FIA says FR World Cup opens ‘latest chapter in Macau’s unparalleled history’

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) reaffirmed in a statement on Friday that a new car specification – Formula Regional (FR) – “will take to the streets for the 2024 Macau Grand Prix” (MGP).Friday’s statement was issued two days after the international motorsports body’s announcement that the MGP’s long-running Formula 3 (F3) would be replaced by the FR World Cup from this year.The FIA said it issued Friday’s second statement on the change from F3 to FR

May 27, 2024 | BY admin

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PJ & DSEDJ launch on-campus anti-scam ‘vaccination’ drive

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) jointly launched a series of activities entitled “On-campus Anti-scam ‘Vaccination’ Programme”, with the aim of enhancing university and college students’ awareness of the risk of falling victim to online scams, DSEDJ Director Kong Chi Meng said on Friday.Kong made the remarks during a press conference announcing the launch of the programme at the PJ headquarters in Zape, adding that the programme has

May 27, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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LRT train operation tests resume

Train operation tests on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Seac Pai Van section and Cotai-Hengqin section resumed on Friday, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has announced.Train operation tests on the two sections had been suspended after two LRT trains crashed at Union Hospital Station in south Cotai on May 8 when tests were carried out on the system’s Seac Pai Van section.Union Hospital Station is one of the Seac Pai Van section’s two stations.The bureau announced on May 10 that the accident was

May 27, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Excessive cadmium found in dried food – choco cornflakes may contain hard lumps: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) received a report from the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety on Thursday that a dried lily bulb product sold locally was found to contain excessive cadmium – a metallic contaminant which exceeded the legally permitted maximum amount in line with local health standards, 0.125 parts per million, the bureau announced in a statement on Thursday.The bureau has ordered shops to stop selling the dried lily bulb product that weighs 303 grams and expires on March 31

May 27, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Stage set for women’s volleyball event at Galaxy

The Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement yesterday that overall inspections and venue facility testing have been conducted for the Women’s Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group, which will be held from tomorrow to Saturday at Galaxy Arena in Cotai.Macau is among the six cities hosting the volleyball contest’s preliminary matches, which are continuing until June 16. The finals will be held in Bangkok from June 20 to 23.According to the statement,

May 27, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGTO to host 10-day int’l food-fest at Fisherman’s Wharf next month

The 10-day “International Cities of Gastronomy Fest, Macao” is set to take place from June 14 to 23 at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, according to a press conference held by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) on Friday.MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told the press conference that the culinary festival will welcome representatives from 30 Creative Cities of Gastronomy in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the highest number of participating cities over the

May 27, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Pahiyas Festival returns to Sintra Square

Interview by Rui Pastorin        Praça da Amizade, commonly known as Sintra Square, was vibrant with music and colour yesterday as the local Filipino community celebrated the annual San Isidro Labrador Pahiyas Festival Macau, which marked its 22nd edition.Pahiyas literally translates to “precious offering”. According to the Philippines Department of Tourism’s website, the festival is traditionally celebrated on May 15, with the largest celebrations taking place in the

May 27, 2024 | BY admin

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Consumer price inflation rises 0.92 pct in April

Macau's consumer price inflation for last month rose by 0.92 percent year on year, the Macau Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.According to a DSEC statement, the price indices of Education (+5.05 percent), Health (+3.02 percent) and Clothing & Footwear (+2.54 percent) saw notable year-on-year growth. The price indices of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+1.34 percent) and Housing & Fuels (+0.52 percent) increased due to higher charges for eating out as well as

May 25, 2024 | BY admin

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GDP rises 25.7 pct in Q1 on 'thriving exports of services'

Macau's gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 25.7 percent year-on-year in real terms in the first quarter of the year, on account of the revival of the local economy "underpinned by thriving exports of services" as well as steady private consumption and gross fixed capital formation, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced today.According to a DSEC statement, the local economy has recovered to 87.2 percent of its size in the same quarter of pre-pandemic 2019; exports of

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Police nab local duo setting up 5 firms to launder 36 million patacas

Two local jobless men who set up five companies to launder money from the mainland were arrested separately at their homes yesterday, in a case involving about 36 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson said that the two suspects, who are in their thirties and forties, are surnamed Ao and Chong. Both were running the five companies.The Judiciary Police were notified by the mainland’s Public Security Bureau (PSB),

May 24, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Zone A-Nape flyover to cost up to 2.39 billion patacas, project to start in Q4

The construction of a flyover connecting the Zone A land reclamation area and Nape would cost up to 2.39 billion patacas, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has said.The bureau also said that the project is now expected to get off the ground in the fourth quarter.The bureau launched a limited tender on September 27 last year for the project when the bureau requested construction companies to submit their intentions to bid for the project by November 29, with the top five qualified companies,

May 24, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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15 English & Portuguese-language journalists from Macau visit Jiangsu

At the invitation of the Liaison Office in Macau, 15 English and Portuguese-language media journalists began yesterday a five-day fact-finding trip to three cities in Jiangsu province, on the sidelines of which Macau-based Portuguese journalist Carlos Morais José said that the delegation members were expecting to learn more about China, and Jiangsu province in particular, in order to transmit their newly acquired knowledge to their readers in Macau. “Jiangsu province is a very important

May 24, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei in Nanjing

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ASEAN consuls attend MAICC general meeting

The Macau ASEAN International Chamber of Commerce (MAICC) said in a statement this week that consuls-general from Brunei, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand attended its 2023 general meeting and “network dinner” at the Regency Art Hotel on Tuesday. ASEAN is the acronym for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.According to the statement, Kelvin Tan Hai Ching was elected chairperson of the chamber’s 4th Board of Directors and Supervisors. The

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Check-in lounge for HK and Zhuhai airports set up in Macau

A check-in lounge for air passengers who take flights from Hong Kong’s airport or Zhuhai’s airport has started operating, located near the entrance to the Venetian hotel in Cotai, and a ceremony marking its operational start was held there yesterday.The new facility is the first of its kind in Macau, i.e., providing check-in services for both Hong Kong’s international airport and Zhuhai’s domestic airport. Guests attend yesterday’s ceremony marking the operational start of a new

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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