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21 May 2021
State-owned China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co. Ltd (CJIC) says it has turned over to the Mozambican government the Corumana Dam, built by CJIC in southern Mozambique. Construction began in 2018, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi attended the ceremonial completion in October, and the dam was turned over to his government last week, CJIC … Continue reading "CJIC turns over dam intended to improve Maputo water supply"
21 May 2021
Crime enforcement statistics from the security authorities for the first three months of 2021 show Macao remains a secure and safe city. According to the police-enforcement statistics published today, the tally of all suspected crime cases reported in Macao in the first quarter of 2021 saw a 20.8-percent increase year-on-year, to 2,914 instances. While that … Continue reading "Crime enforcement statistics show Macao remains a safe city"
21 May 2021
Celebration of the Santo António Festival, which commemorates a 13th-century Portuguese Christian saint, will be revived in Macao this year after a long hiatus, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Consul-General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong Paulo Cunha Alves as saying so on Monday. The festival will be celebrated on June 12 … Continue reading "Festival commemorating Portuguese saint to return to Macao"
20 May 2021
The “Macao Week in Jiangsu” roadshow was held splendidly along the Pedestrian Street at Confucius Temple in Nanjing for four days in a row from 14 – 17 May, in tandem with the offline and online promotions to raise Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and quality destination and attract Mainland visitors to Macao. The … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Jiangsu” abounds with spectators Radiating Macao’s “tourism +” glamour for four days"
20 May 2021
Governor Hui Jianlin of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu believes Macao, by functioning as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can do business, can help Jiangsu enterprises penetrate lusophone markets, the Macao SAR Government says. Mr Hui said so when he met Macao Secretary for the Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong … Continue reading "Jiangsu wants Macao help to penetrate lusophone markets"
20 May 2021
China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products Deputy Director Liu Yan thinks the abundance of medicinal plants in Brazil will drive Sino-Brazilian trade in goods for pharmaceutical use, the chamber says. The chamber issued a written statement quoting Ms Liu as saying so last week in the first session … Continue reading "Potential for Sino-Brazilian trade in medicinal plants seen"
20 May 2021
The newly formed Science Promotion Association in Macao intends to support projects by researchers in the city, in mainland China and in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, Plataforma Macau reports. The publication says the association will use its website to form a network of representatives of all the universities in Macao, and of universities elsewhere … Continue reading "Macao Science Promotion Association to back joint research"
20 May 2021
The 2020 Annual Report of the Commission Against Corruption of Macao was published in the Official Gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region today (20 May). In 2020, under the pandemic, the CCAC still carried out the actions in the areas of anti-corruption, ombudsman and promotion and education in a pragmatic and orderly way in accordance with … Continue reading "2020 Annual Report of the CCAC of Macao published in Official Gazette"
18 May 2021
A demonstration of how to prepare Macanese and Portuguese food, a feature of Macao Week in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, was shown live online, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says. The MGTO issued a written statement saying the demonstration was given last Saturday at the Jinling Hotel in the provincial capital, Nanjing, … Continue reading "Chef demonstrates Macanese, Portuguese cooking in Nanjing"
18 May 2021
Shanwei Cathay Food Industries Ltd has exported to Portugal 36 tonnes of frozen tilapia, the first frozen fish to be exported there from the southern Chinese city of Shanwei, the Shanwei Daily reports. The shipment passed Chinese customs, the newspaper says in a report it carried last week. The report says Shanwei Cathay Food exports … Continue reading "Shanwei Cathay Food begins exporting frozen fish to Portugal"
18 May 2021
Dance instructor Carolina Liu Chang, formerly of the Macao University of Science and Technology, is teaching today at the University of Minho in northern Portugal the second of four lessons she is giving in Chinese traditional dancing, the branch of the Confucius Institute there says. The branch issued a written statement saying the last two … Continue reading "University of Minho teaches Chinese traditional dancing"
18 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,987 building units and parking spaces were purchased and sold in the first quarter of 2021 as per Stamp Duty record, and the total value of transactions was MOP10.52 billion, down by 16.1% and 22.4% respectively quarter-to-quarter. Purchase and sale of residential … Continue reading "Macao private sector construction and real estate transactions for the 1st quarter of 2021"
17 May 2021
Samples of pork from Portugal and Spain are being displayed in four supermarkets in Beijing until the middle of next month as part of a campaign to promote sales in mainland China, the China Daily reports. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the pork went on display last week under the campaign slogan, “European pork, excellence … Continue reading "Beijing supermarkets promoting sales of pork from Portugal"
17 May 2021
The Brazilian Bar Association and the University of Coimbra Sino-Lusophone Academy in Portugal have held a one-day international conference on sustainable development and greater use of electronic technology, the association says. The association issued a written statement quoting its International Relations National Commission president, Claudio Lamachia, as telling the conference, held on Wednesday, that the … Continue reading "Lawyers in Brazil, academics in Portugal mull digital transition"
17 May 2021
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group NV says its yard in the central Chinese city of Yichang has launched a roll-on, roll-off ferry, the Berlin-Ramelau, for service in Timor-Leste. Port Authority of Timor-Leste President Flávio Cardoso Neves said the ship had been built almost without any hitches caused by to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a … Continue reading "Damen Shipyards Yichang yard launches ferry for Timor-Leste"
17 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 54 institutions offering vocational training courses in 2020. A total of 1,343 courses were organised, which decreased by 30.6% owing to the suspension of courses by some training institutions amid the pandemic. Total number of participants dropped by 25.3% to 61,292. Analysed by … Continue reading "Survey on Macao vocational training 2020"
14 May 2021
State-owned China Jiangxi Corporation for Economic & Technical Cooperation Co. Ltd (CJIC) has started construction of a mixed-use development in Mutanhane, just north of Maputo, Jornal Visão reports. The Mozambican newspaper says CJIC will spend US$250 million on building 500 homes on a 50 hectare site. The newspaper quotes an executive of CJIC, Li Changchun, … Continue reading "Jiangxi developer building homes in southern Mozambique"
14 May 2021
The Chinese-financed construction in São Tomé and Príncipe of five blocks of public housing, together containing 60 homes, has been completed, the Chinese Embassy in São Tomé says. Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Xu Yingzhen and São Toméan Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus together inspected the buildings on Tuesday, according to a written … Continue reading "Chinese-funded public housing on São Tomé Island completed"
14 May 2021
The exhibition hall in the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex in Macao may be ready for use later this year, according to an official announcement. The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau announced in writing that the hall will have 3,100 square metres of floor space. The bureau says the hall will … Continue reading "Fresh exhibition space may be available in Macao in 2021"
13 May 2021
China has offered about 3,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 to Angolan delegates to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games this year, Jornal de Angola reports. The offer was made when Chinese Ambassador to Angola Gong Tao met Angolan Olympic Committee chief Gustavo da Conceição and Angolan Paralympic Committee chief Leonel da … Continue reading "Angolan Olympic, Paralympic teams offered Chinese vaccines"
