2 artists exhibit works at ‘The Macau Dream is Alive and Well’

Interview by Rui Pastorin       An exhibition entitled “The Macau Dream is Alive and Well” is currently on at the Creative Macau gallery, showcasing art works created by visual artist Angela Hoi Ka Ian and designer Jovinia António in two sections: Hoi’s “That day I rolled a boulder up a mountain” and António’s “Tough Comforts”.Hoi, an art teacher at a secondary school, told the Post in an interview during the exhibition’s opening ceremony last Thursday

April 9, 2024 | BY admin

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Patane wet market’s ‘harbour-view’ food court officially opens

A “high-quality harbour-view” food court on the second floor of the Patane Municipal Market Complex officially opened yesterday, and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Fonseca Tavares expressed hopes that the owners of its 11 food stalls would join forces to develop the food hall as a pioneer in revitalising traditional wet markets.The renovated food court, featuring different cuisines and specialities including Chinese regional and Southeast Asian cuisine, Western, Japanese and

April 9, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt bill lacks clear definition of illegal gambling: Chan

Lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee, said yesterday that there is no clear definition of illegal gambling in the government-initiated bill that proposes to raise the penalties for certain illicit gambling activities.Addressing a press briefing after yesterday’s closed-door meeting reviewing the government’s illegal gambling bill for the first time, Chan quoted some committee members as asking the government to explain

April 9, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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4 victims conned out of 3 million patacas in fake police scams

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a regular press conference yesterday that five victims had separately fallen for fake police scams, and four of them were cheated out of a total of around 3 million patacas.The victims comprise three females and two males. One of the victims, a university student from the mainland studying in Macau, was scammed out of 2.3 million yuan.According to Lei, in that case, the victim received phone calls from individuals claiming to be staff

April 9, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Zone A’s first 3,017 HOS flats to be sold for 1.17-2.37 million patacas

The government announced yesterday that 3,017 subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) flats in the Zone A land reclamation area, the application period of which was launched in 2019, will be sold for between 1.17 million and 2.37 million patacas each, depending on various factors such as size, location and direction, as well as on which floor the flat is situated.The government made the announcement in an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday. The order was signed by

April 9, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Sands to subsidise business ventures in Rua das Estalagens area

Gaming resort operator Sands China launched an Entrepreneurship Recruitment Programme for Rua das Estalagens (草堆街) yesterday, with the aim of encouraging businesspeople to set up shop there to revive the neighbourhood’s economy, Sands China Executive Vice Chairman Wilfred Wong Ying-wai said yesterday.Wong made the remarks during the programme’s launch ceremony held at The Londoner Macao yesterday, with the attendance of Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong, Cultural

April 9, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGM 2049 residency show to debut in December

A residency show entitled “MGM 2049” is set to make its debut in December at the MGM Theatre in Cotai, with award-winning mainland Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou being its chief director.The integrated resort (IR) operator hosted the “MGM 2049: Symposium and Global Recruitment Programme Kick-off Ceremony” yesterday for the show, which, according to an MGM statement yesterday, is Zhang’s “first and only residency masterpiece within the GBA [Greater Bay Area]”, and features a line-up

April 9, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Mainlander steals donation box cash: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a male mainlander last week for stealing money from a donation box at a charity organisation, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lam identified the suspect as a 52-year-old tourist surnamed Song. He told the police that he’s joblessAccording to Lam, on Wednesday afternoon, the Public Security Police received a report from an employee of the charity organisation in the city centre, saying that he had witnessed Song

April 9, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman ‘commits suicide’ in hospital toilet: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a statement yesterday that a middle-aged local woman committed suicide in a hospital toilet yesterday.According to the statement, the Judiciary Police were notified by the Public Security Police (PSP) at 4:39 a.m. about a patient’s apparent suicide.The statement noted that a nurse discovered a patient who had apparently committed suicide and called for assistance, after which a doctor failed to resuscitate the victim.The statement did not reveal how the

April 9, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Hengqin checkpoint’s new hall to make it more comfortable for car passengers to cross border: govt

The Macau government organised a media tour yesterday afternoon briefing reporters about the Macau-Hengqin joint border checkpoint’s new immigration clearance hall for vehicle passengers, which will open at 3 p.m. today.From this afternoon, all eligible vehicle passengers can pass border controls via the new hall just next to the checkpoint’s vehicle inspection channels without having to use its pedestrian immigration building anymore.The Macau Public Security Police (PSP) said yesterday

April 9, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Crackdown on online retailers, fresh blow to China-US economic relations

China Daily Editorial        The United States will reportedly crack down on what it claims to be a trade “loophole” that Chinese online retailers such as Temu and Shein have allegedly been exploiting to sell products from China-based factories directly to US customers at low prices, without paying duties and with little scrutiny.What is being targeted is a trade rule known as de minimis in Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, under which imported packages valued under

April 9, 2024 | BY admin

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Govt aims to reopen Red Market in June

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced that it is now aiming to reopen the Red Market, a listed building, in early June as its renovation has been completed.The municipal wet market’s 127 stalls which were in operation when the renovation started about two years ago will all move back from a temporary building where they are currently operating.The bureau made the announcement in a statement on Friday, when it also organised a media tour of the renovated Red Market building.The Red

April 8, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Hengqin checkpoint’s immigration hall for vehicle passengers to open tomorrow

The Macau government has announced that an immigration clearance hall for vehicle passengers at the Hengqin joint border checkpoint will come into service at 3 p.m. tomorrow.The Secretariat for Security (GSS) made the announcement in a statement on Friday.Since the Macau-mainland joint checkpoint on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island opened in August 2020, vehicle passengers in general have been required to pass border controls via its pedestrian checkpoint building, except four special groups, who are

April 8, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Egg freezing now available at Kiang Wu

Egg freezing is now available at the private Kiang Wu Hospital, and the whole process takes about a month, with the cost similar to that of neighbouring regions, averaging about 40,000 patacas, Assistant Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Iau Sok I said on Friday.Dr Iau made the remarks during a press conference at the Kiang Wu Hospital Dr Henry Y.T. Fok Specialist Medical Centre on Friday introducing its new egg freezing service, adding that the use of the service requires prior

April 8, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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