Trilingual book encourages readers to be ‘little explorers’
Interview by Rui Pastorin The “Little Explorers - A Place of Discoveries” has recently been published, offering youngsters a fun and light way of learning about Macau.The children’s book, the official launch of which is set to take place tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. during an exhibition of illustrated books in Chinese and Portuguese at the Nostalgic House of the Taipa Houses complex, is a joint publication between the International Institute of Macau (IIM) and
October 25, 2024
Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin opens
With the opening of Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin yesterday, local residents are now able to access nearly 70 public services round the clock through remote service counters, intelligent document cabinets and self-service kiosks.The Macau government’s 24-hour self-service centre in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin officially opened yesterday, and Identification Services Bureau (DSI) Director Chao Wai Ieng said in a speech during yesterday’s
October 25, 2024
Address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at 16th BRICS Summit
Address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at 16th BRICS Summit KAZAN, Russia, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday delivered an important speech at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. The following is the full text of the speech: Embracing a Broader View and Cutting Through the Fog of Challenges to Advance High-Quality Development of Greater BRICS Cooperation Statement by H.E. Xi
October 24, 2024
Ip says ‘banking sector is healthy’ despite rising NPLs
Interview by Yuki Lei The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks to their total loans rose to 5.1 percent in August, a month-on-month increase of 0.47 percentage point, responding to which Macau Association of Banks (ABM) Chairman Ip Sio Kai said: “The uneven recovery of the local economy, coupled with the high US interest rates, has led to an increase in the operating costs for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the local
October 24, 2024
Trilingual book encourages readers to be ‘little explorers’
Interview by Rui Pastorin The “Little Explorers - A Place of Discoveries” has recently been published, offering youngsters a fun and light way of learning about Macau.The children’s book, the official launch of which is set to take place tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. during an exhibition of illustrated books in Chinese and Portuguese at the Nostalgic House of the Taipa Houses complex, is a joint publication between the International Institute of Macau (IIM) and
October 25, 2024
Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin opens
With the opening of Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin yesterday, local residents are now able to access nearly 70 public services round the clock through remote service counters, intelligent document cabinets and self-service kiosks.The Macau government’s 24-hour self-service centre in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin officially opened yesterday, and Identification Services Bureau (DSI) Director Chao Wai Ieng said in a speech during yesterday’s
October 25, 2024
Address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at 16th BRICS Summit
Address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at 16th BRICS Summit KAZAN, Russia, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday delivered an important speech at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. The following is the full text of the speech: Embracing a Broader View and Cutting Through the Fog of Challenges to Advance High-Quality Development of Greater BRICS Cooperation Statement by H.E. Xi
October 24, 2024
Ip says ‘banking sector is healthy’ despite rising NPLs
Interview by Yuki Lei The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks to their total loans rose to 5.1 percent in August, a month-on-month increase of 0.47 percentage point, responding to which Macau Association of Banks (ABM) Chairman Ip Sio Kai said: “The uneven recovery of the local economy, coupled with the high US interest rates, has led to an increase in the operating costs for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the local
October 24, 2024
Macau confirms first local dengue case since 2018
Macau has recorded this year’s first locally transmitted case of dengue fever, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.The local case recorded on Wednesday was announced by the bureau in a statement that night.This came after the bureau had recorded 15 imported cases of dengue fever this year as of Wednesday.It is the first time that Macau has confirmed a local case of dengue fever since 2018.According to the statement, the patient is a 56-year-old local man who lives in Cheng Chun Building
October 25, 2024
Macau’s first reclaimed-water plant project gets off ground
Construction of Macau’s first treatment plant for wastewater reuse, located in Coloane, got off the ground on Wednesday, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) announced in a statement that day.According to Wikipedia, water reclamation, aka wastewater reuse or water recycling, is the process of converting municipal wastewater (sewage) into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes, such as the flushing of toilets, watering plants, road cleaning, car washing, and firefighting. Such water
October 25, 2024
Woman crashes into motorcycle & leaves scene
A local female car driver was arrested after knocking down a parked motorcycle and leaving the scene of the accident last month, and the owner of the motorcycle claimed a repair cost of 4,000 patacas, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers received a report from a motorcycle owner who said that his motorcycle, which had been parked on Estrada Governador Nobre de Carvalho in Taipa, lay on the ground
October 25, 2024
Family & Community Service Centre in MNN opens new chapter: Civil leaders
Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai said yesterday that the recent opening of the Family and Community Service Centre in Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate in Zhuhai’s Hengqin has opened a new chapter in Macau’s social services integration into the overall development of the country, according to an IAS statement yesterday.Hon made the remarks during a closed-door plenary session of the government-appointed Women and Children Affairs Committee at the Macau
October 25, 2024
Central govt to issue bonds in Macau for 4th time
The central government will issue sovereign bonds worth five billion yuan in Macau on Wednesday next week, the Ministry of Finance in Beijing and the local government has announced.The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) issued a two-part statement on the matter on Wednesday.Next week’s scheduled issuance will be the fourth issuance of sovereign bonds by the central government in Macau, after the first, second and third ones in July 2019, September 2022 and September last year.The
October 25, 2024
Editorial: Sam Hou Fai – our ‘down-to-earth’ CE-elect
I must admit that when I first heard a rumour in late August about Macau’s top judge, Sam Hou Fai, going to run for the special administrative region’s top executive post and the current chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, would not be seeking a second term, I was flabbergasted. Well, a study released by the US-based science advancement online journal PlosOne in 2016* found that rumours that are ultimately proven true tend to be resolved faster than those that turn out to be false.In this
October 21, 2024
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Editorial: Sam Hou Fai – our ‘down-to-earth’ CE-elect
I must admit that when I first heard a rumour in late August about Macau’s top judge, Sam Hou Fai, going to run for the special administrative region’s top executive post and the current chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, would not be seeking a second term, I was flabbergasted. Well, a study released by the US-based science advancement online journal PlosOne in 2016* found that rumours that are ultimately proven true tend to be resolved faster than those that turn out to be false.In this
October 21, 2024
Trilingual book encourages readers to be ‘little explorers’
Interview by Rui Pastorin The “Little Explorers - A Place of Discoveries” has recently been published, offering youngsters a fun and light way of learning about Macau.The children’s book, the official launch of which is set to take place tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. during an exhibition of illustrated books in Chinese and Portuguese at the Nostalgic House of the Taipa Houses complex, is a joint publication between the International Institute of Macau (IIM) and
October 25, 2024
A story about life: a review and recommendation
“The universe is large, he thought. It contains multitudes. It also contains me, and in this moment I am wonderful. I have the right to be wonderful.”– Stephen King, “The Life of Chuck” Imagine that the world is ending. Civil society has begun to collapse, extreme weather disasters are affecting every state, region and country, while food shortages are rampant. There are frequent power shortages, until one day, there just isn’t any while the internet goes dark. And at the
September 23, 2024
Macau confirms first local dengue case since 2018
Macau has recorded this year’s first locally transmitted case of dengue fever, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.The local case recorded on Wednesday was announced by the bureau in a statement that night.This came after the bureau had recorded 15 imported cases of dengue fever this year as of Wednesday.It is the first time that Macau has confirmed a local case of dengue fever since 2018.According to the statement, the patient is a 56-year-old local man who lives in Cheng Chun Building
October 25, 2024
Macau’s first reclaimed-water plant project gets off ground
Construction of Macau’s first treatment plant for wastewater reuse, located in Coloane, got off the ground on Wednesday, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) announced in a statement that day.According to Wikipedia, water reclamation, aka wastewater reuse or water recycling, is the process of converting municipal wastewater (sewage) into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes, such as the flushing of toilets, watering plants, road cleaning, car washing, and firefighting. Such water
October 25, 2024
Woman crashes into motorcycle & leaves scene
A local female car driver was arrested after knocking down a parked motorcycle and leaving the scene of the accident last month, and the owner of the motorcycle claimed a repair cost of 4,000 patacas, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers received a report from a motorcycle owner who said that his motorcycle, which had been parked on Estrada Governador Nobre de Carvalho in Taipa, lay on the ground
October 25, 2024
Family & Community Service Centre in MNN opens new chapter: Civil leaders
Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai said yesterday that the recent opening of the Family and Community Service Centre in Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate in Zhuhai’s Hengqin has opened a new chapter in Macau’s social services integration into the overall development of the country, according to an IAS statement yesterday.Hon made the remarks during a closed-door plenary session of the government-appointed Women and Children Affairs Committee at the Macau
October 25, 2024
Central govt to issue bonds in Macau for 4th time
The central government will issue sovereign bonds worth five billion yuan in Macau on Wednesday next week, the Ministry of Finance in Beijing and the local government has announced.The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) issued a two-part statement on the matter on Wednesday.Next week’s scheduled issuance will be the fourth issuance of sovereign bonds by the central government in Macau, after the first, second and third ones in July 2019, September 2022 and September last year.The
October 25, 2024
Trilingual book encourages readers to be ‘little explorers’
Interview by Rui Pastorin The “Little Explorers - A Place of Discoveries” has recently been published, offering youngsters a fun and light way of learning about Macau.The children’s book, the official launch of which is set to take place tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. during an exhibition of illustrated books in Chinese and Portuguese at the Nostalgic House of the Taipa Houses complex, is a joint publication between the International Institute of Macau (IIM) and
October 25, 2024
Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin opens
With the opening of Macau’s first 24/7 self-service centre in Hengqin yesterday, local residents are now able to access nearly 70 public services round the clock through remote service counters, intelligent document cabinets and self-service kiosks.The Macau government’s 24-hour self-service centre in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin officially opened yesterday, and Identification Services Bureau (DSI) Director Chao Wai Ieng said in a speech during yesterday’s
October 25, 2024
Police bust 2 drug gangs involving 6 Filipinos, seizing drugs worth 440,000 patacas
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested earlier this week seven men – comprising six Philippine nationals and a Hong Kong Chinese – in two separate drug busts, involving a total of 131.13 grams of crystal methamphetamine (aka ice) and 8.4 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of about 440,000 patacas.During a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon identified the suspects in the first case as three Filipinos, aged between 36 and 54,
October 25, 2024