PSP debunk ‘dizzy mist gang’ rumour

In a statement released yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) confirmed that no reports have been received that would have substantiated a rumour that a foreigner is begging for money in the street and using a “dizzy mist” (迷煙) to disorientate people and coerce them into revealing their ATM passwords.According to the statement, police officers contacted the three foreign tourists who were targeted by the rumour. The trio told the police that they had merely asked passers-by to

March 23, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Vietnamese NRW nabbed for shoplifting

A female Vietnamese non-resident worker (NRW) has been arrested for shoplifting, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said in a regular press conference yesterday.The 32-year-old suspect surnamed Nguyen is a cleaner.According to Cheong, on Monday morning when Nguyen was shopping in a supermarket on Avenida de Horta e Costa, a staff member of the supermarket noticed that Nguyen put some goods in her bag, after which Nguyen paid for the items in her shopping

March 23, 2023 | BY William Chan

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40 pct of phone scam victims are uni students: police

IT Crimes Division of the Judiciary Police (PJ) Chief Lon Hon Wai said yesterday that in the first two months of this year some 40 percent of phone scam victims were university students, most of them from the mainland.Lon made the remarks while attending a current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM.Meanwhile, the Judiciary Police told The Macau Post Daily yesterday that usually the victims’ phone numbers were

March 23, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IFTM among Top 10 in QS world university rankings, top in Asia

The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) said in a statement yesterday that it is ranked 10th among the higher education institutions globally for hospitality and leisure management studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023, while currently being the best in Asia in this field.The rankings rate the top higher education institutions worldwide by individual topic areas and currently covers 54 subjects of study, the statement noted. The placings were released on March 22,

March 23, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Internet penetration rate rises to 90 pct in 2022

Macau’s internet penetration rate in 2022 went up 1.5 percentage points year on year to 90.0 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the internet penetration rate among those aged between 15 and 24 stood at 99.5 percent, the highest among all age groups.On the other hand, 72.1 percent of those aged 65 and above used the internet, a rise of 6.8 percentage points from the previous year. For those aged three to 14, 69.0 percent used the

March 23, 2023 | BY admin

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Girl hurt in ‘fall from school building’: firefighters

A 14-year-old female student was found lying on her back yesterday in the playground of Escola Secundária Ilha Verde da Associação Comercial de Macau (澳門中華總商會附設青洲中學) on Avenida do Conselheiro Borja after “falling from a building” during the lunch break, according to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB).The bureau received a report about the incident from a staff member of the school at about 1:30 p.m. yesterday.The statement noted that the victim

March 23, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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China Everbright Bank opens local branch

China Everbright Bank held a ceremony in Macau yesterday to mark the opening of its branch here, where the bank’s chairman Wang Jiang pledged that the bank will be fully dedicated to contributing to the development of modern finance in Macau.The ceremony, which was held at Macau Tower, was also attended by a number of prominent guests such as Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Macau’s first chief executive and now a vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative

March 23, 2023 | BY admin

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Kai Fong follows up on over 10,000 support cases last year, up 27 pct

Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong in Cantonese) President Chan Ka Leong said yesterday that the number of cases providing livelihood support, emotional support and counselling services last year increased significantly compared with previous years, with more than 10,000 cases in total, an increase of more than 27 percent year on year, showing the “severe impact” of the three-year COVID-19 pandemic on Macau’s economy, society, and people’s

March 22, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM develops drug-loaded macrophage robot for treatment of acute pneumonia

A research team led by Wang Ruibing, associate professor in the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS) at the University of Macau (UM), has developed a supramolecularly engineered motorised cell platform as a nanomedicine carrier, based on the excellent inflammatory tropism of macrophages and the catalytic generation of oxygen as the propelling force, the public university said in a statement yesterday.When loaded with anti-inflammatory curcumin, the platform showed a good therapeutic

March 22, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt rejects ‘baseless’ US report on human rights in Macau

The local government yesterday expressed its “strong opposition” to content relating to Macau in the “2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” issued by the US State Department earlier this week, according to a statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).“The self-styled report has an axe to grind, and contains baseless commentary, smearing the actual human-rights conditions in Macau. It is a brutal attempt to intervene in Macau’s internal affairs and

March 22, 2023 | BY admin

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New culture vice-chief vows to enrich Macau’s role as cultural exchange base

The newly appointed vice-president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Cheang Kai Meng, pledged yesterday that he will place special emphasis on enriching the “humanistic connotation” of Macau’s role as an exchange and cooperation base of multiple cultures’ co-existence with the Chinese culture as the mainstream.Cheang made the remarks during his swearing-in ceremony at the Macau Culture Centre (CCM) in Nape, according to an IC statement yesterday.The Cultural Affairs Bureau has two

March 22, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Basic TV channels to be adjusted on Monday

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a statement yesterday that Macau Basic Television Channels Limited will adjust some of the Basic TV Channels starting from 11 a.m. on Monday.The bureau noted in the statement that the adjustments aim to keep up with the planning of telecommunication resources in Macau and the needs for the future development of high-definition television.The statement pointed out that members of the public receiving the Basic TV Channels’ signals must

March 22, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Vietnamese man busted for selling ice: police

A male Vietnamese non-resident worker (NRW) was arrested on Monday for selling ice in Zape, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a special press conference yesterday.The 29-year-old surnamed Dau told the police that he works as a chef.According to Lou, the Judiciary Police recently received a tip-off about a Vietnamese man who, for three months, was selling drugs to regular customers at night entertainment venues in Nape. Following an investigation, the police identified the

March 22, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Cabbie nabbed for scamming mainlander out of over 1 million yuan

A taxi driver has been arrested for cheating a mainlander out of 1.07 million yuan (1.26 million patacas) by claiming to have a way to purchase branded goods in Macau and reselling them in the mainland to make a profit, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Ho, is 42 years old. The victim is the owner of a media company in the mainland.According to Lou, the victim reported to the police in February 2021 that he

March 22, 2023 | BY William Chan

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