3 locals fall for SMS scams which claim their yuu points were expiring

A local man and two local women have separately been led to believe that their yuu reward points were expiring, while their credit cards were charged with amounts ranging from HK$20,000 to 40,000 after they provided their personal and credit-card information to the fraudsters, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in a regular press conference on Monday.yuu is a Singapore based Rewards Club that according to its website, “brings together all the brands you love into one universal

June 7, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local musician shares her inspiration behind upcoming performance

Interview by William Chan        In a recent online interview with The Macau Post Daily, Siu Tin Chi, a local female pianist and composer, discussed her musical journey and upcoming performance with the CHI Quartet.Born in Hong Kong and raised in Macau, Siu received her classical education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and later pursued jazz at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) and New York Manhattan School of Music. With a multicultural musical background, her

June 7, 2023 | BY admin

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Enduring partnership of China and France

China Daily Editorial        During his phone talks on Monday with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged the French side to “step up to implement” the consensuses the two countries’ leaders have reached.Praising President Macron’s recent statements on European autonomy, and expressing appreciation that an

June 7, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau’s rubbish per capita dips 2.7 pct to 1.77 kg per day in 2022: DSPA

The Environmental Protection Bureau’s (DSPA) State of the Environment of Macau 2022 report released yesterday shows that due to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic still affected Macau’s socio-economic activities last year, the annual average tap water and electricity consumption, the amount of solid urban waste and the annual average concentration of air pollutants decreased in 2022, of which electricity consumption, the amount of solid urban waste and per capita disposal were down by,

June 6, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lift Left Life Live: a local travel to Macau

Interview by Ginnie Liang         In addition to a series of international performances, the recent 33rd Macao Arts Festival featured, among others, a locally produced theatre play called “Lift Left Life Live”, which broke the conventional boundaries of space by turning Macau Tower into an airport for visitors to “travel” while watching the play. The crew explained to The Macau Post Daily on Sunday the creative philosophy behind the project and the joy and

June 6, 2023 | BY admin

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152 COVID-19 infections recorded on Sunday

Macau recorded 152 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, 20 up from the 132 recorded on Saturday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, two new COVID-19 patients were admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Sunday for treatment.Consequently, a total of 138 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and June 4.Macau’s current peak of COVID-19 infections started

June 6, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Scammers use face-swap nude photos to blackmail local man: police

A local man has been blackmailed by scammers using face-swap nude photos of him, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lou, a stranger added the victim as a friend on a chat app in the wee hours of Saturday and they started chatting. The stranger then sent a link to a video app, which the victim downloaded. The victim ignored the request from the stranger offering to chat in the nude in the video app.Later, a man called the

June 6, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Elderly man cheated out of 179,600 yuan in investment, email scams

A septuagenarian has fallen victim to online investment and email scams, losing a total of 179,600 yuan (203,800 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lou, the male victim met an online friend through QQ social media in September last year, who persuaded him to make online investments. The victim followed the scammer’s instructions to download an app and invested 2,500 yuan in it which soon purported to show a

June 6, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local woman loses 320,000 patacas in online scam: police

A local woman in her thirties has been defrauded out of 320,000 patacas by her online “friend”, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lou, the victim met a male who claimed to be from the UK on a social media platform in January 2022, and they became online friends. A few days later the man told the victim that he wanted to visit her in Macau and asked for her local address to send her his luggage, Lou said, adding that

June 6, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Civil Aviation Security Programme to take effect on July 1

Chief Executive Order No. 68/2023 – “Macao Special Administrative Region Civil Aviation Security Programme (MCASP)” was yesterday promulgated in the Official Gazette (BO) and is slated to come into effect on July 1, a Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) statement said.According to Article 8 of the Administrative Regulation No. 16/2022 – “Air Transport Facilitation and Civil Aviation Security Systems”, the AACM drafted the programme, yesterday’s statement noted, which “stipulates the

June 6, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Swiss Education Group, IFTM extend collaboration

The public Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) and Swiss Education Group (SEG) have extended their collaboration arrangement, signing a new agreement during an online ceremony yesterday, according to an IFTM statement.According to the statement, SEG comprises four “outstanding” schools in Switzerland: Swiss Hotel Management School (SHMS), César Ritz Colleges Switzerland (CRCS), Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland (CAAS) and Hotel Institute Montreux (HIM). Each are ranked 3rd, 6th, 7th

June 6, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Continuing education subsidy to stay at 6,000 patacas: Ao Ieong

The next phase of the government’s continuing education subsidy scheme will remain at 6,000 patacas for residents, as residents participating in the scheme have only spent an average of just 4,000 patacas each, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said yesterday.Ao Ieong made the announcement during an oral interpellation hearing in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday afternoon.The current phase, the fourth phase of its continuing education subsidy scheme, was

June 6, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Over 200 int’l exhibitors to join 11th Macao Int’l Travel (Industry) Expo: MGTO vice-chief 

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Deputy Director Ricky Hoi Io Meng told the media yesterday that in addition to various local and mainland sectors more than 200 international exhibitors and over 20 exhibitors from Taiwan and Hong Kong have already signed up for the 11th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE).Hoi made the remarks on the sidelines of an event in Largo do Pagode do Bazar.Hoi said that the annual expo, which will take place at the end of this month at The Venetian

June 6, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt to launch 4-year Portuguese language course

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) is planning to launch a four-year Portuguese language course for students studying in Form 3 and Form 4 who plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree course in Portugal, in order to prepare students for further Portuguese language studies, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said yesterday.Ao Ieong made the remarks when addressing lawmakers’ oral interpellations in the legislatures’ hemicycle, adding that the bureau is also

June 6, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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