COVID-19 cases in US top 3 million, cases in Macau stay at 46

The United States' number of confirmed COVID-19 cases went beyond 3 million today, with over 130,000 deaths, worldometers.info reported. According to the real-time statistics reference website, the number of officially diagnosed novel coronavirus disease cases in the US stood at 3,041,035 at 3:40 p.m. (Macau time) today, when the country's number of fatalities caused by the contagious disease amounted to 132,981. The US accounted for 25.8 percent of the world's 11.7 million

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Pregnant Filipina from Macau tests positive for COVID-19 in Philippines

But local officials say probability of local infection ‘extremely low’Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou confirmed that a Filipina who flew from Macau to Manila on June 18 tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease in the Philippines, adding the bureau believed that the woman was infected with

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UM reports breakthrough in nanomedicines’ biofate in vivo

A research team led by Prof Zheng Ying at the University of Macau’s Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS) has discovered the prolonged circulation and elimination mechanism of crosslinked polymeric micelles in a zebrafish model, providing scientific support and guidance for the rational design and optimisation of injected nanomedicines, the public university said in a statement yesterday.“Their finding can help researchers improve the efficacy of nanomedicines and reduce toxic and

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Group cites COVID-19 for stopping payments for Sin Fong reconstruction

The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society said in a statement last night that it has decided to stop paying for the Sin Fong Garden reconstruction project due to the adverse impact of Macau’s economic slowdown on the civic group in recent years and the COVID-19 epidemic.The statement also said that during a meeting last month, representatives of the society proposed two solutions to the flat owners’ representatives so that the reconstruction project could continue without its initially promised

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

People enjoy an outdoor music performance in the sitting-out area in front of A-Ma Temple in Barra.A lifeguard watches as bathers enjoy Coloane’s Hac Sa (“Black Sand”) Beach. Photos taken earlier this week by Camy Tam and Monica Leong

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Gambling-addicted mother steals daughter’s luxury watch: police

A local woman was arrested on Friday for stealing her daughter’s luxury watch to raise cash for her gambling habit, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Sou Sio Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Sou, a local woman reported to the police on Wednesday that she could not find her watch worth more than 100,000 patacas at home last Tuesday and suspected that her gambling-addicted mother stole it. She called her mother who claimed that she stole her watch to pay debts

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Artist shows his monochrome creations

A painting exhibition entitled “Mono Chrome” by Portuguese artist-cum-poet António Duarte Mil-Homens is being held at Casa Garden.The event is organised by the artist and co-supported by the Portuguese Consulate General, Casa de Portugal em Macau, Orient Foundation (FO), Portuguese Orient Institute (IPOR), AICEP Portugal Global, and the Macau Foundation (FM).Macau resident Mil-Homens was born in Lisbon in 1949.According to the exhibition leaflet, he is essentially a self-taught artist and

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

Passers-by wearing facemasks watch the news in a commercial centre in Nam Van.People wearing facemasks sit in a sitting-out area in the city centre.Photos taken yesterday by Monica Leong

July 6, 2020 | BY admin

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Nation sticks to reform, opening-up amid epidemic

CommentaryBEIJING – At a time of global uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic recession, China is taking firm and steady steps to promote reform and opening-up.A high-level meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on deepening overall reform on Tuesday reviewed and approved a series of reform plans and guidelines on state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the integrated development of new generation information technology and the manufacturing industry, the rural homestead

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Group, philanthropist stop payments for Sin Fong reconstruction: flat owners

The condominium owners’ management committee of the Sin Fong Garden high-rise, the reconstruction of which got off the ground in October 2018, convened a special meeting for the flat owners yesterday, saying that the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society which had promised to donate 100 million patacas for the reconstruction project told the committee last month that it would stop paying for the project.The management committee also said it been told that businessman-cum-philanthropist Vu Shun Him

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Local artist shows straw art creations at Café Voyage

An exhibition of straw art and mixed media by local artist Bezalel Ho Veng Kin entitled “Gracefull”, organised by the Ark-Association of Macau Art (AAMA) and sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), is being held at Café Voyage. The event is AAMA’s annual art programme called “Art Power Jamming”, themed “Hidden Corner”, according to information provided by the association.According to the information, this is the second exhibition of AAMA’s 2020 art programme this year.

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Culture bureau to hold more ‘Heritage City Tours’ to mark 15th anniversary

Culture bureau to hold more ‘Heritage City Tours’ to mark 15th anniversary of ‘Historic Centre of Macau’ listing With the aim of celebrating the 15th anniversary of the inscription of the “Historic Centre of Macau” on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will hold a series of exploration activities at the city’s World Heritage sites, according to a statement by the bureau on Friday.The registrations for the most sought-after activities “World

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UM, NKOIL ink deal on collaboration in smart city development

The public University of Macau (UM) and state-owned Nam Kwong Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd. (NKOIL) have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement, according to a UM statement on Friday.Through the agreement, both parties hope to promote the commercialisation of research results, cultivate talent, and jointly create a smart city in Macau, said the statement released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Both parties will give full play to their respective

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Macau airport passengers drop 99.7 pct in June

The Macau International Airport’s number of passengers fell 99.76 percent year-on-year to 1,836 in June, the facility’s operator CAM has announced.In June last year, the airport recorded 780,595 passengers.According to a CAM statement last week, passenger movement in the first half of the year dropped 80.0 percent to 936,968. In the first half of last year, the number stood at 4.72 million.Macau’s tourism, gaming, retail and other sectors have been severely affected by the economic impact

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