18 local eateries retain Michelin stars

In the Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2018, a total of 18 restaurants in Macau have been awarded stars, while Galaxy’s Terrazza lost its single star that it had received for the 2017 edition.The Macau section of the latest edition of the dining guideline was announced at a press conference by the French tyre company at City of Dreams yesterday.The 18 local eateries in the 2018 edition comprise two restaurants with three stars, five restaurants with two stars, and 11 restaurants with one

December 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Tam hopes central provident fund will become mandatory

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday he hopes that a mandatory central provident fund will be implemented in Macau in the future.Tam made the remarks on the first day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.The city’s non-mandatory central provident fund will be implemented on January 1 next year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

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Macau to get ‘academy of medicine’: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government will establish an official institution for the training of local medical specialists in the near future.Tam made the remarks on the first day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Two years ago, the government said it would study the feasibility of establishing such an institution.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR

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SJM raises 3.19 million patacas in charity auction

SJM held its annual charity auction and dinner yesterday in which the gaming operator raised a total of 3.19 million patacas from bidding on Italian white truffles, wine, a SJM Theodore Racing Team signed helmet and a night’s stay – complete with a Michelin-starred meal – at Grand Lisboa Hotel, as well as a personal donation from local businessman David Chow Kam Fai.The “SJM Michelin-starred Charity Auction and Dinner” was held at Grand Lisboa Hotel, where SJM Chairman of the Board of

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274 kg of uninspected food confiscated: govt

In a joint bust by the Macau Customs Service and the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), a total of 254 kilogrammes of meat and 20 kilogrammes of vegetables were seized, according to a joint statement yesterday.The statement said that the two government bodies took action last Friday and this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. During the operation seven eateries, two vegetable stalls and a food processing plant were found to have imported uninspected food which they were selling in the

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Art in the street: Paintings on power boxes spark energy in city

The grey and sometimes dusty and even dirty power boxes installed by local electric utility CEM in the streets have been given a facelift by local artists and illustrators, bringing vibrancy and energy to the community through art.This is part of CEM’s recent “Electricity x Culture and Creativity – Power Box Revitalisation with Art” project where 20 local artists and illustrators from the Macau Artist Society and Macau Illustrators Association are revitalising the low-voltage

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2 restaurants and a bar, Melco dedicates floor to Alain Ducasse in Morpheus

Melco will open two restaurants and a bar at the company’s Morpheus Hotel as part of a collaboration with acclaimed chef Alain Ducasse.During a press conference earlier this week, it was announced that the two restaurants – one contemporary and one fine-dining – and the bar will be at Morpheus Hotel set to open in May next year, with a floor dedicated to Ducasse, with the design, furniture and even the toilets and taps are approved by the chef himself.“I control everything,” Ducasse

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Mandarin Oriental serving the ‘wagyu’ of ducks from Ireland

The local Mandarin Oriental is currently serving the “wagyu” of ducks from Ireland’s Silver Hill Farm that celebrity chefs Heston Blumenthal and Gordon Ramsay also use.The hotel’s Vida Rica restaurant held a tasting event earlier this week to mark the launch of the duck brand’s presence in Macau, inviting local and Hong Kong media and chefs to try what it claims to be the “Best duck in the world” from Silver Hill Farm.Founded by Ronnie and Lyla Steele 55 years ago, the family

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MGM brings art to life with teamLab

MGM has teamed up with Japanese digital software company teamLab to bring some of its famous immersive installations to reignite your inner child and where children can play, create and learn as they delve into that virtual world of the future.The “Learn & Play! teamLab Future Park” exhibition, which opens to the public today until February 28, features four sections, with a “Sketch Christmas/Sketch Town”, “Sketch Town Papercraft”, “Light Ball Orchestra” and “Graffiti

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Okura gives Chinese cuisine a twist for festive season

The culinary team for Chinese cuisine at Hotel Okura Macau is giving the usual dim sum and Chinese dishes a twist as winter and the festive season begins.Many restaurants have stirred things up adding cuteness to dim-sum that would make it to Instagram, and Okura’s Executive Chef Chin Kam Wah and his culinary team got creative too, and it’s not just good for pictures, it’s also good for the palate.While shrimp dumplings are usually translucent rice flour pastry filled with shrimps,

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Get ready for Christmas at Galaxy

It’s December, the time of year where everything seems to sparkle and shine with lights and tinsel all around, even make-up and fashion items are getting into the spirit too.Father Christmas might be greeting visitors at Galaxy Macau’s East Square where the huge Christmas tree is, but three gigantic Miu Miu bags are catching the attention of shoppers at the integrated resort’s Pearl Lobby, right next to DFS’s T Galleria Beauty store.The three giant Miu Lady bag sculptures – each

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2 Tak Chun VIP rooms earn SGS certification

Tak Chun Group, which currently operates 13 high-roller clubs, has recently earned service quality recognition from Swiss inspection, verification certification, testing and certification group SGS, formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance).The junket operator held an award ceremony at Banyan Tree earlier this week where it was announced that the company’s high-roller clubs at Galaxy and StarWorld have passed the SGS assessment for service

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Rosario confident LRT Taipa project will not run over budget

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday he was confident that the Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project will not run further over budget – i.e. the total cost of the project will not exceed 11 billion patacas.Rosario made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs.Yesterday’s meeting focused on the progress of the construction of the

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Govt to allow cross-border light vehicle passenger services

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the advisory body has completed its discussion of amendments to a by-law regulating cross-border road transport.The government-drafted changes to the by-law give the green light to the provision of cross-border pre-booked light passenger vehicle passenger services, according to Leong.The council chaired by the chief executive is the government’s top advisory body.Media workers attend yesterday’s press conference hosted by

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