Melco enables young local athletes to meet Lin Dan

Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a statement yesterday that young local athletes were able to meet badminton legend Lin Dan during the recent 2024 Macau Lin Dan Cup Badminton Open - Local Youth Sharing Session at Studio City’s Seer ArenaThe event took place on Friday during Lin’s visit for the “Melco Style Presents: 2024 Macau Lin Dan Cup Badminton Open”, the statement said, with the integrated resort (IR) operator inviting participants from the Macau Special Olympics (MSO)

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Businesses say turnover down after Rua da Felicidade pedestrianisation

IC mulls reopening part of pedestrian area to cars The Rua da Felicidade pedestrianisation has been in operation for nearly a year, and yesterday lawmaker-cum-current affairs commentator Ron Lam U Tou quoted business operators in the area as saying that the vehicle traffic restriction has greatly affected the flow of people there, which has, in turn, hindered their business, hoping that the government could put an end to the street’s pedestrianisation and restore vehicular traffic in the

September 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM students win global deepfake detection contest

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that its team from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) won the championship of the Global Multimedia Deepfake Detection Challenge held during the 2024 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in Shanghai, taking home a 100,000-yuan prize.The recent contest, hosted on the data science competition platform Kaggle, had a special focus on practical AI face-swapping exercises, aiming to help develop solutions to counter deepfake attacks in

September 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police log 27 in-flight thefts in 8 months

Macau has seen an increase in the number of in-flight thefts, with the Judiciary Police (PJ) having received 27 in-flight theft cases between January and August, resulting in a total 1.2 million patacas in losses, according to a PJ statement yesterday.The Judiciary Police, together with Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) and Air Macau, launched on Tuesday an awareness-raising campaign on “Preventing In-flight Theft”, with the aim of raising crime prevention awareness among

September 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Electoral Affairs Commission accepts Sam Hou Fai’s CE candidacy

The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) announced on Wednesday that it has accepted Sam Hou Fai as the sole candidate for next month’s chief executive election.The commission announced its decision in a notice released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) on Wednesday.The notice also lists the 386 members of the 400-strong Chief Executive Election Committee who have formally endorsed (“nominated”) Sam as a chief executive candidate. Sam was the only

September 20, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab mainlander collecting ‘guess who I am’ scam proceeds

A mainlander was arrested for assisting a gang to collect fraudulently obtained money through a “guess who I am” phone scam in Macau, in which the suspect pretending to be a “lawyer” attempted to collect a total of 220,000 patacas from a local female senior citizen on Sunday in Areia Preta district, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers identified the “lawyer” as a mainlander surnamed Huang in his twenties, who told

September 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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EV industries of China, EU at crossroads as Beijing stresses open cooperation

Analysis by Xinhua writers Zhu Shaobin, Xie Xiyao        BEIJING – The trade dispute involving electric vehicle (EV) exports from China to the European Union (EU) continues to draw widespread attention, with just over a month to go before the EU reaches a decision regarding the definitive duties it plans to impose on Chinese EVs.Over the past few days, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao has been in Europe for discussions on the EU’s anti-subsidy probe into Chinese EVs.

September 20, 2024 | BY admin

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Electoral Affairs Commission confirms Sam Hou Fai as sole CE candidate

     The Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission has announced today that it has accepted Sam Hou Fai as the sole candidate for next month's chief executive election.      The commission announced its decision in a notice released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).      The notice also lists the 386 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee who have formally endorsed ("nominated") Sam as chief

September 18, 2024 | BY Staff Reporter

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Sam meets with builders, developers, architects

Potential chief executive candidate Sam Hou Fai paid a visit to the headquarters of the Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers yesterday where he met with top board members from eight major associations representing the city’s building contractors, developers, architects and civil engineers, his election campaign office said in a statement yesterday.The Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers is headquartered on the fifth floor of a residential high-rise on

September 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Duo cheat govt out of 1.1 million patacas with 362 subpar street nameplates: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday that they had launched a follow-up investigation into the contract fraud of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) by an outsourced company with subpar replacements of street nameplates, resulting in the questioning of two males for allegedly pasting stickers onto the nameplates’ white ceramic tile surface during a street nameplate replacement project.This, according to the Judiciary Police, resulted in 362 street nameplates across Macau not

September 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Duo nabbed for ‘guess whom I am’ scams totalling 360,000 patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested two mainlanders on suspicion of cheating two local senior citizens out of a total of 360,000 patacas in separate “guess whom I am” scams, PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai announced the case details at a special press conference yesterday.The two victims – a male and a female – reported their respective losses of 310,000 patacas and 50,000 patacas to the Judiciary Police on Monday, saying that earlier that day they had received calls on their fixed line

September 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Hotel security guard exposes 2 mainlanders, 2 Russians’ involvement in prostitution

Two mainland men, together with two Russian women, stalked guests at a hotel in Cotai last Thursday and were later exposed by a security guard for their involvement in prostitution, according to a regular police press conference yesterday.Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian identified the quartet as two mainlanders, both surnamed Zhang, who are in their twenties and thirties respectively, while the Russians are in their twenties. Both Zhangs entered Macau on September 8, and

September 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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hush! 2024 to feature music marathon, yoga, jazz camp

The “hush! Beach Concerts x Urban Yo~ga Wellfest 2024” will be held on November 9 to 10 at Hac Sa Beach in Coloane, bringing together an array of concerts and themed performances for residents and tourists, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Deland Leong Wai Man announced yesterday during a press conference at the MGM MACAU integrated resort in Nape.Local music groups Lam Chak Seng Jazz Band and thetiredeyes, along with two yoga instructors, gave a preview performance before the press

September 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Macau marks Mid-Autumn Festival with city-wide events

Macau celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with several festive activities across the city last night.At the Mandarin’s House, also known as Zheng’s Mansion, visitors participated in a lantern riddle event. Colourful lanterns adorned with dozens of riddles were displayed throughout the mansion, challenging visitors to solve them. Some riddles focused on Macau’s history and famous landmarks. Successful participants were rewarded with lanterns as prizes. Admission was free.Concert at Ruins of

September 18, 2024 | BY William Chan

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