Local tour guides protest against illegal tour guides & groups

Dozens of local tour guides took part in a protest organised by grassroots People Power Macau group yesterday, urging the government to clamp down on illegal tour guides and illegal tour groups.The organiser, People Power Macau Chairman Si Tou Fai, told reporters covering the protest that about 200 local tour guides took part in the protest, while the Public Security Police (PSP) said that the one-hour demonstration drew about 140 demonstrators at its peak during the march.The protesters

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Buddha’s Birthday

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Wynn to open ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’-themed art exhibition

Wynn will be hosting a four-month art exhibition that takes inspiration from famous Dutch painter and draughtsman Hieronymus Bosch’s stunning masterpiece “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, which he painted during the time of the Renaissance.The “Wynn – Garden of Earthly Delights” exhibition, which will take place in both Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace from June 6, is part of a series of activities in the government-initiated “Art Macau” programme.The exhibition, which aims to take

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Galaxy hosting world’s first ‘Dior Pink City’

Galaxy Macau shopping mall was packed with influencers and Christian Dior fans from Macau, Hong Kong and the mainland as they witnessed the opening ceremony of the world’s first “Dior Pink City” pop-up store yesterday.The pop-up, which will be there until June 30, offers an immersive experience around Dior’s beauty icons and heritage, and features the luxury brand’s iconic fragrances, lipsticks and skincare products, in addition to a pink flower shop and a pink café that offers

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Chefs paint afternoon tea at Vida Rica Bar

Chefs are getting artistic at Vida Rica Bar because instead of serving afternoon tea on a typical tiered stand, they will be creating a masterpiece with ingredients and condiments right on the table directly in front of guests.“The Painter” afternoon tea set features savoury bites such as a refreshing salmon with pomelo praline, foie gras hazelnut lolly and king crab with green apple roll, and sweet nibbles such as caramel tart, strawberry lollipop, cherry and pistachio mousse, a chocolate

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LRT depot to be completed this month: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that the construction of the depot of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) in Cotai will be “fully completed” by the end of this month as scheduled.Rosário made the remarks while speaking to reporters at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape after attending a reception in celebration of the 11th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) – one of the city’s biggest community

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Govt rejects ‘frivolous’ EU report

The Macau government said in a statement yesterday that it was “strongly opposed” to the “irresponsible and frivolous” remarks in the European Union’s 2018 report about the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).According to the statement issued by the Government Spokesperson’s Office, the government is “strongly” rejects the EU’s interference in the MSAR’s internal affairs.The statement urged the EU to refrain from “false statements” and “inadequate activities”

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Chui vows to promote Macau’s platform role during Portugal trip

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay a weeklong visit to Lisbon and Porto from tomorrow until next Sunday, the Macau Government Spokesperson’s Office reconfirmed yesterday.According to the statement, Chui said he hoped that Macau and Portugal could achieve further co-development, pledging that Macau would give play to its “unique advantages and functions” in strengthening and speeding up the development of its role as a business service platform between China and the

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3 more in Macau infected with rubella

Three more people have been infected with the highly contagious rubella disease, with the total number of patients reaching 37 so far this year, a Health Bureau (SSM) statement said yesterday.According to the statement, the first of the three patients is a 33-year-old local man who works at a pawnshop. He had joint pain on Monday, then a fever on Tuesday with red eyes and a rash, and went to Kiang Wu Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. He went to Zhongshan during the incubation period of

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Police nab 5 locals for Windsor Arch arson case

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two local men on Wednesday for hiring a Hong Kong man to set fire to two cars parked in the carpark of Block 9 of the luxury residential estate Star River Windsor Arch in Taipa in January, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.Another three local men were also arrested for assisting the hired arsonist in conducting the January arson attack, according to Ho.According to Ho, the motive for the arson attack was a financial

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Police nab escaped illegal immigrant

A male illegal immigrant (II) who escaped early this week while waiting for transport to be deported to the mainland was apprehended by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday afternoon, according to a PJ mobile message sent to the local media last night which notified reporters of a press conference this morning about the case.After the II escaped on Monday while waiting to be taken away in a Macau Customs Service vehicle after questioning at the Public Prosecution Office (MP) in Nape, the Customs

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Illegal immigrant escapes outside Prosecution Office: Customs

An illegal immigrant (II) escaped on Monday afternoon while waiting to be taken away in a Macau Public Security Forces a vehicle after questioning at the Public Prosecution Office (MP) in Nape, according to a statement by the Macau Customs Service yesterday.According to the statement, the Customs Service decided not to disclose the escape until yesterday in order not to affect the manhunt for the escapee.A spokesperson for the Customs Service told The Macau Post Daily that the escapee is a male

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Remarkable achievements made since Macau SAR’s establishment

Macau became a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on December 20, 1999. Its constitutional document, the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), came into force on the same day. Over the past 20 years, the MSAR government has successfully implemented the principle of “One Country, Two Systems”, “Macau people governing Macau” and a high degree of autonomy and has governed Macau in strict compliance with the Basic Law. Macau now

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Lawmakers pass bill to add new drugs to anti-drug law

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed unanimously a government-initiated bill which adds 21 substances to Macau’s anti-drug law, based on recent decisions passed by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs that include additional 24 substances subject to international control.The current anti-drug law was enacted in 2009. The law is officially known as the Law on the Prohibition of the Illicit Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

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