Zheng says 2022 was an ‘extraordinary year’ for Macau, praises Ho for uniting society

2022 was an “extremely important” year in the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country, and also an “extraordinary” for Macau, Zheng Xincong, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), said in a speech at the 2023 Spring Festival reception held by the office yesterday at the Services Platform Complex for Commercial and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking

January 13, 2023 | BY admin

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Ferry service between Sheung Wan & Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal to resume Thursday

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday that the ferry route between the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan will resume next Thursday, providing a total of about 10 round-trip sailings each day, with night sailings but no early morning sailings.According to the statement, after the route has restarted, there will be a total of about 10 round-trip sailings every day from the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and

January 13, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Grand Lisboa Palace named ‘Best Integrated Resort’ by Voyage Magazine

Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau (GLP) said in a recent statement that it has been named “Best Integrated Resort” by the Voyage Magazine’s 2022 Best Hotel & Resort Value Awards recognising China’s Top 50 Hotels.The statement noted that the prestigious Voyage Magazine’s Best Hotel & Resort Value Awards have been held annually since 2009 to honour the nation’s best hotels.The statement pointed out that the honour marks the second consecutive year that the resort has earnt

January 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit at NOVA Mall

NOVA Mall invites members of the public to welcome the Year of the Rabbit at the property with its “Let’s Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit Under the Stars @ NOVA Mall” campaign, the mall said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that the campaign features an over three-metre-tall “Fortune Rabbit” installation and other Chinese New Year installations displayed at the mall’s Atrium.Mall visitors are also invited to participate in breaking the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the

January 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGM presents festive feasts for the Year of the Rabbit

Gaming resort operator MGM said in a recent statement that it is presenting festive feasts and delicacies for the Year of the Golden Rabbit.The statement noted that Cantonese restaurants Chún at MGM COTAI and Imperial Court at MGM MACAU are serving Chinese New Year (CNY) special set dinner menus.Imperial Court’s menu, the statement said, features dishes such as Baked Boston lobster with E fu noodle, sun-dried tomatoes and wild mushrooms and Double-boiled partridge soup with sea whelk, south

January 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Melco Style presents CNY concert by pop singer Guan Zhe

Melco Style will present the first solo concert in Macau by mainland Chinese pop singer Grady Guan Zhe (關喆) on January 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Studio City Event Centre (SCEC), Melco Resorts and Entertainment said in a statement yesterday.The concert, titled “Chinese New Year’s Concert 2023 with Guan Zhe”, will have the singer welcome luck and prosperity into the new year through his hits such as “Miss You Tonight”, which he composed, arranged and wrote.The statement added that the

January 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Monetary regulator plans to impose stricter rules on advertising activities by financial institution

The Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) plans to impose stricter regulations on the method and content of advertising activities by local financial institutions, lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who heads the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) 2nd Standing Committee, told reporters yesterday.Chan made the remarks after chairing a closed-door meeting of the committee yesterday, which is reviewing in detail a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s financial system, which

January 13, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Public hospital’s postpartum ward reopens: SSM

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced yesterday that the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre has resumed its inpatient services of its postpartum ward “in an orderly manner”.Yesterday’s statement noted that in the wake of the improving COVID-19 situation, the pressure caused by a lack of beds at the public hospital has meanwhile been alleviated.Consequently, the statement said, in order to resume the arrangement for postpartum mothers to breastfeed their newborns as soon as

January 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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15 locals nabbed for organised crime, illegal gambling, money laundering: police

A total of 15 locals were arrested separately on Wednesday in different areas for alleged membership of a criminal organisation, illegal gambling operations and money laundering, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the 11 male and four female suspects, including a male suspected key member of a cross-border gang, surnamed Huang, and his wife, surnamed Pao, are aged between 29 and 66.The Judiciary Police and their

January 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Widespread COVID-19 infections during CNY ‘unlikely’: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday the government expected that it would be “unlikely” for Macau to be hit by widespread COVID-19 infections again during the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday period.The Chinese New Year of the Rabbit falls on January 22. The chief executive also dismissed the claim that the local government’s decision last month to ease the city’s COVID-19 curbs aimed to boost the local economy “at the expense of” residents’ health.Ho made the

January 13, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt to continue its job-matching drive for locals: Lei

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong told reporters yesterday that according to figures released on Wednesday, about 30,000 mainlanders and 6,000 Hongkongers arrived on that day, adding that due to the earlier decline in the number of non-resident workers (NRWs) and changes in the local economy, the food, accommodation and tourism sectors were now in need of manpower, and therefore, apart from training, the government will continue to do “a good job at training and job-matching”

January 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Airlines gradually resume passenger flights: AACM

The Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) announced in a statement yesterday that it has approved the applications for flight resumptions and increased flights by Air Macau and airline operators from the mainland and overseas.The statement noted that the regulator is taking proactive steps to help the industry recover and meet air transport demand for the Chinese New Year (CNY).Starting this month, the statement said that the AACM has received and granted approvals for one flight per week to

January 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Doming Lam, prolific local composer, dies at 96

Prolific Macau composer Doming Lam (林樂培), who had served as the music director of the Macao Chamber Orchestra – now called Macao Orchestra (OM), died on Wednesday. He was 96.Lam’s family announced his death in a short statement yesterday.The statement said that Lam had committed himself to modernising Chinese music, adding that “Search for roots in tradition, find ways in the avant-garde” was his famous motto. He was also one of the few Chinese music composers who appeared in the

January 13, 2023 | BY William Chan

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2023 CNY parade to be held on 3rd & 7th day of CNY

The “Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rabbit” will be held on the 3rd and 7th day of the Lunar New Year, on January 24 and 28 respectively, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday.A press conference for the event was held yesterday, the statement noted. MGTO Acting Director Cheng Wai Tong, who was among the attendees, was quoted in the statement as saying that he hopes that the activities will enable members of the public to enjoy Chinese New Year

January 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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