2-day UM women’s invitational volleyball tournament kicks off

Interview by Rui Pastorin        The “Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th Anniversary of the Macao SAR: University Women’s Volleyball Invitational Tournament” kicked off yesterday morning at the University of Macau (UM) Sports Complex, bringing together four teams from Macau, Mozambique, Hong Kong and the mainland to play in the two-day, on-campus event.Organised by the University of Macau (UM), the teams competing at the

July 18, 2024 | BY admin

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Excessive Bacillus cereus found in bottled preserved bean curd: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) received a report from the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety on Tuesday about a batch of bottled preserved bean curd sold locally that was found to contain an excessive amount of Bacillus cereus – 1,300,000 per gram – which exceeded the legally permitted maximum amount in line with Hong Kong health standards, the bureau announced in a statement on yesterday.The bureau has meanwhile ordered shops to stop selling the bottled preserved bean curd that weighs

July 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Why global observers see Xi as a visionary leader committed to reform

Analysis        BEIJING – “Today, the Chinese people can say with great pride that reform and opening-up, China’s second revolution if you like, has not only profoundly changed the country but also greatly influenced the whole world,” President Xi Jinping said at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in 2018.This statement was made as China was commemorating the 40th anniversary of its reform and opening-up, which has long been described

July 18, 2024 | BY admin

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Leadership of Party guarantee for success of deep-water reforms that are now needed

China Daily Editorial        People’s Daily has documented 72 key conferences of the central reform body that President Xi Jinping has presided over since 2012. In this time, more than 600 guideline documents on deepening reforms have been issued, prompting the release and execution of over 3,000 action plans.At the ongoing third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Party’s central decision-making body will not only review

July 18, 2024 | BY admin

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‘Healthy Macau Blueprint’ sets 20 aims, 52 indicators

The government launched yesterday its “Healthy Macau Blueprint”, and Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said in a speech at the launching ceremony that the blueprint, characterised by “long-term planning, strengthening top-level design and mobilising community-wide participation”, sets out in detail 20 specific objectives and 52 assessment indicators to be achieved by 2030, covering areas such as health risk factors, mental health, chronic diseases, and infectious

July 17, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Fusion gig ‘The Four Horsemen’ to be held at Sifang

Interview by William Chan        Local jazz saxophonist and flautist Lam Chak Seng, based in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), told the Post last week that he and three other musicians will feature The Four Horsemen, a concert blending jazz and rock at Sifang Art Space on Avenida do Almirante Lacerda next Wednesday.“Sifang” means “four ways”.The show will feature Lam, drummer Jun Kung, guitarist Chan Hon Chong, and bassist Ivan Pineda. They will play a range of pop and

July 17, 2024 | BY admin

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Nape Plot 12 govt office complex to cost up to 1.3 billion patacas

The ongoing project of building a government office complex comprising two blocks on Plot 12 in Nape will cost up to 1.3 billion patacas in total, according to calculations based on government announcements released yesterday and previously.Plot 12 in Nape is bordered by Alameda Dr Carlos D’Assumpção, Avenida Sir Anders Ljungstedt, Rua Cidade de Braga, and Rua Cidade do Porto.The government office complex project on Plot 12 is being carried out through two separate tenders – a tender for

July 17, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs 16.7 million visitors in H1, up 43.6 pct: MGTO

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday that according to its provisional data, Macau recorded 16.7 million visitor arrivals during the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 43.6 percent, returning to 82.5 percent of the level recorded in the same period of pre-pandemic 2019.The average daily number of visitor arrivals during the first six months of this year stood at 91,918, the statement noted.The statement said that during the first half of

July 17, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Indian steals MACAU Pass lost on street

A non-resident worker (NRW) from India has been arrested for stealing a MACAU Pass he found on the street and spending 510 patacas with it, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said in a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Asokan is in his thirties who works as a manager.According to Kong, a male resident reported to the police in April that a MACAU Pass belonging to his family member had been lost. Subsequently, the police investigation revealed that the

July 17, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Residents find 29-minute walks ‘acceptable’: survey

Findings of a survey conducted by the Macao New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA) show that local residents’ average acceptable walking time is 29 minutes, and about 74 percent of the respondents said they were able to accept a walk of 20 minutes or more each time, according to the association’s statement yesterday.The findings of the survey were released during a press conference held at the association’s office on Avenida de Venceslau de Morais yesterday. Statistically, females, young

July 17, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO vows to seize opportunities brought by mainland’s favourable tourism measures

A statement released by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday said that it will seize the opportunities brought by a series of “favourable” measures implemented by the Central People’s Government for Macau to steer the special administrative region’s tourism development towards diversity and sustainability.The government-appointed Tourism Development Committee (CDT) convened its first Plenary Meeting of 2024 on Monday introducing the government’s work plan for the

July 17, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGM calls for Barra logo design, visual identity contest

Integrated resort (IR) operator MGM is calling on Macau’s creative talents to participate in the “Barra District Logo and Visual Identity Design Contest”, with submissions open until August 23 to entrants of all ages, according to a statement from the company earlier this week.The statement noted that the contest, which is being held in collaboration with the Macao Illustrators Association, is one of the four pillars of the Barra District “Summer Hype” Series Event. The IR aims to

July 17, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IAS to launch sign language database in 2025

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai has said in response to a written interpellation by indirectly-elected lawmaker-cum-banker Alan Ho Ion Sang in late May that his bureau’s project to standardise the sign language used in Macau through the compilation of a glossary of local signs is underway and expected to get off the ground next year.According to an IAS statement on July 3, the bureau is currently working on the establishment of a sign language database and analysing it

July 17, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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CAS academician to talk about ‘intelligent transformation’ at UM

The University of Macau (UM) will host an on-campus talk in Putonghua entitled “Thoughts on the New Era of Intelligent Transformation: A Perspective from a Software Technology and Education Practitioner” next Wednesday, with the event featuring Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) academician Lyu Jian, the public university said in a statement yesterday.Lyu, who has won multiple awards, is also the former president of Nanjing University and is the director of its State Key Laboratory for Novel

July 17, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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