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
A total of 55 students from the Student Club of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Macau Chapter paid their first courtesy visit to the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) on Friday, which featured a full-day programme prepared for them.According to the statement, PATA is a “non-profit membership association dedicated to building responsible development of the Asia-Pacific travel and tourism industry”.The statement noted that the students are studying in tourism-related
Analysis BEIJING – The 16th BRICS Summit will be held from tomorrow to Thursday in Kazan, Russia, the first such gathering after the bloc’s expansion, which has drawn extensive global attention.Initially a shorthand for major emerging markets with considerable economic potential, BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and has now evolved into an influential international cooperation mechanism with an expanded membership.Other than the
The opening ceremony of the new judicial year 2024/2025 was held yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape, during which Song Man Lei delivered a speech for the first time in her current capacity as acting president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI), revealing the local courts’ plans for their future work, including the implementation of a pilot scheme for the appointment of non-permanent judges from Macau to the People’s Court of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in
Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Faculty of Languages and Translation (FLT) Associate Professor Mark Teng Feng was again listed in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” annual impact rankings, marking his fourth consecutive year on the list for his field, according to a statement yesterday from the public university.The list, the rankings website noted, is compiled by Standford University and Elsevier, showing which scientists have had the “biggest impacts on their field”, while adding
The four-day 16th edition of the Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) kicked off yesterday at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, retaining some of the most popular attractions of the previous editions, Forum Macao’s Permanent Secretariat Secretary General Ji Xianzheng said yesterday.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) is also known as Forum Macao.Ji made the remarks during the opening
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that applications for its guided tours to revitalised historic buildings and family workshops, both of which are among the activities of the “Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Forum”, opens to members of the public today.The around two-hour guided tours include sailing and walking tours, and are presented in Cantonese, Putonghua, Portuguese and English by professional docents, according to the statement.A statement on the event
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested three Tanzanians for drug trafficking and have seized 4.52 grams of cocaine from them, with an estimated street value of 15,000 patacas, a PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the three suspects are a 34-year-old man surnamed Sanga, a 42-year-old man surnamed Kituta and a 27-year-old woman surnamed Kabongo, who arrived in Macau in August. The trio tested negative for drugs when they were arrested on
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have uncovered three street deception cases involving the use of so-called high-tech electronic components to defraud passers-by, resulting in the arrest of three mainland men, including a fugitive who cheated a female senior citizen out of HK$55,000 in 2017.PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong announced yesterday the arrest of the three suspects – a 60-year-old surnamed Zeng; a 58-year-old surnamed Wei; and a 58-year-old surnamed Zu. According to Cheong, Zeng had persuaded