Physician urges public to learn signs of stroke

Macau Radiology Association Chairman Leong Iat Cheng said that early treatment for stroke patients could lead to a better recovery, it is important for the public to remember and recognise the signs and symptoms of a stroke. Leong made the remarks yesterday during the opening ceremony of the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting held by the Macau Radiology Association and the Macau Radiological Technologists’ Association. Yesterday’s seminar at Grand Hyatt focused on the theme of acute

September 10, 2018 | BY admin

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Activist acquitted of defamation charge

The Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday acquitted high-profile non-establishment activist Jason Chao Teng Heng of aggravated defamation of Wang Jianwei, ex-director of the University of Macau’s Department of Government and Public Administration, as evidence presenting during the trial was not strong enough to show that the defendant was guilty.Wang is still a professor with the department.The one-day trial for the case was conducted on July 24.Chao was absent for both the July trial and

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Swedish chef brings Nordic-Japanese flair to town

Swedish chef Frida Ronge is bringing her Nordic-Japanese fusion cuisine to town, as part of a “guest chef series” organised by Wynn.The 33-year-old Ronge is the culinary director of Tak restaurant in Stockholm and an acclaimed chef named Rising Star of the Year in 2013.During a media tasting event at Wynn Macau’s Mizumi Japanese restaurant yesterday, Ronge said that she began combining Swedish ingredients and Japanese flavours after working in a sushi restaurant after she graduated in

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Taste the west of France and Loire Valley with French beef at Brasserie

The Brasserie restaurant in Parisian Macau regularly has special set menus featuring dishes and flavours from different parts of France and its latest offering stars cuisine from the west of France and Loire Valley using French beef.A gourmand’s paradise, the west of France includes Brittany, whose seafood is renowned worldwide for its quality, and Normandy, famed for its apples, cider, Calvados and cattle, which in turn produce some of the country’s best beef, cream, butter and cheese.

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Healing through painting, office worker quits job for art

Hit by discontent about a year ago, Alicia Hu Yuan Yuan picked up a brush and started to paint by just copying other’s artwork, and stroke by stroke, she found happiness through painting and has since quit her job to pursue art.Having learnt painting techniques online, she started to create her own original paintings, some of which are currently featured in her solo exhibition entitled “It’s All about Passion” at 10 Fantasia gallery.Hu was born in Liaoning province and

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Leong urges young professionals to grab GBA chances

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that local young professionals who are working and studying in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) region should grab the opportunities available to develop themselves, and contribute to the country’s development.According to a statement by Secretariat for Economy and Finance, Leong made the remarks during a meeting with over 30 local Macau students and young professionals who are studying and working in

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs confiscate 100kg of pangolin scales

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers had seized about 100 kilogrammes of pangolin scales at the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On.The statement said that in the evening of August 30, custom officers stationed there stopped a female Hong Kong resident in her fifties – who was about to enter Macau carrying four suitcases. During a search of her luggage, the customs found about 100 kilogrammes of suspected pangolin scales – which were

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to build office building in Zape

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said yesterday that it expects the construction of a government office building on a plot in Zape to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.The office unsealed bids submitted by 19 construction companies for the construction of the project yesterday.Yesterday’s session to unseal the submitted bids took place at the office’s premises in Nam Kwong Building in Zape.This undated photo taken from the website of the Infrastructure

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Many potholes spotted after heavy rain: councillors

Northern District Community Service Consultative Council member Cheong Kin San said that many residents had spotted potholes and other kinds of damage to the road after the recent torrential rain y, urging the government to fix the deteriorating roads.Cheong made the remarks during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council in Areia Preta.Cheong said that some of the potholes are quite big, and it was challenging for drivers to drive over the potholes in the rain, adding that it was

September 7, 2018 | BY admin

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Man embezzles 510,000 patacas from property management committee: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man – who works as a public servant – on Tuesday for embezzling a total of about 510,000 patacas from a property management committee of a residential building in Nape – of which he was then the vice-president, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.The suspect embezzled money, on multiple occasions last year, because of money he owed his mother and debts to someone else due to failed investments in the stock

September 6, 2018 | BY admin

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La Scala Ballet showing shades of love with ‘Giselle’

Famous Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company from Italy will be presenting their ballet par excellence in the city for the first time with the classic romantic “Giselle”, a story of love, betrayal, heartache and forgiveness.The company’s Director Fédéric Olivieri, Production Manager Andrea Valioni and General Direction Andrea Vitalini attended a meet-the-press at Macau Cultural Centre yesterday, ahead of the four performances of Giselle from tomorrow to Sunday, as well as two workshops with

September 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Hotel guests robbed of HK$200,000 in suite

Early yesterday morning, two guests staying in a suite in a Cotai resort-hotel were robbed of valuables worth HK$200,000 by three men, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng said that the two victims – a male mainlander in his 60s and a female mainlander in her 30s –were visiting Macau on a business trip.According to Leng, the male victim went to a casino to gamble on Tuesday night and returned to the suite at 3 a.m. yesterday.

September 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau’s GBA role to advance PPRD development: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that Macau’s role in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) will advance the development of the Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region.GBA refers to the central government’s scheme to link the nation’s two special administrative regions – Macau and Hong Kong – and nine Guangdong cities – Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan and Zhuhai – into an integrated

September 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Air conditioner on fire in Nam Van: firemen

An air conditioner in a lawyers’ office in a commercial building in Nam Van caught fire yesterday afternoon, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement.After receiving a report about the fire, firefighters rushed to scene, the 21st floor of Great Will Edifice in Avenida da Praia Grande.According to the statement, firefighters arriving at the scene saw the air conditioner in the meeting room of the lawyers’ office ablaze and extinguished the flames.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

September 6, 2018 | BY admin

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