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Chinese doctors praised for dedication, outstanding work in Equatorial Guinea
MALABO – “It is truly miraculous, I can see again!” said Pedro Bena, a 78-year-old cataract patient from Equatorial Guinea.Surrounded by his jubilant family at the Regional Hospital of Malabo, Pedro expressed deep gratitude for the surgery performed by Chinese doctors, particularly ophthalmologist Xie Hongbin.Xie is a member of the 33rd batch of the Chinese medical team in the Central African country. Since arriving over a year ago, he has performed 69 cataract surgeries, helping many
May 30, 2024 | BY admin
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Xi, Obiang hold talks, elevate ties
BEIJING – China and Equatorial Guinea yesterday elevated their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation.This was announced by President Xi Jinping and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, during their talks in Beijing.Xi said China and Equatorial Guinea are good friends and partners, and their relations feature a high level of political mutual trust.Since they established diplomatic ties more than half a century ago, the two
May 29, 2024 | BY admin
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Crime rises 18 pct to 3,548 cases in Q1: Wong
Serious violent crimes stay at ‘low or zero’ level Macau’s police forces recorded 3,548 crimes in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, as well as 5.5 percent rise in comparison with the same quarter in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced the first-quarter crime statistics at a press conference at the São Francisco Barracks yesterday morning. Wong pointed out that 656 fraud cases were
May 29, 2024 | BY William Chan
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Currency exchange dealers cheat local woman with laundered money
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested on Sunday two illegal currency exchange dealers at a casino in Cotai for exchanging laundered money totalling 379,200 yuan with a client, PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the two suspects as mainland men aged 46 and 23, both surnamed Yan.According to Lei, the middle-aged local victim exchanged HK$400,000 for 379,200 yuan at a casino in Cotai with the help of the two suspects whom she had earlier met at a
May 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei
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Food delivery rider works despite driving ban: police
A food delivery rider banned from driving for a year and nine months was intercepted by traffic police in Avenida Marginal Flor de Lótus in Taipa on Saturday night when delivering food to customers, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hon said yesterday.According to yesterday’s regular press conference, the local man in his twenties, surnamed Lei, was sentenced by a court to a driving ban between April 9 this year and January 8, 2026 for drunk driving and disobeying a police
May 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei
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Customs busts vessel trying to smuggle 530 kg of seafood to mainland
The Macau Customs Service (SA), in conjunction with their counterparts in the mainland, busted a vessel early yesterday morning attempting to smuggle 25 boxes of seafood weighing 530 kilograms from Macau to the mainland. The contraband was valued at about 160,000 patacas.In the operation, Macau customs officers arrested four male smugglers aged between 27 and 61 from the mainland, comprising the owner of the vessel, two crew members and a male non-resident worker (NRW) employed by a local food
May 29, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei
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USJ awards 3rd English poem writing, recital contest winners
The winners of “The 3rd Macao-wide English Writing and Recital Contest” organised by the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) were announced during Saturday’s final round and subsequent award ceremony on its Ilha Verde campus.This year’s poetry and recital contest was themed “Macao, The Garden of Life”, with the final round having students memorising and reciting the poems they had written in front of a panel of judges, according to a statement from the private Catholic university.The
May 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin
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Macau’s healthcare system can be worldwide reference: Ao Ieong
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said on Monday she believed that Macau’s community healthcare system can become a reference for promoting universal health coverage all over the world, according to a statement by the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture yesterday.Ao Ieong made the remarks on the sidelines of the 77th World Health Organisation’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. As a member of the Chinese delegation, Ao Ieong
May 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang
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UTM students develop strategies for tech-firm
Macao University of Tourism (UTM) students in the Hotel Management degree programme recently took on an industrial project to develop business strategies for a high-tech company, according to a statement from the public university earlier this week.The statement noted that the project was part of the students’ Entrepreneurship course, which is run by Fernando Lourenço, who aims to “create significant learning opportunities for students, allowing them to engage in real-world business
May 29, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin
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‘Outside the Window’ features non-linear, script-reading play
Interview by William Chan Director Jenny Mok (莫倩婷), Nada Chan (塵雅正), head of the theatre company, and Chen Chiao-Jung (陳巧蓉), the project’s artistic director, have recently spoken to the Post about their play “Outside the Window” (窗外).The play is organised by the local Route Arts Association as part of their series entitled “écriture féminine.”Écriture féminine, or “women’s writing,” is a term coined by French feminist and
May 29, 2024 | BY admin
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Hotels welcome 4.9 million guests in Jan-April
Macau’s 143 hotels received 4.93 million guests in the first four months of the year, a year-on-year growth of 29.8 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Hotels’ average occupancy rate rose by 8.4 percentage points year on year to 84.5 percent between January and April. In April, 1.15 million hotel guests were recorded, up by 5.6 percent year on year. Compared to April in pre-pandemic 2019, the number of hotel guests was up by 1.3
May 29, 2024 | BY admin
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For 1st time Macau is mainlanders’ most satisfactory tourist destination: CTA
Macau, in the first quarter of this year, has become the most satisfactory destination for mainland outbound tourists for the first time according to the findings of a survey released by China Tourism Academy (CTA) yesterday.CTA, a research institute directly under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT), released its findings in a statement on its official WeChat account yesterday. CTA also runs with an additional title Data Centre of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.The Macau Government
May 29, 2024 | BY Tony Wong
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Macau to hold its 1st int’l children’s art festival in July-August: Leong
Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man told reporters yesterday that her bureau will collaborate with three integrated resort (IR) operators to hold the first Macau International Children’s Art Festival in July and August.Leong made the remarks at a press conference after a meeting of the Cultural Development Committee.Leong said that the Macau International Children’s Arts Festival will invite local groups and groups from all over the world to perform, adding that stage
May 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang
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Executive chef asks subordinates for bribes: CCAC
An executive chef working for a gaming company’s food and beverage department has recently been found to have solicited bribes from his subordinates involving a total of 240,000 patacas, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement yesterday.An investigation by the CCAC found that the suspect had repeatedly demanded “respect” from several junior staff members by “soliciting dues from several subordinates” every month between September 2020 and February 2023, the
May 29, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang
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