UM reports breakthroughs in autonomous driving research

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that it has achieved two major breakthroughs in autonomous driving research.“A study at the university has provided new insights on autonomous driving under bad weather and complex road conditions while another study has developed new learning models that will be specifically applied to autonomous driving in Macau,” the statement said, adding that the research results will be presented at two annual conferences of artificial

July 9, 2020 | BY admin

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Filipino posts child porn video on Facebook: police

A Filipino was arrested this week for posting a child porn video on Facebook on Sunday, Judiciary Police (PJ) Sou Sio Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.The 35-year-old suspect is a non-resident worker surnamed Cadano who told the police that he worked as a gardener.According to Sou, PJ officers received an Interpol notice on Tuesday about a 2 minute and 26 second-long child porn video posted by someone in Macau showing a girl under the age of 14, appearing to be Asian,

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IAM inspects local eatery for gastroenteritis case

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) received a report from the Health Bureau (SSM) on Tuesday about five customers who after eating takeaway food from a hotpot restaurant came down with gastroenteritis. The five diners felt discomfort, according to an IAM statement yesterday.The Sichuan-style hotpot restaurant is located in Rua da Praia do Manduco near Mercado de S. Lourenço.The five customers separately ordered spicy seafood cold cuts as takeaways from the eatery last Saturday and Sunday, and

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Macau SAR ranked 34th in global passport ranking: survey

The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport is ranked 34th in the most recent international passport index by Henley Passport Index, offering visa-free access to 144 countries and regions, according to a report by public broadcaster TDM yesterday. According to the Henley Passport Index official website (www.henleypassportindex.com/passport), Japan’s passport holders are granted visa-free access to 191 countries and regions, which ranked the country 1st place in the

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A Guia Cable Car gondola moves uphill as adults pick up their children from a school near Flora Garden yesterday.Men, only some of them wearing facemasks, gather for a game of chess in Lou Lim Ieoc Garden earlier this week. Photos: Monica Leong and Camy Tam

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Huawei ban goes beyond poisoning China-UK cooperation

Commentary by Ma QianBEIJING – London’s recent hint to cut off Huawei’s participation in Britain’s 5G network development has sounded the alarm that Britain’s normal business cooperation with other countries risks being politicized under the pressure of hegemonic Washington.First of all, labeling the Chinese telecommunications equipment provider as “a high risk state vendor” is simply wrong. Huawei is a privately owned technology firm just like its major 5G competitors Nokia and

July 8, 2020 | BY admin

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New GCS director visits The Macau Post Daily

Inês Chan Lou (second from left), the new director of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), accompanied by senior GCS officials including Vice Director Louie Wong Lok I (second from right), paid a courtesy call on The Macau Post Daily yesterday. The Macau Post Daily’s director Harald Brüning (centre) and chief reporter Maria Cheang Ut Meng briefed Chan on their newspaper’s editorial guidelines since its inception nearly 16 years ago and the acute existential threat that the

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Woman hangs herself in McDonald’s toilet: police

An unidentified woman was believed to have committed suicide by hanging herself in a cubicle in the women’s toilet at a McDonald’s outlet near the Barrier Gate border checkpoint yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement.The Fire Services Bureau (CB) transferred the suspected suicide case, which happened at the fast-food chain’s outlet in Block 2 of the Sun Star Plaza residential estate in Rua dos Hortelãos, to the Judiciary Police for follow-up investigation at 1:50 p.m.

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Croupier cheated out of HK$118,000 in online scam

A 36-year-old local female casino dealer reported to the police on Sunday that she had been cheated out of HK$118,000 in an online scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Sou Sio Keong said during a regular press conference on Monday.According to Sou, the woman told the police that she met a man who claimed to be “the big boss of a Hong Kong company” through a social media app on May 28. “The big boss” introduced her to a gambling investment website promising easy and big profits. The

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Waitress tells police she stole 23,000 patacas from employer to gamble

A waitress went to a police station this week to tell the cops that she stole 23,000 patacas from a restaurant she worked for, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Sou Sio Keong said at a special press conference yesterday. The 32-year-old suspect surnamed Liang, a non-resident worker, told the police she had worked for the restaurant for over a year.According to Sou, the manager of the restaurant in the city centre reported to the police last Tuesday that the key of a security box in the restaurant

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9 new COVID-19 cases in HK spark warning of new wave

HONG KONG – The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) yesterday reported that nine local novel coronavirus infections have been registered in Hong Kong, with officials warning that a new wave of Covid-19 cases is underway in the special administrative region.This is in addition to five imported cases, including three people who travelled from the Philippines and two who arrived from Pakistan.Officials said at a press conference that the situation in Hong Kong had changed rapidly since last week

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Culture bureau invites public to join World Heritage listing anniversary-fest

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that it will host a festival entitled “Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Inscription of the Historic Centre of Macau on the World Heritage List” on Saturday and Sunday, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the “World Heritage Youth Education Base” consisting of the Mandarin’s House and Largo do Lilau.The Historic Centre of Macau was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 15, 2005, when it became the nation’s 31st World

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Education bureau urges local schools to stay vigilant against COVID-19 after HK school cases

The Education and Youth Affairs (DSEJ) yesterday urged local schools, private tutorial centres and continuing education institutions to remain “highly” vigilant against the COVID-19 threat and “not to let their guard down”, in the wake of a number of COVID-19 cases that have been newly confirmed in schools in Hong Kong.A DSEJ statement said that the schools and other education institutions should always pay close attention to the government’s latest COVID-19 information and strictly

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July 7 Incident anniversary emphasizes China’s peaceful development

Commentary      BEIJING – The Lugou Bridge Incident* of July 7, 1937 is recognized as the start of Japan’s full-scale invasion of China. It was a day that left traumatic memories in the minds of the Chinese people, but also generated a powerful spiritual force within them to overcome difficulties, and achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.Yesterday marked the 83rd anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident, also known as the July 7 incident. The Chinese

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