Govt to stick to expansionary fiscal policies this year: Lei

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said yesterday that the local government will continue to adopt expansionary fiscal policies this year with the aim of boosting domestic demand and civil society’s confidence in the city’s economic prospects.Lei made the remarks when addressing a conference with senior representatives from the city’s business sectors. The conference was hosted by the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM), colloquially known in Cantonese as Chung Chung, at its

April 4, 2023 | BY admin

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Let’s explore Huang Benrei’s art in ‘My Nini’

A collection of 27 paintings and sculptures is being showcased in My Nini – Huang Benrei Works Private Collection Exhibition at the H853 Art Space in Lisboeta Macau until June 30.The works created by Huang, a Taiwanese artist, feature a rabbit character named “Nini” as the main theme. A statement from the art space noted that the character is “cute and charming”, and has a gentle and fragile appearance and just a few facial expressions.The works depict the theme of intertwining

April 4, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police, Transport Bureau vow to continue to tackle taxi violations

The Public Security Police (PSP) and Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a joint statement yesterday that they will continue to crack down on violations perpetrated by taxi drivers, so as to ensure consumer rights and residents and tourists’ safety, aiming to protect Macau’s tourism image.According to the statement, during tomorrow’s Ching Ming Festival and Easter holidays, more PSP officers will be dispatched to patrol the city’s border checkpoints, hotels, entertainment venues and tourism

April 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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S Korean scams 7 victims out of 1.75 million patacas for gambling: police

A South Korean has been arrested for cheating six male mainlanders and a Hong Kong woman out of a total of 1.75 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.The 45-year-old male suspect surnamed Lee told the police he’s a businessman.According to Lou, the victims, who reported the case to the police separately between July and September 2021, said that in late 2019 they found in the comment sections of YouTube a person claiming

April 4, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Trio nabbed for fake employment: police

Three people were arrested for their involvement in fake employment, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspects are a retired local resident surnamed Lio in his seventies; Lio’s wife, a casino dealer surnamed Lao in her thirties  and Lao’s former colleague and friend – a mainlander in her thirties surnamed Xu.Lai said that PSP officers last month found Xu’s non-resident worker (NRW) permit to be suspicious and

April 4, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Vietnamese NRW steals drunken local’s phone

A Vietnamese non-resident worker (NRW) has been arrested after stealing a smart phone from a drunken local resident, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Nguyen is a waiter in his thirties. According to Lai, in the early hours of last Thursday, a man reported to the police that his phone, worth 5,600 patacas, had been stolen. The victim said that he had passed out drunk on a bench on Travessa do Almirante

April 4, 2023 | BY William Chan

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IAS urges public to beware of calls from bogus officials

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) urged the public yesterday to beware of phone calls made by purported IAS officials.According to an IAS statement, the bureau has recently received reports from a number of residents that they had received phone calls with Hong Kong’s dialling code from bogus IAS officials, in which they provided their “staff name and numbers” in Putonghua, claiming that “there was an important document waiting for the residents to collect”, or their “medical

April 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Rubbish on Hac Sa Beach doubles to 4 tonnes per day: DSAMA

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday that the amount of rubbish on Hac Sa Beach has increased significantly in recent days, with about four tonnes per day over the past few days, more than double the usual amount, which the bureau “has immediately removed”.The statement said the bureau estimates that the recent floods and continued rainfall in the upper Pearl River have caused debris and rubbish from the surrounding areas upstream, to be washed into the river

April 4, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO holds ‘Experience Macao, Unlimited’ roadshow in Foshan

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) took its “Experience Macao, Unlimited” caravan roadshow to Foshan, aiming to attract residents from cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) to visit Macau, expand the city’s source of tourists and boost the recovery of the local tourism industry, according to an MGTO statement on Saturday.The roadshow in Foshan was held at the weekend in the SunPark shopping centre, with its first post-pandemic stop in Guangzhou on February

April 4, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Internships launched for local graduates at Alibaba: DSAL

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and Alibaba Group jointly launched yesterday the second phase of the “Training and Internship Programme for Macau Youth at Alibaba in Hangzhou”, which is open to applications from Macau ID card holders, including foreign residents, who graduated from a tertiary education institution after September 2019, and have the work experience and skills required for their internship, according to a press conference held at the bureau’s headquarters.The applications

April 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lai Chi Vun first-phase revitalisation to open in June or July: culture chief

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man says that the government expects the first-phase revitalisation of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun shipyards area to open in June or July.Leong made the remarks on Saturday at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape on the sidelines of a public session of the government’s ongoing 60-day public consultation on its fourth-batch of cultural heritage evaluations.The first-phase revitalisation project, covering the five plots of X11, X12, X13, X14 and

April 4, 2023 | BY admin

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CPTTM to hold carbon neutral training courses with State Power

The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) has set up an international carbon neutral research centre with State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) at the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, in order to train carbon neutral personnel and technicians for Macau and the mainland, CPTTM Deputy Director General Chang Chak Io said yesterday.Chang made the remarks after addressing an unveiling ceremony for the first stage of the carbon neutral training

April 4, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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UNHCR rep visiting Macau talks about agency's work

        The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated in 2022 that the number of people forced to flee their homes due to situations such as conflict, violence and human rights violations has for the first time reached over 100 million.UNHCR Representative in China Vanno Noupech told reporters on Wednesday that this is quite a “regrettable benchmark”, hoping to bring more attention to the issue.During last week’s visit, which was his first to

April 4, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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UK’s delusions of grandeur creating sea of trouble

China Daily Editorial        The United Kingdom is to become the 12th member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It will be the first new member since the major Asia-Pacific trade partnership was created in 2018, and the first European country to join the pact.While the UK government has hailed it as evidence that the country is “seizing the opportunities of our new post-Brexit trade freedoms” – which it certainly needs

April 4, 2023 | BY admin

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