3rd plenum draws up sweeping reform blueprint to advance Chinese modernization

Analysis by Wang Cong and Ma Tong        The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization at its third plenary session, drawing up a sweeping blueprint that will guide China’s reform and opening-up for years to come, according to a communiqué released yesterday.The communiqué was released following the completion of the third plenary session, which was

July 19, 2024 | BY admin

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CPC Central Committee to hold press conference on 3rd plenary session this morning

BEIJING – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will hold a press conference this morning on the guiding principles from the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.The press conference, scheduled to start at 10 a.m., will be broadcast live by China Media Group (CMG), and on major news websites including people.com.cn, xinhuanet.com and china.com.cn.The four-day plenum ended yesterday. – Xinhua 

July 19, 2024 | BY admin

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Full text: Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of CPC

Full text: Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(Xinhua) July 18, 2024BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded its third plenary session here on Thursday with a communique issued. The following is the full text of the communique: Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Adopted at the Third Plenary

July 19, 2024 | BY admin

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Carelessness causes 65 pct of 455 fires in H1: CB

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) responded in the first six months of this year to 455 fires, a year-on-year increase of 44 call outs, or 10.71 percent, of which 296 were occasioned by unattended cooking, electrical short circuits, embers from joss sticks, incense papers and other kindling items, as well as mechanical and electrical failures, accounting for 65.05 percent of the total.CB spokesman Lei Long Kit announced yesterday the bureau’s fire and rescue incident statics during a press

July 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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New investments reach 1.32 billion patacas in H1 2024, exceeding whole 2023: IPIM

The government’s Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said yesterday that the total amount of new investment projects that got off the ground in Macau in the first half of this year exceeded the one recorded in the whole of last year.The institute, which was previously known as Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, was renamed Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute on July 1 this year. However, its abbreviation has remained unchanged as IPIM.An IPIM statement

July 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Bidder buys car licence plate ‘AC-88-88’ for 528,000 patacas

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) has announced that it received 38 bids for 24 vehicle registration plates with special numbers starting with “AC”, with the bids amounting to 3.3 million patacas in total.According to the bureau, registration plate “AC-88-88” garnered the highest bid, at 528,000 patacas.A total of 550 vehicle registration plates starting with “AC” were on offer, but only 24 of them were sold, which drew 38 bids, which were unsealed by DSAT officials in a session on

July 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Polling stations for CE election committee to remain unchanged from 2019

The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE) announced yesterday that three polling stations will be used in next month’s election of the Chief Executive Election Committee members, namely the Macao Polytechnic University’s (MPU) Multi-Sport Pavilion in Zape, the nearby Macau Forum complex, and the Luso-Chinese Vocational and Technical School in Areia Preta district.The commission made the announcement on the chief executive election’s website (https://www.ece.gov.mo)

July 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs this year’s 5th imported dengue case: local back from Sri Lanka, Philippines

Macau recorded this year’s fifth imported case of dengue fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, the patient is a 41-year-old local woman who lives in Poplar Court in Ocean Gardens in Taipa.The woman travelled to Sri Lanka for a business trip with three colleagues between July 2 and 5. After returning to Macau, the statement said, she came down with a headache and joint pain on Monday last week, and then a fever the next day,

July 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Gongbei customs seizes motherboards, 115,000 euros in cash

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that a Macau driver was intercepted by its officers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint on Friday and found to be attempting to smuggle nine mining motherboards to the mainland.According to the WoolyPooly website, a mining motherboard is a specialised type of motherboard designed for cryptocurrency mining.Upon inspection, the nine mining motherboards were seized from the hidden compartment in the rear door of the

July 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Woman gets head stuck in balcony grill, throws plastic bottle to alert passer-by

Firefighters responding to a falling object incident found yesterday a woman in her fifties whose head was stuck in a window grille on a flat’s balcony of a residential building on Travessa dos Juncos in the Praia do Manduco (Ha Van Kai) area.According to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB), while firefighters were responding to a contusion on the right foot of a local woman who was said to have been hit by a plastic bottle falling from a height from the building, they saw another

July 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mainland woman nabbed for selling fake smartphone

A woman from the mainland has been arrested for selling a fake smartphone, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said yesterday at a regular press conference.The suspect surnamed Zeng is in her forties. She told the police that she’s jobless.According to Kong, the police received a report in April from a local man saying that he had been defrauded by a scammer who sold him a fake smartphone in the street near the Barrier Gate checkpoint. The scammer, Zeng, approached the

July 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Mainland duo rob illegal currency dealer of HK$1.7 million at knifepoint

Two men from the mainland have been arrested for robbing a female illegal currency exchange dealer at knifepoint in a hotel guestroom, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a special press conference yesterday.The 38-year-old suspect surnamed Xie told the police that he’s a businessman, while the 42-year-old suspect surnamed Lin told the police that he’s jobless. The victim is a non-local woman. They had struck a currency exchange deal last month.According to Chan, on Tuesday

July 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Nat Geo photo contest winner exhibits works on Catholic World Heritage

The works of local photographer and National Geographic Photo Contest winner António Leong (梁舜堯) are currently on display on the ground floor of the Macao Catholic Culture Association (ACCM) on Rua Formosa, showcasing the Catholic cultural elements of Macau’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed Historic Centre.Entitled Via Pulchritudinis: Macao’s Catholic World Heritage Photo Exhibition, the free-admission exhibition is on until July 28, according to a recent statement by the

July 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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St. Regis Bar ranks 22nd in Asia’s 50 best list

The St. Regis Bar ranks 22nd in Asia’s 50 Best Bars list for 2024, being the only one in Macau to receive the recognition this year.The bar is located in The St. Regis Macao hotel in Cotai. The rankings were announced during a ceremony in Hong Kong on Tuesday night.  Asia’s 50 Best Bars “showcases the best and most innovative talent in the industry across the region”, according to a statement from the five-star hotel.The statement noted that the bar owed its success to its

July 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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