Japanese snack shop Calbee debuts in Macau

Attention foodies! Japanese snack maker Calbee opened its first local outlet at the Venetian’s Okashi Galleria snack shop, loaded with sweet and savoury snacks, limited edition items, as well as a counter serving ice-cream and freshly fried potatoes from Hokkaido.Being the first shop in Macau, it is stocked with Macau versions of some of their snacks, such as Portuguese egg tart-flavoured egg waffle biscuits.Egg waffles are one of the traditional street foods in Macau that are still hugely

August 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Durians are highlight at Malaysian Food Festival

Ten varieties of durian and a dozen or so other dishes infused with the flesh or aroma of the King of Fruit will be the highlight of the Malaysian Food Festival taking place at Oasis at Galaxy Macau from August 16-31.It is the 7th year that Galaxy is organising the festival, which time time will feature an array of authentic Malaysian dishes prepared by its guest chefs from Malaysia, as well as durians imported daily from Malaysia and durian dishes such as “Baked lobster with durian and

August 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Belgian circus duo to bring sleepless night with a flying piano

A good way to beat the heat in this furnace of a summer is to sit down and enjoy a show. In his pyjamas, Dirk Van Boxelaere will be performing gravity-defying acrobatic moves as he tries to get some sleep on a flying piano when Fien Van Herwegen plays lullabies while sitting mid-air.The circus duo from Belgium started their D’Irque & Fien group in 2005 with their original piece “Oh suivant” (“Oh following”), then created “Carrousel des moutons” (“Sheep Carousel”) which

August 3, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau celebrates 91st PLA anniversary

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison Commander Major General Liao Zhengrong said yesterday that the local PLA garrison functions as the “magic cudgel” to uphold the stability of Macau, pledging that it will continue to uphold the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, defend the nation’s sovereignty and security and protect the national interest.Wang made the remarks in a speech during a reception to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the PLA, at the garrison barracks in

August 2, 2018 | BY admin

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THE 13 Hotel expects to open this month

THE 13 Hotel, which reportedly cost US$1.6 billion to build, in Seac Pai Van in Coloane is expected to open on or before August 31, South Shore Holdings Limited said in a statement yesterday.According to the announcement, the company’s board of directors said that the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has commenced the re-inspection process of the hotel. The opening of the hotel has been delayed several times under the hotel’s previous prime mover, flamboyant Hong Kong investor Stephen

August 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt wants to change Public Security Police

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill regulating the operation of the Public Security Police (PSP).Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has recently completed its discussion of the bill, which aims to help the police tackle the rising need along with the city’s constant development when carrying out tasks for maintaining public security and law

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Govt proposes changes to medical professional licensing system

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill on the qualification and licensing of the city’s medical personnel.The bill covers various kinds of medical practitioners, therapists and a range of kinds of other medical-related personnel, for both the public and private health sectors.According to Leong, the bill proposes that the new qualification and licensing system for the city’s medical professionals covers doctors, dentists,

August 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Smoking TurboJet engine forces return to Macau

The Vessel Traffic Control Centre of Macau (MVTS) received a report yesterday that 20 minutes after leaving the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal smoke was seen coming from the engine room of a TurboJet which had departed at 1:15 p.m. for the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau immediately informed the Macau Customs Service. The TurboJet was slowly escorted to the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal by

August 2, 2018 | BY admin

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Hundreds of protestors march to City of Dreams

Employees of gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment marched yesterday from Avenida da Nave Desportiva in Cotai to the newly opened Morpheus hotel at the City of Dreams complex in Cotai, urging the company to raise their pay and improve their working conditions and fringe benefits.Cloee Chao Sao Fong, president of the protest organiser, the New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, told reporters that around 2,200 of the company’s workers took part in the demonstration. The police

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Fisherman’s Wharf inks copyright deal to support local music

Macau Fisherman’s Wharf International Investment Ltd. and the Macau Association of Composers, Authors & Publishers (MACA) signed an agreement on the copyright of musical work last week at Rocks Hotel at the company’s Fisherman’s Wharf theme park.According to a statement by the company, the aim of the agreement is to protect the copyright of music played at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf including Legend Palace Hotel, Harbourview Hotel, Rocks Hotel, Legend Palace Casino and Babylon

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5 HK suspects nabbed for taking & selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a woman and four men from Hong Kong for taking and selling drugs, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the suspects are aged between 21 and 34. Three were arrested early Monday when they were leaving a hotel in Cotai.The spokesperson said that the other two suspects were arrested yesterday morning, one outside a casino in Zape and another was at the Macau Outer Harbour

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Owner faces charges over deadly restaurant blast: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested the owner of the Chinese restaurant in Areia Preta where an explosion occurred last month, killing a woman and injuring six other people, a PJ spokesperson said during a regular press conference in Zape yesterday.On the evening of July 3 an explosion ripped through an eatery on the ground floor of Block 2 of Pak Lei Estate in Avenida do Hipodromo. Firemen arrived at the restaurant soon after the blast, and found five injured people outside the restaurant

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Govt vows to ‘revitalise’ Lai Chi Vun Village

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said yesterday that it has come up with a proposal for the preservation and “revitalisation” of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village where about a dozen dilapidated shipyards are located.According to the proposal, some of the shipyards would be “completely” preserved while the others would be “revitalised” based on their specific characteristics.The bureau is proposing that the shipyards earmarked for revitalisation would be subject to demolition before

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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Canidrome plans to move greyhounds to ‘residential spaces’

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday that it has approved a request by the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. which asked the bureau to grant it an additional 60 days before taking back the greyhounds left behind at the Fai Chi Kei racetrack, adding that it has made the decision after considering the company’s latest greyhound relocation proposal submitted yesterday to be “feasible”.In its latest proposal to relocate the greyhounds left behind at

August 1, 2018 | BY admin

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