quarter in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the overall crime rate and the number of most types of crime recorded in Macau in the first three months of this year was higher than in the same period of last year, among which few types of

June 9, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Legislators pass bill on compulsory arbitration for water leakage disputes

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has passed a government-initiated bill that will establish a compulsory arbitration system to deal with disputes over water leakages in buildings.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in November last year. The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee held several meetings to review the bill.Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon attended Wednesday’s plenary session when the bill was voted on

June 9, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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214 COVID-19 infections recorded on Wednesday

Macau recorded 214 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, 513 down from the 727 infections reported on Tuesday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, five new COVID-19 patients were admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Wednesday for treatment.Consequently, a total of 152 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and June 7.Macau’s current peak of COVID-19

June 9, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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IAM launches ‘mystery shoppers’ for random food inspections

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has launched the “mystery shopper” sampling method this year to obtain samples from F&B products and “ready-to-eat” food products for inspection, with over 250 random samples tested so far, according to an IAM statement yesterday.Through the method, the bureau aims for food safety in Macau to be comprehensively monitored in more diverse forms while further safeguarding consumers’ safety, the statement said.The statement noted that the

June 9, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM & families from Caritas Macau celebrate Int’l Children’s Day

SJM Resorts said in a recent statement that it celebrated International Children’s Day with families from Caritas Macau’s Family and Child Youth Service Centre, “Fonte de Alegria e de Energia” (“Source of Happiness and Energy”), at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) Resort Macau in Cotai last Saturday.International Children’s Day is commemorated annually on June 1.Aiming to spread love, care and happiness among children, according to the statement, SJM team members designed a raft of

June 9, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGM to present artistic swimming gala & contest

Gaming resort operator MGM said in a statement yesterday that it will present the “MGM Artistic Swimming Elite Extravaganza & Macao Open Artistic Swimming Competition 2023” from June 23-25, which will feature a “strong lineup” of three renowned teams from the mainland.Artistic swimming used to be called “water ballet” [and later synchronised swimming], the statement noted. The teams coming to Macau are the National Artistic Swimming Team of the People’s Republic of China

June 9, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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