Statesmanship reveals itself in the face of difficulties – Editorial

Editorial       President Xi Jinping’s successful trip last week reaffirmed my long-held belief that statesmanship reveals itself particularly in the face of great difficulties. US political scientist Werner J. Dannhauser (1929-2014) wrote that “difficulty is the very essence of statesmanship” and that “a statesman’s vocation necessarily involves the surmounting of obstacles.” Through his in-person participation in the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit and

November 21, 2022 | BY admin

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4-day Grand Prix attracts about 76,000 person-times: Pun

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun told reporters after the Macau Grand Prix yesterday evening that the four-day event had attracted about 76,000 person-times, an increase compared to the previous two years, and that the number had achieved the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee’s (MGPOC) goals and expectations, adding he was confident that the event would be even better and more ideal in the future.With a budget of 180 million patacas, Pun pointed out, that the estimated revenue of

November 21, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Erno Kostamo 1st Finnish rider to win Macau Motorcycle GP

Erno Juhani Kostamo won yesterday’s 54th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, becoming the first Finnish rider ever and first non-British winner since 1997, according to a statement from the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee’s (MGPOC) website.Kostamo, 31, the statement noted, dominated the free practice and qualifying races. He also recorded the fastest lap of the race. He finished the eight-lap race with the total time of 19 minutes and 54 seconds.The statement added that the rider, who rode a

November 21, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Germany’s Maro Engel wins Macau GT Cup final

German driver Maro Engel came first in the Galaxy Entertainment Macau GT Cup final at yesterday’s 69th Macau Grand Prix, claiming his third Macau GT Cup victory.Engel, who also won Saturday’s first Macau GT Cup race, drove a Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO and raced for the Hong-Kong based Craft-Bamboo Racing team. Swiss-Italian-French driver Edoardo Mortara, 35, from the Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute team finished second, followed by Toro Racing’s Hong Kong-based Swiss driver, 34-year-old Alexandre

November 21, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Filipe de Souza 1st local to win Guia Race

Local driver Filipe de Souza made history yesterday as the first local driver to win the Wynn Macau Guia Race.Souza was also the champion of the nine-lap TCR Asia Challenge – Race 1, which was held on Saturday.Souza, 46, told reporters on the sidelines after the post-race press conference at the Macau Grand Prix Building that he was “lucky” to win the race and was very grateful, adding that during the race, he was “a little worried” as a safety car had been dispatched many times to

November 21, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local racer Andy Chang wins F4 Grand Prix

Local racer Andy Chang Wing Chung was crowned champion of this year’s Sands China Formula 4 Macau Grand Prix beating fellow local driver Charles Leong Hon Chio, winner of the previous two F4 races in Macau into third place, while Hong Kong debutant Gerrad Xie Yong Lin came second.Xie, 16, was the youngest racer.Chang, 26, had come in second to Leong, 21, in the previous two F4 races in Macau.This was the third year running that local drivers have won Macau’s F4 race.F4 is an open-wheel

November 21, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Batch of frozen fish fillet from Vietnam tests positive for COVID-19: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that the samples of a batch of frozen fish fillets imported from Vietnam tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, but the infected products have been destroyed, so none entered the local market.According to the statement, after the COVID-19 nucleic acid test (NAT) on the samples of both internal and external packaging of the frozen fish fillets showed positive, the bureau adopted a contingency plan by sealing and destroying 20

November 21, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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No need for mass tests for time being: Ao Ieong

Mainland tourist enters Macau last Monday, tests positive for COVID-19 on SaturdaySecretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said yesterday that the Macau government has concluded that for the time being there was no need to launch a mandatory citywide nucleic acid testing (NAT) drive because there was no sign of the occurrence of COVID-19 community transmissions resulting from a mainland tourist’s case that was detected in Macau on Saturday.Ao Ieong made the remarks while

November 21, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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14th NPC electoral conference elects 11 local praesidium members

The Conference for Electing Deputies of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) to the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) convened its first plenary session on Saturday in preparation for electing Macau’s 12 NPC deputies, in which its first plenary session elected an 11-member praesidium – Ma Iao Lai, Kou Hoi In, Ho Iat Seng, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Hoi Kin Hong, Iau Teng Pio, Io Hong Meng, Chui Sai Cheong, Leong Iok Wa, Liang Hua, and member Liu Chak Wan, by a show of hands with 468

November 21, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Father beats 10-year-old son with coat hanger: police

A local man has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for beating his 10-year-old son with a coat hanger last Tuesday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference on Friday.The 33-year-old suspect surnamed Ng, who lives with his son and wife in a flat in the city centre, told the police that he works as a casino dealer.According to Lou, the paediatric emergency department of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre notified the

November 21, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Old shop selling electrical appliances catches fire

An old building with a shop on the ground floor and the upper two floors used as the shop owners’ home, i.e., a shophouse, on Rua de Cinco de Outubro (十月初五日街), caught fire on Friday morning, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement later that day.The statement said that a 78-year-old man and his 61-year-old wife living in the building felt unwell after inhaling smoke and were taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for treatment.The couple own and

November 21, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau's GDP falls33.4 pct in 3Q

Macau's gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 33.4 percent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter, owing a COVID-19 outbreak that was confirmed on June 18 but has meanwhile subsided, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today.Due to a 50.8 percent decline in the number of visitor arrivals amid the outbreak in the third quarter, exports of services fell by 46.7 percent year-on-year, of which exports of gaming services and exports of other tourism services tumbled by

November 18, 2022 | BY admin

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2 women test positive for COVID-19 in Zhuhai yesterday – one working in, the other visiting Macau

Local woman diagnosed early today with COVID-19 after visiting eateryA woman who works in Macau but lives in Zhuhai, and another woman who lives in Zhuhai but routinely visits her husband’s pharmacy near the Barrier Gate checkpoint, both tested positive for COVID-19 in Zhuhai on Wednesday, Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced yesterday.The two cases were announced yesterday morning and afternoon respectively in statements from the centre. Both are

November 18, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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IAM urges public to stop eating Fruit Wonderland’s ‘Taiwan Salted Plum’

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public yesterday to stop eating the pre-packed “Taiwan Salted Plum” product supplied by Fruit Wonderland as it was found to contain excessive amounts of neotame, which is a kind of sweetening agent.  According to an IAM statement, the problematic product, which was packed on September 24 this year, with a best-before-date of March 23 next year, contains 110 mg of neotame per kilogramme, exceeding the local standard for the use of sweeteners

November 18, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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