Macau logs daily average of 80,294 visitor arrivals during Ching Ming-Easter holiday

Macau recorded a total of 481,765 visitor arrivals during the six-day holiday period that started with the Ching Ming Festival last Wednesday and ended on Easter Monday, or a daily average of 80,294, according to immigration statistics released by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.According to PSP data released previously, the daily number of visitor arrivals on the six days stood at 74,727, 66,464, 83,918, 93,253 (Easter Eve), 85,875, and 77,528 respectively.In December 2019,

April 12, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Over 26,000 ferry passengers a day travel between HK-Macau during Easter

The average daily passenger traffic on maritime passenger routes between Hong Kong and Macau during the four-day Easter holiday ranged from 26,000 to 27,000, the Marine and Water Bureau’s (DSAMA) Port Affairs Division Chief Chu Chan Wai told reporters at the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On yesterday.According to Chu, the daily passenger traffic on the Hong Kong and Macau ferry routes in 2019 was 33,000, and since the resumption of ferry services in January, the daily passenger traffic on the

April 12, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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CA Cultura to hold auction hoping to raise 100,000 patacas for seniors 

The local CA Cultura (CAC) association will be holding an auction entitled “An Embrace of the Elderly, Paintings by Master Sum Wai” this Saturday, aiming to raise more than 100,000 patacas, which will be donated to the Pou Tai Senior Citizen Support Services Complex, a non-profit organisation that provides a wide range of services to the elderly in Macau, including health care, social welfare, and cultural activities, according to a press conference held at Albergue SCM yesterday.The

April 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Doctor expects flu peak to end in mid-April

Interview by Yuki Lei        As the peak period of influenza usually occurs between Christmas and Easter, i.e., from December through mid-April, general practitioner Adam Ieong Man King yesterday urged the public to wear their facemasks properly, maintain proper hygiene, namely frequent hand washing, and improve indoor air circulation by opening windows for at least half an hour each day.Consequently, Dr Ieong said he expected the current flu peak to end in the middle of

April 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Online registration for exchange of banknotes starts next Monday

The Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) said in a statement yesterday that online registration for the exchange of Tiger and Rabbit Zodiac banknotes and XXIV Olympic Winter Games banknotes will start from Monday at 9 a.m. through May 12 at 6 p.m.The statement noted that the tentative exchange quantity for the zodiac banknotes of each issuing bank – BNU and BOC – is 10 notes, with a total of 40 notes of the two types of zodiac banknotes from the two issuing banks. Meanwhile, the tentative

April 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China’s intensive spring diplomacy boosts confidence in global growth, peace

Analysis        BEIJING – In recent weeks, President Xi Jinping has hosted a batch of visiting foreign leaders.With friendly handshakes, expanded consensus and fruitful results, Beijing’s intensive diplomatic drive in this spring has sent to the world community an unmistakable and uplifting message of dialogue, peace and cooperation, which is vitally important for a world beset by soaring uncertainties and risks.STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPSFrom late March to early April,

April 12, 2023 | BY admin

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US involvement in Ukraine crisis odious

China Daily Editorial        A small number of Pentagon documents on the Russia-Ukraine military conflict, including some marked “top secret”, were posted on Twitter and Telegram last Wednesday. Since then, journalists, researchers and social media sleuths have uncovered additional classified documents posted as early as March 1 on additional sites.But it is not the leak that is the most surprising aspect about the classified documents but how deeply the United States is

April 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt hopes to launch Parkinson’s treatment at public hospital this year

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement yesterday that it hopes a Parkinson’s disease surgical treatment programme can be launched at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre this year.Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia, which is mainly caused by the reduction of nigrostriatal dopamine neurons in the brain, according to the statement.Ho In Chao, a consultant neurosurgery doctor at the public Conde de São Januário

April 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Don’t bite the hand that feeds you – Editorial

Editorial        “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you” is a very useful metaphor, traditionally attributed to Greek poet Sappho (circa 630-570 BC), to describe ingratitude towards one’s benefactor. I couldn’t avoid remembering this very pertinent, over two-millennia-old piece of advice when hearing about Macau and Hong Kong community leaders’ poorly thought-out comments recently about “too many” tourists, tour groups from the mainland in particular,

April 11, 2023 | BY admin

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YiiMa Art Group showcases 11 exhibits in ‘Allegory of Dreams’

The “Allegory of Dreams: On the Way to the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia” is being held at Tap Seac Gallery in Praça do Tap Seac until May 21, showcasing 11 works by the YiiMa Art Group.The group was formed in 2019 by local artist Guilherme Ung Vai Meng and photographer Chan Hin Io, who was born and raised in Zhongshan. The group hosted their first large-scale exhibition at the Museu Coleção Berardo in Lisbon in the same year as their formation, according to a

April 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2 MGM signature restaurants earn recognition in latest ‘100 Top Tables’

Gaming resort operator MGM said in a recent statement that two of its signature restaurants, Imperial Court at MGM MACAU and Five Foot Road at MGM COTAI, have been recognised for their culinary excellence in the South China Morning Post’s (SCMP) 100 Top Tables 2023.Currently in its 11th edition, the guide names the best restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau, honouring the F&B industry of both special administrative regions (SARs), the statement noted.According to the statement, Imperial

April 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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5 SJM restaurants listed in SCMP ‘100 Top Tables 2023’

Five eateries under SJM Resorts have been listed in the “100 Top Tables 2023” restaurant guide by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), according to a recent SJM statement.The statement said that three restaurants at Grand Lisboa in the peninsula – “Robuchon au Dôme”, “The 8”, and “The Kitchen” – made the list, adding that “Robuchon au Dôme” and “The 8”   have been on the list for 11 consecutive years.The statement pointed out that it was the first time for two

April 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab 2 NRWs for theft

Two non-resident workers (NRWs) have been arrested separately for theft, one for stealing two bottles of white wine and the other a mobile phone she found on the street, according to separate Public Security Police (PSP) statements on Sunday.According to the statement, a shopkeeper recently reported to the police that two bottles of white wine had been stolen. Police made use of their citywide CCTV surveillance system and identified the suspect as a male NRW in his fifties and arrested him last

April 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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LRT daily passenger numbers last month stay unchanged at 4,750 from Feb

The daily average number of Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers last month remained unchanged at 4,750 from the previous month of February.The government-owned LRT operator, Macau Light Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (MLM), announced last month’s average daily number of LRT passengers on its website earlier this month.The 4,750 LRT passengers per day on average recorded last month and February came after an average of 3,550 LRT passengers daily was recorded in January.Currently, the LRT

April 11, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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