GEG founder & chairman  Lui Che-woo passes away at 95
GEG founder & chairman Lui Che-woo passes away at 95
Integrated Resort (IR) operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Founder and Chairman Lui Che-woo passed away on Thursday at the age of 95.The GEG announcement last night noted that Lui “passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on 7 November 2024”, expressing its “deepest sorrow” in the statement and thanked him for his “invaluable contributions to the group” during his time as the chairman, as well as the “deepest condolences” to Liu’s family.According to the statement, Lui
November 12, 2024
BY Yuki Lei
Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity
Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity
Interview by Rui Pastorin         Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography Exhibition is being showcased at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, with over 100 photos on display in the integrated resort’s Circle Hall on level 3.The exhibition, which features various species found in Macau’s wetlands, showcases photos taken in Macau between January and August this year for the recent “Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography
November 12, 2024
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Lawmakers pass outline of bill to raise compensation for fired employees
Lawmakers pass outline of bill to raise compensation for fired employees
The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill proposing to raise the maximum amount of compensation that an employee in the private sector will be entitled to receive after he or she has been dismissed without justification from the current 252,000 patacas to 258,000 patacas.The bill proposes amendments to the Labour Relations Law.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the
November 12, 2024
BY Tony Wong
60 years of ‘Macau’s Karting History’ book launch
60 years of ‘Macau’s Karting History’ book launch
Two local journalists have collated over 60 years of karting history in Macau for a new book, which was launched yesterday at the Grand Prix Museum Multifunction Room in Zape as the first of its kind to tell Macau’s karting history.The book, has four chapters in three languages – Chinese, Portuguese and English is “Macau’s Karting History”, jointly written by Pedro Dá Mesquita and Carlos Barreto, published by the PraiaGrande Edições (“PraiaGrande Publishing House”) and
November 12, 2024
BY Yuki Lei
GEG founder & chairman  Lui Che-woo passes away at 95
GEG founder & chairman Lui Che-woo passes away at 95
Integrated Resort (IR) operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Founder and Chairman Lui Che-woo passed away on Thursday at the age of 95.The GEG announcement last night noted that Lui “passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on 7 November 2024”, expressing its “deepest sorrow” in the statement and thanked him for his “invaluable contributions to the group” during his time as the chairman, as well as the “deepest condolences” to Liu’s family.According to the statement, Lui
November 12, 2024
BY Yuki Lei
Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity
Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity
Interview by Rui Pastorin         Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography Exhibition is being showcased at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, with over 100 photos on display in the integrated resort’s Circle Hall on level 3.The exhibition, which features various species found in Macau’s wetlands, showcases photos taken in Macau between January and August this year for the recent “Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography
November 12, 2024
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Lawmakers pass outline of bill to raise compensation for fired employees
Lawmakers pass outline of bill to raise compensation for fired employees
The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill proposing to raise the maximum amount of compensation that an employee in the private sector will be entitled to receive after he or she has been dismissed without justification from the current 252,000 patacas to 258,000 patacas.The bill proposes amendments to the Labour Relations Law.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the
November 12, 2024
BY Tony Wong
60 years of ‘Macau’s Karting History’ book launch
60 years of ‘Macau’s Karting History’ book launch
Two local journalists have collated over 60 years of karting history in Macau for a new book, which was launched yesterday at the Grand Prix Museum Multifunction Room in Zape as the first of its kind to tell Macau’s karting history.The book, has four chapters in three languages – Chinese, Portuguese and English is “Macau’s Karting History”, jointly written by Pedro Dá Mesquita and Carlos Barreto, published by the PraiaGrande Edições (“PraiaGrande Publishing House”) and
November 12, 2024
BY Yuki Lei
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Conrad’s Pink Inspired campaign raises over 27,800 patacas
Hotel operator Conrad Macao said in a statement yesterday that it’s month-long Pink Inspired Campaign has raised over 27,800 patacas.Held throughout October, the campaign, according to the statement, supported the Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s breast cancer awareness campaign and the local charity Associação de Feliz Paraíso. The hotel operator is a Hong Kong Cancer Fund Gold Sponsor and this year marked its 10th year of participating the campaign, the statement noted.The Londoner Macao
November 12, 2024
BY Rui Pastorin
Lawmakers pass outline of bill on medical devices
Lawmakers pass outline of bill on medical devices
The Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a local government-drafted bill to establish a comprehensive framework to manage and monitor the research, development, registration, filing, manufacture, and operation of medical devices.Introducing the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said that medical devices are an integral part of the modern medical and healthcare system, and
November 12, 2024
BY Ginnie Liang
Legislators pass outline of bill on investment funds
Legislators pass outline of bill on investment funds
The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the setting-up and operation of investment funds and fund management companies.The bill aims to enhance the flexibility in the setting-up and operation of fund management companies, strengthen the protection for investors, and promote the setting-up of privately offered funds.The bill proposes to establish a new law regulating investment funds and fund management companies to replace the current
November 12, 2024
BY Tony Wong
Police nab sextet for false statements, sham marriage
Police nab sextet for false statements, sham marriage
The Public Security Police (PSP) have apprehended six suspects for allegedly making false statements and their involvement in sham marriages, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said yesterday.The case involves a complex web of deceit, Wong said. In one instance, a mainland couple in their fifties, the wife surnamed Li and the husband surnamed Shi, had a son and a daughter. The couple then asked Shi’s female cousin and her husband to falsely claim to be the parents of their daughter to secure a Macau
November 12, 2024
BY William Chan
Woman injured as tree fall on Guia Hill
Woman injured as tree fall on Guia Hill
A mountain tallow tree believed to have brown root rot disease collapsed on Guia Hill yesterday, hitting a woman who was running on the fitness trail there, according to separate statements by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM).According to online footage circulated yesterday, the victim was seen lying on the fitness trail after being felled by a tree limb, while a man tried to stop the bleeding from a wound on her head. The CB statement noted that the victim, who
November 12, 2024
BY Yuki Lei
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Editorial: China, US ought to get along for good of wider world
President Xi Jinping chose the right words when he congratulated Donald Trump on his election as the 47th president of the United States by urging both sides “to find the right way to get along in the new era, so as to benefit both countries and the wider world.”Xi’s choice of words was sober, practical and, last but not least, realistic, namely in comparison with some of the effusive congratulations by other heads of state or government, such as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s
November 11, 2024
BY Harald Brüning
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Editorial: China, US ought to get along for good of wider world
President Xi Jinping chose the right words when he congratulated Donald Trump on his election as the 47th president of the United States by urging both sides “to find the right way to get along in the new era, so as to benefit both countries and the wider world.”Xi’s choice of words was sober, practical and, last but not least, realistic, namely in comparison with some of the effusive congratulations by other heads of state or government, such as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s
November 11, 2024
BY Harald Brüning
Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity
Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity
Interview by Rui Pastorin         Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography Exhibition is being showcased at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, with over 100 photos on display in the integrated resort’s Circle Hall on level 3.The exhibition, which features various species found in Macau’s wetlands, showcases photos taken in Macau between January and August this year for the recent “Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography
November 12, 2024
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Centre aims to help youngsters learn about robotics, AI
Centre aims to help youngsters learn about robotics, AI
Interview by Rui Pastorin        In Nape, a centre called “Macau Artificial Intelligence Education Centre” is striving to prepare youngsters for the future, as well as help diversify Macau’s economy.Focused on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) education for kids, mainly aged between four and 16, the centre was launched right around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, and was “kind of started to improve on what Macau could offer”, said instructor, co-founder
November 4, 2024
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