Paddington 2 to open 2nd Int’l Film Festival Macau

Paddington 2, which had its world premiere in London yesterday, will open the 2nd International Film Festival & Awards – Macau (IFFAM) on December 8, the organisers announced at a press conference on Friday.Paddington 2 is a live-action-cum-computer-generated imagery (CGI) animated adventure comedy film directed by British writer-cum-director Paul King.According to British media reports, the film is based on the stories of the character Paddington Bear created by the late British author

November 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Labour law amendment divides forum

Guest speakers as well as members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum were starkly divided over the proposed increase in the number of days for statutory maternity leave.The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) launched a 45-day public consultation in late September on proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Law, which proposes three to five days paid paternity leave and 14 unpaid days

November 6, 2017 | BY admin

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Gaming operators should ‘protect’ staff from addictive gambling

Macau Social Services Centre Chief Supervisor Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said yesterday that gaming operators should have a clear policy to “protect” their employees from addictive gambling.The centre is a non-profit initiative set up by lawmaker-cum-SJM Executive Director Angela Leong On Kei.In an interview with reporters, Siu made the remarks during the centre’s annual activity against problem gambling at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions Stadium near the Barrier Gate.Macau Social Services

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UNESCO declares Macau ‘Creative City of Gastronomy’

Macau became a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy this week and Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that it was now for the city as a whole to work together to pass on its gastronomic traditions for sustainable development.Following UNESCO’s announcement in Paris on Tuesday, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in a statement yesterday that the new status given by UNESCO would foster the diversification of the city’s economy,

November 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Councillors call for bus fare adjustment mechanism

Central District Community Service Consultative Council Deputy Convener Lok Nam Tak said the council’s members suggested yesterday that the government establish a bus fare adjustment mechanism in order to avoid a backlash from the public in the long run.Lok made the remarks during a post-meeting press briefing at the Central Districts Residents’ Service Centre in Rotunda de Carlos da Maia. As is customary, the meeting took place behind closed doors.Referring to the councillors’

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Chui meets 4 groups for views on policy address

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday held separate meetings with representatives of four associations to listen to their opinions on, and suggestions for, the drafting of his 2018 Policy Address.Chui will deliver his 2018 Policy Address in the legislature’s hemicycle on November 14.The four associations are the Macau Jiangmen Communal Society, Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API), Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI), and New Macau Association (NMA).PLEASE

November 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Legislature’s finance committee to keep meetings closed

The president of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, Mak Soi Kun, said yesterday that the committee has decided to continue holdings its meetings behind closed doors during the legislature’s current four-year term.Mak briefed reporters yesterday after a closed-door meeting of the committee, the first since the legislature’s current term started last month.Article 93 of the Legislative Assembly Procedure Rules states that committee meetings are held behind

November 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to draft local legislation for national anthem law: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the local government will need to draft related local legislation after the National Anthem Law is included in the Macau Basic Law’s Annex 3 in the future.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of five newly-appointed public prosecutors, at the Public Prosecution Office (MP) in Nape.The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing

November 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Cinematheque Passion shows painted film ‘Loving Vincent’

The special screening of “Loving Vincent”, said to be the world’s first fully painted feature film that looks into the life and death of Dutch artist Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890), kicked off at Cinematheque Passion yesterday.The film, written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, won the Audience Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2017, at which it earned a 10-minute standing ovation following the world premiere on June 13.The biographical drama is

November 2, 2017 | BY admin

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Crazy Horse show ‘not about nudity’

The erotic French cabaret that is taking place at The Parisian is not about the nudity of the female performers, but a beautiful presentation of a female body, Crazy Horse Paris’ Tour Director Frank Paquet said yesterday.Paquet made the comments during a media preview at The Parisian Theatre, where three acts were shown: the iconic Queen’s Guards-inspired “God Save Our Bare Skin”, the variety number “Mr Fantastic” blending robotic dance and contortionism, and “Upside Down”, the

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NPC mulls applying national anthem law in HK & Macau

BEIJING – The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing yesterday heard draft decisions to apply the newly-adopted National Anthem Law both in Hong Kong and Macau, the nation’s two special administrative regions.According to the bills, the National Anthem Law, which took effect on October 1, will be included in Annex III of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Annex III of the Basic Law of the Macau SAR, which regulates

November 1, 2017 | BY admin

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Police raid massage parlours in 5 residential flats

Judiciary Police (PJ) officers raided “erotic” massage parlours in five residential flats in Iao Hon last night and took seven “masseuses” into custody.The females are aged between 23 and 46 and are from the mainland and Thailand, a PJ spokesperson told reporters at the scene. The spokesperson said the “erotic” massage parlours were believed to have been in operation for at least three months.The spokesperson said that the police had recently been tipped off by a resident that a

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Almost half of teens have addictive behaviours: survey

According to a study titled ‘Addictive behaviours and psychological correlates among Chinese adolescents in Macau’, 49.8 percent of the surveyed teens reported engagement in addictive behaviour, Chan Mei Lo, supervisor of the Integrated Centre on Addiction Prevention and Treatment (ICAPT) of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in Hong Kong said yesterday.Macau’s Bosco Youth Service Network (BYS) and the group’s centre jointly conducted the study and hosted a press conference about its findings

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Group slams govt for ‘sluggish’ drafting taxi sector bill

Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Association President Tony Kuok Leong Son yesterday slammed the government for its “sluggish” drafting of a bill regulating the city’s taxi sector after studying the matter for years.Kuok also said that the 1,000-pataca fine for rogue taxi drivers stipulated in the existing taxi sector regulation does not deter them from committing violations such as overcharging passengers. He called for an increase in the fine, adding that repeat violators’ work licences

November 1, 2017 | BY admin

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