LRT Cotai-Hengqin section fully completed

Construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Cotai-Hengqin section was fully completed yesterday, when the line was transferred to the LRT operator, which will now carry out the section’s internal trial operations before it is scheduled to open by the end of this year, the Macau government has announced.The 2.2-kilometre-long section, including a 906-metre-long underwater tunnel, connects Macau’s Cotai leisure precinct and the Hengqin checkpoint.The LRT Cotai-Hengqin section project got off

October 1, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Temperature to drop to 20° Celsius later this week

The observatory said in a statement yesterday that it expects Macau’s temperature to drop to 20 degrees Celsius, or even lower, on Thursday and Friday.The statement said that due to the combined influence of a northeastern monsoon and a super typhoon that is expected to move towards China’s Taiwan region, the coast of Guangdong is likely to be affected by a stronger level of northern wind from today. Consequently, the statement said, Macau’s temperatures are expected to drop over the next

October 1, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Banned driver makes illegal U-turn

A local man banned from driving was arrested for disobedience after making an illegal U-turn, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Chong is in his thirties. He told the police that he’s joblessAccording to Wong, on Sunday night a police officer on patrol in Fai Chi Kei district saw Chong making an illegal U-turn. The officer promptly intercepted him and upon checking the records, he found that Chong had been

October 1, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Foreign Ministry confirms visa-free mainland China entry for Portuguese nationals

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian confirmed yesterday that ordinary passport holders from Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Slovenia will be granted visa-free entry to the Chinese mainland between October 15, 2024 and December 31, 2025, according to the central government’s pilot and trial visa exemption policy concerning a number of countries. The official transcript on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing about Lin’s regular press conference yesterday included the

October 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Xi urges greater national achievements, contributions to humanity’s peace, development

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday said the Chinese people will score more remarkable achievements and make greater contributions to the noble cause of peace and development of humanity.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while addressing a reception held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of

October 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Xi pays tribute to fallen heroes on Martyrs’ Day

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders yesteday attended a ceremony at Tian’anmen Square in central Beijing to present flower baskets to fallen heroes.The event was held to mark Martyrs’ Day, observed one day prior to National Day. This year, the country celebrates the 75th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).At around 10 a.m., Xi and other leaders – Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng –

October 1, 2024 | BY admin

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Sam mulls setting up funds to propel economic diversification

During Saturday’s Q&A session with members of the Chief Executive Election Committee, chief executive candidate Sam Hou Fai pledged that his administration would roll out various measures with the aim of stimulating Macau’s appropriate economic diversification, which he said is an urgent question that Macau must answer, such as by studying the possibility of setting up public funds aiming to promote the development of emerging industries.The government-appointed Chief Executive

September 30, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Building on 75 Years of Achievements and Opening Up a New Chapter in Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics

By Commissioner Liu Xianfa        This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. For the past 75 years, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has united and led the Chinese nation in successfully finding the Chinese path to modernization, and in creating the two major miracles of fast economic development and long-term social stability. China has seen a substantial rise in its composite national strength, becoming a pivotal player in

September 30, 2024 | BY admin

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Champions of 6-day Sands China Macau Open Badminton 2024 crowned

The finals of the six-day Sands China Ltd. Macau Open Badminton 2024 tournament took place yesterday at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, with Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka-long crowned champion in the Men’s Singles and Gao Fangjie from the mainland winning the Women’s Singles, a statement from integrated resort (IR) operator Sands China said last night.The tournament is an event of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300.According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) website, Ng is World

September 30, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGTO holds annual tray race

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held its annual Tray Race on Friday afternoon as part of the celebrations for World Tourism Day, according to a statement released on the same day.This year titled “Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao SAR 2024 World Tourism Day Tray Race”, the event saw a total of 225 contestants representing 34 local hotels and restaurants, racing from the Ruins of St. Paul’s down to Largo do Senado, all the while balancing a

September 30, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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21,000 walk across Macau Bridge, opening to traffic tomorrow

Macau Bridge, the city’s fourth sea-crossing connecting the Macau peninsula and Taipa island, will open to vehicular traffic from 2 p.m. tomorrow, after about 21,000 residents walked across the bridge yesterday morning during an event organised by the Sports Bureau (ID) celebrating the bridge’s inauguration.The bridge’s inauguration ceremony will be held tomorrow morning, National Day, at Pac On in Taipa, close to the bridge.The bridge’s operational start was announced during a press

September 30, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Sam stresses ‘crucial’ need for expansion of LRT system

The sole candidate for Macau’s sixth-term chief executive, Sam Hou Fai, underlines in his election manifesto the importance of the continuous enhancement of the public transport system in the next five years and, in responding to a reporter’s question on Saturday about the viability of legalising online ride-hailing services in the future, he stressed the “crucial” need for the expansion of Macau’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system, saying that after the start of operations of the LRT

September 30, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau offers free bus, LRT rides to celebrate ‘double happiness’

National Day on October 1 falls on Tuesday this year, and in celebration of the “double happiness” event, free bus travel is being offered to residents and visitors tomorrow and free LRT rides today and tomorrow.The city’s two bus operators announced on their respective websites on Friday that with the approval of the Macau government, the two bus operators have jointly launched a special bus arrangement to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China

September 30, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Uphold global vision to resolve Ukraine crisis

China Daily Editorial        Foreign Minister Wang Yi made China’s pro-peace stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict unequivocally clear through a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings he held with foreign leaders and officials on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York over the past week.In the meetings, the foreign leaders and officials of other peace-loving countries not only supported Beijing’s stance but also

September 30, 2024 | BY admin

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