Bogus tour guides face 20,000 to 30,000 pataca fines: MGTO

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement on Friday that it had busted a total of four suspected unlicensed tour guides in the Barrier Gate area from March 1-15, and warned that offenders illegally engaging in tour guide work in Macau could be fined from 20,000 to 30,000 patacas.According to the statement, the four suspects are from the mainland, and they have been handed over to the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) for further

March 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO participates in travel fair, meeting in Malaysia & Singapore

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) participated in the 52nd Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair from Friday through yesterday and is slated to join the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore’s (NATAS) General Membership Meeting on March 30, according to an MGTO statement.MGTO, the statement noted, arranges in-person promotions in different Southeast-Asian cities with direct flights to Macau following the resumption of international flights to the

March 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Hou Kong Junior Chamber to mark 35th anniversary

In order to make civil society more aware of the youth business movement and also to promote the mission, vision and values of the Junior Chamber International (JCI), a local group – Hou Kong Junior Chamber – will launch a raft of activities under the theme of “ONE TEAM ONE MISSION” to commemorate its 35th anniversary this year, according to a press conference held by the group yesterday at the Macau Federation of Neighbourhood Associations’ GroupPoint Youth Centre on Avenida do

March 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Visitors rise 121 pct in Jan-Feb

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose by 121.6 percent year on year to 2.99 million in the first two months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement on Friday, overnight visitors rose by 217.0 percent to 1.66 million, while same-day visitors grew by 61.2 percent to 1.33 million between January and February. Overnight visitors’ length of stay decreased by 0.9 day to 2.4 days year on year in January-February. In

March 20, 2023 | BY admin

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MGTO holds ‘Experience Macao, Unlimited’ roadshow in Shenzhen

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has continued its “Experience Macao, Unlimited” caravan roadshow across the Greater Bay Area (GBA), aiming to attract residents from cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau GBA to travel and splash out in Macau, expand the city’s source of tourists and boost the recovery of the local tourism industry, according to an MGTO statement on Saturday.This week’s roadshow in Shenzhen was held on Saturday and yesterday in the mega-city’s Kuanghuan

March 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IPIM mission visits Singapore to expand ‘circle of overseas friends’

The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) took a delegation to Singapore from Tuesday to Friday on the second stop of its 11-day Southeast Asia tour to promote the Guangdong Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and trade cooperation between Macau and Singapore, thereby expanding Macau’s “circle of overseas friends”. Singapore is China’s most important investment destination and has become China’s largest foreign investor since 2013, the statement

March 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Flourishing sci-fi sector shows potential for further development

BEIJING – China’s sci-fi blockbuster “The Wandering Earth II” (流浪地球2) and “Three-Body” TV drama have lately gained considerable attention on the internet.These productions feature Chinese themes and showcase the country’s unique imagination and culture, contributing to the growth of China’s sci-fi industry by instilling confidence and vigor.Directed by Guo Fan and starring Andy Lau Tak-wah and Li Xuejian, “The Wandering Earth II” – a prequel to the 2019 sci-fi

March 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Why Washington doesn’t support ceasefire in Ukraine

Commentary by Xinhua Writer Guo Yage        BEIJING – President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from today to Wednesday at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.Xi’s visit to Russia will be a trip of friendship, cooperation and peace, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday in a daily news briefing.He also reiterated China’s position on the ongoing Ukraine crisis, saying that “China will continue to uphold its

March 20, 2023 | BY admin

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China, Russia set example for major-country relations in new era

Commentary        BEIJING – President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from today to Wednesday at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.Over the years, the sustained, sound and steady development of China-Russia relations has brought benefits to both sides and injected stability into a turbulent world. And their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era is mature, resilient and rock-solid.Such a mature and tenacious

March 20, 2023 | BY admin

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CE vows to ‘dare to venture & dare to try’ to implement Beijing’s support measures for Macau

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledged yesterday that the local government will adopt the spirit of “daring to venture and daring to try” with the aim of making achievements in the implementation of various measures that have been rolled out by the central government to support Macau’s continuous development.Ho made the remarks during a meeting hosted by the Central People’s Government Liaison Office at its headquarters in Zape about this year’s “Two Sessions” – the annual sessions

March 17, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt proposes to list 6 more heritage sites, in 4th batch, including Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial House

The Macau government is proposing to list six more properties in the city as officially-protected cultural heritage sites, including the Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial House, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday.The Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial House is said to be owned by a Kuomintang-linked company registered in Singapore.The six proposed properties announced yesterday are among the fourth batch of the bureau’s cultural heritage evaluations of immovable properties, since the Cultural

March 17, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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UM & Caritas Macau organise experience sharing session on COVID-19

An experience sharing session was organised by the University of Macau’s (UM) Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) and Caritas Macau yesterday titled “At the Front Line of the Community against the Epidemic: Caritas Macau’s Experience in Coping with COVID-19”, the public university said in a statement.The statement noted that during the on-campus event, members of Caritas Macau, which included representatives of five service units, discussed the organisation’s pandemic prevention strategy

March 17, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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70 pct students have sleeping problems: survey

The findings of a survey released yesterday by the Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau Social Services Centre show that over 70 percent of the secondary school students covered by the survey are affected by sleep disorders.Sheng Kung Hui is the Cantonese name for the Anglican Church.According to a statement provided by the non-governmental organisation yesterday, the survey, which was conducted from November to January, aimed to draw the schools and the parents’ attention to the students’ quality of

March 17, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau ‘firmly supports’ setting-up of CPC Central Committee HK & Macau work office: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said in a statement last night that the local government “firmly supports” the setting-up of a Hong Kong and Macau work office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. The central authorities, i.e., the Party’s Central Committee and the State Council, “have released a plan on reforming Party and state institutions, and issued a circular demanding the faithful implementation of the plan,” Xinhua reported yesterday. The Xinhua

March 17, 2023 | BY admin

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