Organic waste recycling centre project targets completion in 2027

The government has chosen the winning bidder for the design, construction and 15-year operation of an organic waste recycling centre in east Cotai.A consortium consisting of four companies has won the tender. The winner, according to government announcements yesterday, will carry out the design and construction for a price tag of 1.147 billion patacas, after which it will receive 720 million patacas from the government during the new facility’s 15-year-operation period.The future recycling

June 6, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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HK man collects 300,000 patacas from ‘guess who I am’ scam victims: police

A man from Hong Kong has been arrested for his involvement in two “guess who I am” phone scams, totalling 300,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday.The 28-year-old suspect surnamed Ng told the police he’s jobless. The two local victims are elderly women.According to Lei, one of the victims reported to the police on Tuesday that she had previously received phone calls from a female imposter pretending to be her

June 6, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Banned, unlicensed woman drives into Barrier Gate’s car entry

A woman who was banned from driving has been arrested after she accidentally drove into the vehicular lane at the Barrier Gate checkpoint, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Ku is in her fifties.Ku was driving a vehicle that did not have a dual licence plate for Guangdong-Macau, nor a triple licence plate for Guangdong, Macau, and Hong Kong.According to Lai, a PSP officer at the checkpoint discovered Ku did not

June 6, 2024 | BY William Chan

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One local, 2 Filipinos busted in drug case: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a local man and two non-resident workers (NRWs) from the Philippines for their alleged involvement in drug deals, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference yesterday. Lei said that upon receiving a tip-off about a man taking drugs, PJ officers identified a 31-year-old local male surnamed Capuyan and intercepted him on Tuesday in his working place where he was employed as a chef.The police subsequently traced the source of the

June 6, 2024 | BY William Chan

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UM, MUST rise in QS global rankings: DSEDJ

Global higher education analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its World University Rankings 2025 yesterday, with the public University of Macau (UM) ranked 245th, up from 254th last year, and the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) rising from 505th to 464th.The latest QS rankings cover about 1,500 universities, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States topping the list for the 13th consecutive year, Imperial College London

June 6, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Beijing’s position on Ukraine crisis is unambiguous, brooks no manipulation

China Daily Editorial        Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an unscheduled appearance at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore on the weekend. Given the mounting pressure on the battlefield, it is understandable that he should use the occasion to try and canvass more support for Kyiv at a summit in Switzerland later this month aimed at bringing an end to the conflict.What isn’t understandable is why he should unwarrantedly claim that China is trying to

June 6, 2024 | BY admin

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Opportune moment to reset China-India relations

China Daily Editorial        As neighbors and the two largest developing countries, China and India have more common interests than differences. Seeking common development and prosperity being common pursuits.With India’s parliamentary election result hopefully reducing the jingoism in India, there is no need for the territorial dispute in the border region between the two neighbors to be hyped up and allowed to define the overall bilateral ties.The two countries should

June 6, 2024 | BY admin

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Public Security Ministry stresses nationwide crackdown on currency exchange gangs

The mainland’s public security forces have been strengthening their cooperation and coordination with the local police to crack down on currency exchange gangs, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Security in Beijing.The ministry released a statement on its website on Monday, saying that the nation’s public security forces held a meeting in Beijing on May 27 regarding “special deployment” measures on combating “illegal currency exchange gangs” and other crimes.The

June 5, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Qingmao customs seizes CPUs, Gongbei customs impound toys

The Macau Customs Service (SA) said in a statement yesterday that five border-crossers have recently been intercepted by its officers at Qingmao checkpoint and found to be attempting to smuggle a total of 212 central processing units (CPUs) to the mainland.The five smugglers comprise local residents and mainlanders aged between 31 and 65, the statement said.The first male border-crosser was intercepted by customs officers last Thursday when entering Zhuhai through the Qingmao pedestrian border

June 5, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Mongolian duo nabbed for stealing face cream: police

The police have arrested a female Mongolian duo for theft, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspects, in their forties and fifties, are surnamed Ichinkhorloo and Vyedro. Ichinkhorloo told the police that she’s jobless, while Vyedro said that she works in the garment industry.According to Cheong, a staff member of a cosmetic shop in a Cotai shopping mall reported to the police on Saturday that during stock taking

June 5, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Govt to recruit local TCM promotion ‘ambassadors’: SSM

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it is recruiting local traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) doctors and other professionals working in the sector to be “ambassadors” in the promotion of TCM and health. The application period is from today to July 3.According to the bureau, the ambassador programme, entitled, “Macau Chinese Medicine Health Promotion Ambassador”, aims to promote the TCM culture with the help of professionals and innovative communication teams, so

June 5, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2 men nabbed for currency exchange fraud

Two men from the mainland have separately been arrested for their involvement in two currency exchange-related fraud cases, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the suspect surnamed Dai is in his twenties. He told the police that he’s jobless.According to Lei, the male victim first encountered Dai at a casino in Zape in late May. Dai proposed collaborating on a “money currency exchange business”, where the victim

June 5, 2024 | BY William Chan

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MGTO prepares launch of halal food certification

Expanding the source of tourist arrivals is Macau’s priority this year, such as by catering for the culinary needs of Muslim travellers from the nation’s northwest and overseas, especially from Southeast Asia, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), civic leader Choi Seng Hon said yesterday, was preparing halal food certification programmes in conjunction with the local tourism industry, in the hope of introducing halal-certified food to local restaurants, aiming to provide more choices

June 5, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Central library’s first phase to be completed in December 2025

The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced on its website yesterday that the first phase of the government’s new central library project is scheduled to be completed in December next year.The new central library project will be carried out in two phases, with the first phase to demolish the derelict Hotel Estoril and then carry out the new library building’s pile foundation and basement work.The Public Works Bureau launched a tender by invitation when it asked seven construction companies to

June 5, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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