Graffiti smeared on S. Domingos Church: police

Graffiti has been found on an outer wall of S. Domingos Church, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson announced during a regular briefing yesterday.According to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) website, the church was erected in 1587. It was originally built of wood, and its name in Chinese, Pan Cheong Tong, means “Church of Wooden Planks”.The spokesperson said some IC staff members discovered the graffiti on the wall of the church when

February 10, 2017 | BY admin

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Make it grand on Valentine’s Day at Grand Hyatt

Grand Hyatt Macau is known for doing things in a splendid style and Valentine’s Day is no exception.For the celebration of love and romance, the hotel has flown in some big, bright and beautiful Ecuadorian roses for customers to order for their loved ones on Valentine’s Day.Instead of putting the roses in a bouquet, the roses, available in a variety of vibrant shades as well as the rare black, are placed in a black box for a sleek and chic presentation. The roses are available for purchase

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Film director playing the Chinese card in Hollywood

The film awards season is underway with the Oscars as the finale later this month. Race and gender issues have been ongoing in Hollywood, particularly noticeable through the list of nominations and winners, but Thomas Lim, who made his directorial debut in Macau four years ago and is now working in Hollywood, offers a different perspective for Asians looking to break into the US film industry as he shares his journey to the international film mecca. Chasing dreamsOriginally studying finance in

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581 vehicles clamped in Jan, down 18 pct

A total of 581 vehicles were clamped last month, a decrease of 18.1 percent year-on-year, Northern District Community Service Consultative Council deputy convener Leong In Pong said yesterday.Leong made the remarks while briefing reporters after attending the government-appointed council’s regular closed-door meeting at the Government Service Centre in Areia Preta.He quoted the statistics from Transport Bureau (DSAT) representatives who attended the meeting to report the results of the steep

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Police nab Taipa burglary suspect

Judiciary Police (PJ) officers arrested a man from the mainland on Wednesday on suspicion of burglary, a PJ spokesperson said yesterday.The spokesperson announced the case at a special press conference. The 24-year-old suspect, surnamed Luo, reportedly works in a barbershop in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.The spokesperson said that PJ officials received a report from the burglary victim on December 31. The victim’s flat is on the second floor of a building in Estrada Governador Nobre

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Sexual touching with any object is harassment: lawmakers

During yesterday’s meeting of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee, lawmakers agreed that a government-initiated Penal Code amendment bill on sex crimes defines non-consensual sexual touching with any object as sexual harassment, Cheang Chi Keong, who chairs the committee, said.Cheang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials, including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan, at the Legislative Assembly (AL).The committee is reviewing

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Govt urges public to visit ageing bear more often

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) hopes residents will visit ageing Asian black bear Bobo more often, U Ka Man, a senior staff member of the Division of Parks and Gardens, said yesterday.U said that locals and Bobo “shared many memories”.The bureau invited the media to visit Bobo for a briefing on his physical condition outside his enclosure in Flora Garden.According to U, the average lifespan of black bears is 25 to 30 years. She described Bobo as an “old man” as he is

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Wynn’s Il Teatro revamped with new menu

The opening of Wynn Palace a few months ago might have stolen the spotlight from Wynn Macau but the new menu at Il Teatro restaurant gives guests a solid reason to revisit Wynn Macau for an Italian fine-dining experience in an intimate theatre-setting offering a view of an enhanced water, light, fire and music show at the hotel’s “performance lake”.The man behind the new menu is Chef de Cuisine Nicholas Olivas, who freshened up the menu, giving some of the Italian classics a modern

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MTel covers more than 70 pct of city

MTel Chairman and CEO Michael Choi Tak Meng said yesterday that his company’s network now covers more than 70 percent of the city’s residential buildings.Choi spoke to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a Chinese New Year dinner with the media hosted by his company, at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.According to Choi, the licence agreement with the government requires his company’s network to cover 30 percent of residential buildings by the end of 2014, 70 percent by the end of last

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Govt to ban live poultry imports ultimately: Chan

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan reaffirmed yesterday that the government’s ultimate aim is to ban the import of any live poultry into Macau, considering that the local risk of the avian influenza virus will be inevitable if the city continues to import live poultry.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a committee meeting at the legislature.Asked by reporters on Tuesday about the city’s live poultry sales being suspended twice in a fortnight,

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Councilllors want stricter rules for online food shops

Some members of the Central District Social Services Consultative Committee urged the government yesterday to monitor the operation of local online food shops by changing their owners’ voluntary registration scheme to a mandatory one, the committee’s deputy convenor Lok Nam Tak said.The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) launched a voluntary registration scheme for local owners of online shops selling food earlier last year.The bureau’s Food Safety Centre website says the

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Lawmakers suggest wider definition of rape

Several members of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee suggested yesterday that the act in which an offender inserts an object or any particular part of their body into another person’s vagina or anus should be classified as rape, Cheang Chi Keong, who chairs the committee, said.Cheang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials, including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan, at the Legislative Assembly (AL).The committee had held its

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Rosario hopes residential project finishes on time

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday the government is striving to ensure that occupancy permits for a still-under-construction residential project in Areia Preta will be issued to the developer before the project site’s provisional land concession expires in July.The project, consisting of six high-rise residential buildings, is also being developed by Polytec, the developer of the ill-fated Pearl Horizon project, whose site’s provisional land

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Real estate group expects prices to rise up to 10 pct

Macau Real Estate Development Association Chairman Peter Lok Wai Tak said yesterday he expected the city’s home prices to rise by up to 10 percent this year, boosted by the local economy’s stronger performance.Lok spoke to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a Chinese New Year banquet hosted by the association, at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape.Lok said he expected the number of home purchases to rise by 10 to 15 percent this year, partly because some developers will sell flats in their

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