UM researcher among MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 for China

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that its Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering’s (IAPME) Assistant Professor Sun Pengzhan has recently been named as one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 for China (TR35 China).The statement noted that since 1999, the MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] Technology Review has annually selected a group of young leaders under 35 who are “the most innovative and influential” in the technology field, forming the

July 23, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Lawmaker urges govt to heed eco-goals when buying vehicles

Directly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I urged the government in a written interpellation sent to the government in April to comply with the goals of environmental protection and to jointly implement a long-term carbon reduction strategy when using and purchasing government vehicles.According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), a total of 251,000 vehicles were registered as of February this year, 1,351 more than in the same month of last year, in line with the

July 23, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lawmaker urges govt to pay more attention to underemployed local construction workers

Lawmaker Leong Sun Iok asked the government in a written interpellation in May to pay more attention to the rights and interests of underemployed local construction workers, as the plight of day labourers has emerged more often in recent years.In the written interpellation, Leong pointed out that construction companies and their local workers both preferred arrangements under which the latter got paid by the day due to wages ended up being higher and more flexible, whereas non-resident workers

July 23, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police nab 5 mainlanders involved in ‘divine healer blessing scam’

Five mainlanders have been arrested for deceiving a local elderly woman in a “divine healer blessing scam”, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in a special press conference yesterday.The five suspects, comprising three women and two men, are aged between 42 and 58. The quintet are from Maoming in western Guangdong.According to Lou, on Saturday, the victim was walking in Areia Preta district when she was approached by a woman surnamed Chen, who asked if she knew of a certain

July 23, 2024 | BY William Chan

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2 locals cheated out of 60,000 patacas by ‘waterproofers’: police

Two men from the mainland have been arrested for pretending to be “waterproofers” who cheated two locals out of a total of 60,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.The two suspects, both in their forties, are surnamed Lu and Wang. Both told the police that they’re renovation workers. They do not have work permits in Macau.The Judiciary Police received a report earlier this month regarding a home improvement scam. The

July 23, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Police bust illegal mahjong parlour in Areia Preta

The Public Security Police (PSP) busted on Thursday an illegal mahjong parlour in Areia Preta district, PSP spokeswoman Lai In Hon said at a regular press conference yesterday.In the operation, according to Lai, the Public Security Police arrested the parlour’s female operator, surnamed Iu, who is in her thirties, as well as four gamblers comprising three locals and a mainlander. All of them told the police that they’re jobless.According to Wong, the Public Security Police received last

July 23, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman cheated out of 3 million yuan in junket investment scam

A man from the mainland has been arrested for luring a mainland woman into investing 3 million yuan (3.3 million patacas at the current exchange rate) in a purported casino junket business, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in a special press conference yesterday.The 35-year-old suspect, surnamed Wu, told the police that he’s jobless.According to Lou, Wu and his accomplice in 2019 convinced the victim to invest in a Cotai junket business they claimed to be operating. They

July 23, 2024 | BY William Chan

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654 ‘old & valuable’ trees are now on IAM’s protection list

12 more trees officially categorised as “old and valuable” – and mainly located in Coloane and Taipa – are now on the city’s protection list, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement yesterday.The statement pointed out that the 12 trees, aged between 101 and 140 years old, are of six species, comprising Mock Bodh, Chinese Hackberry, Mango, Camphor, Soap Nut and Cotton trees, which have been classified by the National Afforestation Environmental Protection Commission

July 23, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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For US, relationship a zero-sum game

China Daily Editorial        Citing catastrophic global consequences of potential missteps, former US treasury secretary Larry Summers told the 2024 Aspen Security Forum that “managing successfully the relationship between the United States and China is our most important global challenge”.Summers’ remarks reflect the growing global concerns about the recent trajectory of the fraught China-US relationship, which appears to be in an unsalvageable nosedive.Yet Washington

July 23, 2024 | BY admin

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Far apart, close in heart – China-LatAmerica cooperation embarks on new voyage

Analysis        BEIJING –  A decade ago, President Xi Jinping put forward the initiative of building a China-Latin America community with a shared future for the first time at the China-Latin American and Caribbean Countries Leaders’ Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil.“The fact that the leaders of China and so many Latin American and Caribbean countries are gathering here is in itself of historic and global significance,” he said.Recalling Xi’s speech, Fausto Pinato,

July 23, 2024 | BY admin

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Inaugural Macau Int’l Children’s Arts Festival kicks off

The inaugural Macau International Children’s Arts Festival kicked off yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre’s Black Box Theatre, and Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man said she expected the festival, in addition to broadening children and young people’s cultural horizons, to create a brand-new cultural tourism experience for tourists during the summer holidays.While officiating at yesterday’s ceremony at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape, together with Secretary

July 22, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Ho extends leave for 10 more days

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has extended his holiday from Saturday through Monday next week, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Saturday, when the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) also issued a statement on the matter.The statement said that Ho “has used his vacation to undergo routine physical examinations and received necessary diagnosis and treatment. He is currently in good health”.The bureau said that it issued the statement “in

July 22, 2024 | BY admin

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Elisa Chan becomes top winner of 21st TDM – Best of the Pop

The 21st “TDM – Best of the Pop” organised by public broadcaster TDM was held at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on Friday, with local singer Elisa Chan I Lei winning the Favourite Song Gold Award, Best Producer Award, Best Arrangement Award and Favourite Song Award with her song “Desire 404（沒有慾望的人類）”.The song’s composer and lyricist is Elisa Chan, the arrangers are Eugene Lei and Dennis Wan, and producers are Elisa Chan, Akitsugu Fukushima, Eugene Lei and Dennis

July 22, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Trio nabbed for gouging ‘customers’ after ‘fixing’ water leakage

Police last week busted three mail suspects, two from the mainland and one from Macau, providing water leakage repair services and gouging customers with repeatedly raised prices, who scammed victims out of a total of 82,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman said at a special press conference on Friday.The spokesperson identified the suspects as Lu, a 25-year-old who told police that he is a stall holder, and Wang, a 37-year-old decoration worker. The duo undertook water leakage repair

July 22, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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