On the third floor of The Parisian Macao in Cotai, a shop venue houses works of local artist Kit Lei Ka Ieng for her latest exhibition, where visitors can find several moving images featuring traditional cultural elements created through new media technology.Entitled “Ascendance - Kit Lei Ka Ieng’s New Media Art World”, the near month-long exhibition kicked off on Friday and comprises 13 digital animations and interactive installations. It is the second part of Art For All Society’s
An open tender for the government’s “Land for Education” project on lot B1 in the Zone A land reclamation area is now underway, and the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) said yesterday that the future “School Village” there was expected to provide 13,000 non-tertiary education places, including integrated and special education classes. The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) published last Wednesday a tender notice for the foundation and basement works of one of the four Land
The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) drafted in 2019 an urban condition plan for six lots near Estrada de Sete Tanques (七潭公路) in Taipa, for one of which it received last year a hotel development proposal – and according to the bureau’s latest urban condition draft plan, it now estimates that a number of villas will be developed on two of the six lots.The six plots, namely M2A, M2B, C, M3, A4 and D, which had been zoned for new phases of the Lisboa Gardens new residential
The University of Macau (UM) and the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) jointly hosted a forum on “’One Country, Two Systems’ with Macau Characteristics: Review and Prospects” yesterday, with the aim of providing a platform for promoting academic exchanges and enhancing Macau’s role in the national development.The forum will continue today, in which Macau’s political, socio-cultural, and economic development will be discussed.The forum yesterday was attended by
On the third floor of The Parisian Macao in Cotai, a shop venue houses works of local artist Kit Lei Ka Ieng for her latest exhibition, where visitors can find several moving images featuring traditional cultural elements created through new media technology.Entitled “Ascendance - Kit Lei Ka Ieng’s New Media Art World”, the near month-long exhibition kicked off on Friday and comprises 13 digital animations and interactive installations. It is the second part of Art For All Society’s
An open tender for the government’s “Land for Education” project on lot B1 in the Zone A land reclamation area is now underway, and the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) said yesterday that the future “School Village” there was expected to provide 13,000 non-tertiary education places, including integrated and special education classes. The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) published last Wednesday a tender notice for the foundation and basement works of one of the four Land
The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) drafted in 2019 an urban condition plan for six lots near Estrada de Sete Tanques (七潭公路) in Taipa, for one of which it received last year a hotel development proposal – and according to the bureau’s latest urban condition draft plan, it now estimates that a number of villas will be developed on two of the six lots.The six plots, namely M2A, M2B, C, M3, A4 and D, which had been zoned for new phases of the Lisboa Gardens new residential
The University of Macau (UM) and the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) jointly hosted a forum on “’One Country, Two Systems’ with Macau Characteristics: Review and Prospects” yesterday, with the aim of providing a platform for promoting academic exchanges and enhancing Macau’s role in the national development.The forum will continue today, in which Macau’s political, socio-cultural, and economic development will be discussed.The forum yesterday was attended by
Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport holders will be granted visa waivers for Kazakhstan from Thursday, bringing the total number of countries providing visa-free access and visas on arrival for MSAR passport holders to 147.According to a statement by the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) yesterday, Macau residents holding an MSAR passport from Thursday will no longer need a visa to travel to Kazakhstan and stay there for up to 14 days. Reciprocally, Kazakh citizens will be
The government published the two-volume “Macao Gazetteer Series: Book of Geography” yesterday, and Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng underlined that the publication is one of the most important cultural projects since the establishment of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Ho made the remarks during the book’s launch ceremony on the University of Macau (UM) campus, with the attendance of nearly 100 representatives including Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau
Another screening has been added for the upcoming “Music on the Big Screen: Cinematheque•Passion Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA”, an outreach programme of the 36th Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), due to popular demand, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement last night.Tickets for the programme, which is to be held at the cinematheque, had previously sold out, according to the statement. The statement noted that the additional screening will be held at 9:30 p.m. this
Two men from the mainland have separately been arrested for their involvement in two currency exchange-related fraud cases, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, the 45-year-old suspect surnamed Wu told the police that he’s a businessman.According to Leng, on Thursday the victim wished to exchange Hong Kong dollars he had won in a casino into yuan and deposit the amount into his mainland bank account. The victim then
A university student from the mainland has been arrested for repeatedly touching a female passenger’s arm with his groin, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a male surnamed Yeh in his twenties. According to Wong, Yeh and the female local victim, also a university student, got on the same bus on Wednesday near the Hengqin checkpoint, after which the victim sat near the bus door, while Yeh
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
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
On the third floor of The Parisian Macao in Cotai, a shop venue houses works of local artist Kit Lei Ka Ieng for her latest exhibition, where visitors can find several moving images featuring traditional cultural elements created through new media technology.Entitled “Ascendance - Kit Lei Ka Ieng’s New Media Art World”, the near month-long exhibition kicked off on Friday and comprises 13 digital animations and interactive installations. It is the second part of Art For All Society’s
“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
The redevelopment of the Housing Bureau’s (HI) headquarters in Patane, which was demolished and rebuilt on the same site in 2019 due to its inadequate capacity, was expected to be completed next January, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has noted, with a total cumulative sum for the whole project to be more than 470 million patacas.According to the DSOP website last week, the piling work for redevelopment of the building, which had been used for nearly 30 years, was completed in January 2022,
The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) has warned the public about 12 batches of Apo-Amitriptyline tablets manufactured by Canadian-based Apotex Inc., following the detection of an impurity known as N-Nitrosonortriptyline (NNORT) in the product.According to an ISAF statement on Thursday, the problematic products, a type of medicine used to treat clinical depression, include Apo-Amitriptyline Tablets in both 10mg and 25mg formulations in, respectively,
The government has earmarked 235 million patacas for expanding its international tourism market this year, and its tourism chief told reporters yesterday that “more than half of the amount has already been spent”, describing the effectiveness of the promotion drive to attract foreign tourists as “relatively satisfactory”.According to Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, the ongoing promotion campaigns include the provision of a wide range of
As part of 29th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), the “Biotech Innovation and Sustainability Forum”, aiming to signal Macau’s circular economy ambitions, debuted at the Venetian Cotai Expo on Friday, according to a statement released by a representative of the event.The forum supported by the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and jointly organised by the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Faculty of Business and Law, Sustainable Development Association,
Integrated resort (IR) operator MGM yesterday hosted the one-day “Eastern Elegance: Timeless Tale” Intangible Cultural Heritage Fashion Series, an event held in collaboration with Prince Kung’s Palace Museum*.Held at MGM COTAI’s Vista and co-organised with well-known mainland fashion designer Laurence Xu’s (许建树) “Laurence · Xu Studio”, the one-day event gathered fashion enthusiasts, industry professionals and students from around the Greater Bay Area (GBA).Those attending
The 11th Oxfam TowerRun fundraising sporting event took place yesterday at Macau Tower, during which Michael Wong Ho-ming, director of Fundraising and Communications at Oxfam Hong Kong, expressed special gratitude to the runners: “Every step they took contributes to Oxfam’s poverty alleviation project and policy advocacy, making a meaningful impact on the lives of the less fortunate”.Now in its 11th year, more than 300 participants signed up for the Half Tower 31-floor race, Full-Tower
The 29th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (29th MIF) and the simultaneously held Macao Franchise Expo 2024 (2024MFE) wrapped up on Saturday, with the four-day event having drawn 66,000 visitors, of which over 9,600 were trade visitors, a 14 percent increase from last year, the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement on the same day.According to the statement, the event, which had over 1,300 exhibitors from 18 countries and regions, recorded an
US privately held jewellery and luxury watch brand JACOB & CO. in partnership with Singapore-based luxury watch retailer Cortina Watch, recently had the grand opening of its first Macau boutique according to a recent joint statement.The boutique is located at Shoppes at Venetian at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, for which a media preview event was recently held.Cortina Holdings Limited Regional General Manager Benny Chong was quoted by the statement as saying: “This partnership exemplifies