IAM sets up ‘Cape Star’ integrated zone in Nape

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has set up an integrated zone – “Cape Star” – located between the Leisure Area of Kun Iam Statue Waterfront and the Macau Science Centre in Nape, with multiple functions and attractions, such as children’s play facilities, leisure and sport, food and beverage, arts and culture, as well as science popularisation, IAM Administration Committee member Isabel Celeste Jorge said yesterday during a press conference at the Macau Science Centre about the

March 24, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Japan’s club membership brings risks to region

China Daily Editorial        Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s surprise visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, which was announced hours before his appearance on a train to Kyiv was recorded by media cameras, has grabbed more attention than his previous stop, a two-day visit to India.He is the last of the G7 leaders to visit Ukraine, as well as the first Japanese prime minister to set foot in a military conflict zone since World War II.Kishida seems intent on leading his

March 24, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi’s Russia visit deepens bilateral cooperation, contributes to human progress

Analysis        BEIJING – President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia from March 20 to 22 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The two leaders had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks on bilateral ties and major regional and international issues of mutual interest, and reached new and important common understanding in many fields.The international community has spoken highly of Xi’s visit, describing the journey of friendship, cooperation

March 24, 2023 | BY admin

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How China’s vision and actions help build a better world for all

Analysis        BEIJING – “The path of history is not paved like Nevsky Avenue in St Petersburg; it runs across fields, either dusty or muddy, and cuts through swamps or forest thickets,” wrote Nikolay Chernyshevsky, a great Russian scholar and critic in the 19th century.In two centuries or so, the world has once again reached a crossroads in history where countries are facing momentous choices: between polarization and common prosperity, and between zero-sum game and

March 24, 2023 | BY admin

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FM Qin Gang expounds on Xi's state visit to Russia

BEIJING – State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang yesterday briefed the media on President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia. Xi's visit has caught worldwide attention, and is widely regarded as a major and far-reaching event in global geopolitics, Qin said. Xi's trip has also demonstrated China's global image as a peace builder, manifested China's role and responsibility as a major country, Qin noted, adding that it will bring more stability to the complex international situation

March 23, 2023 | BY admin

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Highlights of Xi-Putin talks in Russia

MOSCOW – During his three-day visit to Russia starting on Monday, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks on the bilateral ties and major regional and international issues of mutual interest, and reached new, important common understandings in many fields. The two presidents also signed and issued two joint statements, making plans and arrangements for the growth of bilateral relations and wide-ranging cooperation between the two

March 23, 2023 | BY admin

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Police continue to strengthen anti-fraud education: Wong

As phone and online scams have recently been increasing, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the Judiciary Police (PJ) have recently launched an “intensive” anti-fraud campaign, such as school campus information-sharing sessions to raise public awareness of crime prevention, while always urging the public to beware of scams all the time.Wong also said that the police would continue to work with civic associations and the banking sector to strengthen anti-fraud and crime

March 23, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local man steals jacket from arborist 

A local man has been arrested after stealing a jacket from an arborist, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.The 65-year-old suspect surnamed Tam told the police that he’s jobless.According to Cheong, when the victim was trimming trees on Rua do Terminal Marítimo in Zape on Friday, he hung his jacket on a railing nearby. Tam then stole the victim’s jacket. After the victim realised his jacket, containing 300 patacas

March 23, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Mainland man cheated out of 179,040 yuan in currency scam: police

A jobless woman from the mainland was arrested on Friday for cheating a 31-year-old businessman out of 179,040 yuan (210,212 patacas) in a currency exchange scam using bogus banknotes earlier that day in a hotel lobby in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in a regular press conference at the Public Security Police (PSP) headquarters in Zape on Monday.According to Lou, the 42-year-old suspect surnamed Lu claimed that she was instructed by two currency exchange dealers,

March 23, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mum & daughter fall for ‘fake police’ scam

A local woman in her forties and her daughter in her twenties fell victim to a “fake police” scam and were defrauded out of around 5,150 and 6,800 patacas respectively, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lou, the woman received a call on Tuesday from a man claiming that he was from the Judiciary Police, telling her that her mainland mobile phone number had been involved in sending 1,000 “illegal Suncity gambling”

March 23, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Woman suffers CO1 poisoning in shower: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that a 43-year-old female non-resident worker (NRW) was diagnosed with carbon monoxide (CO1) poisoning yesterday after showering.According to the statement, the Philippine woman was showering in her flat in Va Fai Building in Areia Preta at around 7 a.m. when she felt dizzy and fell on the floor five minutes after she had started showering, adding that she shouted for her roommate to help.The statement said that her roommate got her out of

March 23, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Caritas chief Paul Pun urges more communication to prevent suicide in the elderly

   Interview by Rui Pastorin        In early January, a 90-year-old senior citizen attempted suicide by drinking detergent, later being certified dead at the hospital.Earlier this month, an 86-year-old local man hung himself using a cotton scarf on his balcony. Moreover, there have recently been a number of reports of citizens in their sixties or above who have died after “falling from a height” or have been found lifeless, although not all cases have been

March 23, 2023 | BY admin

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3 exhibitions present 20 works at ex-cattle stable

The Ox Warehouse art group is presenting over 20 videos and installations across three exhibitions at the Former Municipal Cattle Stable, which is located at the junction of Avenida do Coronel Mesquita and Avenida Almirante Lacerda.The three exhibitions are “3+0/0+0 Artist-in-Residence Programme: Drifting Anchor Point – Vocabulary and Objects about Macao”, “2+0/1+1 Artist-in-Residence Programme: Oriental Film Society”, and Macau International Performance Art Festival (MIPAF)

March 23, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Ho vows to ensure locals’ employment protection

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledged yesterday that the government will roll out effective measures to ensure that local residents’ employment is fully protected.Ho made the remarks at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf while delivering a speech during the swearing-in ceremony for the new term of the board members of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, commonly known as Gung Luen in Cantonese.Ho acknowledged the “enormous” contributions Gung Luen has made to the prosperity and stability of the

March 23, 2023 | BY admin

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