Grand Orbit adds Korean favourites to buffet line

Two guest chefs from Conrad Seoul’s Zest restaurant are serving authentic Korean food at the Grand Orbit buffet restaurant in the local Conrad hotel.Chef de Partie Yong Jun Kwon and Demi Chef Jeong Man Kim are in town for the Korean food promotion as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the world’s first global hotel company, Hilton, today.Korean dishes that the chefs are preparing for the promotion include samgyetang (chicken soup with ginseng), ganjangsawoojang (soy sauce

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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North restaurant rolls out Guizhou classics

North restaurant at Venetian has launched a special menu featuring classic Guizhou dishes.Different to other Chinese regional specialities, Guizhou cuisine has a distinctive character that is not only spicy but also full of flavours.Regional dishes in the special menu, overseen by the restaurant’s chef who is a Guizhou native so to ensure that the flavours are authentic, include deep-fried pork ribs with coriander and preserved vegetables; rice noodle soup with braised beef, tripe and pickled

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Dragon Boat: Paddles up, the race is on!

The sound of rhythmic drumbeats can be heard along Nam Van Lake early every evening for the last couple of weeks as local teams get into training to paddle in sync, ready to compete in dragon boat races this weekend.This year’s Macau International Dragon Boat Races will take place tomorrow and on Sunday when local teams will be competing, and on Friday next week when qualifying local teams will be competing against overseas teams.The event, taking place at Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre, is

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Summer starts now at Galaxy Macau

Summer comes early as Galaxy Macau officially began its “I Love Summer” programme with hotel packages, dining promotions and spa offers so people can beat the heat, have fun in the sun and sand, and be pampered all under one roof.The programme, running until September, offers up to 40-percent discounts on bookings of the “Suite Summer Getaway” packages at the integrated resort’s six hotels: The Ritz-Carlton, Macau, Banyan Tree Macau, JW Marriott Hotel Macau, Hotel Okura Macau, Galaxy

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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HK brand debuts nanotech mask giving ‘invisible facelift’ in 3 sec

Hong Kong beauty brand VXY is making a global debut of its ‘dry mask’ using nanotechnology and far infrared infusion that can uplift, brighten, hydrate and rejuvenate faces invisibly in just three seconds.VXY is a newly established beauty brand in Hong Kong under VXY Nano Technology Limited, a subsidiary of Xyber Force International Co. Ltd, incorporated in 2017.Among the brand’s dozen products, the company claims that its latest VXY Nano Invisible Facelift can rejuvenate skin cells in

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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BRI offers good opportunity for EU-China ties: seminar

Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) President José Luis de Sales Marques told reporters yesterday that while China and the European Union (EU) already enjoy a good and developing relationship, the central government’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) is providing a good opportunity for further cooperation between the two sides.Marques made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s seminar entitled “EU current political changes and challenges – Update on EU’s internal

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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‘Sky is not falling’ over Sino-US trade war: scholar

Hong Kong-based economist Lawrence Lau Juen-yee said yesterday that while the US tariffs’ impact on the mainland Chinese economy had certainly been “significant and negative”, it was still relatively “small in real terms and quite manageable for China”, “there is no need to panic, the sky is not falling”.Lau made the remarks in his presentation on “The China-US Trade War Challenges and Opportunities for China, the Greater Bay Area and Macau” on the public University of

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui praises IIICF’s ‘pragmatic & efficient’ role

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that thanks to the strong support of the central government and the joint effort by parties from Macau and overseas, the International Infrastructure Investment & Construction Forum (IIICF) has already been providing a “pragmatic and efficient” international cooperation platform for a decade, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Chui made the remarks in a speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th

May 31, 2019 | BY admin

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Flu outbreak to last another 2 to 3 weeks: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) hosted a press conference yesterday at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre about a new flu outbreak that has been in the city for the past two months and is forecast by the bureau to last another two to three weeks.Disease Prevention and Control Centre Director Lam Chong noted that since last month there has been another flu outbreak that would likely last for a further two to three weeks. Most of the cases are caused by influenza B and most of the

May 30, 2019 | BY admin

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Subsidy scheme for caregivers is premature: govt

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said yesterday that the government still needs to carry out of string of tasks over the next few year before the government will be able to implement a scheme to pay subsidies to caregivers, such as coming up with official definitions of “caregiver” and those who are looked after by a caregiver, formulating tools to assess the different levels of need by those who depend on a caregiver, and formulating the official requirements that caregivers receiving the

May 30, 2019 | BY admin

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DSEJ holds lecture on Finnish education to learn from its experience

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement that DSEJ Acting Director Leong Vai Kei pointed out yesterday that the model of Finnish education is world-famous and that the Nordic country’s educational reforms have been the subject of great attention in the education field globally.The statement also quoted Leong as saying that Finland has adopted an interdisciplinary and phenomenon-based learning (PBL) approach, enabling the country’s schoolchildren to have a great

May 30, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for burgling villa, jewellery worth 5 million patacas stolen: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested this week a mainlander for burgling a villa in Taipa March last year, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Choi, the 24-year-old suspect is surnamed Wei. He told the police that he is from Guangxi and works as a property agent on the mainland. The victim is a female. Her surname was not released.The break-in happened at about noon on March 9 last year, according to Choi. The victim only discovered the burglary

May 30, 2019 | BY admin

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New cabbies must attend 10-hour ‘work ethics’ course

The government expects that each taxi owner will need to pay 10 patacas per day for the future operation and maintenance of the officially-required “smart terminal” system – consisting of various devices such as a meter, a Global Positioning System (GPS), an audio recorder and a video recorder – to be installed in every taxi, which is required by the new law regulating the city’s taxi sector which will come into force early next week, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin

May 30, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust illegal restaurant, club on refuge floor & rooftop

The Public Security Police (PSP) busted last week a suspected illegal project to convert the rooftop of a residential high-rise in Taipa and the fire safety refuge floor right below the rooftop into a restaurant and club, PSP spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.The police caught three male illegal workers on the premises – one from Hong Kong and two from Vietnam, Ho said. At the time of the press conference yesterday afternoon, the police were still looking

May 29, 2019 | BY admin

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