Off-duty PSP officer takes sneak photos of woman: police

A Public Security Police (PSP) officer surnamed Wu, who was found taking sneak photos of a woman at a game centre in the city centre on Tuesday, has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing an invasion of privacy charge, according to a PSP statement yesterday.The statement said that the off-duty police officer, who went to the game centre alone, admitted that he had stealthily taken photos of the victim with his mobile phone. The statement did not reveal the

May 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Visitors rise 274 pct to 2.2 million in April

Macau’s visitor arrivals rose by 274.7 percent year on year to 2.27 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, overnight visitors (1.17 million) and same-day visitors (1.09 million) increased by 550.2 percent and 157.7 percent respectively.Overnight visitors’ average length of stay dropped by 1.4 days to 2.2 days.Mainland China visitor arrivals rose by 159.3 percent to 1.38 million. Visitors from Hong Kong (745,282) and

May 19, 2023 | BY admin

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Excessive Listeria found in ‘soy sauce chicken’: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that a locally-produced “soy sauce chicken”, which had been supplied to takeaway outlet Southern Garden on Rua das Indústrias, was found to contain an excessive amount of Listeria monocytogenes, stressing that the bureau has ordered both the product’s retailer and supplier to stop selling and producing it, while also requiring them to rectify their sales process and production.According to the statement, the product was

May 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Customs Service seizes 32 bottles of bogus Moutai

Macau Customs Service (SA) officers seized 32 bottles of counterfeit Moutai in two shops in Nape and the city centre on Wednesday respectively, Customs Service Intellectual Property Rights Department Chief Lee Sze Ngar said during a press conference yesterday at the Customs Service headquarters in Barra, adding that if the bottles of Moutai were genuine, they could have been retailed for about 230,000 patacas in total.Moutai (aka Maotai) is a style of baijiu (“white alcohol”) – a

May 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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One new COVID-19 critical case: 2-month-old baby

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday that one more critical COVID-19 case was reported on Wednesday, a two-month-old male baby.The statement said that the patient, a premature baby boy, came down with vomiting, cyanosis, and dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing) on Monday, after which he was taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for treatment, where he tested positive for COVID-19 in a nucleic acid test (NAT).According to Wikipedia, cyanosis is the

May 19, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Legislature passes outline of gaming credit bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the outline of a bill proposing that only gaming concessionaires and junket operators – officially known as gaming promoters, can be credit-granting entities, while another law that regulates illegal gambling activities will be amended by the government within this year.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong made the remarks during the legislature’s plenary Q&A session yesterday, adding that the amendment bill will be drafted by the

May 19, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lawmakers pass bill to attract talent, effective July 1

The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed yesterday a government-initiated bill proposing to set up a new system to attract qualified human resources from outside Macau in order to promote economic diversification and improve local businesses’ competitiveness, which will take effect on July 1, after its promulgation in the Macau Official Gazette (BO).The law stipulates that the Talent Development Committee will be responsible for policy development and eligibility screening, and the Public

May 19, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Central govt lauds passage of national security law amendment in Macau

BEIJING – The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council yesterday hailed the deliberation and passing of a bill containing amendments to the Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) by its Legislative Assembly earlier in the day.A spokesperson for the office acknowledged that this is an important measure for the MSAR to improve its legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security.The spokesperson said that

May 19, 2023 | BY admin

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Guangzhou chef presents Sichuan cuisine at Wynn Macau

In order to carry forward the culture of the eight great cuisines of China – Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan and Zhejiang, Wynn once again is hosting a new edition of the “Wynn Guest Chef Series”, in which Zhang Jian, head chef of a restaurant in Guangzhou, identified by its Chinese name “蘭亭永”, presented last Friday an array of Sichuan cuisine, merging with Cantonese flavours, at Wynn Macau.China’s leading chefs from all across the country have been

May 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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SJM presents Tuen Ng Festival gift sets

SJM Resorts is offering two gift sets in celebration of the Tuen Ng (Dragon Boat) Festival, which are “Three Flavours of Asia Rice Dumpling Eco-friendly Gift Set” and “Limited-edition Palace Garden Rice Dumpling Box Set”, according to a recent statement from the gaming resort operator.The gift sets offer different flavours of rice dumplings, while their gift box and reusable gift bag are both beautifully designed and practical for gift giving and personal use, according to the

May 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGM’s Bar Patuá to present malt cocktails by master mixologists

Bar Patuá at MGM COTAI will present “Double Twists: Lorenzo Coppola x Paul Zhang”, a four-hands malt cocktail pop-up that features two renowned mixologists for a two-night-only exclusive cocktail experience from May 26-27, gaming resort operator MGM said in a statement yesterday.Bar Patuá is named after the highly endangered Portuguese-Asian Creole of the Macanese community that fuses Chinese, Portuguese, Malay, Sinhalese and other Asian vocabulary and grammar.The statement noted that the

May 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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The Londoner Macao to launch ‘Changing of the Guard’

The Londoner Macao said in a statement yesterday that it will launch its multimedia show “Changing of the Guard” next Friday, which will recreate “a dramatic display of British pageantry” at its Crystal Palace lobby atrium, and it promises to become the latest attraction in the property’s themed entertainment options.The statement noted that the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London has a long history and is among the most popular tourist attractions in the UK,

May 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Cooperation at heart of modern Silk Road

China Daily Editorial        The success of the bilateral meetings President Xi Jinping held respectively with the leaders of the five Central Asian countries in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, on Wednesday and yesterday, undoubtedly lays a solid foundation for the China-Central Asia Summit to be held in the city today realizing its objectives of promoting common development and deepening mutual trust.The summit will be the first in-person meeting of the six leaders, underscoring

May 19, 2023 | BY admin

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Tokyo deplorably disregards discharge anxieties

China Daily Editorial        Ever since the Japanese authorities approved Tokyo Electric Power Company’s plan to release nuclear contaminated water from the reactors of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean last year, there has been great concern about the environmental consequences of doing so.Given the harmful potential to the Japanese fishing industry and local residents’ livelihoods, as well as to coastal countries and regions

May 19, 2023 | BY admin

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