Washington shines spotlight on its rule breaking

China Daily Editorial        In March 2018, the Donald Trump administration decided to impose additional tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminium products. The pretext was preserving national security. The legal basis was Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962.The panel reports the World Trade Organization (WTO) released on Friday in the cases brought by China, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey, titled “United States — Certain

December 13, 2022 | BY admin

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Mainland moves to boost foreign investment, trade as COVID-19 measures adjusted

Analysis        SHENZHEN – Many localities across the Chinese mainland are moving fast to boost foreign trade and investment as the country has adjusted its COVID-19 response to facilitate the orderly recovery of normal life and production.Many local governments, particularly those in the country’s booming coastal regions, are holding foreign investment promotional activities or arranging charter planes to send business delegations to meet with overseas customers or

December 13, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau starts gradual easing of COVID-19 curbs, expects infection rate to reach up to 80 pct

Home isolation for infectees from WednesdayThe Macau government has started the gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictions, thereby implicitly allowing constant transmissions of the novel coronavirus in the community, with a string of special measures aiming to limit the pace of the COVID-19 spread with the objective of preventing a massive outbreak.However, the government has also warned that with the new anti-COVID-19 landscape in place, between 50 and 80 percent of the population are eventually

December 12, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater – Editorial

Editorial        I hope that the local government’s recently accelerated adjustments to its nearly three-year-long COVID-19 policy will be gradual, well thought-out and as simple and clear as possible, based on the central government’s “people-first” approach thanks to which the world’s most populous country’s novel coronavirus infection and fatality rates are far lower than those in other countries. The situation reminded me of the centuries-old idiomatic

December 12, 2022 | BY admin

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Police nab man for damaging car’s right-wing mirror

A Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday that a local man was arrested on Tuesday for damaging a car’s right hand wing mirror at Lok Kuan Building’s carpark in Coloane.According to the spokesperson, the 46-year-old suspect, surnamed Wong, works as a driver.The spokesperson said that the Public Security Police received a report about the case at the carpark of Lok Kuan Building at 8 a.m. on December 1, so PSP officers were dispatched to the

December 12, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO launches ‘Light up Macao 2022’

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) launched “Light up Macao 2022” on Friday which will run until January 1, according to an MGTO statement on that day.The statement noted that the festival is being held in 28 locations across eight districts, which comprise the Northern District, Central District, Praia do Manduco District, Nam Van District, Zona Nova de Aterros do Porto Exterior (NAPE), Taipa, Cotai District and Coloane.The event, according to the statement, integrates

December 12, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGTO launches ‘Enjoy Deals· Macau Tour’ subsidy plan for travel agencies

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) launched  its“Enjoy Deals· Macau Tour” subsidy plan to encourage local travel agencies to strengthen the promotion of Macau’s distinct tourism routes in the mainland market next year, aiming to attract more mainland tourists to visit Macau in the form of tour groups, in order to expand the city’s tourism base, boost Macau’s economic recovery and sustain the development of “quality tourism”, according to an MGTO statement on

December 12, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Walk for a Million takes place on WeChat again, collects 16 million patacas

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 39th Macau Walk for a Million organised by the Charity Fund from the Readers of Macao Daily News was held once again online via WeChat yesterday, with only its representatives walking around the University of Macau (UM) campus.This was the third consecutive year that the event was held online.The starting ceremony was held at the University of Macau’s (UM) Guest House.Civic leader Tina Ho Teng Iat, president of the charity fund, told the

December 12, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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MIECF exhibitors find fair ‘effective’

The organisers of the “2022 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition” (2022MIECF) invited the media yesterday to conduct interviews with three of their exhibitors at the Venetian’s Cotai Expo Hall, with all saying that the fair was “effective”.The three-day event, which ended yesterday, comprised six zones, including the newly added “Eco-friendly Tableware Zone”, “Remote Exhibiting Zone” and the “Green Mobility Zone”.The “Green Public Day”

December 12, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau expects cold weather over next few days: SMG

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has issued a Yellow cold weather alert and noted on its website at the weekend that it is expected to be continuously cold in the next few days, with the minimum temperature expected to be 12°C or below, while the minimum temperature for next Sunday is forecast to be 7°C.The statement urged members of the public, particularly seniors, children and people with chronic illnesses, to wear more clothes and stay warm. The bureau also suggested

December 12, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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It only takes one

Last week, I watched a YouTube video from Australian filmmaker, educator and outdoorsman Beau Miles in which he kayaked across Cooks River in Sydney, dubbed “the sickest urban river in Australia”. He highlighted the river’s poor condition throughout the nearly 24-minute documentary and at some points even got out of his kayak, took out a few rubbish bags and started a long process of collecting a plethora of waste that surrounded him as he stood waist deep in filth. By the end, he had

December 12, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Make a Difference

“Put your make-up onGet your nails doneCurl your hairRun the extra mileKeep it slimSo they like you. Do they like you?”Do the lyrics ring a bell to you? If not, go and turn the song on before you continuing reading this passage! Here you go, the song “Try”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXoZLPSw8U8.According to Wikipedia, “Try” was released by Colbie Caillat in 2014, which charted moderately on the US Billboard Hot 100, while becoming Caillat’s highest-charting single in five

December 12, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Orbis survey finds 85 pct of respondents don’t go for regular eye tests

An online survey by Orbis found that from 1,059 valid responses collected, over 85 of respondents are not in the habit of going for regular eye tests, while more than 30 percent believe that there isn’t a need to seek medical advice when eye floaters show up, the non-profit organisation said in a statement on Friday.The responses were collected between October 13 and November 15. Details were also provided during the Orbis Action for Sight “Eye Floaters” Information Sharing and Eye Care

December 12, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Excessive Listeria monocytogenes found in cold chicken feet salad: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that during a regular food sampling inspection, it recently found that the local “Chuanma Thai Noodles” restaurant’s Thai cold chicken feet salad tested positive for an excessive amount of Listeria monocytogenes.The statement underlined that after eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, people may develop symptoms such as fever, muscle pain, headache, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, while new-borns, senior

December 12, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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