Ho praises PLA Garrison as ‘Great Steel Wall on the banks of Haojiang‘
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday praised the local garrison of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), sincerely thanking the PLA garrison for their efforts and contributions to the security, stability and development of Macau, describing the PLA garrison as a “Great Steel Wall on the banks of Haojiang”* upholding its “sacred mission of defending” the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). In his address during a celebratory event at the PLA garrison barracks in
December 4, 2024
‘Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024’ showcases Western mediums
A variety of artworks are currently on display at the Tap Seac Gallery for the recently launched “Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024 – Western Mediums Category”, which is presented until December 29.Those visiting the exhibition will find a total of 45 award-winning selected works created through various mediums and covering different themes, according to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).An open call was made for contemporary artworks in Western mediums,
December 4, 2024
Macau Int’l Short Film Festival 2024 kicks off
Receives over 5,000 submissions this yearInterviews by Rui Pastorin The free-admission Macau International Short Film Festival kicked off its 15th edition yesterday at Teatro Capitol on Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva (伯多祿局長街), screening a total of 121 films and music videos throughout its week-long run.Organised by CREATIVE MACAU – Centre for Creative Industries and the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM), this year’s festival saw more
December 4, 2024
Govt to launch tender for sports park next year: Rosário
Outgoing Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário says that the government’s project to build a sports park, i.e., a park featuring various sporting facilities, on the plot of land where the former greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) and its adjacent, currently in-use Lin Fong Sports Centre are located will be carried out in two phases, with the final construction plan for the project’s first phase now expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year at
December 4, 2024
Ho praises PLA Garrison as ‘Great Steel Wall on the banks of Haojiang‘
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday praised the local garrison of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), sincerely thanking the PLA garrison for their efforts and contributions to the security, stability and development of Macau, describing the PLA garrison as a “Great Steel Wall on the banks of Haojiang”* upholding its “sacred mission of defending” the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). In his address during a celebratory event at the PLA garrison barracks in
December 4, 2024
‘Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024’ showcases Western mediums
A variety of artworks are currently on display at the Tap Seac Gallery for the recently launched “Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024 – Western Mediums Category”, which is presented until December 29.Those visiting the exhibition will find a total of 45 award-winning selected works created through various mediums and covering different themes, according to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).An open call was made for contemporary artworks in Western mediums,
December 4, 2024
Macau Int’l Short Film Festival 2024 kicks off
Receives over 5,000 submissions this yearInterviews by Rui Pastorin The free-admission Macau International Short Film Festival kicked off its 15th edition yesterday at Teatro Capitol on Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva (伯多祿局長街), screening a total of 121 films and music videos throughout its week-long run.Organised by CREATIVE MACAU – Centre for Creative Industries and the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM), this year’s festival saw more
December 4, 2024
Govt to launch tender for sports park next year: Rosário
Outgoing Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário says that the government’s project to build a sports park, i.e., a park featuring various sporting facilities, on the plot of land where the former greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) and its adjacent, currently in-use Lin Fong Sports Centre are located will be carried out in two phases, with the final construction plan for the project’s first phase now expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year at
December 4, 2024
Lawmakers targeted by AI-generated extortion emails, Wong pledges probe
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak noted yesterday that multiple lawmakers have received extortion emails featuring AI-generated images of their faces superimposed on inappropriate pictures, while he acknowledged the challenges of investigating such cybercrimes.Wong made the remarks during a Legislative Assembly plenary oral interpellation session yesterday, with several lawmakers expressing their concern over cybersecurity and internet crime.Wong emphasised that cybersecurity is a crucial
December 4, 2024
2025 MGM Macao Int’l Regatta slated for January
The 2025 MGM Macao International Regatta is slated to take place from January 8 to 12, with the event set to introduce the “World Match Racing Tour – Macao Match Cup” as one of its three main events, according to a Sports Bureau (ID) statement yesterday.The statement said that the World Match Racing Tour – Macao Match Cup, which will have 12 teams competing, is “a special event recognised by World Sailing as a World Championship-level competition”. The statement added that the race
December 4, 2024
Govt proposes to protect 400 cultural heritage items
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is proposing to list 400 items of significant cultural value as statutorily protected movable properties, and a 30-day public consultation about the matter will start today.IC President Deland Leong Wai Man announced the list during a press briefing yesterday after a closed-door regular meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.The public consultation period is now running through January 2.The
December 4, 2024
Son attacks mother with cleaver
A 76-year-old woman was injured in a domestic incident in the early hours of yesterday in a residential unit on Rua do Mercado de Iao Hon (市場街), according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday.The statement said that the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report at 00:29 a.m. about the incident, in which a septuagenarian was attacked by her son at home in Bairro Económico Keep Best, a public housing estate.Upon arrival, officers found the woman with a cut on the top
December 4, 2024
Over decades, US promises of security ring hollow in African ears
Analysis NAIROBI – Rarely does a sitting president of the United States set foot on African soil. But it seems too late for Joe Biden to define an “all in on Africa’s future” legacy in his trip to Angola at the end of his presidency.Despite the release of US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa in August 2022, the continent of about 1.4 billion people has reaped few tangible “security dividends” as promised. Instead, it witnessed a shift of the “global
December 4, 2024
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Editorial: Sam’s team pledges solution-focused, people-centred approach
Chief Executive-designate Sam Hou Fai’s 10 member-team, which was introduced to the public during a two-hour press conference at Government Headquarters in Nam Van yesterday morning, promised one by one, much to my satisfaction, a solution-focused and people-orientated approach.This is in line with President Xi Jinping’s people-centred development philosophy which has benefited the nation for more than a decade. It is also in accordance with Sam’s election manifesto, which stressed
December 2, 2024
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Editorial: Sam’s team pledges solution-focused, people-centred approach
Chief Executive-designate Sam Hou Fai’s 10 member-team, which was introduced to the public during a two-hour press conference at Government Headquarters in Nam Van yesterday morning, promised one by one, much to my satisfaction, a solution-focused and people-orientated approach.This is in line with President Xi Jinping’s people-centred development philosophy which has benefited the nation for more than a decade. It is also in accordance with Sam’s election manifesto, which stressed
December 2, 2024
‘Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024’ showcases Western mediums
A variety of artworks are currently on display at the Tap Seac Gallery for the recently launched “Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024 – Western Mediums Category”, which is presented until December 29.Those visiting the exhibition will find a total of 45 award-winning selected works created through various mediums and covering different themes, according to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).An open call was made for contemporary artworks in Western mediums,
December 4, 2024
MASDAW enables one to experience walking a dog
Interview by Rui Pastorin The metal gate opens on a Sunday afternoon at the Macau Association For Stray Dogs and Animal Welfare’s (MASDAW) shelter on Estrada de Dona Maria II, which houses over 130 stray and abandoned dogs.Several excited barks are heard, and Shelby, a friendly dog used to people, is among them. She is brought out to greet the people registered to volunteer to take her and other dogs out on a walk as part of the association’s free dog walking
December 3, 2024
Ho praises PLA Garrison as ‘Great Steel Wall on the banks of Haojiang‘
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday praised the local garrison of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), sincerely thanking the PLA garrison for their efforts and contributions to the security, stability and development of Macau, describing the PLA garrison as a “Great Steel Wall on the banks of Haojiang”* upholding its “sacred mission of defending” the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). In his address during a celebratory event at the PLA garrison barracks in
December 4, 2024
‘Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024’ showcases Western mediums
A variety of artworks are currently on display at the Tap Seac Gallery for the recently launched “Annual Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2024 – Western Mediums Category”, which is presented until December 29.Those visiting the exhibition will find a total of 45 award-winning selected works created through various mediums and covering different themes, according to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).An open call was made for contemporary artworks in Western mediums,
December 4, 2024
Macau Int’l Short Film Festival 2024 kicks off
Receives over 5,000 submissions this yearInterviews by Rui Pastorin The free-admission Macau International Short Film Festival kicked off its 15th edition yesterday at Teatro Capitol on Rua de Pedro Nolasco da Silva (伯多祿局長街), screening a total of 121 films and music videos throughout its week-long run.Organised by CREATIVE MACAU – Centre for Creative Industries and the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM), this year’s festival saw more
December 4, 2024
Lawmakers targeted by AI-generated extortion emails, Wong pledges probe
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak noted yesterday that multiple lawmakers have received extortion emails featuring AI-generated images of their faces superimposed on inappropriate pictures, while he acknowledged the challenges of investigating such cybercrimes.Wong made the remarks during a Legislative Assembly plenary oral interpellation session yesterday, with several lawmakers expressing their concern over cybersecurity and internet crime.Wong emphasised that cybersecurity is a crucial
December 4, 2024
2025 MGM Macao Int’l Regatta slated for January
The 2025 MGM Macao International Regatta is slated to take place from January 8 to 12, with the event set to introduce the “World Match Racing Tour – Macao Match Cup” as one of its three main events, according to a Sports Bureau (ID) statement yesterday.The statement said that the World Match Racing Tour – Macao Match Cup, which will have 12 teams competing, is “a special event recognised by World Sailing as a World Championship-level competition”. The statement added that the race
December 4, 2024
Govt to launch tender for sports park next year: Rosário
Outgoing Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário says that the government’s project to build a sports park, i.e., a park featuring various sporting facilities, on the plot of land where the former greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) and its adjacent, currently in-use Lin Fong Sports Centre are located will be carried out in two phases, with the final construction plan for the project’s first phase now expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year at
December 4, 2024
Govt proposes to protect 400 cultural heritage items
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is proposing to list 400 items of significant cultural value as statutorily protected movable properties, and a 30-day public consultation about the matter will start today.IC President Deland Leong Wai Man announced the list during a press briefing yesterday after a closed-door regular meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape.The public consultation period is now running through January 2.The
December 4, 2024
Son attacks mother with cleaver
A 76-year-old woman was injured in a domestic incident in the early hours of yesterday in a residential unit on Rua do Mercado de Iao Hon (市場街), according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday.The statement said that the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report at 00:29 a.m. about the incident, in which a septuagenarian was attacked by her son at home in Bairro Económico Keep Best, a public housing estate.Upon arrival, officers found the woman with a cut on the top
December 4, 2024