Health Bureau relaunches medical magazine

A medical magazine, which was suspended in 2010, will resume publication semi-annually, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Sunday, which quoted SSM Director Alvis Lo Iek Long as saying during the 1st plenary meeting of the publication’s Editorial Department that he expected to strengthen the local medical research and academic atmosphere through the magazine covering academic achievements, so as to improve the level of public health, community medicine and specialised medical

May 9, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police fine 16 cyclists for riding on bridges

The Public Security Police (PSP) announced in a statement on Sunday that since the beginning of this year they have fined 16 cyclists for riding illegally on the three Macau-Taipa bridges – the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge (aka “Old Bridge”), Friendship Bridge and Sai Van Bridge.The statement underlined that biking is prohibited on the three bridges, as well as the Cotai-Hengqin Lotus Flower Bridge.The police urged cyclists to always pay close attention to the city’s traffic signs

May 9, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Pandemic ending, but lessons need to be learned

China Daily Editorial        The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to COVID-19 as a global public health emergency on Friday, but that does not mean, as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, the disease is no longer a global threat.The world health body made the decision based on the fact that all main indexes of the pandemic including the numbers of infections, hospitalized patients and deaths have dropped. It remains a health threat, however,

May 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Population policy promotes high-quality development

Commentary        President Xi Jinping hosted the first meeting of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs on Friday which proposed to systematically deal with the population issue and promote high-quality development through reforms and innovations.The road map worked out by the meeting proposed to include population development in the grand blueprint of national modernization, in order to facilitate high-quality overall development. In its conclusion, the

May 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Why Washington’s rules-based world order is a myth

Analysis by Xinhua writer Wang Xinyi        BEIJING – In recent years, US President Joe Biden and many senior US officials have begun to repeatedly invoke “the rules-based world order” in press briefings, bilateral talks or international gatherings, emphasizing the urgency and the necessity to maintain it.However, that phrase still remains a myth as decision-makers in Washington have never bothered to specify what exactly these rules are or who set them. Or perhaps

May 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Cotai hotel homicide suspect nabbed in Guangdong on same day of murder

The suspected killer of a man found dead inside a guestroom of a Cotai casino-hotel resort on Thursday afternoon was caught by the police in the Guangdong city of  Chaozhou (潮州) on Thursday night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference on Friday.Chaozhou lies some 350 kilometres northeast of Macau.The suspect was arrested by the police in Chaozhou at 11 p.m. on Thursday.According to Ho, the male suspect is a 44-year-old mainlander, while the male victim

May 8, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Organizes Rallies to Cheer On Team Members

            Advertorial       With its newly developed properties, Galaxy International Convention Center (GICC) and Galaxy Arena, Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) recently organized two sessions of the “Asian Heart Team Member Rally” at the Galaxy Arena, inviting its team members to become the first to experience the world-class entertainment venue and motivating them to strive for excellence. Led by Mr. Francis Lui, Vice Chairman of

May 8, 2023 | BY admin

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What is Mother’s Day?

Next Sunday is Mother’s Day for most of the world, but how did it start and why? In America Mother’s Day is a relatively new tradition that was started in 1907 by Anna Jarvis, after her mother died,  who organised the first Mother’s Day service of worship and celebration in Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia.Mother’s Day started out as Mother’s Day Work Clubs, which Jarvis formed to address public health issues. She and another peace activist and

May 8, 2023 | BY Lesley Wells

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Mom’s most important advice

Has anyone ever given you a piece of advice that was so strong that it never left you? When I was a child, my mother told me, ‘Sometimes it’s okay, as long as you had fun.’As a student, volunteering at school events was something I truly enjoyed. It helped me bond with my friends and learn some things outside the classroom setting. There was never a time I did not enjoy attending those events. One day, my family planned a morning trip to Zhuhai, the same day as our school held a

May 8, 2023 | BY Jo Azurin*

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Taiwan-made ‘Willipo Allopurinol Tablets 300mg’ recalled from market: pharma bureau

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement on Friday that Batch No. 22D00 2022-026 of the anti-gout drug “Willipo Allopurinol Tablets 300mg”, produced by Taiwan-based YCP Yuanchou Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has been recalled from the local market.According to the statement, since the problematic product was detected by the Hong Kong Department of Health as having an unsatisfactory dissolution capacity which may affect the drug

May 8, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police fine skateboarder for endangering road users

The Public Security Police (PSP) have announced that they have fined a 20-year-old local man who crashed into the right side of a car travelling past a building when he was skateboarding from the building’s ground-floor passage into the road on Thursday, as his behaviour endangered other road users.A PSP statement on Friday said that the police had been aware of a video clip circulating on social media showing a male skateboarder crashing into a car.The statement said that the police

May 8, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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IAM waives reservations for eco trail & wetland in Seac Pai Van

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that bookings are no longer required to visit the “Ecological Trail Garden of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and South China Medicinal Plants Garden”, as well as the Wetland in Seac Pai Van starting today.The statement noted that both venues’ opening hours are adjusted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The bureau will take appropriate crowd control measures based on the visitor flow and safety situation of the venues, according to

May 8, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Male clerk takes upskirt photo of woman: police

A local male clerk was arrested on May 1 for taking an upskirt video of a woman in her twenties at a supermarket on Rua do Canal das Hortas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference on Friday.According to Lai, the local victim called PSP officers who arrived at the scene at about 10 a.m. on May 1 to say that a man had followed her while she was shopping in the supermarket for about 10 minutes, adding that while the victim was in the queue to

May 8, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Int'l Advertising Association (IAA) launches Macau chapter

The International Advertising Association’s (IAA) Macau Chapter was established on Friday, marking a milestone in IAA’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific market, IAA Global President and Chairman Sasan Saeidi told the local event by video link.Saeidi made the remarks at an inauguration ceremony held at the Artyzen Grand Lapa on Friday, with Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, other government officials and representatives from the advertising

May 8, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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