Oliver Jeffers’ ‘The Way Back Home’ book comes to life on stage

A story about a boy discovering an aeroplane in the cupboard and flying away high into the sky, and then running out of fuel and making a landing on the moon where he meets a Martian who is also stuck there, will come to life in a stage adaption of “The Way Back Home”, a book by Northern Irish illustrator-writer Oliver Jeffers.The Teatre Refleksion from Denmark will have nine performances at the Macau Cultural Centre from today until Sunday using a black theatre approach to shine a light on

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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No. 8 signal unlikely: observatory

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said last night that it’s unlikely that it will hoist the No. 8 signal today for tropical storm “Son-Tinh” that was approaching the southern island province of Hainan.The weather station hoisted the No. 1 signal at 4 a.m. yesterday before later hoisting the No. 3 signal at 6 p.m.According to the bureau’s website, tropical storm “Son-Tinh” was located at about 420 kilometres south-west of Macau at 2 a.m. today and was moving west

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Airport logs 4 million passengers in 1H

Macau’s airport recorded 4 million passengers in the first half of the year, a year-on-year growth of 20 percent, Ma Iao Hang, chairman of the board of directors of the Macau International Airport Company (CAM) has announced. Ma also said that the number of flight movements rose 12 percent to over 31,000 touch-downs and take-offs in the six-month period, when cargo movement increased 9.32 percent to 18,900 tonnes. According to Ma, the number of flight movements by business jets reached

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Union calls for 14th salary from Galaxy

Members of the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union yesterday petitioned gaming operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), urging the company to pay all GEG employees a fourteenth salary.According to the union, the petition includes over 300 signatures of Galaxy employees from different departments of the company, which the union handed to a company representative outside Galaxy’s human resources office at Centro Comercial do Grupo Brilhantismo in Zape.Speaking to reporters after handing

July 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Husband attacks wife with boiling oil & drain cleaner

A local man poured boiling cooking oil and drain cleaner over his wife in their home in Taipa last Thursday after a heated argument about a possible divorce, which caused the victim to suffer serious burns and possible blindness, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday in the PJ headquarters in Zapa.After the woman was viciously attacked, she asked neighbours for help who then reported the case to the police, after which police officers

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab sauna locker thief – victim left without outer garments, socks and shoes

A man from the mainland had his belongings, including cash, all his outer garments, socks and a pair of shoes, stolen by another male mainlander – who the victim had met a short while before the theft – from a sauna last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said yesterday, adding that the suspect was arrested on Saturday.In a special press conference about the case, Chan identified the suspect as a 31-year-old surnamed Tang.On June 9, the 24-year-old victim came to Macau to

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt launches ‘Macau Classic Brand’ scheme

A scheme named “Macau Classic Brand” opened for applications yesterday, aiming to recognise local brands with Macau characteristics.A press conference was hosted by the Macau Chain Stores and Franchise Association with representatives from several government bodies, in a pressroom of the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) in Nam Van.Addressing the press conference, DSE Director Tai Kin Ip said that in order to support local classic brands, the Economic Services Bureau signed an agreement with

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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2Q gaming & betting revenue drops 3.5 pct QOQ

Macau’s gross gaming and betting revenue for the second quarter fell 3.5 percent from the previous quarter to 74.04 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced yesterday. Gross revenue generated by casinos’ games of chance dropped 3.66 percent to 73.7 billion patacas quarter on quarter (QOQ).Casinos’ gross revenue accounted for 99.6 percent of the total revenue generated by the gaming and betting industry in the second quarter. VIP baccarat accounted

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Robber threatens to kill victim: police

A male mainlander was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Sunday for robbing a woman near a casino-hotel resort in Cotai early that morning, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Chan, the suspect is a 36-year-old surnamed Gu who claimed to be unemployed while the victim is a 38-year-old female insurance agent from the mainland. Both were visiting Macau.Chan said that at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, the victim was

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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GP Museum project to cost 380 million patacas: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that the government now expects the construction cost of its project to revamp the Grand Prix Museum in Zape to be 380 million patacas.Senna Fernandes made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a public event at the headquarters of the Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) in Areia Preta district.The government said in 2016 that it was planning to turn the entire

July 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Boy gets girlfriend pregnant when both were under 14: police

A schoolboy and his girlfriend had sex earlier this year leading to the schoolgirl becoming pregnant – when both were under the age of 14, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced.PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai announced the case during a regular press conference on Friday.According to Choi, the sexual intercourse between the teens was consensual.According to Choi, the two schoolchildren were enrolled in the same primary school in the previous academic year. For the current academic year, she

July 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to release report on kindergarten sex abuse probe this week

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Deputy Director Leong Wai Kei said on Saturday that her bureau had already finished its investigation into the alleged sexual abuse at the private D. Jose da Costa Nunes Kindergarten, adding that the bureau would release its findings and report this week.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of a public activity at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.On May 10, the Portuguese-language daily Hoje Macau broke the news about the alleged sexual abuse at D. Jose

July 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt stresses need to punish disaster rumour-mongers

A senior official from the Secretariat for Secretary (GSS) said during yesterday’s Macau Forum that Macau needs to create a new criminal offence category to punish those who start or spread rumours during an officially-declared state of emergency – such as when a typhoon is hitting the city.According to the official, the new category – that is being proposed by the government – could effectively prevent residents from starting or spreading rumours during a catastrophe, which he said

July 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Body found floating outside Fisherman’s Wharf

An unidentified man’s body was found floating outside Macau Fisherman’s Wharf on Saturday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced.According to a PJ statement on Saturday, a female tourist saw what appeared to be a body floating near the waterfront outside Legend Palace Hotel at the theme park shortly after 12:30 p.m.According to the statement, officers of the Macau Customs Service pulled the body onshore at the adjacent Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. They informed the Public Security

July 16, 2018 | BY admin

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