Performers shine at int’l dance-fest

Hundreds of dancers from 17 countries and regions participated in a vibrant parade to kick off the International Youth Dance Festival 2016 at the St Paul’s Ruins yesterday. The opening ceremony took place at the landmark where 10 local dance groups and 17 dance groups from places like Australia, Greece, and Lithuania performed. They then paraded along Rua da Palha, Rua de S. Domingos ending at the Sao Domingos Church. Later in the evening, an outdoor performance titled “Youth Dance for

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Group picks up beach rubbish

About a dozen residents joined an activity organised by Greenfriends Macau yesterday to pick up rubbish on the beach near Tam Kong Temple in Coloane.Talking to The Macau Post Daily during the activity, Alex Ng Chi Kuan who heads the group, said it aimed to promote the message that residents need to work together for the protection of the city’s coastal environment.The clean-up began at about 4 p.m. and ended at 6 p.m. The participants, wearing gloves, picked up pieces of rubbish with tongs

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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School must report on pupil’s ‘plagiarism’: official

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Director Leong Lai said yesterday she had asked a local school to submit a report about its pupil found to have plagiarised the artwork of a Hong Kong cartoonist which had won the pupil an award in a national comics competition.Leong also said she hoped the school will submit the report as soon as possible.Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the International Youth Dance Festival. Leong was an officiating guest at the

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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2 years for dog racetrack to move ‘suitable’: official

Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday the government decided that the current location of the city’s greyhound racetrack must be vacated within two years because it provides the operator with enough time to prepare for the change, adding that the government had also taking public opinion into consideration.Macau’s top gaming inspector made the remarks as a guest speaker at Macau Forum, an open-air debate hosted by government-owned

July 25, 2016 | BY admin

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Dog racetrack needs to move within 2 years: govt

The government announced yesterday that the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Co. Ltd. will have to shut down its greyhound racetrack within two years, and the operator will need to find another location if it wants to continue dog racing.Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac announced the decision when speaking to reporters at the Macau Business Support Centre (MBSC) where he attended a press conference hosted by the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) about a six-month-long campaign to

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Police nab arsonist out to ‘punish’ ex-wife

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrest of a 32-year-old man for allegedly setting fire to the flat where his ex-wife is living in the Seac Pai Van public housing estate in Coloane, apparently to punish her for arguing with his current girlfriend.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press conference. According to the spokesperson, the suspect, surnamed Lou, went to his former wife’s flat on Tuesday night. During the visit the couple got into a heated

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Capital, Macau vow to start co-op programme

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Communist Party of China (CPC) Beijing Municipal Committee Secretary Guo Jinlong agreed during a working meeting in the capital yesterday to start a co-operation programme between the two cities this year, including Beijing being the partner city of this year’s 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF).The media was only allowed in for a photo call prior to the meeting, which was held at Beijing Hotel.Guo used the heavy rain on Wednesday

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt to open more breastfeeding rooms to public: Tam

Responding to lawmakers’ questions during yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’ hemicycle on what the government would do to further promote breastfeeding, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that by the end of the year mothers could breastfeed their babies in 60 breastfeeding rooms located in government bureaus and on the premises of other public entities.  Several lawmakers yesterday criticised the government for not providing enough places

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Police bust HK drug smuggler

Judiciary Police (PJ) officers early yesterday arrested a 29-year-old unemployed man from Hong Kong on suspicion of smuggling drugs into Macau to sell them here. A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a special press briefing at the PJ headquarters.The suspect surnamed Chan was arrested in a Zape casino early yesterday morning, the spokesperson said. Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the suspected HK drug-trafficking suspect from the PJ headquarters in Zape to a van

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Lawmakers slam infectious disease centre project

During yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle several lawmakers criticised the government’s infectious disease centre project near the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre on Guia Hill. Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng and several senior officials including Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion attended the two-day Q&A session which ends today.Lawmaker-cum-civic leader Song Pek Kei criticised the government’s

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Residents use fewer plastic bags: shop manager

Chris Pang Ieng Chon, an operations manager at Daiso, the Japanese budget shop, said yesterday there has been a trend by local residents of bringing their own bags rather than opting for a plastic carrier bag.Pang made the remarks to reporters at a Daiso outlet in Taipa.The shop has joined an activity organised by the Environment Protection Bureau (DSPA) which aims to encourage customers to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags.The bureau yesterday arranged for the media to visit the outlet,

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Govt expects visitors to revamped GP museum to triple

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday she expected the revamped Grand Prix Museum to attract up to three times more visitors than it does currently.The office yesterday organised a media briefing about plans to revamp the museum at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape, where engineer Diamantino Torrado and architect Filipe Coutinho showed the reporters details of the renovation project.Both will oversee the project.Senna Fernandes

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Woolly wonders: Needle-felting a cute craft for all

The cakes and bread look delicious, except you can’t eat them, because if you take a closer look, they are made of wool.These soft and fluffy handicrafts are the work of Grace Wong Lai Kuan, who has been teaching children and senior citizens the needle-felting technique to make the woolly crafts because it’s simple: just poke the pieces of wool with a special needle. Wong started learning needle-felting after seeing handmade felt toys at an art fair in Taiwan some six years ago.Please

July 22, 2016 | BY admin

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Spending on public projects boosts competitiveness: CE

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday that the development of public infrastructure did help enhance the city’s competitiveness in the long term. Chui also said he was still considering whether to add the proposed renovation of the Grand Prix Museum to his policy address for next year.Chui spoke to reporters at the airport, before departing for Beijing where he was set to meet the head of the capital’s Communist Party of China (CPC), Guo Jinlong, to discuss deeper

July 21, 2016 | BY admin

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