Macau govt, commissioner’s office of foreign ministry strongly oppose EU ‘report’ on Macau

The government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the MSAR yesterday voiced resolute objection to the so-called annual report on Macau  issued by the European Union (EU).The MSAR government said in a statement that the amendments to the Law on Safeguarding National Security have drawn extensively on the legislative experience of other jurisdictions, taken into full consideration the legal

June 14, 2024 | BY admin

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Dialogue crucial for global vitality

China Daily Editorial        It should not be taken as a coincidence that those trying to pour dirty water on the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on Monday and Tuesday are also those that are responsible for the challenges the participants of the meeting tried to resolve.The club of wealthy nations that has steered the world into dangerous waters has no reason to not refrain from trying to undermine BRICS, and the rise of the Global

June 14, 2024 | BY admin

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‘Taiwan independence’ extremely risky for US

Commentary by Jasna Plevnik*        The United States, by continuously selling arms to Taiwan, is giving the world one more grave reason to be worried about the future of global peace and stability. The US seems desperate to use all means possible to contain China, prolong the Russia-Ukraine conflict and expand NATO eastward, turning the transatlantic treaty from a defense treaty into an offensive military alliance, leaving many wondering where the next conflict will break

June 14, 2024 | BY admin

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EU’s new EVs tariff a self-inflicted flat tire

Commentary        BEIJING –  The European Commission on Wednesday revealed a list of protectionist duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (EVs) from China, a shortsighted piercing into the tire of global free trade, the EU carmakers’ competitiveness and consumers’ welfare amid global challenges toward green transition.Such protectionist measures ignore the facts and WTO rules, and disregard the appeals and discouragement of the governments and industries

June 14, 2024 | BY admin

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Security company cheats govt out of 5.39 million patacas: CCAC

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) announced yesterday two separate scams its graft busters uncovered in February and November last year involving a security company, in which several of the firm’s supervisor and security guard team  leaders conspired to instruct their subordinates to falsely clock in at several public entities during the same working hours, or impersonating those who were on leave or who had left the company to report to work at the Public Security Police (PSP)

June 13, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Stone falls from Ruins of St Paul’s façade: IC

The opening of the Ruins of St Paul’s, “Visiting the Ruins of St Paul’s through Space and Time” Virtual Reality (VR) exhibition hall and Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt were temporarily suspended yesterday due to the inclement weather, and Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man told the media that during heavy rainfall in the afternoon IC staff at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed site found a small stone in front of the Ruins of St Paul’s, underlining that no one was

June 13, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Group holds ‘The Best of Macao’ series

The Chinese Cultural Exchange Association (CCEA) launched a “The Best of Macao” series of activities yesterday, with the aim of discovering and further promoting the hidden “beauty of Macau” beyond the attractions and food that local people are familiar with, CCEA President Steven Lei Pui Lam said yesterday.Lei made the remarks during a launching ceremony of the event yesterday at the Macao Science Centre (MSC) in Nape, with the attendance of the event’s Organising Committee’s

June 13, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lei denies that govt invested ‘tens of billions’ of patacas in ‘metaverse’

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said yesterday that the Macau government did not invest tens of billions of patacas in the “metaverse”, stressing that the metaverse is just a “direction” for the government to improve working methods and life in the future.According to Wiktionary, the metaverse is “a hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual

June 13, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt proposes new system for street vendor stalls

The government has finished drafting a bill regulating the operation of the city’s street vendor stalls, which proposes that licences to operate the stalls will be granted through public tender, a change from the current practice in which available stalls are simply allocated through lucky draws.The bill has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL), which uploaded the bill on its website on Tuesday and scheduled yesterday a plenary session next Tuesday for debate and a vote of its

June 13, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Zone A high-rise for senior care homes to cost up to 584 million patacas, project to start in Q4

Construction of a high-rise building to be primarily used for senior care homes in the Zone A land reclamation area will cost up to 584 million patacas, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said yesterday.The government launched a public tender early last month for the project. Potential bidders were required to submit their quotations by Tuesday.A total of 21 construction companies submitted their bids, which were unsealed by DSOP officials yesterday. All bids were accepted.A statement by the bureau

June 13, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab 2 locals for theft-by-finding

A local man and a local woman have separately been apprehended for theft-by-finding, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the suspect surnamed Fong, who is in her fifties, works in a hotel.According to Cheong, a local woman reported to the police on May 29 that she had lost her tote bag in Rua Nova da Areia Preta, containing 11,000 patacas. Subsequently, police officers identified Fong as the individual who

June 13, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Man cheats illegal currency exchange dealer

A man from the mainland has been arrested for cheating an illegal currency exchange dealer out of HK$50,000 in casino chips, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect is a 28-year-old man surnamed Li who told the police that he’s jobless.According to Chan, the female local victim encountered Li at a Cotai casino last Thursday and engaged in a currency transaction. The victim handed HK$50,000 in gambling chips to Li, who then

June 13, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Business associations encourage SMEs to enhance competitiveness, productivity with AI

The Federal General Commercial Association of Macau Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises and the industry and commerce associations of Macau’s central-southern and northern districts as well as the one representing Macau’s two off-shore islands (Taipa and Coloane), joined hands with Zenta Group’s Macwise Technology Limited to launch yesterday an “Artificial Intelligence for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development Programme”, aiming to encourage SMEs to make good use of

June 13, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt launches tender for Nape public office complex

The government has launched a public tender for constructing the superstructure of its ongoing project of building a government office complex comprising two blocks on Plot 12 in Nape, according to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to the announcement, potential bidders are required to submit their quotations by July 15. The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) will unseal the bids the next day.Plot 12 in Nape is bordered by Alameda Dr Carlos D’Assumpção,

June 13, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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