Macau food-fest pares booths to around 100

United Association of Food and Beverages Chairman Andrew Chan Chak Mo told reporters yesterday that due to the novel coronavirus pandemic the number of booths at this year’s Macau Food Festival will be reduced to around 100 to 110 from previous years’ 150 to 160.Chan made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting for the press and restaurant owners about the 20th Macau Food Festival at the Plaza Restaurant.Chan also said that this time more restaurateurs signed up for yesterday’s meeting,

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Literary-festival cut short by COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 9th Macau Literary Festival will be shorter than previous ones, the organisers announced yesterday. The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival will be held at the Old Navy Yard and Portuguese Bookshop on October 2-4. It is organised by private group The Script Road. The festival will mark the 100th anniversary of the first edition of Camilo Pessanha’s Clepsydra, a collection of poems written by the Portuguese author in Macau. The festival also marks

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt plans ‘world-class adventure park’ in Hac Sa

The government wants to set up a “world-class adventure park” on plots of land surrounding Hac Sa while caravan camping would be considered in a project which is currently being studied by a consultancy, Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Tavares said in a statement earlier this week.The statement was released on Monday by lawmaker Lam Lon Wai, as it was a response to a written interpellation he made in July, suggesting the government develop idle plots of land around Hac Sa

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Why Xi strongly advocates building community with shared future

CommentaryBEIJING – President Xi Jinping reaffirmed China’s commitments to multilateralism at a high-level meeting on Monday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN), pledging to promote a community with a shared future for mankind.Since Xi proposed “building a community with a shared future for mankind” almost seven years ago, he has been reiterating this flagship vision as China’s solution to collectively address global challenges.This vision embodies the ideas

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Xi expounds on UN’s role in post-COVID-19 era, opposing ‘boss of world’ attitude

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping on Monday shared his thoughts on the role of the United Nations (UN) in the post-COVID-19 era, opposing unilateralism, bullying or any country acting like “boss of the world.”Xi made the comments at a high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN.Stressing that the UN must stand firm for justice, Xi said no country has the right to dominate global affairs, control the destiny of others, or keep advantages in development all to

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Global challenges can only be addressed by reinvigorated multilateralism: UN declaration

NEW YORK – The world’s challenges are interconnected and can only be addressed through reinvigorated multilateralism, which is a necessity as we build back better* for a more equal, more resilient and more sustainable world, the United Nations (UN) said on Monday in a declaration to commemorate its 75th anniversary.The COVID-19 pandemic, the largest global challenge in the history of the UN, has not only caused death and serious illness, but also global economic recession, increased

September 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Cooperative coexistence of Macau’s 3 branches of govt – Editorial

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau to buy 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for whole population

Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus situation, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou said that the Macau government will purchase 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines covering the city’s whole population as each person will need two shots in order for the vaccine to be effective.According to official statistics, Macau had a population – comprising residents and

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of city’s daily life during COVID-19

People, not all of them wearing facemasks, work on an installation of a “candy shop” on the promenade at Nam Van Lake.Workers on the Nape waterfront start building a “green promenade” in the area. A person not wearing a facemask walks next to the lawn in Nam Van where several dozen rabbit-shaped lanterns and an orange sphere seen there last week have mysteriously disappeared.A police officer stops traffic as children and their parents wearing facemasks cross a zebra crossing in Mong

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Tutorial centre staff takes video of girl in school toilet: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that they arrested recently a 25-year-old tutorial centre staff member for secretly taking a video of a female pupil using the toilet at her school.According to the statement, the male suspect, surnamed Ho, is a local resident. The statement said that Ho had once been presented to the Judiciary Police for alleged child sexual abuse. The statement did not elaborate on the previous case.The statement said the Judiciary Police were informed

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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2 women lose 453,700 patacas & 58,000 yuan in 2 online scams

A jobless woman in her fifties reported to the police on Saturday that she had been cheated out of 453,700 patacas in an online scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Mark Sou Sio Keong said at a regular press conference yesterday.1st case involving a ‘US oil prospector’According to Sou, the victim told the police that she met an “US oil prospector” netizen on April 30 through social media and developed an online relationship. The scammer requested the victim communicate via WeChat and

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Man gets on bus without facemask, allegedly attacks driver: police

A local man caught on September 12 allegedly threatened and attacked a bus driver, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Pun, who is in his fifties, told the police that he is a security guard.According to Lai, a bus driver who works for public bus operator Transmac, called the police at about 7 p.m. on September 11, saying that he had been attacked by a passenger when he reached a bus stop in Avenida Norte do

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Visitor arrivals rise 206.9 pct in August

Macau’s visitor arrivals rose 206.9 percent month-to-month but fell 93.7 percent year-on-year to 227,113 in August, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. A DSEC statement attributed the triple-digit month-to-month growth to a strong increase in mainland visitors.  Last month’s same-day visitors and overnight visitors stood at 156,481 and 70,632 respectively. The proportion of same day visitors reached 68.9 percent, up by 15.7 percentage points year-on-year.

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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IC launches online bookshop to promote reading

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it has launched an online bookshop to facilitate the selecting and purchasing of its publications by readers from Macau and abroad via the Internet, aiming to promote reading among the public.The bureau said that since its establishment it has published nearly 1,000 publications in Chinese, Portuguese, English and other languages, out of which 260 publications published over the past eight years, will be available for online

September 22, 2020 | BY admin

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