Mansour Memarian’s Persian cuisine: Expect traditional, get unexpected experience

Iranian chef with German origins Mansour Memarian will be presenting a culinary experience with his take on Persian food when he comes to Macau for a four-day stint at Mandarin Oriental.Memarian is currently Executive Chef at Palazzo Versace Dubai, where he serves Iranian culinary traditions with the subtle use of innovative techniques at the luxury hotel’s Enigma restaurant to deliver a creative gastronomic experience with authentic Persian flavours.In a recent e-mail interview with MPD

September 14, 2018 | BY admin

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‘Kaleidoscope’ shows fragments of moments in life

Just as one creates images in a kaleidoscope through twisting and turning the tube, the audience in “Kaleidoscope” will be making sense of the performance with their own lives’ twists and turns, as fragments of moments in life are presented before them.“Kaleidoscope” is a theatre production by director Shaghayegh Beheshti, known to her peers as Shasha, who is a core member of Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble Théâtre du Soleil founded in 1964.The troupe was set up as a reaction

September 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Overall LRT could cost at least 50 billion patacas: auditor

In a hard-hitting report published yesterday, the Commission of Audit (CA) says that the estimated construction cost for the eight sections of Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) system that the government has planned for the short, medium and long terms amounts to at least 50 billion patacas.The report also says that the Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT), which oversees the city’s LRT project, is to blame for the long delays in the construction of the LRT Taipa section. The office was set

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Swimming pool closures may remain in effect

According to a meeting with the Sports Bureau (ID) yesterday, the five public swimming pools with shortened open hours or completely closed are likely to remain affected for the remainder of the year even though the 24 lifeguards who were earlier on strike have already returned to work, lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou said yesterday.Sou made the comments in a media briefing after attending yesterday’s meeting – which was attended by the bureau’s president Pun Weng Kun, outside the

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Chui vows to put residents’ safety 1st as Mangkhut approaches

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged yesterday that the government will put residents’ safety first in its ongoing disaster prevention and possible disaster relief tasks for Super Typhoon Mangkhut.Chui made the remarks during a specially-convened meeting yesterday in preparation for Mangkhut which is forecast to be close to Macau on Sunday.Following a civil protection meeting convened by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak on Wednesday for Mangkhut, Chui convened another meeting

September 14, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt warns Mangkhut as serious as Hato

The government said yesterday that it did not rule out the possibility that Super Typhoon Mangkhut that is making its way to the city would have an impact on Macau as large as last year’s deadly Super Typhoon Hato.Tang Iu Man, acting vice-director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), gave the warning during a specially-convened meeting yesterday, attended by officials from various government entities, in preparation for Tropical Storm Barijat and Super Typhoon Mangkhut.In

September 13, 2018 | BY admin

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Police record 355 offences by cabbies in August

A total of 355 offences by taxi drivers were recorded last month, with overcharging continuing to top the list, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, 62 percent (220 cases) of the 355 cases concerned overcharging, while 19 percent (68 cases) were about cabbies refusing to pick up passengers.The statement said that the remaining 67 cases concerned other violations. It did not elaborate.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

September 13, 2018 | BY admin

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HK woman busted for drug trafficking: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 41 year old woman from Hong Kong for selling drugs in Macau, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.The police received a tip off that the suspect was selling drugs in night entertainment venues in Nape and Zape.According to the spokesperson, the suspect was put under surveillance and arrested in Areia Preta on Tuesday evening.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the suspect to a police vehicle outside the PJ headquarters

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Govt records 2nd imported case of malaria this year

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced last night that it had recorded the second imported case of malaria of the year, after logging the first one last Friday.According to the statement, the two patients are husband and wife, aged 56 and 35, who live in Areia Preta. The couple travelled to Mozambique together on August 16.The wife returned to Macau on September 2 and became ill on September 4 before being diagnosed with malaria last Friday, the statement said. Meanwhile, her husband had various

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Ukrainian man busted for using cocaine: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Ukrainian man in a Cotai hotel on Monday for cocaine use, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 27-year-old surnamed Pavlov, who has been working at the hotel for nine months.Ho said that the Judiciary Police received a report from the hotel on Monday afternoon, about finding a suspected packet of drugs at the bottom of a lift shaft at a disco there.This undated handout photo provided by

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Customs raid 2 shops selling fake branded products

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers raided two shops on Tuesday selling fake branded caps, clothes and shower shoes.Both of the shops are run by a local man, the statement said.Customs officers inspected the two shops – in a shopping centre in the city centre – earlier this month where they found that branded merchandise there “was of a poor quality” and was being sold cheaply, the statement said, adding that therefore the officers suspected that

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Govt proposes cyber security bill

The Executive Council announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill on cyber security which proposes the mandatory implementation of real-name registration for the provision of telecom services – i.e. customers will be required to provide their real identification data to telecom service operators, including for the purchase of a pre-paid SIM card.Concerning the pre-paid SIM cards purchased before the new cyber security law comes into force in the future, the cards’ users will

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau’s new approvals of residential mortgages, commercial real estate loans decrease

MACAU – Both of the new approvals of residential mortgage loans and commercial real estate loans in Macau reported a month-on-month decrease in July this year, according to statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Macau yesterday.In July 2018, new approvals of residential mortgages by local banks decreased by 29.3 percent month-to-month to 5.2 billion patacas. Of which, new approvals of residential mortgages to residents increased by 9.5 percent to 5.1 billion patacas.New approvals of

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Woman arrested for involvement in money laundering

A local woman has been arrested for her involvement in a money laundering case, in which she helped her brother purchase nine properties on the mainland with the illgotten gains between 2006 and 2008.The case was announced in special press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape.According to Ho, the arrested suspect is a 51-year-old surnamed Chan.Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the money laundering suspect to a police vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape

September 12, 2018 | BY admin

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