Govt to host tourism expo

The 4th Macau International Travel (Industry) Expo will kick off next month, with the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) being its main organiser for the first time.MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes made the announcement yesterday during a press conference about the upcoming fair at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape.The expo, co-organised by the Macau Government Tourist Office and a number of local tourism associations, will be held on September 2-4 at the Venetian in

August 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Tourism chief expect s10 pct rise in int’l tourists

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday she expected the number of “international” tourists to rise by 10 percent this year.Senna Fernandes also said that the total number of tourists rose slightly year-on-year during the first six months of this year.According to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), the number of visitor arrivals rose 0.1 percent year-on-year to 14.76 million in the first half of the year. Macau Government

August 19, 2016 | BY admin

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IFT chief expects all undergrads in Taipa in 3 years

Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan said yesterday she expected all undergraduate students to have their classes on the new campus in Taipa – the former campus of the University of Macau (UM) – within two or three years.The ex-UM campus will be shared among the public Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) and the private City University of Macau, since the University of Macau moved to Hengqin Island in 2014.Vong made the comments

August 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Changing face of reading in the computer age

It seems as if reading a book is becoming a thing of the past if Macau’s younger generation is anything to go by, newspapers and magazines too for that matter. This situation is probably hard to imagine for the older members of the community, who consider the morning read of the newspapers a ritual.The Internet, although a mine of information, is no substitute for a good book or a newspaper with the morning coffee before work for most.However, this does not appear to sit well with the younger

August 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau to mark ‘Light on Yoga’ with trip to Pune

A group of 50 yoga practitioners from Macau will be heading to Pune in India next month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the book “Light on Yoga”, written by yoga master B.K.S Iyengar.BKS Iyengar Yoga Association of Macau (MIYI) President Louise Shum Wing Pui will be leading the group, which is made up of participants who have been learning Iyengar Yoga from Shum.Iyengar Yoga, developed by Indian guru BKS Iyengar, is a form of yoga that stresses precision, body alignment and breath

August 19, 2016 | BY admin

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Wynn bets on ‘luxury for all’ at Wynn Palace

Wynn Resorts Chairman & CEO Steve Wynn said yesterday that his US$4.2 billion Wynn Palace would cater for everybody, but suggested that those looking for theme parks visit Hengqin Island.Wynn made the comments during a press conference at Wynn Palace in Cotai which officially opens on Monday night.“Our strategy of the hotel is to make part of it for everybody,” Wynn said.US gaming magnate Steve Wynn speaks during a press conference at Wynn Palace in Cotai yesterday. – AP

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Centaline says low property prices attracting overseas capital

Property prices and the number of transactions have gone up slightly in the second quarter of this year because Macau’s low prices are attracting overseas buyers to invest in the market, Centaline Macau and Hengqin Property Agency Senior Director Jacky Shek Pou Tak said yesterday.The Hong Kong real estate agency’s local office held a press conference on its premises in Macau Square where its senior staff gave a review of the local property market in the first half of the

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Councillors oppose moving old temple ‘sideways’

Several members of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council yesterday opposed moving an old temple adjacent to Kun Iam Temple in Avenida do Coronel Mesquita “sideways” to make way for a new road.The council held its fourth meeting yesterday at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). Yesterday’s meeting was chaired by the council’s vice-president, IC President Guillerme Ung Via Meng, and one of the topics on the agenda was the “cultural value” of the temple.The council, chaired

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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No.3 storm warning signal is up

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the No.3 cyclone warning signal at 0:30 a.m. today.The signal was hoisted as a tropical cyclone was 170 kilometres south-west of the city at 1 a.m. It was heading towards the Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong, at about three kilometres per hour.According to the bureau’s website, the signal No.3 is expected to be kept hoisted this morning, as the level of the wind will strengthen. This image taken from the website of the Meteorological

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab 7 drug-takers

The Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday announced the arrests of seven men – a local and six mainlanders – on Tuesday for taking drugs in a private flat. A PSP spokesperson said at a regular press conference the police took action after they had been tipped off that a number of people were taking drugs in a flat in Iao Hon district. PSP officers went to the flat on Tuesday night and arrested the seven suspects.The local suspect surnamed Chio, who is in his fifties, is a construction

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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South China Book Festival first time to have Macau Pavilion

The 2016 South China Book Festival, which will include a Macau Pavilion for the first time, will be held at the Canton Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou from tomorrow to next Thursday, the Oral History Association of Macau announced during a press conference yesterday. The annual book fair has been co-hosted by the Guangdong provincial government since 1993.The statement also said that the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Cultural Industries Fund (FIC), Oral History Association of Macau, Macau

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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Ung slates Iec Long heritage evaluation for year-end or early 2017

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said yesterday he expected his bureau to initiate a cultural heritage evaluation for the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory in Taipa as early as at the end of this year.Ung made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending yesterday’s meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council at the bureau in Praça do Tap Seac. One of the topics on the agenda was that the bureau briefed the council members on

August 18, 2016 | BY admin

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MGM lifts Macau stake in US$325 million deal with Pansy Ho

MGM Resorts International has acquired more shares in its Macau unit in a deal valued at about US$325 million with Pansy Ho Chiu King, who will add to her stake in the Las Vegas-based parent company.According to a statement by MGM China Holdings to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday, MGM Resorts International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 188.1 million shares or 4.95 percent of MGM China from Grand Paradise Macau Limited, an entity controlled by Ho. The transaction

August 17, 2016 | BY admin

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Court orders drugged U-turn driver to report every 15 days

A man in his twenties who was caught driving in the wrong direction on Friendship Bridge on Sunday while high on drugs has been ordered to report to the authorities every 15 days, pending the outcome of further investigations, a statement from the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) said yesterday.According to the statement, the suspect has been released on his own recognisance but needs to report to the authorities every 15 days.The statement said the man was suspected of the consumption of

August 17, 2016 | BY admin

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