Macau logs this year’s 11th imported dengue case, 6 cases since last week

Macau recorded this year’s 11th imported case of dengue fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday evening.According to the statement, the patient is a 52-year-old local woman who lives in the mainland. She came down with a headache, fever, muscle pain, and joint pain last Wednesday when she was in Foshan City, some 100 km north of Macau, where she sought treatment after which her symptoms improved.However, the statement said, the woman developed a rash on her

October 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Septuagenarian pretends to be disabled to smuggle 65 phones in e-wheelchair: Gongbei customs

A mainland man in his seventies attempted to smuggle 65 smartphones from Macau to the mainland last Thursday by pretending to be a disabled person and hiding the phones inside his electric wheelchair’s battery that had been modified, Zhuhai’s Gongbei customs said in a statement on Monday.According to the statement, the man was on his way through the “nothing to declare channel” in his electric wheelchair at around 8:40 a.m. last Thursday when he was travelling from Macau to Zhuhai via

October 16, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Top court confirms Sam’s election as chief executive

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday confirmed the results of Sunday’s chief executive election when Sam Hou Fai was elected with nearly all the votes cast as the sixth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), according to a statement by the court yesterday.The statement noted that the election results will be published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday next week.Sam, the sole candidate for Sunday’s election garnered 394 of the 398 votes cast by the

October 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Shows set for ‘National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week that four performances are set to take place between October 22 and 31 as part of the National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao 2024.The statement said that the performances are the Liyuan Opera new production “The Scholar and the Widow” presented by the Fujian Liyuan Opera Heritage Centre (formerly Fujian Liyuan Opera Experimental Troupe), the only professional performance group of the opera, and the “Golden

October 16, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘We Care, We Share’ mental health programme, speech contest kicks off

The “We Care, We Share” Mental Health Youth Ambassador Programme and Macau Secondary Mental Health Speech Contest kicked off on Monday, with 20 schools and over 70 students joining this year’s edition, a statement from the Rotary District 3450 said on that day.The opening ceremony was held at the Wynn Macau Ballroom, during which Macau Speaker Association President So Io Kuong said in his speech, as summarised by the statement, that last year’s programme had enabled many secondary

October 16, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Dominic Sio stresses importance of linkage between rule of law & business environment

CE-elect Sam’s legal background ‘is his greatest strength’    Interview by Yuki Lei        Running as the sole candidate for the sixth-term chief executive election, Sam Hou Fai was elected with 394 of 398 votes in Sunday’s poll, making him the first Macau Chief Executive-elect with a legal background – and Macao-Japan Chamber of Commerce President Dominic Sio Chi Wai pointed out yesterday the linkage between the rule of law and the business

October 15, 2024 | BY admin

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Residents call for official accredited training platform: survey

The findings of a survey show that Macau residents’ needs for training and professional development are often closely related to their social needs and career advancement, with over 70 percent of the survey respondents expecting the government to set up an official training platform with certificates.The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM – commonly known as Gung Luen in Cantonese) and the Macau Society of Social Sciences jointly conducted between April and last month their “Survey on

October 15, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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HK man hired by ‘guess who I am’ gang to pick up cash in Macau: police

A Hong Kong man was hired by a “guess who I am” telecom fraud gang to travel to Macau to pick up money from a senior citizen, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said at a special press conference yesterday.According to the female victim’s report, Cheong said, she received on June 20 a call from a man, claiming to be her “nephew”, on her fixed-line telephone at home, telling the victim that he had been arrested for injuring someone, urging her to hand 220,000 patacas in

October 15, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman held, robbed & raped in hotel guestroom: police

Two men from the mainland have been arrested for robbing and illegally imprisoning a female mainlander in a Cotai hotel guestroom, with one of them allegedly raping the victim, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a special press conference yesterday. The suspects, both surnamed Li, are aged 38 and 26 respectively. According to Cheong, the victim initially met the Lis while exchanging currency in September this year. On Saturday, the 26-year-old Li messaged the

October 15, 2024 | BY William Chan

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2 die after ‘falling’ from height, senior dies alone in hotel: police

A male senior citizen “fell” from a residential building and died upon impact on Saturday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman said in a statement on Saturday.According to the statement, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP) notified the Judiciary Police at 6:40 a.m. on Saturday that a man had died in a “fall” from a flat on Rua Três de Ip Heng (業興三街) in Coloane. The bureau requested PJ officers to go to the scene to investigate.A resident who had

October 15, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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29th MIF, 2024MFE kick off tomorrow

The 29th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (29th MIF) and the Macao Franchise Expo (2024MFE) will kick off tomorrow and run through Saturday at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, with new features announced during yesterday’s press conference at the venue.This year’s MIF is themed “Economic Diversification and Development Opportunities”, while MFE is themed “Brands Gathering with Business Opportunities”. They have a total area of 38,000 square metres and feature 10

October 15, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2 nabbed for loan-sharking, falsely imprisoning gambler: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted a casino loan-sharking gang last week, arresting two mainlanders, PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said at a special press conference yesterday.The two suspects, aged 26 and 35, told the police that they’re jobless.According to Cheong, the police received a report on Sunday from a man saying that a family member had borrowed money from a loan shark for gambling and was subsequently confined by them against his will. The police soon located the victim in a hotel

October 15, 2024 | BY William Chan

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China-PSCs Cultural Week to kick off on Thursday

The four-day 16th edition of the Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), will kick off on Thursday at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, Forum Macao’s Permanent Secretariat Secretary General Ji Xianzheng announced yesterday.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) is also

October 15, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Ho vows full support for Sam forming team

Outgoing Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday met with Chief Executive-elect Sam Hou Fai where Ho pledged that the current government team will fully support Sam in forming his own team, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.During the meeting at Government Headquarters yesterday morning, according to the statement, both expressed their commitment to maintaining close communication and cooperation with the aim of ensuring a smooth transition from

October 15, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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