Liaison Office deputy director Zhang Rongshun leaves post

The State Council in Beijing has recalled Zhang Rongshun from his post as deputy director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, according to a statement by the office in Macau yesterday.The State Council has not yet announced who will succeed Zhang, who had been a deputy director of the office in Macau since June 2018.The Liaison Office in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) has four deputy directors in its organisational structure.However, before Zhang’s

October 20, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt to convert Old Courthouse & former PJ HQ into top court

First phase to cost 55.9 million patacasThe government has already commissioned a construction company to carry out a project that will convert the Old Courthouse and the adjacent former Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in the city centre into the Court of Final Appeal (TUI).The whole structure of the Old Courthouse will be kept intact. While a part of the façade of the former PJ headquarters will be kept intact, the other parts will be demolished for the construction of a new building.The

October 20, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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‘No conditions’ for easing regular mandatory NATs for key jobs: Ao Ieong

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U reaffirmed yesterday that for the time being Macau “has no conditions” for relaxing its regular mandatory nucleic acid testing (NAT) requirements for those working in high-risk COVID-19 key occupations, because, she said, various regions in the mainland, including the neighbouring province of Guangdong, are being affected by new local COVID-19 cases.Ao Ieong made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Macau Cultural Centre

October 20, 2022 | BY admin

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Man dies in charcoal-burning suicide: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) were notified by Fire Services Bureau (CB) paramedics yesterday evening that a local man had committed suicide by burning charcoal in his flat on Avenida de Horta e Costa, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a statement last night.The statement noted that the 67-year-old victim, surnamed Tam, lived in the flat alone.Tam’s relatives told the police that the deceased did not reply to their text message yesterday, but considering that he had been in contact with them all

October 20, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab 3 mainlanders for helping sell bogus ‘deluxe’ goods

Three non-resident workers (NRW) from the mainland were arrested separately on Monday at three restaurants in Taipa, Toi San district and on Rua de Cinco de Outubro for assisting a male mainlander, who is still at large and a suspected key member of the gang, in selling counterfeit products, such as “luxury-brand” handbags, watches and shoes, at “special prices” on an online shopping platform, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference

October 20, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Nonagenarian steals phones from cabbies

A 90-year-old local man was arrested last month for stealing three mobile phones from taxi drivers, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Kam, a cabbie parked his or her taxi in Avenida da Concórdia in the northern district without locking it at the change of shift in the wee hours of August 20. Later, the taxi driver discovered that his or her mobile phone that he or she had left in the taxi had gone.The victim reported

October 20, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Local man sexually harasses 8 uni students

A local man has been arrested for sexually harassing eight university students, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 34-year-old suspect surnamed Lao told the police that he’s jobless, adding that he’s neither a staff member nor a student of the university. The eight female victims are university students aged between 18 and 24.Chan did not identify the university but noted that it isn’t located on the peninsula.According to

October 20, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Macau’s 1st FIVE GUYS store to open in next Q1

The first Macau store of the US fast-food chain FIVE GUYS will be opened by exclusive franchisee Forward Fashion (International) Holdings Company Limited at Venetian Macao in Cotai in the first quarter of next year, according to a statement released by the resort operator yesterday on behalf of the company.The burger-and-fries restaurant chain has over 1,770 eateries worldwide, the statement noted, adding that it was labelled by YAHOO as “The Best Burger You’ve Ever Eaten in Your

October 20, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Storage unit owner steals dry seafood worth HK$400,000 from defaulting renter

A storage unit owner was arrested for stealing dry seafood worth HK$400,000 from his tenant who had not paid one-month’s rent, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.  The 38-year-old local suspect surnamed Kou told the police that he’s jobless.According to Chan, in August the victim and his two partners bought 32 boxes of dry seafood from Hong Kong and stored them in a storage unit owned by Kou in an industrial building. On

October 20, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Rotary clubs to hold charity walk & run for End Polio Fundraising event

The Rotary Club of Macau said in a statement yesterday that eight local rotary clubs will enhance fundraising efforts to end polio by holding a “public-facing” morning charity run and walk, as well as the “World’s Greatest Meal to Help End Polio” (WGM) charity dinner on Saturday.Commonly known as the poliovirus, the statement noted that polio is spread from person-to-person, typically through contaminated water. The statement said that it can attack the nervous system and lead to

October 20, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2 artists’ works displayed in ‘Hide & Seek’ exhibition at Creative Macau

Paper-cutting works themed “Dynamic Silence” and “Undone/ unfinished” by Macau-based artists Leong Fei In and Oscar Munoz Balajadia Jr (commonly known as Papa Osumbal) respectively are on display in an exhibition entitled “Hide And Seek” at the Creative Macau gallery until next Saturday, October 29.The Creative Macau gallery is located on the ground floor of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.According to a recent statement by Creative Macau, paper cutting has a history of

October 20, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Xi in conversation with fellow delegates at CPC National Congress

BEIJING – A key item on the tight schedule of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, during the Party’s five-yearly national congress is his participation in group discussions as one of the over 2,000 congress delegates.During such a discussion earlier this week at the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region delegation, Xi called on all Chinese people to stay united as “one piece of adamantine iron” for national rejuvenation.The discussion was

October 20, 2022 | BY admin

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China’s modernization path offers inspiration for global peace and development

Commentary by Shamim Zakaria        BEIJING – The report delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, to the 20th CPC National Congress on Sunday unveiled a blueprint for advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization.Chinese modernization, which is socialist modernization pursued under the leadership of the CPC, is dynamic and distinctive to the Chinese

October 20, 2022 | BY admin

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China’s initiatives on development, security conducive to world peace, prosperity

Analysis        BEIJING – With the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) having opened on Sunday, the world is paying close attention to the programs of action and overarching policies that will be formulated during the landmark event.When delivering a key report to the CPC congress, Xi Jinping said China has always been committed to its foreign policy goals of upholding world peace and promoting common development, reiterating the country’s

October 20, 2022 | BY admin

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