AUKUS nuclear submarine ‘cooperation’ reckless acceleration on a dangerous road

China Daily Editorial        In a move that makes it crystal clear that the United States is now so obsessed with its China phobia that it is speeding along a dangerous road that will put regional peace at jeopardy, Washington has accelerated the timeline for the sharing of a nuclear-propulsion technology for the first time since the 1950s, announcing that it will sell three Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, with an option for it to buy two

March 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Xi pools mighty force for building great country, national rejuvenation

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday called for forming a mighty force for building a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation as the curtains closed on the annual “two sessions,” which started a new chapter of Chinese modernization with a competent leadership and detailed policies.From this day forward to the mid-21st century, the central task of the entire Communist Party of China (CPC) and all Chinese people will be to build China into a great modern

March 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Ho meets Customs minister, Commerce vice-minister in Beijing

Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday held talks with the minister of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), Yu Jianhua, as well as a vice-minister of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Wang Shouwen, in two separate meetings in Beijing, according to two statements by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) late last night.In the meeting between Ho and Yu, according to GCS, both exchanged views on topics such as promoting the development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation

March 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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CSO & safety supervisor licence applications open today: DSAL

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) announced in a statement that the city’s new construction safety law was promulgated in the Official Gazette yesterday but will only take effect on November 1, adding that anyone qualified can apply for a construction safety officer (CSO) or safety supervisor licence through the bureau from today.The bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) last month, a government-initiated law aiming to protect construction workers’ rights in line with the

March 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Woman scams 3 females out of HK$260,000 for gambling: police

A local woman was arrested after three local women fell for her currency exchange scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chong identified the suspect as a 32-year-old purchasing agent surnamed Ip. The three victims, who were introduced to Ip by friends of theirs, are colleagues aged between 41 and 45 working as sales assistants.According to Chong, the victims had successfully exchanged currencies in the past year several times with

March 14, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Student rides motorbike without licence again: police

A local high school student in his twenties with multiple records of riding motorcycles without a licence has been arrested again for the same offence, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kuong Chi Ian said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect is surnamed Wong.According to Kuong, Wong encountered a police checkpoint when riding a motorcycle on Avenida Marginal Flor de Lótus on Sunday and tried to escape by speeding through the roadblock. Wong even jumped a red light during

March 14, 2023 | BY William Chan

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IC publications available online

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement on Friday that it will transfer data originally stored in the “Macao eBooks” app to its “Research and Publications” subpage on its website.The subpage can be found by visiting www.icm.gov.mo/academics.The statement noted that over 300 digital books and journals are available to be read online without downloading the Macao eBooks app, which will be suspended from April.Meanwhile, those who want to purchase the physical versions of the

March 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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HK man nabbed for local woman’s murder in downtown hotel

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong told reporters yesterday in front of a hotel in the city centre where the homicide had happened, that the police have arrested a suspect from Hong Kong.The victim was a 46-year-old local woman found dead in a guestroom of the three-star Pensão Residencial Flórida (known as “Fu Dou” – “rich metropolis” in Cantonese) guesthouse on Sunday.According to Chong, after discovering multiple “unusual” wounds on the victim’s head, the

March 14, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Lemon slices snack contains excessive sweetener: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that a lemon slices snack sold at the Wing Kut Street Lemon King snack shop on Rua de Coelho do Amaral was found to contain excessive sweetener – cyclohexyl sulfamate (commonly known as Sodium cyclamate) which exceeded the legally permitted maximum amount in line with local health standards, urging the public to stop eating it.The statement underlined that the bureau has ordered the shop to stop selling the problematic product

March 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Hongkonger steals 2 motorbikes, drives without licence: police

A Hong Kong man was arrested on Friday for stealing two motorcycles from different locations, the keys of which had been left in the ignitions by their respective owners, and then drove around the peninsula and Cotai, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday.The spokesperson said the suspect surnamed Tou, an unemployed 35-year-old, was visiting Macau when he committed the offences.According to the spokesperson, the Public Security Police

March 14, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Those entering mainland from Macau with HK travel history can use e-channels from today

From today those entering the mainland from Macau after arriving here from Hong Kong can also use e-channels at the city’s border checkpoints, as long as they have not visited Taiwan or foreign countries within the past seven days, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.The new measure took effect at 00:00 a.m. today.Since February 6, those entering the mainland from Macau after arriving here from Hong Kong have no longer been required to

March 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Lam Mau Tong sandpit to close tomorrow for monthly maintenance

The sandpit in the children’s playground in Lam Mau Tong, the district south-west of Fai Chi Kei, will be closed tomorrow for its monthly cleaning and maintenance work, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday.The children’s playground, which features the Macau peninsula’s first outdoor sandpit, opened in November last year.The statement underlined that monthly cleaning and maintenance of the sandpit is needed with the aim of ensuring users’ safety and

March 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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St. Paul’s Ruins VR exhibition to be officially launched March 24: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that the upgraded version of its Visiting the Ruins of St. Paul’s in Space and Time - Exhibition of Virtual Reality (VR) at the Ruins of St. Paul’s will be officially launched on Friday, March 24, further “restoring” the former Mater Dei Church’s exterior and surrounding environment, while presenting the interior and exterior of its building “more comprehensively and three-dimensionally”.Mater Dei is Latin for

March 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Yaya Vai exhibits ‘Awaken and to be Continued…’

Local artist Yaya Vai (韋艷芳) is displaying her paintings and an installation at the Creative Macau gallery in an exhibition titled “Awaken and to be Continued”.The gallery is located on the ground floor of the Macau Cultural Centre complex in Nape.Vai said in a recent statement from the gallery that people may wish that what happened in recent years was only a dream, asking: “If it is time to wake up, are you ready?”. She also questioned what needed to be done to prepare oneself if

March 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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