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 mainland’s National Day Golden Week will take place between Tuesday and October 7, and Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Wednesday she expects an daily average of 100,000 visitor arrivals during the holiday period, while Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai said yesterday that over 600,000 entries and exits at local border checkpoints are expected over the seven-day period, with October 5 (next Saturday) to be the peak
Macau-based MTel Telecommunication Company Limited inked yesterday separate cooperation agreements with Shenzhen-based H3C Technologies Co. Limited and Singapore-based Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd., and the local telecom operator said it hoped that the mutually beneficial cooperation between Macau and the mainland in the fields of telecommunication and technological innovation could be further promoted, thereby fostering the high-quality development of Macau’s economy and civil society, and
Macau’s 144 hotels recorded 1.26 million guests last month, a year-on-year decline of 3.8 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The hotel industry’s number of available rooms remained unchanged at 45,000 in August. A DSEC statement pointed out that last month’s number of guests reached 99.7 percent of the figure recorded in the same month of pre-pandemic 2019. Foreign guests rose by 21.0 percent to 73,000, among whom those from South Korea
All unmanned aircraft activities, or the flying of drones, will be banned within 500 metres of the Complex of Commerce and Trade Cooperation Platform for China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), aka Forum Macao Complex, on Saturday and October 13, the Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) said in a statement yesterday.The announcement on the temporary ban comes to ensure that Macau SAR Government events can be held smoothly, the statement noted. Though the statement did not specify the events,
The 2024 CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals (Macau) and National Tennis Championships is slated to be held from November 18 to 24, with the event to be held at the Macau Tennis Academy and set to feature elite tennis players from the mainland, the Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement last night.CTA is the official acronym of the Chinese Tennis Association.SJM Resorts is again the event’s title sponsor, marking its fourth year, the statement said. This upcoming year-end tournament assumes
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has been informed by the Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency recently that the packaging of two batches of Maruto brand Castella cakes may be bloated or swollen due to fermentation, according to an IAM statement yesterday.The problematic products, the “6-piece Nagasaki Castella” and “1-piece Nagasaki Castella (Flat)”, with the product barcodes of 4978498003000 and 4978498003017, as well as best-before-date of October 17, 2024, are being recalled due to
The Public Security Police (PSP) busted two drunk-driving cases early Wednesday morning, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.PSP officers identified the two suspects as a local male surnamed U, who is in his thirties and works as a casino dealer, and a local man also in his thirties surnamed Choi, who told police that he is a businessman.In the first case, PSP officers received a report on Wednesday at around 4:40 a.m. about a traffic
A male mainland non-resident worker (NRW) was arrested on Tuesday for stealing a lost mobile phone worth 5,000 patacas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Ma, who is in his forties is a chef. The female victim is a young local woman.According to the spokesperson, the Public Security Police received a report from the victim on Monday that her phone had accidentally fallen from her bag while she was walking along Avenida da