Happy Philippine National Day!

“Enjoyable Swimming – Lio Man Cheong Artwork Exhibition” (暢游─廖文暢作品展) is on display at the UNESCO Centre of Macau in Nape. The event is sponsored by the Macau Foundation (FM). It is part of the Macau Artists Promotion Project (澳門藝術家推廣計劃), of which Lio is the 98th participant.According to a statement from the foundation’s website, the exhibition displays 70 paintings themed “Enjoyable Swimming” to express the idea that Lio is constantly moving

Panellists and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum called for harsher measures, in addition to the tightening of the city’s mortgage rules, to tackle speculation in the residential property market.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcast TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.On Thursday, the government announced a cut on home mortgage loans by between 10 and 20 percent for non-first time and non-local homebuyers, which took effect the following