CEM hosts ‘Clean Energy City Challenge’

CEM has hosted the “Clean Energy City Challenge” with the aim of strengthening students’ interest in environmental protection and clean energy use, as well as to celebrate CEM’s 50th anniversary, the power utility said in a statement yesterday. The event, the statement noted, was recently organised in conjunction with the Macau Science Centre (MSC) with the technical support of Science & Technology Promotion Association. Over 300 students and more than 50 teams representing 23

October 31, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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People can collect 5 free RAT kits

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday that those who were not in Macau during the COVID-19 outbreak in June, aka “6.18”, and were therefore unable to collect the government’s free rapid antigen test (RAT) kit may do so until tomorrow.Everyone in Macau must complete their self-tests for three consecutive days until tomorrow. According to the statement, the five free RAT kits can be collected at one’s nearest health centre during office

October 31, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau thanks Beijing for approving airport reclamation project

The Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) said in a statement on Saturday that the central government has greenlighted the Macau government’s land reclamation project so that it can go ahead with the long-planned expansion of the local airport. According to an AACM statement on Saturday, Macau’s civil aviation regulator has extended its “since gratitude” to the central government for approving the project. The statement pointed out that the local government has received the

October 31, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau plays ‘irreplaceable role’ in promoting cultural exchanges with western countries

Macau plays ‘irreplaceable role’ in promoting cultural exchanges with western countries: Commissioner LiuCommissioner for the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Liu Xianfa said in a speech on Friday that as a place where Chinese and western cultures converge and as a bridge linking China and Portuguese-speaking countries, Macau has played an “irreplaceable role” in promoting cultural

October 31, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Observatory hoists Standby Signal No.1 

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted Standby Signal No. 1 at 1 a.m. today.According to the bureau’s website, the signal will remain in effect at least until this early morning.It also said that the probability of Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 3 being hoisted this afternoon and evening was “relatively high”. However, it also said that the probability of Signal No. 8 being hoisted on Wednesday was “medium”, while the probability of issuing a Blue Storm Surge

October 31, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local Vietnamese runs unlicensed beauty salon: police

A local Vietnamese woman was arrested on Tuesday for running an unlicensed beauty business at her husband’s hair salon in the Praça de Ponte e Horta (known in Cantonese as Si Ta Hau) neighbourhood for five months, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference on Friday, adding that the suspect had provided double-eyelid surgery and used syringes to inject medical substances for beauty treatments for over 50 customers.According to Lou, the 35-year-old

October 31, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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12 nabbed for 1.36-million-pataca health voucher fraud: police

A local traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) male practitioner with a criminal record, a 32-year-old female TCM practitioner, and a 54-year-old saleswoman of a TCM pharmacy were arrested separately on Wednesday and Thursday for their alleged involvement in a digital health voucher fraud involving 1,365,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a special press conference on Friday.Lou said that the male TCM practitioner, surnamed Lao, has been engaged in traditional

October 31, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Appreciating Halloween again

There was excitement in a small household on Saturday evening. With the song “Let it go” from the hit 2013 Disney movie “Frozen” playing in the background, my little niece proudly stepped out of her room donning her best Elsa costume. I had promised the excited four-year old that I would be celebrating her first real Halloween with her. With the prospect of bringing back a large bag of candy and meeting other costumed friends, we walked outside her family’s home and made our way to

October 31, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Trick or treat’

“Trick or treat”, “trick or treat”, “trick or treat”, children wearing costumes shout and knock on the doors in their neighbourhood. Why are the children doing this? It’s because…they are celebrating the festival of Halloween, which takes place every October 31.I believe many of you have heard of Halloween, but what exactly is the day all about? On this day, we always see decorations of pumpkins, sweets and skulls, while people in Macau and Hong Kong will also dress up as

October 31, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Merchandise imports drop 9.4 pct in Jan-Sept

Macau's merchandise imports dropped 9.4 percent to 102.3 billion patacas year on year in the first nine months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a statement by the bureau on Friday, total merchandise exports rose 3.0 percent to 10.1 billion patacas, resulting in a merchandise trade balance deficit of 92.2 billion patacas.Domestic exports accounted for nearly 85 percent of all merchandise exports. Imports of beauty, cosmetic and skincare

October 30, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau orders 3 days of COVID-19 self-tests for all

The Macau Health Bureau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced today three days of mandatory rapid antigen tests (RATs), aka self-tests, for everyone in Macau, after three more cases were confirmed this morning. The free self-tests, which can be conducted at home, must be uploaded to a designated app set up in conjunction with the Macao Health Code. The centre reminded the public to follow the self-test procedures used in the past

October 30, 2022 | BY admin

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Hotel guests drop 16.4 pct to 440,000 in September

Macau's 120 hotels and inns welcomed 440,000 guests last month, a year-on-year decline of 16.4 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced this week.The number of mainland guests (333,000) dropped by 20.3 percent while local staycationers (80,000) rose 1.2 percent.Guests' average length of stay fell by 0.1 night to 1.7 nights.In the first three quarters, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotels and inns decreased by 12.9 percentage points year on year to 37.5 percent.

October 29, 2022 | BY admin

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Jobless rate falls 0.3 pct, but wages also drop

Macau's general unemployment rate (4.0 percent) and local residents' unemployment rate (5.2 percent) for July-September both decreased by 0.3 percentage points from the previous survey period (June-August), indicating a slight improvement in the local employment situation, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) yesterday.However, the underemployment rate held steady at 16.5%.The labour force living in Macau totalled 378,200. The labour force participation rate

October 29, 2022 | BY admin

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Unjabbed entering Macau from Guangdong to be subject to 24-hour NAT validity: Health Bureau

The Macau government announced yesterday that it is planning to shorten the validity of the negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test (NAT) result for unvaccinated local residents and non-resident workers entering from Guangdong to just 24 hours from the current 48 hours.In addition to those arriving from Zhuhai, Leong underlined that the planned stricter NAT validity will also be applicable to those arriving from Shenzhen by ferry.Leong Iek Hou, who heads the Communicable Disease Prevention and

October 28, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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