Democratic system improving

Commentary by Liu Dongchao        The people’s congress system is a crucial component of China’s political structure, one of the key elements of the country’s current political system, and an important institutional part of whole-process people’s democracy. The people’s congress system, established in 1954, is suited to China’s national conditions. After decades of development, while undergoing a gradual process of refinement and adapting to changing

September 17, 2024 | BY admin

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Philippines needs to carefully consider next steps after withdrawing ship from China’s Xianbin Jiao

Commentary        BEIJING – After nearly five months of illegally anchoring in the lagoon of Xianbin Jiao, part of China’s Nansha Qundao, Philippine coast guard vessel MRRV-9701 withdrew from the reef on Saturday and returned to a Philippine port.The withdrawal came after multiple resupply attempts by the Philippine side failed due to China’s lawful and professional management and control measures. China had repeatedly urged Manila to immediately withdraw the ship that

September 17, 2024 | BY admin

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CE election to be held at Forum Macao Complex

Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE) President Song Man Lei has announced that the chief executive election on October 13 will be held at the Services Platform Complex for Commercial and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (aka Forum Macao Complex).Song made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Friday after chairing a regular closed-door meeting of the commission at the Public Administration Building on Rua do Campo.The chief executive

September 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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2 shophouses gutted in blaze to be demolished

The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) has announced that the two old shophouses at the junction of Rua dos Mercadores and Travessa dos Algibebes gutted by a fire last week will be demolished.The ground floors of the shophouses were used as a takeaway and a clothes-bag shop respectively.The blaze erupted in the takeaway in the early hours of Tuesday last week and spread to the adjacent shop.A DSSCU statement on Friday said that the two buildings are old shophouses and are wooden

September 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Q4 set to see more cyber fraud cases again: Wong’s office

With the start of the new school year and soon entering the fourth quarter of the year, the Office of Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak issued a statement on its website yesterday to warn members of the public that since 2020 the number of cyber fraud reports received by law enforcement in the fourth quarter of each year have always been higher than the previous quarters, mainly involving phishing SMSs and websites, online ticketing fraud and part-time job scams.In the first eight months of

September 16, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Japanese nabbed for taking 30 upskirts

A Japanese man was arrested on Tuesday for having taken 30 upskirts of females since his arrival in Macau on September 7, among them a high school student, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fai said at a regular press conference on Friday.Cheong identified the suspect in his fifties as a businessman surnamed Yamashita.According to the underage victim’s report to the Public Security Police last Monday evening, wearing a school summer uniform she was waiting for a bus earlier

September 16, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Hengqin MNN health station to open in Nov: health chief

Macau Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long says that his bureau is aiming to open its health station in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island in November.Dr Lo made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters on Friday, chaired by Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the local government’s top advisory Executive Council, where Cheong and the health chief

September 16, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Islands Healthcare Complex hosts forum on rare diseases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines rare diseases as diseases that affect less than 0.65‰ to 1‰ of the total population, with 400 million people worldwide in total, according to its rough estimation, being affected by 6,000 to 8,000 different types of rare diseases, and in recent years social awareness of such diseases has gradually been on the rise, so that it is no surprise that a forum on the subject was held yesterday at the Islands Healthcare Complex in Cotai.There is no

September 16, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Sun Yingsha, Lin Shidong crowned at WTT Champions Macao

China’s Sun Yingsha and Lin Shidong got their championship trophies yesterday at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2024.Sun, also known as “ShaSha” among table tennis fans, won against her compatriot Wang Yidi 4-2, bagging her third WTT Champions trophy of 2024 after having emerged victorious in Incheon and Chongqing. It was also Sun’s fifth WTT Champions title.Sun said this was an excellent start for the next Olympic cycle during a press briefing, adding that her form had

September 16, 2024 | BY admin

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Macau New Neighbourhood hosts Mid-Autumn Festival bash

The Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) in Hengqin hosted an outdoor Mid-Autumn Festival party yesterday which was attended by hundreds of revellers from Macau, Zhuhai and elsewhere in the mainland – and even some visitors from overseas. The purpose-built neighbourhood for Macau residents covering a land area of about 190,000 sqm and a total gross floor area of around 620,000 sqm is located in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, which will celebrate its third anniversary

September 16, 2024 | BY admin

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US targeting of HK offices benefits no one

Commentary        BEIJING – The US Congress’ latest bill on Hong Kong, which targets the region’s representative offices in the United States, is pure political manipulation that will benefit no one.The so-called Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification Act, recently passed by the US House of Representatives, requires the US President to remove the extension of certain privileges, exemptions and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETO)

September 16, 2024 | BY admin

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Visit has broad significance for building China-Arab community of shared future

China Daily Editorial        Coming to know and befriend each other through the ancient Silk Road, China and Arab states enjoy a long history of friendly exchanges, and together they have nurtured friendly relations featuring solidarity and mutual assistance, which have now become the hallmarks of their cooperation.Driven by a combination of economic, strategic and geopolitical factors that offer mutual benefits for both sides, the cooperation between the Arab countries and

September 16, 2024 | BY admin

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People’s congress system a proven cornerstone of Chinese democracy

Analysis        BEIJING – Zhou Hongyu, who had served as a national lawmaker for 20 years, saw many of his 200-plus proposals adopted and implemented. Among these proposals was free compulsory education in all urban and rural areas in China.Such input in shaping national policies and laws is made possible by China’s foundational political system – the system of people’s congresses.This system, established in 1954, has evolved over 70 years into a more functional and

September 16, 2024 | BY admin

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WTT Champions Macao 2024 finals to take place today

     The semifinals of WTT Champions Macao 2024 presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group, organised by the Sports Bureau (ID), World Table Tennis (WTT) and Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), and co-organised by the Macau Table Tennis General Association, took place yesterday at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai. The finals take place today.  China’s Lin Shidong upset top seed and teammate Wang Chuqin 4-1 (11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9) to claim a spot in the

September 15, 2024 | BY admin

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