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

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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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Councillor urges govt to restore normal swimming pool operations

Central District Community Service Consultative Council member Luo Ping said yesterday that the government needed to bring back the normal public swimming pool opening times as well as upgrade the quality of the service provided.Luo made the comments during a regular meeting of the council at the Patane Market Municipal Complex on the peninsula.On August 17, the Sports Bureau (ID) announced that two of its public swimming pools – the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Swimming Pool on the peninsula and

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255 high-rises to implement tap water system maintenance guidelines

A total of 255 high-rises – or some 20 percent of the total in Macau – will join a programme launched by the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) which aims to ensure the hygiene of tap water in tower blocks, according to which the participating buildings will implement the official guidelines on the maintenance of tap water systems in high-rise buildings.The bureau said in a statement that it hosted the launching ceremony of the programme yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau has

September 6, 2018 | BY admin

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Yat Yuen tells old people’s home greyhounds will be ‘temporary neighbours’

Representatives from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. yesterday told the elderly living at an old people’s home in Coloane and their family members that the former racetrack’s 533 greyhounds will be their “temporary neighbours” until they have gone through the adoption procedures to be flown out of Macau to their new homes overseas.The representatives, who declined to give their names or any contact details when asked by The Macau Post Daily, held a briefing yesterday about

September 5, 2018 | BY admin

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16-year-old boy nabbed for sex with 13-year-old: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 16-year-old schoolboy on Monday for having sex with a 13-year-old schoolgirl last month, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the sexual intercourse between the teens was consensual.According to Leng, the schoolboy, surnamed Choi, got to know the victim via a mobile phone social networking application in the middle of July, and they subsequently began to date.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT

September 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam visits student at ICU after coma

A seriously-ill local female who attends Huaqiao University in Fujian province, has come out of her coma at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital.According to a Health Bureau (SSM) statement yesterday, at the onset of her illness, the 20-year-old patient was admitted to the Quanzhou First Hospital, where she was diagnosed as having viral encephalitis – an inflammation of the brain caused by a virus – while the virus was not identified. She had been suffering from various symptoms

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Govt Headquarters branch renovation project to take 326 days

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement yesterday that the renovation project to turn a building in Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida into a Government Headquarters branch office will take up to 326 days.The bureau unsealed bids submitted by 15 companies for the renovation project yesterday. Among the 15 bids submitted, 13 were accepted and one was rejected, while the bureau conditionally accepted the remaining one – but the statement did not mention

September 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Tianjin’s AFC hopes hit by Macau switch

SHANGHAI – Tianjin Quanjian’s hopes of overturning a 2-0 deficit in the Asian Champions League quarter-finals were dealt a blow after the second leg home to Kashima Antlers was moved to Macau.The crunch showdown will still take place on September 18, but instead of enjoying home advantage, Tianjin’s players will travel nearly 2,000 kilometres south to Macau.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) did not say why the match is being moved, but state media said it could be because of a World

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Filipina loan shark lends money to 50 compatriots: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a Filipina for providing illegal loans to 50 compatriots since April last year, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a non-local resident female whom he identified as Desiree.Leng said that the Judiciary Police received complaints from two Philippine domestic helpers in July. Both told the police they had both borrowed 6,000 patacas each from the suspect last year due to family

September 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers urge govt to repossess Taipa ‘Ocean World’ plot

Lawmakers-cum-unionists Ella Lei Cheng I and Leong Sun Iok yesterday urged the government to repossess a long-undeveloped plot of land east of the entrance to the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge at the northern coast of Taipa, which was initially slated for an “Ocean World” project when its land concession was granted over two decades ago.The two directly-elected legislators criticised the government for its slow progress in annulling the plot’s land concession, adding that the

September 5, 2018 | BY admin

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Loan shark victim forced to sign IOU for HK$45 million: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a male mainlander on Saturday for his alleged involvement in a loan sharking case in which a victim was forced to sign an IOU for HK$45.9 million, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Lai, the victim is a businessman in his fifties from Vanuatu, who was visiting Macau with his friends in November last year.During his visit to the city, the victim borrowed money from several loan

September 4, 2018 | BY admin

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