E-ID set to be accepted by mid-year at border checkpoints: Cheong

The Legislative Assembly passed an outline of a bill that proposes to allow local residents to use an e-ID certificate on the government’s Macao One Account app when using certain public services, which will be officially accepted as a certificate confirming the card holder’s identity, and is expected to be used first for crossing Macau’s border checkpoints and in medical e-vouchers in the middle of this year, Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said

April 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Duo steal lost handbag containing HK$35K: police

Two mainlanders have been arrested for stealing a handbag containing HK$35,000 they found in a casino lobby and used it for gambling, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said in a regular press conference yesterday.The two men are surnamed Guo, aged 47; and Shi, aged 31. They told the police that they work as drivers.According to Cheong, the police received a report from the female victim last Thursday morning saying that she had lost a handbag containing HK$35,000

April 20, 2023 | BY William Chan

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HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge passes completion review

GUANGZHOU – A completion review committee set up by the central authorities concluded yesterday that the main part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a quality construction.The project has set multiple world records and can provide valuable lessons for the construction of mega sea crossing infrastructure in the future, according to the committee, which was formed jointly by the Ministry of Transport, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Hong Kong and Macau

April 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Joint communiqué shows extent G7 being ‘Natolized’ by Washington

China Daily Editorial        With the majority of it dedicated to coordinating their actions to help the United States safeguard its hegemony, the joint communiqué issued on Tuesday upon the recent conclusion of the three-day G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Karuizawa, Japan, points to the fact that the club of the richest economies is allowing itself to be “Natolized” by Washington as a geopolitical tool of the US.Despite the great lengths they have gone to hide the

April 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Only 36.6 pct of residents do exercise: survey

The findings of a survey conducted by the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong in Cantonese) show that only 36.63 percent of 1,092 respondents said they had exercised in the past three months, i.e., between December last year and March this year, a “significant decrease” of 34.31 percentage points compared to 70.94 percent last year.The associations’ representatives Chan Meng Kei, Lok Nam Tak and Ho Weng Hong announced the findings yesterday during

April 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Woman loses 3,300 patacas in K-pop ticket scam

A local woman was defrauded out of 3,300 patacas a concert ticket selling scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a regular press conference on Monday.According to Chong, the 24-year-old victim told the police that she found someone selling tickets for a K-pop girl group concert for 12,900 patacas on the mainland Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu.Chong noted that the gig was scheduled to be held in Macau next month.The victim then transferred a deposit of 3,300

April 19, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Uni student falls for SMS fraud: police

A university student has fallen victim to a phishing scam via a fraudulent text message purportedly sent by a telecommunications company, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a press conference on Monday.According to Chong, the local victim’s father reported the case to the police on Friday, saying that his son, who is studying at a university in the mainland, received a text message claiming that he had won a reward from a

April 19, 2023 | BY William Chan

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IFTM to hold online & offline Open Day on Sunday

The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) said in a statement yesterday that its Open Day is slated to be held online and offline this Sunday, with the main venue being on its Taipa Campus’s Forward Building.Held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., the statement noted that the one-day event is aimed at Macau residents, particularly graduating secondary school students, to enable them to learn more about the higher education institution and its programmes through various activities.The Open Day

April 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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PLA garrison’s Taipa barracks open to public for 2 days

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Office of the Macau Garrison announced yesterday that its barracks in Taipa will open to the public on April 30 and May 1, with the national flag raising ceremony taking place at 10 a.m. on both days.According to the announcement, the open days, which run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the two days, aim to enhance communication between the local garrison and residents.The two open days will also feature displays of military training, equipment, uniforms

April 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Salt tide ends, water supply remains stable: DSAMA

As the Xi River (aka Si-Kiang or West River), the western tributary of the Pearl River in Guangdong, enters its flood season, Zhuhai has restarted the Guangchang Pumping Station to deliver raw water to Macau, marking the official end of the 2022-23 salt tide in the Pearl River estuary, according to a statement by the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) yesterday.Salt tide, according to Wikipedia, is a phenomenon in which the lower course of a river, with its low altitude with respect to the sea

April 19, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Rosário vows to improve traffic between peninsula & Zone A

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário reaffirmed yesterday that the government will continue to roll out special short-term measures with the aim of tackling the  vehicular traffic problem between the peninsula and the Macau checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) via the Zone A land reclamation area, before the completion of additional vehicular traffic links between the peninsula and Zone A a few years later.Rosário made the remarks when replying

April 19, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt plans to temporarily pedestrianise streets near San Ma Lou: Ao Ieong

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said yesterday she believes that the temporary pedestrianisation of San Ma Lou can be relaunched, however not in the avenue itself but in streets nearby, and, considering traffic and roadworks problems, the government is now studying the possibility of launching in the avenue’s surrounding old quarters a small-scale project similar to the one held in San Ma Lou during the Chinese New Year holiday in January.She said the results of the

April 19, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MAF offers 2 more ‘Paperbelle’ performances, tickets available today

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that there are two additional performances of the paper puppet theatre Paperbelle, a programme of the 33rd Macao Arts Festival (MAF), slated for May 13 and May 14 at 5 p.m.Tickets are available through the Macau Ticketing Network outlets, as well as telephone and online booking from 10 a.m. today.According to the statement, the 33rd MAF is slated to be held from April 28 through May 28, with tickets for some of its programmes being

April 19, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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UM professor’s philosophy channels gain YouTube fame

Interview by William Chan        Hans-Georg Moeller, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Macau (UM), recently spoke with The Macau Post Daily about his YouTube career.The exclusive interview with Moeller, along with his teaching assistant Chiang Hio Fai, was conducted recently at Moeller’s on-campus office.Besides teaching, Moeller has authored numerous books including Profile Yourself: Identity after Authenticity; Genuine

April 19, 2023 | BY admin

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