By making full use of the advantages of connecting and integrating the East and the West, “Macao will strive to craft a platform for high-level international scientific and technological exchanges and co-operation, one that is in high-level convergence of international modern service industries, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said on Tuesday.
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The first conference of the International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ISTIF) of the Boao Forum of Asia (BFA) attracted a lot of overseas sci-tech experts because a lot of “frontier issues” in the global technology field would be discussed.
Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council Vice Director Zhang Xiaoming urged Macau to strengthen its role in the nation’s development strategy in science and technology innovation.
Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) President Jorge Neto Valente told reporters on Tuesday that he “regrets” the Judicial Council’s statement on Monday about him, claiming that the general public were not “stupid” and “people [could] see” that what Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai said last month was “not allowed by law”.
A female university student from the mainland was cheated out of 180,000 yuan (MOP 217,000) in a phone scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference on Monday.
Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said today the government would further strengthen “top-down design” regarding innovation in the field of science and technology (sci-tech).
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter to the opening of the first conference of the International Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (ISTIF) of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).
Certain foreigners – non-resident workers, spouses or offspring of a Macao resident, or those who’ve been admitted to local tertiary institutions – can now apply for exemptions from Macao’s months-long ban on foreign nationals entering Macao, provided they enter the city from mainland China.
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) will relax the arrangements for family members to visit their loved in the city’s elderly care homes from tomorrow, after consulting opinions from the Health Bureau (SSM).