Ferry links between Macau & Shenzhen suspended: govt

The government-appointed Urban Planning Committee voted yesterday on the legal conditions proposed by the Lands, Transport and Public Works Bureau (DSSOPT) for the possible development of a plot next to the city’s Muslim cemetery. Twenty of the 26 members of the committee who cast their votes supported the conditions while six voted against.With the support by the council, a high-rise of up to 127 metres can be built on the plot.The Urban Planning Committee yesterday held a meeting on the

The Macau Orchestra hoped to introduce the public to classical music through a science-themed event yesterday.The one-day joint event titled “Science and Music Festival” was held at the Macau Science Centre in Nape. Musicians from the orchestra playing wind instruments –  clarinet , flute, French horn, oboe, natural trumpet, trombone and tuba – wandered through the galleries of the science centre with the about 40-strong audience following. A quintet of the Macau