Draft law shows lawmakers have clear idea of how to protect national security

China Daily editorial     It is enforcement that makes a law effective. Those who have drawn up the draft law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) seem to have borne that in mind, since apart from the conventional content of such a law, they have proposed establishing two bodies in Hong Kong directly related to enforcement of the proposed law.The draft, which the country’s top legislature has now completed its first review of,

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A lifeguard (centre) walks around the swimming pool in Central Park in Taipa, which reopened over the weekend. Photo: Monica Leong A man teases his bird in a cage in Camões Garden yesterday.Men gather to watch people play Chinese chess in Camões Garden. Photos taken yesterday by Camy Tam 

June 23, 2020 | BY admin

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World's COVID-19 cases top 9 million, no cases in Macau for 75 days

The world's number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease cases has gone beyond nine million, according to worldmeters.info. According to the real-time statistics reference website, the number of global COVID-19 cases stood at 9,064,745 at 5 p.m. (Macau time) today, when the number of deaths amounted to 470,981. The US and Brazil had the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths. In the US the number stood at 2.35 million cases with 122,248 deaths, while the number in Brazil

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt says tender for Cinematheque•Passion was fair

The tendering process for the operation of Cinematheque•Passion was fair and transparent, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Department Chief for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries Ho Hong Pan said on Friday.Ho made the comments during a press conference about the tendering evaluation process for the operation of the cinema, after some commentators and film buffs last week cast doubts on the company that won the bureau’s recent tender.The bureau opened a tender for the commercial

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Police nab 14 suspects involved in smuggling codeine cough syrup

Fourteen suspects belonging to two gangs were recently arrested for smuggling codeine cough syrup from Macau to the mainland, and the local and mainland police seized 741 bottles in the operation, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference on Friday.According to Ho, Gongbei Customs recently launched a cross-border joint operation with the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau and Macau Judiciary Police to bust a string of cases of smuggling codeine cough syrup to

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau non-resident workers living in Zhuhai exempted from quarantine from today: govt

The Macau government will exempt from today all Macau non-resident workers living in Zhuhai from the current 14-day quarantine imposed on non-resident workers from the mainland, according to an executive order signed by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng and published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Friday.According to Friday’s executive order, the non-resident workers must obtain an official confirmation from the Zhuhai authorities that they have their habitual residence there so that they can

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Wynn closes issuance of senior notes worth US$750 million

Gaming operator Wynn Macau announced on Friday the closing of the issuance of senior notes worth US$750 million. The company made the announcement on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. According to the announcement, the senior notes have an interest rate of 5.500 percent per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 each year. Interest started to accrue on Friday. The maturity date is January 15, 2026, unless earlier redeemed, while the first interest

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Civil servant cheated out of 1.04 million patacas in UK property deal: police

A local woman was arrested on Thursday for cheating a female civil servant out of about 1.04 million patacas to purchase two properties in the UK, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference on Friday.The 45-year-old suspect surnamed Lo told the police that she works as a catering manager.According to Ho, the 34-year-old victim met Lo in 2016 when they met in the UK and became friends. Lo returned to Macau in March 2018 and convinced the victim in

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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China-EU Summit to offer certainty in uncertain time

Commentary by Gao WenchengBEIJING – Amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, today’s 22nd China-EU leaders’ meeting is expected to boost much-needed confidence in the global fight against the novel coronavirus and offer more certainty in a time of unprecedented instability.This year marks the 45th anniversary of China-EU diplomatic relations, and with cooperation and consensus always greater than competition and differences, China and the EU have proven themselves to be long-term,

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Local artist showcases Thin Gold Chinese calligraphy

An exhibition entitled “The Great Way is not difficult” showcases Chinese calligraphy in thin gold style by local artist Healy Lei Hio I at the Youth Art Exhibition and Performance Hall.Lei told The Macau Post Daily in a phone interview last week that she graduated at Hou Kong Middle School and Sun Yat-sen University, SYSU. She has been deeply inspired by the secondary school’s emphasis in the Chinese cultural atmosphere and education, and started to develop her interest in Chinese

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Filipino found dead while on duty at satellite station

A 38-year old security guard from the Philippines was found dead by his colleague at a satellite station in Coloane’s Hác Sá area yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in statement last night.According to the statement, the deceased is surnamed Tolentino. He was carrying out his shift at the satellite station in Caminho do Quartel de Hác Sá.The statement said that a colleague went to the satellite station for his shift at 8 p.m. there and found Tolentino, who was sitting on a chair,

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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3 Filipino cleaners suffer heatstroke at hospital: govt

Three outsourced cleaners – all Filipinos – working at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre passed out outside the hospital after lunch on Saturday, possibly suffering heatstroke, the government has announced.According to a Fire Services Bureau (CB) statement on Saturday, the three non-resident workers, aged between 25 and 30, took a rest on the pavement outside the hospital’s laundry after lunch on Saturday, during which they suddenly passed out.According to the statement,

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Suncity says Deloitte retires as its auditor

Suncity Group Holdings Limited has announced that Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu will retire as its auditor. The investment company made the announcement on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday. According to the announcement, Deloitte will retire as the company’s auditor “upon expiration of its term of office at the forthcoming annual general meeting of the company and will not seek re-appointment after taking into account many factors including the professional risk

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

People try to see the solar eclipse through special apparatus set up outside the Macau Science Centre. It was also the Summer Solstice yesterday on the Chinese lunar calendar.Children have fun in the playground in Central Park in Taipa after the government reopened all its playgrounds to the public, after they had been closed for several months to curb the spread of COVID-19.Photos taken yesterday by Iong Tat Choi and Monica Leong 

June 22, 2020 | BY admin

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