Court to rule on Pearl Horizon media trial on Dec 17

The judgement on a defamation trial brought by Polytex Corporation Ltd. (Polytex) versus Lei Kong, editor-in-chief of local Chinese-language weekly Son Pou, will be pronounced on December 17, the Court of First Instance (TJB) said during the trial’s summing-up on Friday.The summing-up by Polytex’s lawyer Leonel Alves insisted that although Macau enjoyed freedom of the press, the media also needed to ensure truthful information was being provided to the public, claiming that some of the

November 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to go ahead with library design despite plagiarism row

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leong Wai Man reaffirmed yesterday that the bureau would proceed with local architect Carlos Marreiros’ design for the New Central Library, despite allegations of plagiarism.Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a public event at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM).The bureau announced earlier this month that Marreiros’ design had won a public tender for the design of the city’s New Central Library to be housed in the

November 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Health Bureau ‘strongly condemns’ TCM practitioner for alleged sexual assault

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said yesterday that his bureau “strongly condemns” a local traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient while she was receiving treatment.Lei made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a public event at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf.The bureau disclosed in a statement on Friday that a woman recently told the bureau that a TCM practitioner surnamed Kou from the Chong An Medical

November 26, 2018 | BY admin

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Hundreds protest against govt’s proposed changes to mandatory holidays

Hundreds of residents yesterday protested against the government’s proposal that a company can arrange for its employees to take up to three out of four mandatory holidays (New Year’s Day, Ching Ming Festival, the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chung Yeung Festival) on three other days of the city’s various non-mandatory holidays, without the need to give the employees extra pay, based on mutual agreement.The demonstration was organised by an ad-hoc group opposing the

November 26, 2018 | BY admin

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IACM says Bobo’s taxidermy is underway

The taxidermy of Bobo, Macau’s beloved Asian black bear that died last Tuesday, has already started and is slated to be completed within two weeks, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Tavares said on Saturday.Tavares made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a public event at Guia Hill.Bobo was rescued from a tiny cage outside a game restaurant in Rua da Felicidade on December 19, 1986 and taken to the municipal kennels because there was no

November 26, 2018 | BY admin

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168 recommend themselves for municipal body’s membership: Chan

Addressing yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan revealed that the government has received 168 self-recommendations for membership of the consultative committee of the city’s future municipal organisation.Considering that the committee’s maximum membership stands at 25, there are 6.7 applicants for each available seat.Chan made the remarks when answering a question from appointed lawmaker Ma Chi Seng, on

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Lush goes green for Christmas

It looks like it’s time to start decorating for Christmas as trees are going up in shopping malls, and British cosmetics retailer Lush have some green ideas for those who want to deck their bathrooms with glitters and colours.As usual, Lush has rolled out a range of Christmas-themed bath bombs and bubble bars that will help people easily soak in the festive spirit, but what’s new at the shop this season is that many of the body and skincare items have gone “naked”.As part of the

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Wynn hosts event for SME procurement partnerships

Wynn Resorts Macau hosted its “Wynn Local SME Procurement Partnership Meeting 2018 – Business Matching Session for Small and Micro Enterprises (SME), ‘Made in Macao’ Enterprises, and Young Entrepreneurs” event yesterday in the Grand Ballroom of its casino-hotel complex in Nape.The one-day event drew participation from 195 local SME representatives. During the business matching session, Wynn’s procurement department representatives met all participating SMEs, enabling the two parties

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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2 locals sell drugs disguised as tea

Two local men were arrested and admitted to selling drugs disguised as tea, but refused to say where they got the drugs from, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday.The two men are aged 34 and 43, both claiming to be jobless, were stopped after police got a tip-off that the duo would be at a hotel in Cotai on Wednesday, the spokesperson said.During a search, the police found seven magu pills, three bags of Ice weighing a total 2.47 grammes on one of the men. The police took both

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman nabbed for cheating 3 locals out of HK$4 million

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday that a former female real estate agent has been arrested for cheating three local residents – separately – out of a total of HK$4 million.PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon made the announcement during a special press conference yesterday. Leng identified the suspect as a 31-year-old local surnamed Wong, who quit her job in a real estate agency in May this year. The three victims comprise a man and two women.According to Leng, the three victims went to

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Winner of New Central Library design tender denies plagiarism

Carlos Marreiros, last week’s winner of the government New Central Library design tender, yesterday vehemently denied claims that his proposal plagiarised the design of a building in the Spanish city of Leon.Marreiros, an architect and artist, denied the plagiarism in a press conference after photos comparing his design and the one in Spain began to circulate on social media and resulted in scathing criticisms of the local project.Both designs appear to be strikingly similar.This image

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Macau Int’l Parade to cost 17.5 million patacas

The budget for this year’s Macau International Parade is 17.50 million patacas, 1.5 million patacas more than last year, due to a higher number of performers from different countries and regions, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian said yesterday.Mok made the comments during a press conference held at the Macau Cultural Centre about the parade, which is to mark the 19th anniversary of the establishment of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on December 20, 1999.The

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Young Italian chef serving hometown cuisine in Studio City

Rossi Trattoria at Studio City is possibly the only Italian restaurant in Macau serving authentic dishes from Senigallia, a port town on Italy’s Adriatic coast.So, Caesar Salad is not on the menu because it’s not a dish originating from Senigallia, said the hometown Italian chef Rodolfo Serritelli, who is in charge of the restaurant.Instead, the country-style trattoria serves up simple and delectable dishes prepared the way Serritelli’s family would with the freshest traditional

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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Student film-fest to bring together work from 4 cross-Strait regions

Short films produced by students in tertiary education or fresh graduates from the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are getting their silver-screen moment in a film festival opening tomorrow, also offering the public a glimpse of the different perspectives of today’s young people from the the nation’s four regions.The “Future Roads – Cross-Strait-cum-Hong Kong and Macau College Student Film Festival” organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) Cinematheque.Passion will show

November 23, 2018 | BY admin

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