4 locals set up 600 shell firms to cheat govt out of 3 million patacas

Four locals were arrested on Tuesday for defrauding the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) out of about three million patacas by setting up over 600 shell companies, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspects as a 69-year-old male retiree surnamed Iao; his wife, a 64-year-old female street vendor surnamed Tang; their son, a 31-year-old real-estate agent surnamed Iao; and the son’s friend, a 39-year-old car salesman surnamed

December 8, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Full text of Xi Jinping's speech at memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin

BEIJING - President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), delivered a speech at the memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin in Beijing yesterday. The following is the full text of the speech: Comrades and friends,Today, with profound grief, we hold a memorial meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to mourn our beloved Comrade Jiang Zemin. At this moment, the people in

December 7, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau mourns passing of Jiang

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng led senior officials in observing three minutes of silence, while sirens wailed and government vessels and vehicles honked their horns as Macau mourned the passing of former president Jiang Zemin yesterday. A memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday morning. President Xi Jinping delivered a eulogy at the meeting. As a mark of respect for Jiang, Ho headed a delegation of government officials to watch at

December 7, 2022 | BY admin

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Restlessness: Macau Literary Festival explores women’s issues

This year’s Macau Literary Festival, the first part of which was held from Friday through Sunday at the Portuguese Bookshop, will continue with its second and final part this week from Friday to Sunday in Macau Art Garden, paying tribute to several literary geniuses from the past while showcasing the latest works by local authors, and a local female author spoke to The Macau Post Daily about women’s issues on Friday.The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival was founded in 2012 by local

December 7, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt urges local higher education institutions to improve teaching quality: Ao Ieong

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said in a plenary session in the hemicycle of the local legislature yesterday that if the local higher education institutions do not continue to improve their teaching quality, the advantages of local higher education might be lost as the effect brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.During yesterday’s Q&A plenary session, some lawmakers expressed concern about the future development of Macau’s higher education.Ao Ieong

December 7, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Philippine govt launches eTravel platform for travellers & returnees

A statement from the Philippine’s Office of the Press Secretary, which was shared by the Philippine Consulate General of Macau on its official Facebook page yesterday, announced the launch of an online registration system for returnees and travellers to the Philippines called the eTravel platform.The platform can be accessed at https://etravel.gov.ph/According to Wikipedia, the Philippines’ Office of the Press Secretary is responsible for disseminating the government’s messages to private

December 7, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau to gradually ease COVID-19 measures in line with mainland: Ao Ieong

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong acknowledged yesterday that as the mainland’s health authorities are gradually relaxing their COVID-19 prevention and control measures, the Macau government will also ease its COVID-19 measures accordingly, but she insisted that the local government’s adjusted COVID-19 policies do not mean that it will abandon COVID-19 prevention and control work.The policy secretary said that Macau’s COVID-19 measures could be gradually eased

December 7, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Police urge public to be wary of ‘maintenance engineers’

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public yesterday to be wary of door-to-door scams or extortions by bogus maintenance engineers.A PJ statement noted that the Judiciary Police have recently received reports from several residents that someone had pretended to be a staff member of an engineering company on a social media platform and told them that he provided household water leakage checks and repair services. Therefore, the statement added, the residents invited the “staff member” to

December 7, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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CTT holds ICT training programme

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) said in a statement earlier this week that it held its “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Application Training Programme (2022)” on Saturday, which gathered around 50 participants.The training programme was themed “Frontier Technologies and Applications of Mobile Communications” and was organised by the bureau in collaboration with the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM), CTM, China Telecom (Macau),

December 7, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Ruins of St. Paul’s Immersive Digital Experience Exhibition’ to start by year-end

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that her bureau would launch a “Ruins of St. Paul’s Immersive Digital Experience Exhibition” by the end of this month, aiming to give the public a comprehensive understanding of the original appearance of St. Paul’s College, and to highlight and promote its “values”.The first phase of work on the exhibition featuring both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, was almost complete, Leong said,

December 7, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mainland student loses 102,550 yuan in online scam

A female university student from the mainland reported to the police last week that she was cheated out of 102,550 yuan (118,180 patacas) in an online scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference on Monday.According to Chan, a netizen told the victim in an online messaging app on November 24 that a retail app was hiring people for “placing orders”. After downloading the app, its purported staff member told the victim about the details of placing an

December 7, 2022 | BY William Chan

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2 local men face blackmail over naked chat: police

Two attempted extortion cases involving two local men in online naked chats were separately reported to the police by the respective victims last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference on Monday.According to Chan, a local man met a female on a social media platform last Tuesday, after which she invited him to watch her live nude stream for half an hour. The victim said he had not taken off his clothes during the session.The female invited him to

December 7, 2022 | BY William Chan

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DSEDJ to release textbook on National Security Law: official

A supplementary textbook on the amended National Security Law will be released next year, Wong Kin Mou, chief of the Education and Youth Development Bureau’s (DSEDJ) Research and Educational Planning Department, said yesterday, pointing out that the four-chapter textbook about the revised National Security Law would be issued to kindergartens, primary and secondary schools as well as tertiary education institutions.Wong stated that the supplementary textbook to be published by the bureau

December 6, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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From music to academic: local scholar talks music culture at conference

Interview by William Chan        In an exclusive interview with The Macau Post Daily, Caspar Chan Ka Yin, a local researcher and former music student, shared his experience in moving from working as a musician to the life of an academic scholar, as well as about his research and participation in the Annual Conference of Macao Studies 2022, and the importance of searching for Macau’s identity.The interview was conducted at ORA Coffee Tap Seac last week.Chan is a Research

December 6, 2022 | BY admin

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