Angelo Musa showcases pastry expertise at MGM

On Thursday, French pastry chef and author Angelo Musa showcased his pastry-making skills during the “CHOCOL’ART Culinary Demonstration” at The Vista of MGM COTAI, with the event attended by over 80 pâtissiers and small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners from Macau, along with chefs and entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and the mainland.A celebrity chef, Chef Musa, who has over 30 years of pastry making experience, provided his insights on pastry-making and demonstrated four types of

March 11, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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3 injured in accident at future jail site in Ka Ho

A workplace accident occurred at the site of the future prison in Ka Ho in Coloane on Saturday morning, in which two male non-resident workers (NRWs) were injured and one local male worker who was drifting in and out of consciousness needed resuscitation, according to a Fire Services Bureau (CB) message yesterday.The message identified the three male workers as a 48-years-old and a 53-year-old male blue card holders, and a 47-year-old local male worker.The 47-year-old local suffered contusion

March 11, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Man sexually harasses passerby on street: police

A local man in his fifties was arrested for sexually harassing a female passerby in her thirties in Rua Central at about 5 p.m. last Monday, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said on Friday, adding that the suspect was identified through the police forces’ citywide CCTV camera system.A PSP investigation showed that the suspect in his fifties sexually harassed the victim wearing shorts, first touching her deliberately with his shoulder and then touching her thighs with his hand, the

March 11, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab Mongolian pickpocket for pilfering 60,000 patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Mongolian man for purloining 60,000 patacas from a local man, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference on Friday.The suspect, aged 55, is surnamed Purevdorj, Ho added.According to Ho, the Judiciary Police received a report from the victim at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday about the theft, saying that his wallet containing 60,000 patacas had been stolen from his backpack which he placed behind him together with a suitcase when he was

March 11, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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PSP officer cheats friend out of HK$500,000: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Public Security Police (PSP) officer on Thursday for allegedly cheating a friend out of HK$500,000 by persuading him to join a bogus investment scheme in 2017, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said on Friday.According to Friday’s special press conference, the 36-year-old suspect, surnamed Ao Ieong, joined the force in 2013.Ho said that the Judiciary Police received a report from the victim about the case at the end of last year, saying that the fraud took place

March 11, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mainlander sells fake phones in main street: Customs

A man was arrested for selling fake mobile phones in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (aka “San Ma Lou” in Cantonese – “New Road”) on Friday, according to a statement by the Macau Customs Service (SA) on Saturday.The statement identified the suspect as a 41-year-old male mainlander, adding that he was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation.According to the statement, the man was intercepted by customs officers in San Ma Lou on Friday on suspicion of

March 11, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Pair arrested after babies' bodies found in bottles in HK

       HONG KONG - Hong Kong police yesterday arrested a couple after the remains of two babies were found in glass bottles by a cleaner at a rented flat in Tuen Mun.At a briefing in the early hours today, officers from the New Territories North Regional Crime Unit said they were still investigating how the two boys, who both appeared to be less than a year old, died. There were no obvious injuries and an autopsy was to be carried out.Officers said the bodies were discovered

March 9, 2024 | BY admin

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13th Macau Literary Festival: The Script Road has started

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March 8, 2024 | BY admin

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Govt mulls new promotional offers for Xi’an & Qingdao tourists

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said yesterday that it will discuss with airlines and travel agencies the feasibility of rolling out new promotional offers for tourists from Shaanxi’s provincial capital of Xi’an and Shandong’s port city of Qingdao, the two cities that have been newly added to the central government’s Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), which started on Wednesday.After including the two cities, 51 cities in the mainland are now covered by the Individual Visit

March 8, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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IMF forecasts 13.9 pct Macau GDP growth this year

   The US-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts in its latest report on Macau that it expects its gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 13.9 percent year on year in real terms this year.The report, entitled "People's Republic of China - Macao Special Administrative Region: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission", was released in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. “GDP is projected to grow by 13.9 percent, due to the further recovery in the

March 8, 2024 | BY admin

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3 local eateries garner Bib Gourmand award

Restaurants Kapok, Restaurante Litoral (Taipa) and Son Tak Kong have all garnered the Bib Gourmand distinction in the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2024, now bringing the total number of restaurants and street food outlets that provide “delightful value-for-money gourmet experiences” to 10 in Macau, according to a MICHELIN statement yesterday.Named after the Michelin Man and Michelin Group’s official company mascot, Bibendum, the Bib Gourmand, according to the MICHELIN GUIDE

March 8, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Businessman calls for duty-free malls in Hengqin

Wednesday’s current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM, discussed the development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin after its new “first-tier, second-tier” customs arrangements started on Friday last week, during which a guest speaker suggested that duty-free shopping centres be set up in the zone with the aim of boosting consumption.Under the new customs mechanism, tariffs are

March 8, 2024 | BY admin

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Flat owners discouraged from redevelopment due to high cost: lawmaker

Lawmaker-cum-civil engineer Leong Hong Sai said yesterday that “many” flat owners in old residential buildings were “highly willing” to redevelop their buildings, but they were likely discouraged from launching the redevelopment because of the perception that it would be very costly.Leong also suggested that the government offer discounted rents to flat owners who move into its future temporary housing units while their former residential buildings are being redeveloped.Leong made the

March 8, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Ex-supervisor forges casino points worth HK$279,000: police

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam announced yesterday the arrest of three locals in a fraud case in which the trio in cahoots with a number of gamblers allegedly cheated a casino out of gifts worth about HK$279,000 by forging “privilege points” on their membership cards.During yesterday’s special press conference, Ho said that the Judiciary Police received a report from a casino representative about the fraud on November 30 last year.A PJ investigation showed, according to Ho,

March 8, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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