Hush! Get your headphones on for silent beach disco

As the weather begins to warm up, it’s time to get out, soak up some sun and enjoy live music as the annual beach concert “HUSH!!” will be bringing a music-fest to the ears, with a silent disco this year joining the marathon of performances ranging from folk to electric, jazz to heavy metal, and rock to a cappella.Originally a rock music event but now definitely a beach gig, “HUSH!! Full Music” organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), this year will have 16 hours of live music

April 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Galaxy brings taste of north-eastern Chinese cuisine to town

Ten top chefs from three provinces in the north-east have created a series of dishes for Galaxy Macau, offering locals and tourists some authentic flavours from the north-east from now until June 30.Some of the north-eastern dishes are available at the all-day dining outlet Festiva, where certain buffet counters decorated with red floral banners are the ones serving Dongbei (north-east) food, such as at the grill station, guests will find grilled deer meat skewer and lamb skewer with onion, and

April 27, 2018 | BY admin

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Most students feel their studies are different than expected: survey

Most local university students feel that their studies are different from what they expected, a survey released by the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau shows yesterday.The survey was conducted between December and January. It collected 728 questionnaires from local undergraduate students, with the aim of finding out their overall satisfaction with their university life as well as life planning.According to the study, the survey sample of the undergraduate students consisted of

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt rejects ‘irresponsible’ EU report

The Macau government has rejected the “irresponsible” remarks contained in the European Commission’s 2017 Annual Report on Macau.The government issued a brief statement yesterday to reject the report released by the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security in Brussels on Tuesday.The statement said that the EU report chose to “ignore facts” proving that Macau people enjoy political stability, economic development, social

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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City’s first typhoon drill to take place on Saturday

The city’s first typhoon drill will be held in Ha Van district on Saturday afternoon, to test the new “pre-arranged” plans by the government.Ha Van is the Chinese name for the Praia do Manduco neighbourhood in the Inner Harbour area near Barra.The drill, named Crystal Fish, is to test the government’s recently-drafted evacuation plan.This photo taken yesterday shows the designated assembly point for evacuees located on the fourth floor of the S. Lourenço Municipal Market Complex, for

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau film-fest names Chen Kaige jury head: report

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) magazine reported yesterday that apart from Chen Kaige’s appointment as jury head the festival has also announced that it is adding contemporary Chinese cinema and family film sections for its upcoming third edition late this year.Mainland Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige, 65, will serve as international jury president at Macau International Film Festival on December 8-14, according to the report.Chen is famously the only Chinese filmmaker ever to have won the Cannes

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Employees’ confidence rises: survey

Findings of a survey released yesterday show a rise in Macau employees’ overall confidence and a slight decrease in their satisfaction last month compared to a year earlier, the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) announced yesterday.On a scale of 1 to 5, last month’s Macau employee confidence index stood at 3.16 with a 3.8 percent increase year on year, while the satisfaction index stood at 3.35 with a 0.48 percent year-on-year decrease.The annual Macau Employee Confidence

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Chinese musical on clash of culture, capital, casinos to open art fest

What happens when the Macau Cultural Centre becomes a casino? Through “Das Kapital”, award-winning Chinese playwright Nick Yu Rongjun wants to trigger a discussion with his Broadway-style musical using black humour and a sarcastic approach to Karl Marx’s masterpiece to look at when chasing dreams becomes a pursuit of money.Yu’s “Das Kapital” (“The Capital”), based on Marx’s major work of the same name published 150 years ago, will open this year’s month-long 29th Macau Arts

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Group calls for improved construction sector health & safety rules

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions yesterday urged the government to finish drafting a bill amending the city’s health and safety rules for the construction sector as soon as possible, with the aim of improving the safety of the sector which suffered several fatal accidents last year.The federation, the city’s number-one trade union, is commonly known as Gung Luen, its name in Cantonese.The federation made the appeal during a press conference at its headquarters in Rua da Ribeira do

April 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Vice-PM urges local govt to follow Xi’s guidelines, improve residents’ lives

Vice Premier Han Zheng yesterday urged the local government to administer Macau strictly in line with the guidelines laid out by President Xi Jinping during his visit for the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).Han also said yesterday in Beijing he hoped that the local government remains committed to improving the lives of Macau people.Han is one of the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee – the nation’s top governing body,

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Blocked sewer pipe causes ‘oily dirty material’ spill: govt

A sewer pipe was blocked yesterday morning so that “oily dirty material” flowed over the road at the junction of Estrada de Adolfo Loureiro and Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday.The location where the incident occurred is near Lou Lim Ieoc Garden.According to the statement, IACM staff members, along with Macau Waste System Company (CSR) workers, finished cleaning the road and clearing the blocked drain at around 2 p.m.

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt says e-payment rising fast in city

There are over 8,000 mobile payment terminals set up in shops in Macau, Economic Services (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said yesterday, pointing out that as e-payments are rising fast in the city, the government is studying the possibility of supporting small business owners planning to install the required equipment.Tai spoke to reporters on the sidelines of attending a forum on WeChat Pay jointly organised by his bureau and e-payment provider WeChat Pay to explain to local businesses the details

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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Regulator bars police body cams from temples & churches

A report by the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) states that police officers equipped with body-worn video cameras (BWVCs) are not allowed to use them in temples, churches, toilets, changing rooms and hospitals.If, the report underlines, “BWVCs are activated in such venues unwittingly, the captured footage should be deleted immediately.”The report issued at the request of the Public Security Police (PSP) is now available on the watchdog’s official website in Chinese, English and

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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HK man caught smuggling cocaine: police

A man from Hong Kong was arrested early yesterday morning at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal for smuggling cocaine, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced at a special press conference yesterday.The suspect is a 26-year-old warehouse worker surnamed Cheng, according to Ho.Ho said that Cheng arrived at the ferry terminal after midnight. After passing through immigration, he was stopped by a customs officer for inspection. Cheng reacted by hurriedly taking a bag out of his pocket

April 25, 2018 | BY admin

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