Winner of New Central Library design tender denies plagiarism

Carlos Marreiros, last week’s winner of the government New Central Library design tender, yesterday vehemently denied claims that his proposal plagiarised the design of a building in the Spanish city of Leon.Marreiros, an architect and artist, denied the plagiarism in a press conference after photos comparing his design and the one in Spain began to circulate on social media and resulted in scathing criticisms of the local project.Both designs appear to be strikingly similar.This image

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau Int’l Parade to cost 17.5 million patacas

The budget for this year’s Macau International Parade is 17.50 million patacas, 1.5 million patacas more than last year, due to a higher number of performers from different countries and regions, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian said yesterday.Mok made the comments during a press conference held at the Macau Cultural Centre about the parade, which is to mark the 19th anniversary of the establishment of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on December 20, 1999.The

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Young Italian chef serving hometown cuisine in Studio City

Rossi Trattoria at Studio City is possibly the only Italian restaurant in Macau serving authentic dishes from Senigallia, a port town on Italy’s Adriatic coast.So, Caesar Salad is not on the menu because it’s not a dish originating from Senigallia, said the hometown Italian chef Rodolfo Serritelli, who is in charge of the restaurant.Instead, the country-style trattoria serves up simple and delectable dishes prepared the way Serritelli’s family would with the freshest traditional

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Student film-fest to bring together work from 4 cross-Strait regions

Short films produced by students in tertiary education or fresh graduates from the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are getting their silver-screen moment in a film festival opening tomorrow, also offering the public a glimpse of the different perspectives of today’s young people from the the nation’s four regions.The “Future Roads – Cross-Strait-cum-Hong Kong and Macau College Student Film Festival” organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) Cinematheque.Passion will show

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass record budget bill

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the government expects its total expenditure to increase by 2.2 percent next year, amounting to 103.34 billion patacas – another spending record.Leong made the remarks when attending a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle to present the government’s 2019 budget bill.According to the bill, the government expects total receipts of 122.39 billion patacas next year, 14.35 billion patacas more than this

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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GDP growth slows to 1.6 pct in Q3

Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew a mere 1.6 percent year on year in the third quarter in real terms, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. It was the lowest growth rate since the third quarter of 2016. According to the statement, the economy grew at a slower pace, mainly due to a continuous decline in construction investment and a notable slowdown in growth of exports of services. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Tutor remanded in custody for sexually abusing 5 schoolboys

A tutor of a private tutorial centre who allegedly sexually abused five schoolboys has been remanded in custody due to the nature and severity of the case, the Public Prosecution Office (MP) said in a statement yesterday.The suspect was arrested on Monday.The statement also said that the rape and sexual coercion charges that the suspect faces involve aggravated circumstances.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Mongolian woman ‘raped’ in hotel in Taipa: police

A Mongolian woman was allegedly raped by a man from the mainland on Monday in a hotel room in Taipa, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said yesterday during a regular press briefing.According to Leng, the female victim in her 30s came to Macau alone to do some sightseeing. The victim met the suspect surnamed Lu, who is also in his 30s, a businessman from the mainland, on November 9 at a bar in a hotel in Taipa. The victim and Lu went out a couple of times and went to different

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Bobo’s exact rescue day confirmed

The date of Macau’s beloved Asian black bear Bobo, who died in his Flora Garden enclosure where he had lived for over three decades on Tuesday, was confirmed by The Macau Post Daily yesterday, following considerable confusion about the date before and after his passing. Our reporters unearthed an article in the archives of the Chinese-language Jornal “Va Kio” yesterday that confirmed the date – December 19, 1986. The article published on December 20, 1986, said that “yesterday

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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2 found selling fake MGP hand stamps: police

Five spectators in the Lisboa Bend Stand were caught with fake hand stamps on Saturday during the Macau Touring Car Cup final of the Macau Grand Prix (MGP), Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said in a regular press conference yesterday.A security manager at the Lisboa Bend Stand suspected that the five spectators had fake hand stamps and reported them to the police immediately, Wong said.According to Wong, the police received a report at 11 a.m. on Saturday from the security

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt’s plan to preserve Bobo’s body draws controversy

Plans proposed by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) to preserve the body of Bobo, the city’s beloved Asiatic black bear who died on Tuesday morning, have drawn considerable controversy among the local public, with a poster saying no to taxidermy to “respect” the ursine circulating online.IACM said in a statement yesterday that the bureau was saddened by Bobo’s death, adding that it has set aside a memorial area in front of the bear’s enclosure in Flora Garden.“Having

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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F3 driver who survived horror crash vows to race again

Germany’s 17-year-old racing driver Sophia Flörsch who fractured her cervical vertebrae in a horrifying crash at the Formula Three Macau Grand Prix (MGP) has vowed to return to the sport after surviving surgery lasting nearly half a day.Flörsch flew off the track on Sunday, hurtling into marshals and photographers, before being rushed to the Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre in a stable condition.“I survived the operation which took 11 hours. Hope from now on it only gets better,”

November 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Male tutor sexually abuses 5 schoolboys: police

A 35-year-old man from Hong Kong working as a tutor at a private tutorial centre in Macau was arrested on Monday for forcing a 14-year-old schoolboy to perform oral sex on him several times, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced during a special press conference yesterday.The victim is a pupil in the centre. The tutor, who is working in Macau as a non-resident worker, committed his alleged sex crimes in the tutorial centre in Fai Chi Kei, according to Leng.The suspect, surnamed

November 21, 2018 | BY admin

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MGP accident rings safety alarm bells

PARIS – Questions are being asked about safety standards in motorsports after a horrifying crash at the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) on Sunday led to 17-year-old German driver Sophia Flörsch undergoing seven hours of spinal surgery.The Macau Grand Prix has been held for 65 years, and the Formula 3 race in which German racer Flörsch hurtled into two photographers and a race marshal after flying off the track on Sunday is the most popular race of all. Raced over a temporary street circuit, the

November 21, 2018 | BY admin

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