Macau holds online exhibition to mark National Security Education Day

Macau yesterday unveiled an online exhibition to promote the awareness of national security among local residents and mark National Security Education Day.The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said the exhibition was organized by the local government with support from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).The bureau added that the photo exhibition, themed “National Security, Our Responsibilities,” illustrated the

April 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Safeguarding national security common responsibility of HK society

CommentaryHONG KONG – Yesterday marked the nation’s 5th National Security Education Day, with a series of events taking place in its Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to promote national security education.In the wake of the disturbance related to the now-withdrawn ordinance amendments concerning the transfer of fugitives in the HKSAR last year, it is of great significance to guide Hong Kong’s society to accurately understand and consciously safeguard national security, and

April 16, 2020 | BY admin

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IMF predicts Macau GDP to fall 29.6 pct this year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts Macau's gross domestic product (GDP) to drop 29.6 percent in real terms this year. According to the Washington-based fund's World Economic Outlook April 2020, Chapter I, dated April 6, Macau's GDP is, however, forecast to rebound strongly next year with a real growth of 32.0 percent year-on-year. Consumer price inflation is projected to amount to 2.0 percent this year and 2.3 percent next year. Unemployment is predicted to stand at 2.0

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Global COVID-19 cases top 2 million: report

The world's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases topped two million today, according to the worldometers.info website. At 4:15 p.m. (Macau time), the global number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases stood at 2,004,819 in 210 countries and territories. The death toll stood at 126,830, according to the website. Some 30.6 percent of the world's cases were recorded in the US, which accounted for 20.5 percent of the global death toll. Macau has 45 confirmed novel coronavirus cases,

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho stresses biosecurity in National Security Education Day message

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng underlines the importance of biosecurity in his National Security Education Day message.April 15 was declared National Security Education Day in 2015 by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of which Ho was a member until last year when he decided to run for Macau’s highest post. He has headed the government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) since last December.In the message released by the Macau Government Information

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Melco donates more facemasks to govt

Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a statement yesterday that it has donated 500,000 facemasks to the government as part of its new round of supporting the community fight the novel coronavirus epidemic.The gaming operator said in the statement that the facemasks would go to help vulnerable groups in the community, such as the elderly, single parent families, long-term patients, and medical support staff.Quoting the company’s chairman and CEO, Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, the statement said

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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2 more COVID-19 patients discharged

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, announced that two COVID-19 patients were discharged from the public hospital yesterday, taking the number of those no longer requiring hospitalisation to 15 among Macau’s total of 45 COVUD-19 cases.According to Lo, the two discharged patients comprise a 21-year-old local male student who returned

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Consumption subsidy smartcards collected by over 25,000 on 1st day – collection extended to July 17

The collection process for government-issued consumption subsidy smartcards kicked off yesterday, and by 6 p.m. over 25,000 residents had collected their cards. The process was carried out in a “good order”, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) and Economic Services Bureau (DSE) said in a joint statement yesterday.Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some registered residents would not be able to make their way back to Macau this month, the statement pointed out, because of which the

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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NGO worker buying PPE cheated out of 849,000 patacas: police

A local woman working for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) told the police on Friday that she had been cheated out of 750,000 yuan (849,000 patacas) when purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) to be donated to the mainland, Judiciary Police (PJ) Leng Kam Lon said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the victim, who is in her early 40s, told the police that her friend introduced her to a Hong Kong man on January 28 who could help her buy 10,000 pieces of PPE

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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MUST says students with temperature below 38°C can sit examination

The Joint Admission Examination (JAE) for Macau Four Higher Education Institutions will be held between tomorrow and Sunday, and around 4,000 candidates will take the admission examination on Saturday and Sunday in four higher education institutions, according to a statement provided by the Communications and Public Relations Office of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) yesterday.MUST representatives told reporters during a media tour yesterday that students with a

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Commitment to fair and equal treatment

China Daily EditorialThere has been a rising number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections among Guangzhou’s sizable African community and reports of some being unwilling to comply with epidemic control measures and assaults on local health workers have alarmed local residents.Some US media and politicians have seized on these as an opportunity to smear China by making sensational allegations about the Guangzhou authorities and local residents discriminating against Africans. Due to such

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Global reliance on China won’t decrease

Commentary by Zhang Jun*The global recession the novel coronavirus pandemic is certain to bring about will be far deeper and more protracted than the one that followed the 2008 global financial crisis. While many governments have pledged to bolster their economies with unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus – despite having already massive public debt–the best they can probably hope for is to stave off economic collapse. If they insist on turning inward–pointing fingers and erecting

April 15, 2020 | BY Zhang Jun

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Beware of those using racism as a political tool

Commentary As the novel coronavirus spread across the world, some people in other countries began using racist terms to describe the virus and the epidemic, with some even attacking people of Asian origin, especially Chinese origin. So people across the world should be vigilant against such discriminatory behavior, and governments should punish such offenders. Following are the views of two experts, first published in the People’s Daily and Guangming Daily, on racial

April 15, 2020 | BY admin

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Over 100 Africans in Guangzhou have COVID-19: report

A total of 111 Africans in Guangzhou had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of Monday, RTHK reported today, quoting Xinhua. Among them, 19 were imported cases, Xinhua quoted Chen Zhiying, executive vice mayor of Guangzhou, as saying.Guangzhou lies some 100 kilometres north of Macau.  A total of 4,553 Africans in Guangzhou had undergone nucleic acid testing since April 4, Chen said. The central government on Monday dismissed allegations by foreign

April 14, 2020 | BY admin

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