4th Macau-Taipa bridge project gets off the ground

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) has announced that the contractors of the fourth Macau-Taipa bridge project held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday.The bridge, which will be built east of Friendship Bridge, will connect the land reclamation area known as Zone A and the Zone E1 reclamation area.The office told the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM on Wednesday that the contractors completed the project’s preparatory work after the government granted them

August 28, 2020 | BY admin

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CTM’s first store reopens after renovation

CTM’s original store located in Rua Pedro Coutinho has reopened with brand new features, bringing greater convenience and considerate retail services to residents in the neighbourhood.In celebration of the reopening of the “CTM Original Store”, a series of exclusive privilege offers and product discounts have been introduced to appreciate the long-standing support of customers.The renovated store, covering an area of nearly 7,300 square feet, now features a VIP Zone for “No.1 Club”,

August 28, 2020 | BY admin

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MGM marks largest group of graduates ever from high school diploma programme

A total of 25 MGM staff members this year graduated from a high school diploma programme that was tailor-made by the company with Escola Secundária Luso-Chinesa de Luís Gonzaga Gomes under the Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ).The programme, launched in 2016, was to encourage the company’s local staff members who did not have the opportunity to complete high school education to return to school.This year, a total of 25 staff members graduated from the programme, making it the

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Melco offers 14-day fast track payment initiative to support local SMEs

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has launched a new fast track payment initiative “Express Payment Scheme” where all eligible local SME vendors will be paid within 14 days of receipt of deliverables.The initiative is part of the company’s commitment to support SMEs for the sustainable and diversified development of Macau.The scheme aims to ease local SMEs’ cash flow pressures, and to work closely with local SMEs to overcome challenges and difficulties of these unprecedented times.Melco

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GEG staff volunteers join Special Olympics’ sports day

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) volunteer team recently joined the 2020 Macau Sports Day for the Disabled organised by the Macau Special Olympics (MSO) and hosted by the Sports Bureau.The event included games and activities that promote sports, encourage engagement with people with disabilities, and foster mutual help and harmony.The GEG volunteer team also took part in a number of inclusive activities, such as boules and basketball games organised by MSO, where MSO representatives took on the

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A woman wearing a facemask stands in front of a row of shops up for rent. Many of the shops still open early this year housed travel agencies that were forced out of business by the adverse impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the local tourism sector. A man wearing a facemaks looks at the now defunct Yat Yuen Canidrome in Fai Chi Kei as he rides past it on his scooter. Creepers have now invaded the now deserted kennels.People wearing facemasks wait for a bus at the S. Francisco Garden

August 28, 2020 | BY admin

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Scapegoating China won’t cure America’s malaise

    Commentary by Xinhua writer Wu Xia            BEIJING – One of the most bizarre characteristics of America’s 2020 presidential election is that political attacks on China have gone well beyond common sense.The vicious rhetoric against Beijing has hit one fresh low after another this week at the ongoing Republican National Convention. At the gathering, China hawks in Washington trumpeted the White House’s hard-line approach toward Beijing,

August 28, 2020 | BY admin

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Typhoon Higos damages 1,000 trees: IAM

Typhoon Higos, which resulted in the hoisting of Macau's highest storm warning signal No. 10 on August 19, damaged about 1,000 trees, public broadcaster Radio Macau reported today, citing  Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) officials. According to the unnamed officials, 131 old trees were damaged by Higos, two of which were downed by the typhoon. The officials were also quoted as saying that the post-Higos clean-up operation has so far resulted in the collection of 300 tonnes of

August 27, 2020 | BY admin

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New tracking system for imported frozen food to start next week: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that in order to track down problematic imported frozen food products more easily, it has launched a new tracking system which will be implemented next week.Starting next Tuesday, every approved frozen food product must be recorded on the new tracking system, according to the statement. Importers of frozen food products must record who bought their products and how many they sold, the statement said.According to the statement, the

August 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Eatery owner films upskirt video of university student: police

The owner of a snack eatery was arrested for filming an upskirt video of a female customer in his eatery on Tuesday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said in a regular press conference yesterday. The 34-year-old local male suspect surnamed Lao told the police that he is married.According to Wong, when PSP officers were on patrol at the junction of Estrada da Areia Preta and Travessa das Hortas at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, two female university students, both in their early

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Lorry gutted in blaze on Friendship Bridge, no-one injured

A lorry travelling on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge was gutted by fire last night, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.According to the bureau, the fire erupted on the lorry’s cargo bed shortly before 8 p.m. when it was en route from the peninsula to Taipa. The lorry did not have any passengers.Firefighters rushed to the scene where they extinguished the blaze in five minutes. No one was injured.The lorry driver, a local man, told the police that he immediately left the cab after

August 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau Archives shows pirates in local waters

The Archives of Macau (AM), which is run by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), is holding an exhibition entitled “Pirates in the Waters of Macau” to showcase the “phenomenon of piracy in the surrounding waters of Macau” and how it impacted the city.According to AM website, the aim of the event is to encourage the public and researchers to study and investigate the subject matter and to give an account of the phenomenon of piracy from different angles, such as political, economic, social

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Ex-Passion operator to hold film day on Sunday

The former operator of the government-owned Cinematheque•Passion, CUT, said in a statement yesterday that it will hold a film day on Sunday with live music, an exhibition and screenings of two short films – “This is not the end” and “À bout de cinémathèque” (“At the end of cinémathèque”).CUT, headed by local filmmaker Albert Chu Iao Ian, lost its bid to continue running the cinema near the Ruins of Saint Paul’s after its three-year contract with the Cultural Affairs

August 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Couple nabbed for sham marriages

A man and a woman were arrested on August 16 when they entered the Barrier Gate checkpoint from the mainland for their alleged involvement in two bogus marriage cases, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference yesterday. The two mainland suspects comprise a 47-year-old male surnamed Lu who told the police that he is a businessman. The other suspect is a 43-year-old female surnamed Huang who told the police that she works as a clerk. They married in

August 27, 2020 | BY admin

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