Oktoberfest band debuts sing-a-long Macau song

This year, besides singing along to “Ein Prosit” even though the majority of us don’t understand what it really means, beer-drinkers and party-goers at MGM Macau’s Oktoberfest can now also sing along to a new song that Michael Högl has written in English and Cantonese. Högl is the frontman of the Högl Fun Band from Munich, the birthplace of the Oktoberfest, which was originally about people celebrating a royal wedding in Bavaria in 1810.Since then, the Oktoberfest has become an

October 14, 2016 | BY admin

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Li pushes for diversification, vows to return

Premier Li Keqiang waves at the local airport upon departure yesterday morning. Photo: GCS  On the last of his three-day inspection visit to Macau, Premier Li Keqiang elaborated on 19 measures to support Macau’s development, including the implementation by the end of this year of a policy to allow Macau-registered vehicles to enter Hengqin Island, as well as the implementation by June 30 next year of a policy to allow both Macau-registered and Guangdong-registered yachts to dock in

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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New federation helps deepen Sino-PSCs co-operation: vice-minister

Vice Minister of Commerce Gao Yan said yesterday that entrepreneurs from China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) would use a newly-set up federation as a platform to deepen bilateral trade and investment.Gao made the remarks in a speech at the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Entrepreneurs and Financiers Meeting at Macau Tower.A co-operation agreement between trade promotion organisations in China

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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CE to attend delta conference in Nanchang

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will leave for Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, today to attend the 2016 Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) Regional Co-operation Chief Executive Joint Conference tomorrow. The PPRD consists of eight provinces and one autonomous region (Guangxi) as well as Hong Kong and Macau. Officials accompanying Chui are Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac; Chui’s Chief-of-Cabinet O Lam; Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Victor

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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More mentally disabled get job interviews: group

More employers have invited mentally disabled residents for interviews recently, probably due to the economic downturn in Macau, Sandra Lio Sao Wa, general secretary of the Association of Parents of People with Intellectual Disabilities of Macau (AFEDMM), said yesterday. Lio made the remarks on the sidelines of a press conference at the group’s office about the launch of a series of events to be held by the group, in which its members will sell their artwork and stage a concert. Lio

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Leong urges entrepreneurs to use Beijing’s ‘gift’ well

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tak yesterday called on local industry players to use the 19 measures that the central government has gifted to the city well and put them to full use.Leong, who made the appeal during a special press conference at Macau Tower yesterday afternoon, was referring to the 19 support measures Premier Li Keqiang had revealed in the morning before returning to Beijing. “The 19 measures are a gift from the central government, considering Macau

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Orbis stresses paediatric sight-saving

Orbis Macau launched its annual fundraising campaign Action for Sight yesterday at Kiang Wu Nursing College stressing the importance of paediatric sight-saving to mark today’s World Sight Day.Realising that some children may have difficulty in verbalising their discomforts, the organisation provided information on how parents and caretakers can observe their children and look out for symptoms of eye diseases. Macau Orbis Director of Development Vivian Lo Pou San said at the event it was vital

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Li wraps up visit, announces 37 support measures

Premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his three-day inspection visit to Macau yesterday morning, announcing a host of new measures to support Macau’s development and enhance relations between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs).During the trip, Li lauded the achievements the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) has made since its return to the motherland in 1999, describing it as a place that has seen the successful practice of the “one country, two systems” principle.The central

October 13, 2016 | BY admin

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Li reveals 18 measures to boost ties with PSCs

Premier Li Keqiang announced yesterday that China has put forward 18 new measures, including offering aid and preferential loans, to boost relations with Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs) in the next three years.China will offer aid and preferential loans worth at least 4 billion yuan to PSCs in Asia and Africa, Li said. He made the announcement at the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau’s future will be even better: Li

Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday he was sure that Macau’s future will be even better. On the second day of his three-day working visit, Li visited a raft of places. In the morning, Li presided over a plaque-unveiling ceremony to mark the launch of the construction of a government complex on two plots in Nam Van, to house the facilities for the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, according to a statement from the Government

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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320 participate in 2 protests: police

Three groups staged protests and handed in petitions addressed to Premier Li Keqiang yesterday, who arrived in Macau on Monday morning for a three-day inspection visit.The Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association staged a sit-in protest yesterday morning in front of project developer Polytec’s headquarters in Areia Preta. About a dozen members participated in the protest, while the group’s president Kou Meng Pok and several other members handed in a petition to a government

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab man for stealing 17 mobile phones worth HK$100,000

Police arrested a local man on Sunday on suspicion of stealing 17 mobile phones worth HK$100,000 from the mobile phone shop where he worked, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday,The spokesperson announced the case during a regular press briefing yesterday.The spokesperson said that on June 1 the owner of the shop in the northern district reported to the police that 17 mobile phones had gone missing.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Woman steals HK$187,000 from hotel room

A mainland businessman had HK$187,000 stolen from his hotel room on Saturday by a woman, after spending the night with her, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.Speaking during a regular press briefing, the spokesperson said the man reported the case to the police on Saturday. The victim told PJ officers that HK$187,000 in cash had gone missing from his hotel room in the city centre that morning and that he suspected that the woman had stolen the cash and then left.The

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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Macau, Portugal ink tourism & food safety pacts

Macau and Portugal signed two agreements, one on tourism and the other on food safety, yesterday at Government Headquarters. The pacts aim to strengthen co-operation between the two governments in both fields.Portugal’s Economy Minister Manuel Cabral signed the Agreement on Co-operation in Tourism with Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng, while the Agreement on Co-operation in Monitoring and Supervising Food Activities was signed by Cabral and Secretary for

October 12, 2016 | BY admin

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