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‘The Night Just Before the Forests’, an immigrant’s cry for help
The monologue of an immigrant in “The Night Just Before the Forests” has been re-imagined, with an adaptation to be performed in Macau that will allow the audience to immerse into the thoughts, the feelings and the psychological state of a foreigner making a desperate cry for help.“The Night Just Before the Forests”, written in 1977 is considered one of the most captivating and unsettling texts by French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948-1989).The play will be presented on stage in
May 11, 2018
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Treat your Mum to royal pampering with Lush this Mother’s Day
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and as we all know our Mum’s are superheroes who deserve to be pampered like queens for at least a day. To spoil the queen in your life Lush has put together gift ideas that are packed with floral tones and sensational lathers.There are bath bombs, bubble bars, bubbleroons, bubble spinners, soaps, naked shower gels, massage bars, gift boxes and body lotions to choose from all handmade with ingredients including essential oils, coconut, raspberries and a host of
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Flood protection wall not ready this year: water chief
Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said yesterday she expects the government to invite bids for a flood protection wall project along the Inner Harbour area “after this month”, adding she was “sure” that the project cannot be completed this year.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Customer Liaison Group (CLG) of public utility Macao Water at MGM Cotai.The bureau said in a statement in March that the government
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Macao Water starts installing smart water meters
Macao Water said yesterday that it has launched a smart water meter scheme, adding that it has started the installation of signal transmitters for 500 water meters, including various signal receptors, in Cotai earlier this month.Seak Ka Seng, senior meter workshop officer at Macao Water, made the remarks while delivering a speech during a meeting of the utility’s Customer Liaison Group (CLG) at MGM Cotai.According to Seak, there are 250,000 water meters in Macau. He said that his company
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Govt open-minded on more powers for police supervision: Wong
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government was open-minded about whether the Macau Public Security Forces Discipline Supervision Committee should be granted more powers, such as investigation powers for certain cases or complaints against law enforcement officers by residents.The members of the committee are appointed by the government.Wong made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U during a plenary session of the
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TCM & New Era to merge: Rosario
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday that the government has authorised the merger of two of Macau’s three public bus operators.Rosario made the remarks during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday. He said that according to the government’s public bus agreements, the city’s bus operators can apply to merge.Consequently, according to Rosario, TCM and New Era could apply to the government to merge, noting that the request has
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Man dies in work accident: police
A male mainlander has died in a work accident in a flat in Fai Chi Kei, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.The statement identified the deceased as a 48-year-old decorator surnamed Feng. It did not say when the accident happened.According to the PJ statement, when Feng was demolishing an interior wall some of the bricks fell and hit him on the head.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.
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Police bust HK man for drug trafficking
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong on Wednesday for selling drugs in Macau, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 24-year-old chef surnamed Ng.According to Ho, the police recently received a tip-off that a Hong Kong man had been hired by a drug-trafficking gang there to sell drugs in Macau. After investigating, PJ officers identified Ng as the suspect.Packets of cocaine seized
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Royal Flight Airlines launches regular flight to Moscow
Russian carrier Royal Flight Airlines yesterday launched a regular scheduled flight between Macau and Moscow, opening up new air services and providing more options to travellers.During an inaugural ceremony yesterday at the local airport, Eric Fong Hio Kin, director of the Marketing Department of Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM), noted that Royal Flight Airlines started to provide charter flight services between Macau and the Russian capital in 2016 while the average passenger
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Top officials’ Beijing training ‘very necessary’: liaison vice-chief
Chen Sixi, a vice-director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said yesterday it had been “very necessary” for Macau’s nine principal officials and the chief prosecutor to participate in last month’s special training programme in Beijing, adding that the intensive training achieved “good results”.Chen made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance for Common People
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Govt plans to upgrade its think tank to bureau level
The government plans to upgrade its Policy Research Office (GEP) to a bureau-level permanent entity, its director Lao Pun Lap said yesterday.Lao made the remarks in his reply to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-gaming executive Angela Leong On Kei during a plenary session of the legislature.In her interpellation, Leong asked whether the local government would consider establishing a specific entity for coordinating the various policies and measures by different official entities
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No complaints about sacked casino staff ‘blacklists’ since 2016: labour chief
Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong said yesterday that the government has not received any complaints from casino workers since 2016 concerning the alleged existence of “blacklists” of sacked casino employees created by city’s six gaming operators.Wong made the remarks when replying to an oral interpellation by lawmaker-cum-unionist Leong Sun Iok during a plenary session of the legislature.In his interpellation, Leong said that casino employees suspect that
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Student loses HK$85,000 in phone scam: police
A female student fell victim to a phone scam earlier this month, losing a total of HK$85,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho noted that the victim is a 22-year-old local woman, whose surnamed was not revealed.According to Ho, on Saturday morning the victim received a phone call from a Putonghua-speaking woman who claimed to be a delivery company staff member. In the phone call, the woman informed the victim that her parcel, which
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Public security is ‘stable & fine’: police chief
Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun reassured the public yesterday that Macau’s public security situation is “stable and fine”.Ma made the remarks while speaking to reporters outside The Plaza Restaurant in Zape after attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API).Ma’s remarks came after the recent five-day operation to combat unlicensed money-changing and other illegal activities
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Man steals bag from napping lorry driver: police
A local man has been caught for stealing a bag from a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottle delivery lorry in Fai Chi Kei, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as Cheong, an unemployed man in his forties, who has been involved in previous theft cases.According to Wong, on Tuesday afternoon an LPG bottle delivery man parked his vehicle in Rua do General Ivens Ferraz and fell asleep in the cab. He left the
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