Flood-prevention tidal gate project won’t start in near future: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the long-planned tidal gate project in the Inner Harbour will not get off the ground in the near future.The policy secretary said that the local government will only decide whether to go ahead with the tidal gate project depending on the effectiveness of a future rainwater pumping station in the southern area of the Inner Harbour district, which is currently under construction, in solving the district flooding

February 8, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs 4 new COVID-19 patients on Monday

Four 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 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 3,503, of which 3,368 had meanwhile been cured.Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll has remained unchanged at

February 8, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Ho praises Portuguese- and English-language media’s ‘bridging role’ during pandemic

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday commended the role played by the local Portuguese- and English-language media during the past three years of the COVID-19 pandemic by acting as a bridge between speakers of those languages and the local government.Both segments of the local media landscape have been active in helping Portuguese- and English-speaking people – locally and elsewhere – keep track of the latest novel coronavirus situation in Macau, Ho pointed out.In a speech during a Chinese

February 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Man cheats ex-colleague in foreign currency investment scam: police

A local man scammed his ex-colleague by claiming that he could help him invest in “foreign currency”, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a press conference on Monday.The 32-year-old suspect surnamed Chan told the police that he’s jobless. Chan and the victim, who is in his forties, have known each other since they previously worked in the same company as construction workers.According to Lou, the victim was persuaded by Chan to invest HK$50,000 in “foreign currency”

February 8, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police detain civil servant, restaurant manager involved in prostitution ring

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested on Monday two more suspects – a civil servant and a restaurant manager – in a 12-million-pataca prostitution ring which was busted last February, PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a special press conference yesterday morning.Lou said that the 58-year-old suspect surnamed Ng has been a civil servant since 1992. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) said in a statement yesterday that Ng works in the bureau, adding that Ng has been placed on

February 8, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Jobless man attacks passerby after taking drugs: police

A jobless mainland man with a criminal record of fraud and causing bodily harm was arrested early yesterday morning for assaulting a male passerby at about 9 a.m. on Monday at a hotel lobby in Cotai after taking drugs, and for alleged drug trafficking, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference.According to Lou, the 54-year-old suspect surnamed Pan, who holds a Belizean passport, had been banned by the Macau authorities from entering the city for five

February 8, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local artist shares passion for watercolours

Last week at the sitting-out area of Sir Robert Ho Tung Library, local artist Inês Chan I Lei sat with her watercolours working on a scene from a trip she had recently taken, with The Macau Post Daily interviewing Chan to learn more about her and her passion for art.Pursuing a passion26-year-old Chan has been painting for eight to nine years and has participated in over 20 exhibitions. She knew she wanted to pursue art while she was still in primary school. She would learn watercolours when

February 8, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IC not worried that San Ma Lou pedestrianisation could ‘lose its freshness’: Leong

Cultural Development Advisory Committee Vice President-cum-Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that the government will consider continuing the occasional pedestrianisation of San Ma Lou, the city’s main thoroughfare, and was not worried about it “losing its freshness”.Leong made the remarks during a press conference after this year’s first regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Development Advisory Committee at the Macau

February 8, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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DSI’s measures to increase opening hours gets positive feedback

The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday that the increase of application appointments available, which sees the offices open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day until March 31, has been “well-received by residents”, with over 80 percent of increased appointments reserved on the first day.The statement noted that appointments can still be made to file applications at China Plaza yesterday, with the closest available appointment date at the Government Services

February 8, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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10,000 volunteers for 15th National Games to be recruited from Friday

Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council deputy convener Choi Seng Hon quoted Sports Bureau (ID) officials yesterday as saying that the bureau was slated to recruit about 10,000 volunteers who were born in 2007 or before for the 15th National Games, including mainland and overseas students studying in Macau, as well as local students studying in the mainland, adding that no deadline will be set for the recruitment.The 15th National Games, which will be jointly hosted by

February 8, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Ruins of St. Paul’s in the Seasons

Ruins of St. Paul’s in the Seasons #2Photo feature by Yii Ma; translation: Lin Yuling; revision: Swallow Xu Mid-summer(It is in May of the lunar calendar and the hot summer is coming. )Photo taken by YiiMa on June 28th, 2022 (the 30th day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar)On this day, the two members of YiiMa wore white shirts, leather shoes and facemasks, holding cloth umbrellas.This day, white clouds floating in the sky, at noon the two tried to use a small wood stick to do a

February 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Australia can set a positive example

China Daily Editorial        It is encouraging that Australian Minister for Trade Don Farrell acknowledged that trade and investment has always been “part of the bedrock” for relations between Australia and China and that there is much for the two sides to discuss how to make “that foundation even firmer”.He made the remarks during a virtual meeting with Chinese Minister for Commerce Wang Wentao on Monday. During the meeting, Wang invited Farrell to visit China at a

February 8, 2023 | BY admin

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ID bureau extends office hours to 9 p.m. every day till March 31 to cope with extra workload

Identification Services Bureau (DSI) acting director Lo Pin Heng said yesterday that in response to the “significant increase” in the demand for identity card renewals and travel document applications recently, from today through March 31 the three DSI offices – China Plaza on Avenida da Praia Grande as well as the Government Service Centres in Areia Preta and Taipa – will open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. every day, providing “continuous counter services” seven days a week for

February 7, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau’s first-ever queer film-fest aims to change public’s view of LGBTQ: organiser

As coming out as a sexual minority is still regarded a social taboo by some in Macau, the organiser of the first-ever Macau International Queer Film Festival (MIQFF), Jay Sun, told The Macau Post Daily during an interview yesterday in a café in Areia Preta district that he hopes the public will have a different view of gays after seeing the films in the ongoing MIQFF.The MIQFF, themed as “Let’s Get Beautiful Together Queens!”, which aims to connect civil society with film art, started on

February 7, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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