Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future

    BEIJING - President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese yesterday at a reception in Beijing. Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech at the gathering at the Great Hall of the People, greeting Chinese people of all ethnic groups, compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and

January 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Ho's CNY message vows brighter future with confidence, togetherness in unity

2023 Lunar New Year Message by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng Forging Ahead to Seek New Horizons, Building a Brighter Future with Confidence and Togetherness in UnityDear Citizens and Friends:Time goes by very quickly and brings about changes, with the Chinese New Year already upon us. At this joyous occasion, when friends and family get together, bidding farewell to the past and welcoming the new year, I – on behalf of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government – would

January 21, 2023 | BY admin

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5.7 million visit Macau last year, down 26 pct YoY

Macau recorded 5.7 million visitor arrivals last year, a year-on-year decline of 26.0 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a statement by the bureau yesterday, 5.1 million mainland Chinese visited Macau, accounting for 89.5 percent of Macau's visitor arrivals last year. A total of 513,447 Hong Kong residents and 67,303 Taiwan residents visited Macau last year.A total of 241,186 visitors arrived by air. In pre-COVID-19 pandemic 2019, Macau

January 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Ho pledges to create new prospects for ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Interview        Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR), has pledged to create new prospects for the “One Country, Two Systems” practice during an exclusive interview with Xinhua recently. With sound conditions facilitated by the central authorities, the MSAR government will better leverage its advantages of staunch support from the motherland and connections with the world, and enhance the coupling effects of the domestic and

January 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Chinese New Year holiday

Due to it being the start of the Chinese New Year holiday on Sunday, January 22, most members of The Macau Post Daily team will be off and return to work on Sunday, January 29, so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on the morning of Monday January 30. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations are also

January 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Let’s not keep watch at the tree awaiting a rabbit – Editorial

Editorial        The Year of the Rabbit starts this Sunday, January 22, exactly three years after Macau confirmed its first novel coronavirus case. That’s quite symbolic, indeed. Traditionally, in Chinese culture, the rabbit is regarded as the luckiest of the 12 zodiac animals (including the more symbolic than real Dragon), representing peace, longevity, prosperity – all of them phenomena that any reasonable, sensible and decent person is looking forward

January 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau Grand Prix Museum to hold festive activities over CNY

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that the Macau Grand Prix Museum will present a string of festive activities during the Chinese New Year (CNY).From this Sunday through next Saturday, i.e., between the first and the seventh day of the CNY, the statement noted that the museum will hold the free “Explore the Guia Circuit” Bus Tour at 12 noon, 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily.Museum visitors, according to the statement, can participate in a bus tour around

January 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Jaywalker dies after being hit by public bus

A female jaywalker died after being hit by a public bus near the busy Oriental Pearl roundabout (Rotunda da Amizade) on the peninsula’s north-eastern coast at around midday yesterday, the authorities said.The woman’s name, age and other identity details were not immediately known as no ID document was found on her. According to statements from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP), the accident occurred on Avenida da Ponte da Amizade at around 12:30 p.m.

January 20, 2023 | BY admin

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All COVID-19 community clinics are closed

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday all community clinics for COVID-19 carriers closed last night as the city’s COVID-19 transmissions have been easing.Three community clinics first commenced operation on December 12 with the aim of tackling the then rising number of COVID-19 infectees in the community who did not require hospital treatment, a few days after the Macau government abandoned its long-running dynamic zero-COVID approach. Since

January 20, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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UM business faculty achieves AMBA re-accreditation

The University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) has received re-accreditation for a five-year term from the Association of MBAs (AMBA) after a rigorous assessment by its panel members, the public university said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that with the re-accreditation, the FBA maintains its “triple crown accreditation” from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), AMBA, and the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).UM

January 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police nab mainland trio for overstaying, illegal entry, using fake stay permits

Three mainlanders were arrested on Wednesday at a hotel in Cotai for overstaying in Macau and using counterfeit stay permits to stay at the hotel, while one of the trio illegally entered Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The two male and one female suspects, aged between 36 and 43, are surnamed Huang, Xue and Geng respectively, according to Lei, who added that Huang had been barred by the Public Security Police from entering

January 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Jobless man cheats 3 locals out of over 440,000 patacas: police 

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday that a 40-year-old local jobless man was arrested on Wednesday when entering Macau through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint for cheating three local men out of a total of 340,000 patacas and 100,000 yuan (about 11,901 patacas) separately under the guise of an investment and attractive exchange rate scheme.According to Lei, the Judiciary Police received a report from a victim in July

January 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Raft of sports events to be held during CNY: ID

The Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement yesterday that a series of sports activities will be held during the Chinese New Year (CNY) with the aim of enriching the sports tourism experience in Macau.According to the statement, two teams in the Guangdong Super League have been invited each to play a friendly match against a football team from the Hong Kong Premier League and one of the Macau’s football teams at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Taipa on February 5.Free tickets will be

January 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Ferries between Sheung Wan & Outer Harbour Terminal now running

The ferry route between the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan resumed yesterday, and a  representative of TurboJET said it would consider increasing the number of sailings.The first sailing was yesterday morning from Sheung Wan at 8 a.m. and arrived in Macau at around 9 a.m. with 176 passengers on board.The ferry route provides a total of about 10 round-trip sailings each day, with night sailings but no early morning sailings. Some

January 20, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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