Govt eases facemask-wearing guidelines from today

No more facemasks urged for outdoorsThe Macau government announced yesterday that from today people are no longer required to wear a facemask outdoors. However, according to yesterday’s announcement, public bus and Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers are still urged to wear a facemaskFrom today people are no longer advised to wear a facemask in public indoor venues in general either, but the wearing of facemasks is still required for certain indoor venues such as medical institutions,

February 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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12 points giving peace a chance – Editorial

Editorial         “Give Peace a Chance” is one of the world’s most iconic anti-war songs. Written by John Lennon and released in 1969 it quickly became the anthem of the anti-Vietnam War movement. The song raised international awareness of the tragic futility of the Vietnam War which exacted an enormous human cost – its estimated death toll ranges between 1.4 million and 3.8 million. Despite its name, the Vietnam War also laid waste to large parts of

February 27, 2023 | BY admin

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Horta da Mitra market’s renovation to start next month: govt

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced that the Horta da Mitra wet market will close from tomorrow for renovation, which will start next month.The renovation will include the installation of various new facilities such as an air-conditioning system. The project aims to make it more comfortable for stall owners and staff to work and for residents to shop there.The bureau made the announcement in a statement on Friday.The renovation is expected to be completed at the end of this year,

February 27, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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42nd Macau Green Week to start on March 18: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) 42nd Macau Green Week is slated to take place between March 18-26, according to a statement from the bureau on Friday.The event is themed “Passing on the love of nature to build a beautiful city together” and follows the World Forest Day’s concept, the statement noted, where a number of tree planting and experience activities for members of the public will be organised to enable them to learn about the city’s green space resources and tree

February 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Civil servant takes upskirt photos of young woman: police 

A male civil servant working for the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has recently been arrested for taking upskirt photos of a female passerby in a short skirt walking along Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday.The spokesperson also said that the suspect in his sixties is surnamed Kuan.According to the spokesperson, the Public Security Police received a report from a local woman on Tuesday that when she was walking

February 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Learning perseverance through a hobby

I stood in the darkness as I attempted to remain hidden, my eyes darting from left to right as I searched for a target. I waited patiently, wanting to make sure that I neither missed or wasted a shot, my feet tired from having stood in the same corner, my vantage point, for what felt like hours. And then I saw her. My target.I held my breath as she walked into the frame, my finger already on the trigger. It was time for the shot. Click. My shutter had let out a quick mechanical sound. The sound

February 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Entitlement does not lead to satisfaction

Getting handed everything on a silver platter as a child or even an adult may seem like a wonderful concept but in the long run it does not do anyone any favours as the receivers end up with a sense of entitlement and a satisfaction of nothing.As the Rolling Stones sang, “I can’t get no satisfaction.”Nowadays, there appears to be a whole generation who have grown up being given everything in life by doting parents, even as adults, who do not want their offspring to have the same struggles

February 27, 2023 | BY Lesley Wells

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Kennel to adjust office hours from Wednesday

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that the Macau Municipal Kennel on Avenida do Almirante Lacerda will adjust its office hours for public services starting on Wednesday.According to the statement, the opening hours will be from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The registration hours, the statement noted, will run from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., while clinic hours will be from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.The statement did not mention the current

February 27, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGTO holds ‘Experience Macao, Unlimited’ roadshow in Jiangmen

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) restarted its “Experience Macao, Unlimited” caravan roadshow across the Greater Bay Area (GBA) with its first post-pandemic stop in Guangzhou on February 18-19, aiming to attract residents from cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau GBA to travel and splash out in Macau, expand Macau’s source of tourists, and boost the recovery of the city’s tourism industry, according to an MGTO statement on Saturday.The opening ceremony of the fourth stop of

February 27, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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3 HK men cheat 2 local seniors out of 700,000 patacas: police

Two local women in their seventies and eighties, who fell for a “guess who I am” phone scam, were cheated by three Hong Kong members of a fraud gang out of HK$400,000 (411,700 patacas) and 283,340 patacas respectively, Judiciary Police spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference on Saturday.According to Ho, the three suspects, whom the Judiciary Police believe were assigned by the gang to come to Macau to collect and transfer the money it defrauded from the two victims. The

February 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local woman falls for ‘job application’ online scam

A local woman has been cheated out of over 6,000 patacas in an online scam in which her money was stolen through an e-payment platform after she downloaded a “job application” mobile app, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a regular press conference on Friday.Ho said that the victim downloaded a mobile app following the instructions of a job advertisement, after which she filled in her personal information on the application.Ho said that the victim then received an SMS

February 27, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Customs officer steals lost-and-found handbag: police

A Macau Customs Service (SA) officer has recently been arrested for stealing a handbag that had been found and handed to him by a local man, according to a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson.The spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday that at around 7 a.m. on February 16, a female resident reported to the police that she had lost a handbag that she had put on the roof of a car earlier that day, containing about 1,000 patacas in cash and several personal documents

February 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Facemasks still required when entering care homes & rehabilitation centres

In response to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre’s adjusted rules on the wearing of facemasks, which it announced yesterday and takes effect today, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) underlined in a statement yesterday that visitors entering the city’s care homes for senior citizens and rehabilitation centres are still required to wear a facemask.For social facilities or service programmes involving personal care, medical care and rehabilitation services such as nurseries,

February 27, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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EU should keep its distance from US so it can work with Beijing for peace

China Daily Editorial        The April visit to China French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday, one day after China issued its position paper on the Ukraine crisis, undoubtedly represents an opportunity for both sides to strengthen their coordination on the issue.In saying “the fact that China is engaging in peace efforts is a good thing”, the French leader indicated the significance he attaches to the role China can play in promoting a negotiated

February 27, 2023 | BY admin

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