FM Commissioner’s Office urges local students overseas to be alert to ‘virtual kidnapping’ scams

Local students who are studying abroad should be highly alert to “virtual kidnapping” scams to avoid damage to their personal and property safety, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that a Macau student fell for a “virtual kidnapping” scam in Europe recently, which affected his studies and caused him huge financial

February 23, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IAM to host 4 seminars on optimising standards of food additive use

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will hold four seminars early next month about the use of food additives in the local food production sector and discuss the optimisation of food safety standards, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that the bureau has started formulation work for the “Standards of use of food additives in food”.The statement added that the bureau is planning to incorporate and update the Administrative Regulation No. 30/2017 “Standards for Use

February 23, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Govt incurs 3.4 pct loss of financial reserves’ investment last year

The local government recorded a loss of 20.75 billion patacas last year from investing its financial reserves, representing an annual negative return of 3.4 percent, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced in a statement yesterday.At the end of last year, according to the statement, the Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) financial reserves stood at 557.97 billion patacas, consisting of basic reserves of 185.13 billion patacas and extraordinary reserves of 372.84 billion

February 23, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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San Ma Lou can’t be pedestrianised again ‘for the time being’: IC chief

Cultural Heritage Council Acting President-cum-Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that San Ma Lou, the city’s main thoroughfare, cannot be pedestrianised again for the time being due to the road works in the pipeline for the Macau peninsula.Leong made the remarks yesterday during a press conference after a regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Committee at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape, adding that the government has

February 22, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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LRT logs average daily No. of 3,550 passengers last month, highest since COVID-19 pandemic

Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT), which currently only covers Taipa and Cotai, had an average daily number of 3,550 passengers last month, the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect Macau in early 2020.Macau confirmed its first novel coronavirus case on January 22, 2020.The 3,550 LRT passengers per day on average recorded last month was also the first time that the daily average number of LRT passengers in a month exceeded the 3,000 benchmark since the start of the pandemic.The

February 22, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs 2 new COVID-19 patients on Monday, no fatalities for 18 days

Two new patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease were admitted to the Health Bureau’s (SSM) isolation and treatment facilities on Monday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.According to the Health Bureau’s COVID-19 website, which was updated yesterday, Macau’s official cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases stood at 3,513, of which 3,378 had meanwhile been cured.No new COVID-19 patients had been recorded for three

February 22, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Locals, mainlanders voice their views on mutual recognition of driving licences: vox pop

Three locals and three mainlanders were asked by The Macau Post Daily yesterday in the city centre about their views on the upcoming mutual recognition of driving licences between the mainland and Macau, with all local interviewees saying that the measure makes it convenient for locals to drive in the mainland as they do not have to take a driving test once the measure takes effect, while all the mainland interviewees said they believed that the measure would better facilitate communication

February 22, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Registration for 2023 Jeonbuk Asia Pacific Masters Games opens

Registration for the 2023 Jeonbuk Asia Pacific Masters Games, where retired athletes and amateur clubs worldwide can participate in 26 sports, is open until March 12, according to a recent statement from the organisers received by The Macau Post Daily this week.Themed “Enjoy Sports! Play Life!”, the statement noted that the event will be held for nine days from May 12 to May 20 in 42 stadiums in 14 cities and counties in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea.Anyone over 30 years old, according to the

February 22, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CEM, IH offer free inspections for 21 seniors in social housing units

Power utility CEM said in a statement yesterday that it had recently partnered with the Housing Bureau (IH) to provide free inspections and maintenance of electrical installations for 21 senior citizens living in social housing units through the Community Programme.The seniors were referred by the bureau. Both CEM and the bureau have partnered for seven years, the statement noted, and arranged for electricians to check the household electrical safety for the elderly.CEM Regulatory Affairs and

February 22, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2 more fall for ‘fake police’ scams: police

A local man and a university student from the mainland separately fell victim to a “fake police” scam and have been defrauded out of 10,000 patacas and 226,000 yuan (265,000 patacas) respectively, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a regular press conference on Monday.According to Ho, the student received a call on Saturday from a man claiming that he was an officer from the “Guangdong Communication Administration”. The scammer told the student that her personal

February 22, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Frozen meat seller loses 270,000 yuan in food order scam

A frozen meat shop owner has been defrauded out of 270,000 yuan (317,000 patacas) in a food order scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference on Monday.According to Ho, the owner reported to the police on Friday that a male “school staff member” had ordered meat from the shop last Wednesday. After they struck a deal, the “school staff member” added that the school wanted 60 boxes of tinned beef which the victim did not have in stock. The purported school

February 22, 2023 | BY William Chan

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USJ holds career fair

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held its USJ Career Fair yesterday, which offered over 1,000 job vacancies and had more than 30 companies and organisations participating in the event, the private Catholic tertiary education institution said in a statement.Themed “Taking the Chance of Recovery – Entering the Workforce of the Career Opportunity”, the statement noted that the fair was open to its students, alumni and members of the public. The job vacancies available, according to the

February 22, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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43 local youths join mainland internship programmes: DSAL

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), the Livelihood Affairs Bureau of the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and the zone’s Financial Development Bureau have joined hands and implemented an internship programme, with a total of 43 Macau youths participating in the two specialised programmes, namely e-Sports and Modern Finance, according to a DSAL statement yesterday.The statement pointed out that three more internship programmes are planned this year, expected to be launched

February 22, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Coco Zhao to bring his jazz to Macau

Interview by William Chan         The “Coco Zhao Jazz Concert” will be held at the Grand Auditorium of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM), singer Coco Zhao (趙可) confirmed to The Macau Post Daily in an online interview last week.The septet comprises Zhao, saxophonist Wilson Chen, trombonist Hu Qingwen, guitarist Lawrence Ku, pianist Huang Jianyi, double bassist Joseph Han and drummer Charles Foldesh. Coco Zhao and his six-piece band will aim to recreate the 1920s

February 22, 2023 | BY admin

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