Editorial: Foreign residents given tremendous midsummer gift

Macau’s about 20,000 foreign permanent residents* received yesterday a tremendous midsummer present from BeijingThe gift was warmly welcomed by permanent residents holding foreign nationality like my humble self. We all – wherever we are from – should thank the central authorities for this great bounty. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced yesterday that non-Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macau will be able to apply for mainland travel permits

July 2, 2024 | BY admin

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Local man nabbed for patting woman’s buttocks in street

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man in his thirties last Wednesday for allegedly sexually harassing a local woman by patting her buttocks in the street, PSP spokesman Lei Chan Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The victim in her thirties reported the case to the Public Security Police on June 23, saying that she had been patted on the buttocks from behind when she was walking along Avenida Norte do Hipódromo, adding that she immediately turned around and

July 2, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Illegal currency exchange deal leads to brawl: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok revealed yesterday details about a brawl that erupted after an illegal currency exchange deal went awry on Saturday. Six men, including an illegal currency exchange dealer, have been arrested for attacking three men from the mainland.The 32-year-old illegal currency exchange dealer surnamed Lin told the police that he works in gaming customer service.The fight broke out at around 4 p.m. on Saturday at an entrance to Studio City in Cotai near Estrada

July 2, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Indonesian mother dumps newborn on staircase

A mother from Indonesia has been arrested for dumping her newborn baby girl on a staircase of a residential building in Patane district, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said at a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect, surnamed Rustika, as a 36-year-old woman who arrived in Macau last August to work as a shop assistant.According to Ho, a woman of the residential building on Saturday discovered the abandoned baby on the staircase and immediately reported the case

July 2, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Local man tries to smuggle live chicken from mainland

A 75-year-old local man was intercepted by the Macau Customs Service (SA) at the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Friday for attempting to smuggle a live chicken in a cardboard box from the mainland to Macau, according to a statement by the Customs yesterday.According to the statement, customs officers noticed that the man looked nervous as he walked through the arrival hall at the Barrier Gate checkpoint, so they stopped him and inspected the box he was carrying.The officers then found a live

July 2, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Cultural Development Fund to launch new subsidised programme

The Cultural Development Fund (FDC) will roll out a programme to subsidise local non-profit-making organisations to hold arts and cultural activities that showcase Macau’s special characteristics and achievements in arts and cultural development in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the 25th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, according to the fund’s statement released yesterday.The programme will be open for

July 2, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Group launches online quiz game for this year’s double celebrations

The Association for the Joint Effort of Building a Good Home (ACCBL) – a subgroup of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen in Cantonese) – launched yesterday an online quiz game to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the 25th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland, according to a press conference yesterday.National Day falls on October 1, while the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR)

July 2, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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July 2, 2024 | BY admin

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Police bust 1-billion-pataca illegal online gambling ring

93 suspects nabbed incl customs officerA joint operation by the Macau, Hong Kong and mainland law enforcement agencies has cracked down on a cross-border illegal gambling gang that had operated since 2016, with an estimated cash involvement of about one billion patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) Deputy Director Sou Sio Keong said during a special conference yesterday, adding that 93 individuals were apprehended, including a local customs officer.Among the 50 local individuals arrested in Macau, two

July 2, 2024 | BY William Chan

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‘A Vencedora’ reopens, new operator hopes to give guests ‘flavours of the past’

Interview by Yuki Lei        The owners of “A Vencedora” restaurant, located on Rua do Campo, announced last November that they would “indefinitely close down” their business due to their age and the fact that the younger generation did not want to take over the century-old family business, but recently “opening soon” notices, in Chinese and English, appeared on the eatery’s entrance.Simon Chan, the new operator, told the Post yesterday that the restaurant had

July 2, 2024 | BY admin

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Cash sharing handouts start today

Macau residents will receive their annual wealth-sharing cash handouts from today, the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) noted in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, 717,018 permanent residents will receive 10,000 patacas each, while 30,850 non-permanent residents will receive 6,000 patacas each, irrespective of place of birth, nationality, age, and current place of residence.Permanent residency can be acquired after habitually living in Macau for seven consecutive years.As

July 2, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Galaxy Macau unveils ‘Eggspression’ art experience

Galaxy Macau unveiled on Friday an exhibition entitled “Eggspression - An Immersive Art Experience”, which features installations created by Dutch public installation artist Henk Hofstra and “The Egg House” team from New York.The exhibition at the Cotai property is split into two parts.The first is Hofstra’s large-scale installation titled “Eggs Fall from the Sky”. Usually exhibited outdoors, this exhibition marks the first time that the artist is showcasing his fried egg

July 2, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Registrations for August music camp featuring int’l musicians open

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that registration for the “1st Macao International Children’s Arts Festival – Music Camp” in August is now open, with the camp featuring Grammy Award-winning American violinist Joshua Bell and string musicians from London’s Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra.A total of 40 places are available for the camp, which is slated to be held from August 16 to 21, according to the statement. It is hosted by the bureau in

July 2, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau Bridge completed, can open this quarter

The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced in a statement yesterday that the fourth Macau-Taipa bridge has been fully completed including road surfacing because of which it can open later this quarter.The statement said that follow-up work will now be carried out such as the final survey inspection and formal acceptance, the removal of temporary structures, and test runs.Macau’s fourth sea-crossing bridge connecting the Macau peninsula and Taipa island is officially named Macau Bridge.The

July 2, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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