MPU awards scholarships to 600 of its outstanding students

The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) recently awarded scholarships to 600 of its outstanding students to “recognise their excellent achievements in different academic and professional fields, and encourage students to continue to strive for academic excellence and motivation”, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.The on-campus award ceremony was held on April 22, the statement noted, where students received scholarship certificates from guests. According

May 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Huawei authorises CPTTM to be Macau’s 1st training centre

The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) has been authorised by Shenzhen-based tech company Huawei to be its first training centre in Macau, according to CPTTM Director General Victória Alexa Kuan Chan (關治平), who said yesterday that the centre will continue to offer more courses covering the fields of network security and artificial intelligence (AI), so as to promote the integration of the information technology (IT) industry in Macau with the rest of world.Kuan

May 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Artists give their take on Casa Garden in 60 pieces

The first edition of the Urban Sketchers Macao exhibition is being held at Casa Garden, the headquarters of the Macau delegation of the Orient Foundation (Fundação Oriente) in Praça Luis de Camões, until May 28, showcasing over 60 works of varying techniques and methods.All the works depict Casa Garden (“Garden House”) and its environs.Speaking about the exhibition, the foundation’s director of the Macau-China Delegation, Catarina Cottinelli da Costa, told The Macau Post Daily at Casa

May 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Undeveloped plot next to Jai Alai earmarked for govt facilities

The government is proposing to earmark an undeveloped plot, which is located between the Jai Alai casino-hotel complex and Casa Real Hotel in Zape, for government facilities, according to the proposed legal development conditions for the plot published by the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) yesterday.After the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau has drafted the legal development conditions for particular plots, for both public and private projects, they will then be uploaded to its

May 11, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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CTT offers postmark cancellation service for telecom & info society day

The Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a statement on Tuesday that it will set up a temporary post counter on May 17 at the General Post Office (GPO) in Largo do Senado to offer a commemorative postmark cancellation service for the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD).World Telecommunication and Information Society Day has been celebrated annually since 1969.According to the United Nations’ website, the WTISD helps “raise awareness of the

May 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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3 policy secretaries have COVID-19 1st time: govt

The Macau government announced yesterday that three of its five policy secretaries have “recently” been infected with COVID-19 for the first time, all of whom have come down with slight symptoms only. None of them needed to be hospitalised.The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre made the announcement in a statement yesterday, according to which the three are Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak, and

May 11, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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FM Commissioner Liu briefs consuls-general on Guangdong Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone

Sharing New Opportunities Created by the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and Ushering in a Brighter Future in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay AreaRemarks by Commissioner Liu Xianfa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR at the Welcome Luncheon of the Hengqin Visit for Consuls General in the Macao SAR and Hong Kong SAR on Tuesday, May 9. Macao SAR Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong,Nie Xinping,

May 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Hengqin to exempt Macau goods from customs duties: Lei

A “line-division management” arrangement will be implemented in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin later this year, according to Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong, who pointed out yesterday that by then, goods from Macau will be exempt from customs duties when entering Hengqin.Lei, director of the zone’s Executive Committee, made the remarks in a speech during yesterday’s Global Investment Promotion Conference in Hengqin.The first-ever promotion

May 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MyLand Culture launches alternative art space – At Light

Interview by William Chan        Local art group MyLand Culture co-founder and full-time art curator Pal Lok (陸竹) told The Macau Post Daily recently in an exclusive interview that the organisation launched in February its alternative art space – MyLand Living Room – at At Light in Praia Grande.According to Lok, the alternative art space is a venue for presenting art in a more independent and experimental way that is distinct from the traditional commercial art

May 10, 2023 | BY admin

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7 more COVID-19 patients admitted on Monday

Seven more COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities on Monday, one at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre and six at the private Kiang Wu Hospital, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.Recent official figures have indicated Macau’s daily number of new COVID-19 patients admitted to treatment facilities has been on the rise since last week.Last month, there were only two days when Macau had new COVID-19 patients

May 10, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Philippine Consul General Mayo discusses consulate’s new office & services

Interview by Rui Pastorin        At Praça Kin Heng Long in Nape, Filipinos get into the lift to reach the Philippine Consulate General’s new office, which officially opened last Sunday on the building’s seventh floor, where it is currently the sole occupant. Taking a left after getting out of the lift, past a coat of arms in gold, one will walk through a hall with a wall decorated with pictures of tourism spots in the Philippines before getting to where consular

May 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Employees’ confidence & satisfaction up on 2022, but down on 2019

Findings of a survey released yesterday show a rise in Macau employees’ overall confidence compared to last year, but also a decrease in their overall confidence and satisfaction compared to that of the pre-pandemic year 2019, the Institute for Sustainable Development, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) announced yesterday.The findings of the survey were released at a press conference at MUST yesterday, addressed by MUST School of Business Prof. Sun Liyun and its Institute for

May 10, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police question woman about items cast from flat

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement that a local woman in her thirties was taken in for questioning about throwing various household items from a residential flat into the street yesterday morning and afternoon.As of last night, there were no updates as to whether the police have confirmed that the items were thrown by the woman questioned at a police station. The incident began at around 9 a.m. outside the entrance of Pak Wai Car Park, a public car park on the podium

May 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Police refute resident’s claim of pressure to cancel protest

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a special press conference yesterday that the police deny the claim that a resident had been pressured by the Public Security Police (PSP) to cancel his planned May Day demonstration, as recently reported by a local online media outlet.Chan did not name the outlet.Chan said that there was no evidence that the police had followed, monitored or pressured the resident. Chan said that the resident’s claim was “purely speculative”, lacking

May 10, 2023 | BY William Chan

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