1st Café Kitsuné in Macau opens

Macau’s first Café Kitsuné in Macau has recently opened at the Treasure Island Shopping Centre.An extension of the Parisian and Japanese fashion brand Maison Kitsuné, the café has 35 outlets worldwide, including bars in New York and Tokyo, as well as a restaurant and day club in Bali, according to a recent statement by the shopping centre.The Macau café is located on the shopping centre’s L/F floor and offers a 270-degree view of Nam Van Lake and the Macau Tower Convention &

November 13, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Young woman cheated out of 273,000 in ‘Alipay’ phone scam: police

A young woman on Monday fell victim to a phone scam purporting to be an Alipay staff member, and was cheated out of 273,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the victim, a non-local resident, received the call at 4 p.m. on Monday, during which the “Alipay staff” asked the victim to log in to a web link to update her identity information on the pretext of “deactivating her Alipay account”. Ho added that

November 13, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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GEG founder & chairman Lui Che-woo passes away at 95

Integrated Resort (IR) operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Founder and Chairman Lui Che-woo passed away on Thursday at the age of 95.The GEG announcement last night noted that Lui “passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on 7 November 2024”, expressing its “deepest sorrow” in the statement and thanked him for his “invaluable contributions to the group” during his time as the chairman, as well as the “deepest condolences” to Liu’s family.According to the statement, Lui

November 12, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lawmakers pass outline of bill to raise compensation for fired staff

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill proposing to raise the maximum amount of compensation that an employee in the private sector will be entitled to receive after he or she has been dismissed without justification from the current 252,000 patacas to 258,000 patacas.The bill proposes amendments to the Labour Relations Law.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the

November 12, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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60 years of ‘Macau’s Karting History’ book launch

Two local journalists have collated over 60 years of karting history in Macau for a new book, which was launched yesterday at the Grand Prix Museum Multifunction Room in Zape as the first of its kind to tell Macau’s karting history.The book, has four chapters in three languages – Chinese, Portuguese and English is “Macau’s Karting History”, jointly written by Pedro Dá Mesquita and Carlos Barreto, published by the PraiaGrande Edições (“PraiaGrande Publishing House”) and

November 12, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Conrad’s Pink Inspired Campaign raises over 27,800 patacas

Hotel operator Conrad Macao said in a statement yesterday that it’s month-long Pink Inspired Campaign has raised over 27,800 patacas.Held throughout October, the campaign, according to the statement, supported the Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s breast cancer awareness campaign and the local charity Associação de Feliz Paraíso. The hotel operator is a Hong Kong Cancer Fund Gold Sponsor and this year marked its 10th year of participating the campaign, the statement noted.The Londoner Macao

November 12, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Lawmakers pass outline of bill on medical devices

The Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a local government-drafted bill to establish a comprehensive framework to manage and monitor the research, development, registration, filing, manufacture, and operation of medical devices.Introducing the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said that medical devices are an integral part of the modern medical and healthcare system, and

November 12, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Legislators pass outline of bill on investment funds

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the setting-up and operation of investment funds and fund management companies.The bill aims to enhance the flexibility in the setting-up and operation of fund management companies, strengthen the protection for investors, and promote the setting-up of privately offered funds.The bill proposes to establish a new law regulating investment funds and fund management companies to replace the current

November 12, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Police nab sextet for false statements, sham marriage

The Public Security Police (PSP) have apprehended six suspects for allegedly making false statements and their involvement in sham marriages, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said yesterday.The case involves a complex web of deceit, Wong said. In one instance, a mainland couple in their fifties, the wife surnamed Li and the husband surnamed Shi, had a son and a daughter. The couple then asked Shi’s female cousin and her husband to falsely claim to be the parents of their daughter to secure a Macau

November 12, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Woman injured as tree fall on Guia Hill

A mountain tallow tree believed to have brown root rot disease collapsed on Guia Hill yesterday, hitting a woman who was running on the fitness trail there, according to separate statements by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM).According to online footage circulated yesterday, the victim was seen lying on the fitness trail after being felled by a tree limb, while a man tried to stop the bleeding from a wound on her head. The CB statement noted that the victim, who

November 12, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Male duo scam 2 illegal currency exchange dealers: police

Two men from the mainland have been arrested for defrauding two illegal currency exchange dealers out of 57,000 yuan (63,760 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a regular press conference yesterday.The two fraud suspects are surnamed Zhu and Peng. The two illegal currency exchange dealers, a man and a woman from the mainland arrested in Macau for their currency exchange activities, are surnamed Tao and Du. They are in their twenties and thirties.According to Ho, the

November 12, 2024 | BY William Chan

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No. 1 standby signal in force

Tropical Storm Toraji (桃芝) will come within 800 kilometres of Macau early today, while there are currently three other tropical cyclones in the South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific Ocean, according to the observatory’s tropical cyclone warning signal system last night.The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the No.1 standby signal at 00:30 a.m. this morning and it will remain in force today.Hong Kong’s observatory hoisted the No.1 standby signal at 10:20 p.m. last

November 12, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Photography exhibition promotes local biodiversity

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography Exhibition is being showcased at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, with over 100 photos on display in the integrated resort’s Circle Hall on level 3.The exhibition, which features various species found in Macau’s wetlands, showcases photos taken in Macau between January and August this year for the recent “Macao’s Wetland Treasures: 2024 Biodiversity Photography

November 12, 2024 | BY admin

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Festivalgoers enjoy hush! activities at Hac Sa Beach

– Photos: Rui Pastorin, Ginnie Liang

November 11, 2024 | BY admin

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